13 May
2005
13 May
'05
4:24 p.m.
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:31:08AM +1000, Dave Robillard wrote:
If by <channel> you mean MIDI style channel
number - dear god no. :)
Note numbers are debatable (but frequency is better in most cases), but
channel numbers definitely don't belong in OSC. Maybe an open-ended
string identifier (which could represent a channel, a patch, a certain
synth... whatever)
There's no need to have confusing overloading with <voice> being zero or
non-zero - just make different commands. Have one note on command to
allocate the most appropriate voice (MIDI style), and one to start a
note on a specific voice. In Om I've made seperate commands for global
or voice-specific controls, and it works great.
Ability to control individual voices specifically is one of the things I
love about OSC. Death to MIDI. :)
Agreed 100% - I was not proposing an OSC format, just I a hypothetical
variaton of MIDI that would have allowed client side voice control.
I see you consistently start all your OSC paths with /om, while SL doesn't
do this. Any pros/cons ? It seems essential only when multicasting.
--
FA