OSC/PILOT is a bi-directional control surface application for Windows, created as a performance tool for digital artists and musicians.
It’s in the tradition of customizable MIDI controller apps like Lemur and TouchOSC, and lets users create original touchscreen control designs for OSC & MIDI, based on a collection of customizable widgets.
In the video above, producer Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) demonstrates how you can start from scratch and use OSC/PILOT to create a custom controller design.
“OSC/PILOT has been in development since October 2013,” notes Zimmerman, “and I’ve been field testing and using it in shows since that time. It’s a vital component to our live production, both on stage and front of house.”
Features:
- Make custom UIs in minutes
- Simple drag interface means laying out a new UI takes no time at all.
- Multiple workspaces allow for different UIs to be used from within one project.
- Multi-Touch fully supported. Drive the UI with as many fingers as your touch display supports.
- Supports sending and receiving OSC (Open Sound Control) data
- Send OSC data to control other applications and devices that support OSC
- Control visual applications such as TouchDesigner, vvvv, Resolume, VDMX, Notch etc.
- Receive OSC data from external sources to drive the content currently shown in the UI
- Supports sending MIDI.
- Connect to devices directly plugged into the computer
- Send MIDI to other computers and applications using network MIDI tools tools such as rtpMIDI
- Control Ableton Live, bitwig and other audio applications using your own custom UI.
- Supports Windows 8.1 and 10
- Show Ready
- Used for years by deadmau5 on tour as his control surface for shows.
Pricing and Availability:
OSC/PILOT is available now for $49.99 USD.
this is a great way to develop tendonitis
Every 3-5 years there is someone that do this, mainly for DJ’s.
I remember the previous SmithsonMartin Emulator PRO of the 2015.
On paper it’s a cool thing, on reality is a pain in the a** to personalise and use.
Way much better an external dedicated tactile-controller or a simple iPad.
And the Emulator Pro was also quite spectacular with that transparent huge screen…
Touchscreens are a pain in the ass, people are basically “over” the novelty of them. A bank of knobs and a row of faders are the way to go.