Best Practices for Open Sound Control

Title	Best Practices for Open Sound Control
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2010
Authors	Schmeder, Andrew [1], Freed Adrian [2], and Wessel David [3]
Refereed Designation	Refereed
Conference Name	Linux Audio Conference
Conference Location	Utrecht, NL
Abstract	The structure of the Open Sound Control (OSC) content format is introduced with historical context. The needs for temporal synchronization and dynamic range of audio control data are described in terms of accuracy, precision, bit-depth, bit-rate, and sampling frequency. Specic details are given for the case of instrumental gesture control, spatial audio control and synthesis algorithm control. The consideration of various transport mechanisms used with OSC is discussed for datagram, serial and isochronous modes. A summary of design approaches for describing audio control data is shown, and the case is argued that multi-layered information-rich representations that support multiple strategies for describing semantic structure are necessary.