On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:13:41AM -0700, Len Ovens wrote: > OSC vs. MIDI > There is a lot of "OSC is better than MIDI because" stuff around. One problem with OSC is that it is such a mixed beast. On the lowest level is a data encoding format, no semantics. But some of its features - structured paths and wildcards - only have value at a semantic level. But for the rest that level remains undefined. Ther result is that any control surface or similar device needs to be programmable, and whatever is done with it will be ad-hoc. It would be possible to define some standards, e.g. for transport control. But unless they are * very strictly defined, and those definitions are enforced in some way, * and the standard is designed to be as universal as possible, without making assumptions or including things that are correct only 99% of the time, any such standards are destined to fail. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
