Open Sound Control (OSC)

OSC lets synthesizers and other devices communicate with Ardour. OSC devices can send commands relating to playback (such as play or stop), performance (such as volume, play, stop, and almost any other function (such as Edit, or Undo).

• Basics
  • Connecting to Ardour via OSC
  • Control Surface Set Up
    • bank_size
    • strip_types
    • feedback
    • gainmode
    • send_page_size
    • plugin_page_size
    • port
    • Link set and Link ID
  • Querying Ardour for information
  • Using more than one surface
  • List of OSC messages
    • Master or Global messages
      • Transport Control
      • Recording control
      • Transport Information
      • Editing-related
      • Master and Monitor strip control
    • Track specific operations
    • Selected Strip Operations
    • Selected Plugin Operations
      • Using groups with strip and select (new for Ardour 6.0)
      • Spill Strips
      • Controlling plugins
    • Menu actions
• Using the setup dialog
  • Dialog settings
    • OSC setup tab
      • Connection:
      • Port Mode:
      • Manual Port:
      • Bank Size:
      • Send Page Size:
      • Plugin Page Size:
      • Gain Mode:
      • Debug:
      • Preset:
      • Clear OSC Devices
    • Default Strip Types tab
    • Default Feedback tab
• Linking Surfaces
  • Surface Linking Concepts
  • Setting Up a Link Set
  • Example Multi Device Surfaces
    • Example 1
    • Example 2
  • Example 3
• Querying Ardour
  • A list of strips
  • A list of sends
  • A list if tracks that send audio to a bus
  • A list of plug-ins for strip
  • A list of a plug-in’s parameters
  • Obtaining a list of surfaces Ardour knows about
• Feedback
  • List of OSC feedback messages
    • Feedback only
    • Transport Control
    • Recording control
    • Master and monitor strips
    • Track specific operations
    • Selected Operations
    • Selected Plugin
    • Menu actions
• Feedback and strip-types values
  • strip_types
    • Using hidden strips
  • feedback
• Jog Modes
  • Jog Modes
  • Scrub
• Custom Strip Lists
  • Setting up a custom strip set
  • Using the custom strip set
    • Custom Strip ordering
  • Removing a strip from the custom strip list
• Automation
• Personal Monitoring Control
  • Setup
  • The OSC commands and feedback for personal monitoring
    • Commands
    • Feedback
  • Setting up a Foldback bus from a selected strip
• Parameter Types
• Selection and Expansion Considerations
• Using the PreSonus FaderPort
  • Connecting the Faderport
  • Using the Faderport
    • Transport Buttons
    • Other Global Controls
    • Per-track Controls
    • Track Selection Controls
• Using the PreSonus FaderPort 2/8/16
  • Connecting the FaderPort 8
  • Using the FaderPort 8
    • Transport Buttons
    • Session Navigation
    • Shift Button
    • Fader Modes
    • Channel Strip
    • Mix Management
    • Automation Controls
    • Miscellaneous
    • Harrison Mixbus
• Using the Softube Console1
  • Connecting the Console1
    • Checkboxes
  • Harrison Mixbus & Mixbus 32c
  • Using the Console1
    • The controls
      • General
      • Shape-Section [Mixbus]
      • Equalizer Section [Mixbus]
      • Compressor Section [Mixbus]
      • Sends
      • External Plugins
• Using the Steinberg CC121
  • Connecting the CC121
  • CC121 Configuration
• Using the Tascam US-2400
  • Connecting the US-2400
  • US-2400 Configuration
• Using the WebSockets Server
  • Enabling and Accessing the WebSockets Server
  • Using the WebSockets Server control surface
    • Mixer
    • Transport
    • Protocol
• Using the MCP HTTP Surface
  • Enabling the MCP HTTP Surface
  • Client Setup
    • Codex CLI
    • Gemini CLI
    • Claude Desktop
    • Copilot CLI
  • Available Tool Areas
  • Example Tool Names
  • Working With MIDI JSON
  • Prompt Examples
  • Client Compatibility
  • Known Limitations