OSC, In A Nutshell

OSC messages are comprised of two components:

• The Address

• The Arguments

Typically, the Address defines where something is being sent (the mailing address), and the Arguments define information (the contents of the letter).

An OSC message looks like:

/body/arm/left/hand/position, -3.141, 42.000, -1.500

In this case, the Address is:

/body/arm/left/hand/position

And the Address is comprised of 5 parts:

1. body

2. arm

3. left

4. hand

5. position

The Arguments are:

-3.141, 42.000, -1.500

In this case, there are three arguments, showing the X, Y, and Z position of the left hand.

The first argument is -3.141, the second argument is 42.000, and the third argument is -1.500.

In Vor to access the OSC Arguments the syntax :Y is used. So to access the first Argument one would write :1.