Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-7pwfn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T00:49:46.487Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Open Sound Control: an enabling technology for musical networking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2005

MATTHEW WRIGHT
Affiliation:
Center for New Music and Audio Technology (CNMAT), University of California at Berkeley, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley, CA 94709, USA E-mail: matt@cnmat.Berkeley.eduCenter for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Dept of Music, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8180, USA E-mail: matt@ccrma.Stanford.edu
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

Since telecommunication can never equal the richness of face-to-face interaction on its own terms, the most interesting examples of networked music go beyond the paradigm of musicians playing together in a virtual room. The Open Sound Control protocol has facilitated dozens of such innovative networked music projects. First the protocol itself is described, followed by some theoretical limits on communication latency and what they mean for music making. Then a representative list of some of the projects that take advantage of the protocol is presented, describing each project in terms of the paradigm of musical interaction that it provides.

Information

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2005