OSC Send

Max 8.5

This collection of Max for Live Devices sends information about a Live-Set and it's tracks via OSC¹ to other software.

The collection consists of six devices:

Live Set Specific

Devices sending information about the Set.

OSC_Scene_Send Audio-Effect

• sends the Scene that is currently playing
• works in Session View

OSC_Locator_Send² Audio-Effect

• sends the last locator
• sends the remaining quarter-notes until the next locator
• works in Arrangement View

Track Specific

Devices sending information about the track they are on.

The message automatically includes the Trackname.

OSC_Beat_Send Audio-Effect

• sends the current beat/note within one bar
• choose between quarter-, eighth-, sixteenth- or thirty-second-notes

OSC_Bar_Send Audio-Effect

• sends the bar that is currently playing

OSC_MIDI_Send MIDI-Effect

• sends currently playing MIDI-notes (pitch and velocity)

OSC_Automation_Send Audio-Effect

• sends an Automation specifically made for this device
• choose between three knobs and one button

Examples

OSC_Send.als Ableton Live Set

• Ableton Live 11
• Live Set including all the devices
• including Scenes, locators and automation to showcase all functionalities

OSC_Receive.maxpats Max Patch

• Max 8.5
• Max Patch receiving and displaying all messages from the devices in the OSC_Send-Set

Unity_OSC_Receive Unity Project

• Unity 2021.3.16f1
• Unity project receiving and displaying some messages³ from the devices in the OSC_Send-Set
• the OSC-script is taken from this Repo.

Footnotes

1. The host is set to 127.0.0.1 and the port is set to 5555 by default. ↩

2. Part of this devices is taken from this thread in the Cycling'74 forum. ↩

3. Only int and float is supported at the moment. ↩