OpenSoundControl: Now Compatible with Magical Unicorns
For anyone whose complaint about OSC aka OpenSoundControl is that it lacks broad hardware support, I have one word for you:
Unicorns.
OSC now runs on magical unicorns. (Would a unicorn not want high-resolution, human-readable messages encoded with time-stamps? I think they would. And because OSC is transport-independent, it can absolutely run on magical Unicorn Beams.)
No idea what this post is about? Don’t worry — I’ll have a talking unicorn narrate a proper, sophisticated, complete introduction to OSC for beginners soon. They’re magical, so they can make complex topics lucid to any audience.
Yesterday, I wrote, entirely tongue in cheek and not expecting anything to actually come of it:
I think maybe I’ll start running screaming headlines with things I want in them, if only for good luck. Tomorrow on CDM: “You Know What Annoys Me? The Fact That We Don’t Have Unicorns. Magic Unicorns. Who Speak OSC.”
Today, via Twitter, Max patcher and audiovisual Merlock Andrew Lovett-Barron of Toronto wrote to me:
@peterkirn I made you a unicorn that speaks OSC.
And here it is, for your enjoyment, in Max 5 patch format:
http://andrewlb.com/max/Oscicorn_for_CDM.maxpat
This is, of course, very silly. But it’s an excuse to pitch Andrew’s site, which has lots of patching and coding goodies and visual creations:
And perhaps more importantly, OSC now has a mascot. That means t-shirts, plushies, costumes, the lot. Your job: what should the name of this unicorn be?
All MIDI has is an antiquated DIN cable. Oh, yeah, that and millions of compatible devices. We hope OSC support won’t be as rare as unicorns.
Side note: please don’t troll this post, tempting as that may be. It’ll make the unicorn cry.
36 Comments
Leave a CommentDarren Landrum
OSCar the Unicorn? That one might be a bit obvious, but it’s the best I can do in 30 seconds. ;)
November 18, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
Edward Loveall
Darren, I came to the same conclusion. Maybe rOSCoe?
November 19, 2009 @ 12:17 am
Darren Landrum
Good one. I can’t think of any others.
Unicorn tears cure cancer.
November 19, 2009 @ 12:35 am
VgaForest
Good, Now my monome and my magical unicorn can communicate directly, without having to downsample to mid!. ugghh. i hated having to do that…
November 19, 2009 @ 1:35 am
vinayk
what about George constanza’s atm code?
bOSCo
?
November 19, 2009 @ 1:46 am
Quintin
how about
Jamzzy McVaulderbeatz
November 19, 2009 @ 1:58 am
tekcor
nice controller ;)
touch sensitiv glases right?
November 19, 2009 @ 2:27 am
Document 02
Original Superior Caballus?
November 19, 2009 @ 3:13 am
Birds_Use_Stars
A UnOSCorn? WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN….
November 19, 2009 @ 5:34 am
Simon
Sorry, but OSC is worth nothing to me until they implement support for Griffons.
November 19, 2009 @ 7:58 am
Lephrenic
Will it lead us to candy mountain?
November 19, 2009 @ 8:03 am
fv
Clearly it should be called Oscar. That much is obvious.
November 19, 2009 @ 8:09 am
Mudo
…
Perfect at last I could control my unicorn with an iphone.
Maybe I need to sell the unicorn for buy an iphone.
…
November 19, 2009 @ 8:53 am
Paul
PhilOSCophee the time traveling unicorn what with to make my midi nightmares go away and bring me confectionary sweet treats for the tongues tucked away behind my cochlea
come here Philly I have some properly organized data sets for you to num numch on
November 19, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Paul
I can just see it now the new visualizations to audio at a concert with be self playing board games who respond to the music that’s being played
mousetrap plus osc means this time mine boot will be working
November 19, 2009 @ 9:19 am
griotspeak
the patch is missing an abstraction. “opensoundcontrol”
sorta funny in a way.
November 19, 2009 @ 9:34 am
Guy
Meme starting in 5.. 4… ……
November 19, 2009 @ 9:34 am
griotspeak
found it.
November 19, 2009 @ 9:36 am
2BiT
Monocorne?
November 19, 2009 @ 10:47 am
bliss
What about MOTU’s feelings?
November 19, 2009 @ 11:56 am
bliss
Ray Corn?
Uni Wonder?
U. Diddy?
Uno?
Corno?
Corny Hart?
PopCorn?
November 19, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
hclc
Mobb Deep the Unicorn.
November 19, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
bliss
Una Montana?
Buffy the Fable Slayer?
November 19, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
yeah but
Nice idea but unicorns + timing make me think MOTU
November 19, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
bliss
Cecilia? In honor of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pisanello_Medal_of_Cecilia_Gonzaga.jpg
November 19, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
bliss
I give up. Thank goodness.
November 19, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
bliss
Oscci Oscorn?
Okay, now I really quit.
November 19, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
bliss
Should be:
Oscci Oscourne.
November 19, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
bliss
Or is it:
Ossci Oscourne?
Never mind. (And it’s not even Friday yet.)
November 19, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
joshua goldberg
ollie!
(full name ollie ollie osc-en-free!)
November 19, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
detroit
FlOSCy the unicorn!
November 19, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
middleman
Muffins
November 19, 2009 @ 3:11 pm
John
Best. Headline. Ever.
November 19, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
Enzo
Dave the Unicorn!
November 19, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
Birds Use Stars
Tom Cruise The Unicorn
November 19, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
davebritton
Unicorn name: OSC.ar when you use Supercollider, of course. I want a t-shirt right away, with the sunglasses, please.
and don’t knock MIDI’s 5 Pin Din, I order it regularly from my local Chinese takeout place.
November 20, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
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