OSCbundle
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## OSCbundle

OSCbundle — Sends data to other processes using the OSC protocol by packing messages in a bundle.

## Description

Uses the OSC protocol to send one or more messages to other OSC listening processes in a single bundle. Unlike OSCsend, it can be used to send multiple messages at the same time, but only standard OSC numeric types are allowed.

## Syntax

    OSCbundle kwhen, ihost, iport,
        Sdest[], Stype[],kArgs[][][,isize]

## Initialization

ihost -- a string that is the intended host computer domain name. An empty string is interpreted as the current computer.

iport -- the number of the port that is used for the communication.

isize -- maximum packet size in bytes, defaults to 65536.

## Performance

kwhen -- a bundle of messages is sent whenever this value changes. A message will always be sent on the first call.

Sdest[] -- an array of strings containing the destination address for each message. Length must agree with Stype[].

Stype[] -- an array of strings containing the types for each message. Only numeric types ('i' for integers and 'f' for floats) are supported. Length must agree with Sdest[].

kArg[][] -- a two-dimensional array containing the arguments for each message. Its dimension 1 (number of rows) must agree with Sdest[] and Stype[]. Its dimension 2 (number of columns) must be large enough to accommodate the message with the largest number of arguments. Each row should contain the arguments for the types of each message. If a row contains fewer arguments, any remaining data items are filled with zeros. Arguments in excess of what each type string requires are ignored.

## Example

Here is an example of the OSCBundle opcode. It uses the file oscbundle.csd.

Example 696. Example of the OSCbundle opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    -odac
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>

    instr 1
    Sdest[] init 2
    Stype[] init 2
    kdata[][] init 2, 2

    Sdest[0] = "/test/floats"
    Sdest[1] = "/test/ints"
    Stype[0] = "ff"
    Stype[1] = "ii"

    kdata fillarray 1,2,3,4

    OSCbundle  1, "localhost", 7000, Sdest, Stype, kdata
    endin

    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>
    i1 0 1
    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

## See also

OSC (Open Sound Control)

More information on this opcode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1C3TqP_9Y , made by Andrés Cabrera

## Credits

Author: Victor Lazzarini
2018

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