Such a side note, but there is a free alternative to OSCulator that doesn’t seem to get mentioned: PureData. I use an app called Midi Patchbay and PureData to route the OSC signal from my iPhone to Live. PureData will allow you to do anything you want with the OSC signal before sending it out to MIDI, so you can make a simple toggle act as much more. I did a crappy video of my setup on Vimeo: http://ryanbillingsley.com/2008/12/19/touchosc-controlling-logic-video-how-to/

It’s a whole lot easier to see on the visual side, because the finger gestures, while not terribly musical, *do* feel a whole like drawing. (Isn’t that interesting? Knobs + audio = satisfaction. Knobs + visuals = Etch-a-Sketch pain.) And visualists also do like to move around a bit, if for no other reason than it lets you do control and check out your visuals, which sometimes you can only do by moving around a space. (could be useful for sound checks for the same reason)

In general, I generally agree with TweakingKnobs though. Our specific product aside, I have a hard time coming up with a scenario where I’d rather use my iPhone to control a VST than the mouse. But this is just a first step. When something like SynthPond 2.5 comes out with OSC, and you can have something actually generating input rather than just translating your gestures to input, things get more interesting.

Well, yes is a touch screen, that’s cool, but the cool thing would be to create new ways of controlling things like

knobs,faders,xy matrix,or automation clips

So what i am trying to say is that we should focus more on creating new automation “devices” like knobs,faders,xy matrix etc..

but from the newschool, is hard to explin what i want to say, but it would be something like

the conditional statements in programing:

if : this happends , then do this

so we can have more control over time on things.

Thanks a lot for the info :) quite a nice property.

It is definitely possible to run multiple instances of TouchOSC on different pods/phones and use them at the same time. That is one of the nice things about the UDP protocol that’s being used in TouchOSC and other OSC apps, the receiver doesn’t really care who sent the packages.

Actually I did a little performance a while ago where I was using a pod and a phone at the same to to send accelerometer data with both hands to OSCulator/Live. Fun fun fun.

I picked up my iPod touch for $200. Refurbs may be even less. No monthly fee required. (this also blows a massive hole in the idea that you need a cell carrier to subsidize your purchase of the gadget)

And of course, the other writing on the wall for Lemur is the fact that there are already full-blown multi-touch computers out there for half its price, with a likely deluge of computers and laptops coming very soon. (Windows 7 includes a touch API, which is likely to encourage OEMs.)

I think it’s likely touch features could just be on your laptop without you having to think about it / pay much of a premium, a bit like a trackpad.