+++ /dev/null
----
-layout: default
-title: OSC: Using the Setup Dialog
----
-
-<p>
- Starting with Ardour 5.1 OSC has a graphic setup dialog. This dialog
- can be accessed from Preferences->Control Surfaces. Select OSC and
- click on the Show Protocol Settings.
-</p>
-<p>
- The Ardour OSC dialog has three tabs. The main tab, the Strip Types
- tab and the Feedback tab.
-</p>
-<p>
- Many OSC devices get their IP from a DHCP making it difficult to set
- an IP in Ardour's OSC settings. Therefore, most of the settings are
- <em>default</em> settings. Values are set and the next OSC surface to
- send a /set_surface* message to Ardour will use those settings. An OSC
- surface that has previously sent a message to Ardour will retain the
- settings it already had. The <em>Clear OSC Devices</em> will reset all
- device settings. A <em>/refresh</em> message will both reset the
- device settings as well as set that device to any new settings. The
- Use of <em>/set_surface</em> will override all settings except
- <em>Port Mode</em>.
-</p>
-<h2>Dialog settings</h2>
-<h3>OSC setup tab</h3>
-<p>
-<img alt="the OSC configuration dialog"
- src="/images/osc-dialog.png">
-</p>
-<h4>Connection:</h4>
-<p>
- This field is informational only. It shows where Ardour will receive
- OSC messages. The system Name and the Port are the most important parts.
-</p>
-<h4>Port Mode:</h4>
-<p>
- This drop down allows the choice of Auto or Manual outbound port
- setting. The default Auto port mode, will send OSC messages back to
- the port messages from that surface are received from. This setting
- allows two surfaces on the same IP to operate independently. However,
- there are a number of OSC control surfaces that do not monitor the
- same port they send from and in fact may change ports they send from
- as well. Manual allows the outgoing port (the port the surface will
- receive on, to be manually set. In Manual port mode only one control
- surface per IP can work. Most phone or tablet OSC controllers like
- touchOSC or Control need Manual port mode. More than one controller
- can be used so long as each has it's own IP.
-</p>
-<h4>Manual Port:</h4>
-<p>
- This is an Entry box for setting the outgoing port when in
- Manual port mode.
-</p>
-<h4>Bank Size:</h4>
-<p>
- This sets the default bank size for the next surface to send a
- <em>/set_surface/*</em> OSC message. Bank size 0 (the default) sets
- no banking and allows controlling all strips included in strip_types
- at once.
-</p>
-<h4>Gain Mode:</h4>
-<p>
- Sets the faders (and sends faders) feedback math to position where a
- value between 0 and 1 represents the fader position of the same fader
- in the mixer GUI or dB where the feedback from fader movement will be
- returned as a dB value. When the Gain Mode is set to position, the
- /*/name feedback for the channel will show dB values in text while the
- fader is being adjusted and then return the the name text.
-</p>
-<h4>Debug:</h4>
-<p>
- For debugging purposes this allows logging either good OSC messages
- Ardour receives or invalid messages received or none.
-</p>
-<h4>Preset:</h4>
-<p>
- Ardour now allows the use of preset settings. The default settings
- used are the settings from the last session or the factory defaults
- the first time OSC is enabled. As soon as any of these settings are
- changed, the Preset will change to "User" and the new settings will be
- save to the osc directory Ardour configuration directory as
- <em>user.preset</em>. This preset file can be renamed for future use.
- It is suggested to also change the name value inside to avoid confusion
- in the preset listing. Ardour will ship with some of it's own presets
- that go with some popular OSC control and map combinations.
-</p>
-<h4>Clear OSC Devices</h4>
-<p>
- This button clears operating device profiles so that Ardour will reset
- all devices settings to use the new defaults from changed settings. a
- device may still override these new settings with the /set_surface set
- of commands. The reason for setting defaults settings is that some OSC
- controllers are not able to send more than one parameter at a time and
- so having correct defaults allows one "Connect" button rather than 4.
-</p>
-<h3>Default Strip Types tab</h3>
-<p>
-<img alt="the Default Strip Types tab"
- src="/images/osc-strip-types.png">
-</p>
-<p>
- This allows selecting which of Ardour's mixer strips will be available
- for control. The Factory default is all strips except master, monitor
- and hidden strips. If it is desired to only see input tracks the
- others can be deselected. It is also possible to change these settings
- from the control surface. A set of buttons could select showing only
- inputs or only buses. If a group is selected in the GUI then showing
- only selected strips will show only that group. Showing hidden tracks
- is handy for cases where a groups of tracks that grouped to a bus or
- controlled by a VCA are hidden, but one of those tracks needs a tweak.
-</p>
-<h3>Default Feedback tab</h3>
-<p>
-<img alt="the Default Feedback tab"
- src="/images/osc-feedbackdefault.png">
-</p>
-<p>
- This allows setting up which controls provide feedback. The Factory
- default is none. If the controller is unable to receive feedback, this
- should be left blank. In the case of metering, Metering as a LED strip
- only works if Metering as a Float is disabled.
-</p>
projects / ardour-manual-diverged / blobdiff