Another controller app for the iOS world, but free and also has some interesting features to it:
Control enables users to create their own interfaces for controlling musical, artistic and virtual reality applications. It is built on top of Apple's WebKit rendering engine and allows users to define their interfaces via JSON files. Features include:
- Outputs both Wireless MIDI and Open Sound Control (OSC)
- Reads Accelerometer, Gyro and Compass sensors (on applicable devices) with adjustable update rates
- The ability to script behaviors for widgets using JavaScript
- Auto-discovery of wireless networks via Bonjour
- Interfaces can be pushed to the phone via OSC or downloaded from the web
- Supports both portrait and landscape interface orientations
- Interfaces work on both iPhones and iPads
- Free
3 comments:
Looks interesting, love the idea of being able to code it for bespoke needs without having to build all the foundation infrastructure first. Has anyone tried it yet and judged the latency?
I may try it later if I ignore my voltage gear and turn on the MIDI equipment. Had a bit of trouble finding the app directly on my device's App Store, though, due to the non-distinctive name (had to search on "One More Muse").
I do have a minor niggle about all these OSC-type apps requiring quite a bit of technical know-how to configure and patch together. It's not a problem for myself and likely a lot of us - synthesists do tend towards the nerd end of the demographic spectrum - but it does provide a barrier to entry for the mainstream who just want to play with stuff and get cool results without having to learn about IP addresses, running servers, translating one App's OSC protocol to a DAW's lingua franca, etc.
OSC is great and has lots of potential so I'm hoping there'll be a movement towards some form of message standardisation at some point. An opt-in standard like General MIDI so basic needs - notes, common controllers, synchronisation, etc - just work out-of-the-box whilst innovation and experimentation can still occur at the cutting edge.
So right ! How many good apps linger in the dust on account of IP adress fumbling...
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