Control Volta via OSC

Volta can receive OSC from other applications and hardware, and use it to control the visuals in your Play Pack. Here’s how to set it up:

💡 OSC (Open Sound Control) is a way that software programs can talk to each other.

💡 Some examples of software/hardware that uses OSC: Ableton Live, Max, Max for Live, TouchOSC, Elgato Stream Deck, QLab

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1. To access the OSC settings in Volta, navigate to Settings > OSC

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2. Make sure you have at least one OSC connection available. If there are none in the list, click Add

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3. Copy the number displayed inside the Receive Port field on one of the rows (e.g. 62004)

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4. Open the app you want to use to send OSC data into Volta (for example Touch OSC)

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5. Paste the number you copied from step 3 into the Send Port section of the other application

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6. In Volta, hold down Shift and click on the Slider or Trigger you would like to control on the Play Panel in Volta

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7. A message like the below should appear at the bottom of the screen

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8. Move the control from the other application or device which sends OSC to Volta

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9. The Slider or Trigger should automatically become linked to the OSC control you sent from the other application

💡 Messages that include /note at the end of their address (for example, /myOSCParam/note) will be shown in the right-click menu for Trigger buttons on the Play Panel. All other messages (such as /myOSCParam) will be displayed in the right-click menu for Sliders on the Play Panel.

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