Touchosc Bridge Mac

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Hi folks,

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I'm posting here on the theory (and also based on various threads I've seen here & around the internet) that I'm not the only PD user who is interested in using TouchOSC on an iPad to control PD on a Mac over a stable, wired USB connection rather than a sketchy ad-hoc network (which can suffer latency & dropouts when used in venues/areas with wifi interference, and prevents TouchOSC from being a reliable live performance interface).

Install TouchOSC Bridge and TouchOSC Editor. These programs will run on your host machine running your DAW. The bridge application will receive the OSC messages from your device and the editor will allow you to create custom layouts. If you are running a 64 bit Windows installation, download the 32 bit TouchOSC Editor instead. Runs on: Windows 10 32/64 bit Windows 8 32/64 bit Windows 7 32/64 bit Windows Vista 32/64 bit Windows XP 32/64 bit file size: 27.5 MB filename: touchosc-editor-1.8.9-win64.zip.

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Most of my searching turned up the same answer: networking over USB is not possible without jailbreaking the iOS device & installing a tethering app (I don't have the option of jailbreaking due to compatibility concerns with other apps I use professionally). I also discovered a free app called midimittr which creates a MIDI bridge with a server application on the OS X side via USB, which is great, but alas my control setup is dependent on OSC messages rather than MIDI.

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Now for the (almost) exciting development: far down in search results I learned of the $7 Midimux app/server, which promises both MIDI & OSC connectivity directly via the standard Lightning=USB cable, no jailbreaking required! After buying the app, installing the server, configuring my firewall, checking port settings on all sides—I was thrilled when I was able to send OSC messages from PD to TouchOSC on the iPad! But...... no such luck in the other direction, TouchOSC cannot send to PD. I've tried a variety of port/hostname/IP settings, and fiddled with all of the OSC/UDP receive objects in PD to see if any connection is being made in the iPad->Mac direction, with no success. The MIDI part of the app seems to work just fine both ways.

I am not proficient in advanced networking, so I don't have any other methods for testing to see what the issue may be. I also realize that the problem almost certainly lies on the Midimux/TouchOSC side of things rather than with PD, but as mentioned before, I figure there must be other PD users who would be happy to learn of the potential for a wired TouchOSC interface, and it seems the possibility may be tantalizingly close. If anyone has any thoughts/experiences/suggestions on the subject, I'd be delighted to hear them.

Thanks!

If you’re on a Mac, TouchOSC its super easy to set up with an iOS device over USB as a MIDI controller. Sorry Windows users, I have nothing for you today.

Some day I will cover making custom layouts and control surfaces with TouchOSC but for now we’re just using it as a portable MIDI controller.

Over USB you’ll get a low latency MIDI input into your DAW.
While it’s technically possible to do this all over WIFI, I would not recommend it.

TLDR

  • Unlock iPad and connect with USB to lightning cable
  • Launch Audio MIDI Setup utility on the Mac
  • Enable the iPad/iPhone in the Audio page
  • Open TouchOSC app on iPad/iPhone
  • Enable TouchOSC Bridge and CoreMIDI
  • Set Layout to Keys or Beatmachine
  • Open REAPER and go to Preferences, Audio, MIDI Devices
  • Enable Apple iPad/iphone for Input and control, apply preference change

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