[linux-audio-dev] OSC vs MIDI

[Dave Griffiths]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:02:43 +0100, Steve Harris wrote
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 02:48:46PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> > > BTW, if you have reasonable OSC covereage I'd be very interested in
> > > compatibility tests between whatever you're using and liblo.
> > 
> > Very early days, I've only implemented simple messages so far - but I'm using
> > liblo for my server and some python I've nicked for the client
> > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pure-data/supercollider/python/OSC.py
> > Seems flawless so far though, and liblo's got a nice clean api.
> 
> Ah, OK. Well thats one more test, I tested liblo against the 
> original C implementaion when I started it, and after that against 
> itsself, but I get nervous about self tested software. I was never 
> sure the old C library was doing what its supposed to though,
>  couldn't get it to build on a modern machine, and the only binaries 
> I had were 4 or 5 years old :)

Well, everyone seems to be using liblo :)

> I like the OO-in-C style of programming, its pretty much the best of 
> both worlds IMHO. C syntax, but no C++ 'features'.

Not mention the lack of a maze of twisty ABI's...

Just a quick side issue, I'm doing a lot of message passing - in and out of
OSC, and then through my own realtime fifo IPC layer thingy into the audio
thread of my application. Are there any standard libraries or ways of doing
this all in one go? I guess the last step is very application dependant...

dave