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OSC (Open Sound Control)
What is OSC
Open Sound Control (OSC) is a modern network based communication protocol that can be used to
send a variety of control messages between OSC enabled devices. OSC input is supported on every
product within the Chimp Series. OSC will enable you to use OSC enabled controllers such as a
synthesizers, electronic music instruments, production audio software, and mobile phone apps such as
Touch OSC to remotely control your console.
OSC via Wireless LAN
Sending and receiving OSC over WIFI is supported using 3rd party wireless routers, however, we do not
recommend using OSC over Wifi for show critical tasks for several reasons:
● Reliability: OSC uses UDP (User Datagram Protocol), which does not include error-checking. This
means that the Chimp cannot verify that OSC messages sent by the console will be received by
mobile clients and vice-versa.
● Interference: Wireless routers that operate in the 2.4 GHz radio spectrum are subject to large
amounts of interference due to the popularity of the 2.4 GHz radio band for consumer-grade wireless
devices.
So if you have a lot of people attending your show, your WiFi may or may not work properly, or the
speed might slow down.
How to Setup OSC
To set up OSC, open the Setup Screen, head over to the Input Output Page and select OSC Connection
from the Tabs shown in the center of the screen.
Click on Enable OSC Input to enable or disable OSC.
Fig. 81: OSC Settings
Touch OSC Application
In order to simplify your OSC Setup, we are providing Example files for the TouchOSC Mobile application.
The examples can be found on the Highlite.com website within the Downloads Tab of the Chimp300 G2
console, however there are no restrictions in OSC across the product series. More Info on the TouchOSC
Application can be found at www.hexler.net.
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