3 Starting with Ardour 5.1 OSC has a graphic setup dialog. This dialog
4 can be accessed from Preferences->Control Surfaces. Select OSC and
5 click on the Show Protocol Settings.
8 The Ardour OSC dialog has three tabs. The main tab, the Strip Types
9 tab and the Feedback tab.
12 Many OSC devices get their IP from a DHCP making it difficult to set
13 an IP in Ardour's OSC settings. Therefore, most of the settings are
14 <em>default</em> settings. Values are set and the next OSC surface to
15 send a /set_surface* message to Ardour will use those settings. An OSC
16 surface that has previously sent a message to Ardour will retain the
17 settings it already had. The <em>Clear OSC Devices</em> will reset all
18 device settings. A <em>/refresh</em> message will both reset the
19 device settings as well as set that device to any new settings. The
20 Use of <em>/set_surface</em> will override all settings except
23 <h2>Dialog settings</h2>
24 <h3>OSC setup tab</h3>
26 <img alt="the OSC configuration dialog"
27 src="/images/osc-dialog.png">
31 This field is informational only. It shows where Ardour will receive
32 OSC messages. The system Name and the Port are the most important parts.
36 This drop down allows the choice of Auto or Manual outbound port
37 setting. The default Auto port mode, will send OSC messages back to
38 the port messages from that surface are received from. This setting
39 allows two surfaces on the same IP to operate independently. However,
40 there are a number of OSC control surfaces that do not monitor the
41 same port they send from and in fact may change ports they send from
42 as well. Manual allows the outgoing port (the port the surface will
43 receive on, to be manually set. In Manual port mode only one control
44 surface per IP can work. Most phone or tablet OSC controllers like
45 touchOSC or Control need Manual port mode. More than one controller
46 can be used so long as each has it's own IP.
50 This is an Entry box for setting the outgoing port when in
55 This sets the default bank size for the next surface to send a
56 <em>/set_surface/*</em> OSC message. Bank size 0 (the default) sets
57 no banking and allows controlling all strips included in strip_types
62 Sets the faders (and sends faders) feedback math to position where a
63 value between 0 and 1 represents the fader position of the same fader
64 in the mixer GUI or dB where the feedback from fader movement will be
65 returned as a dB value. When the Gain Mode is set to position, the
66 /*/name feedback for the channel will show dB values in text while the
67 fader is being adjusted and then return the the name text.
71 For debugging purposes this allows logging either good OSC messages
72 Ardour receives or invalid messages received or none.
76 Ardour now allows the use of preset settings. The default settings
77 used are the settings from the last session or the factory defaults
78 the first time OSC is enabled. As soon as any of these settings are
79 changed, the Preset will change to "User" and the new settings will be
80 save to the osc directory Ardour configuration directory as
81 <em>user.preset</em>. This preset file can be renamed for future use.
82 It is suggested to also change the name value inside to avoid confusion
83 in the preset listing. Ardour will ship with some of it's own presets
84 that go with some popular OSC control and map combinations.
86 <h4>Clear OSC Devices</h4>
88 This button clears operating device profiles so that Ardour will reset
89 all devices settings to use the new defaults from changed settings. a
90 device may still override these new settings with the /set_surface set
91 of commands. The reason for setting defaults settings is that some OSC
92 controllers are not able to send more than one parameter at a time and
93 so having correct defaults allows one "Connect" button rather than 4.
95 <h3>Default Strip Types tab</h3>
97 <img alt="the Default Strip Types tab"
98 src="/images/osc-strip-types.png">
101 This allows selecting which of Ardour's mixer strips will be available
102 for control. The Factory default is all strips except master, monitor
103 and hidden strips. If it is desired to only see input tracks the
104 others can be deselected. It is also possible to change these settings
105 from the control surface. A set of buttons could select showing only
106 inputs or only busses. If a group is selected in the GUI then showing
107 only selected strips will show only that group. Showing hidden tracks
108 is handy for cases where a groups of tracks that grouped to a bus or
109 controlled by a VCA are hidden, but one of those tracks needs a tweak.
111 <h3>Default Feedback tab</h3>
113 <img alt="the Default Feedback tab"
114 src="/images/osc-feedbackdefault.png">
117 This allows setting up which controls provide feedback. The Factory
118 default is none. If the controller is unable to receive feedback, this
119 should be left blank. In the case of metering, Metering as a LED strip
120 only works if Metering as a Float is disabled.