Receiving OSC

Receiving OSC

OSC receiver can receive different types of values (e.g. integer, float, string) on a specific OSC message address.

Setup in the Devices window

Insert an OSC Receiver node and after you set Stream parameters check the Receive checkbox.​

Setup in the Layouts window

In the Search menu type Read OSC and choose the type of data you are receiving.

In the Read OSC node, choose the device in Device input, enter the OSC address In the Address string input and you are ready to receive data that is being sent to that address.

Since OSC protocol allows multiple values to be sent to the same OSC address, there is the Index input. This index is the index in the array of values that have been received in a bundle. We will explain how to send these bundle messages at the end of the next paragraph Sending OSC.