TOUCHOSC

HOW TO CONTROL LIGHTSHARK USING TOUCHOSC

From the LightShark website you can download a sample layout for TouchOSC.

OSC LAYOUT

TouchOSC is a modular OSC control surface for Android and iOS. It supports sending and receiving Open Sound Control messages via Wi-Fi.

OSC2

  1. Connect the iPad to the WiFi network generated by lightShark .

  2. Start the TouchOSC App and select the Layout for lightShark.

    MIDI1

  3. Configure the connection settings as follows.

    MIDI3

  4. Go back and press "DONE".

    MIDI4

  5. In the lightShark Preferences, in the MIDI&OSC tab, make sure that OSC is enabled and that the input and output ports are correctly configured.

  6. Now from TouchOSC you can control the lightShark.

HOW TO CONTROL LIGHTSHARK USING VEZÉR

Vezér is a timeline-based MIDI/OSC/DMX sequencrr for audiovisual artists. Thanks to OSC tracks it allows to send different OSC commands to different devices simultaneously:

https://imimot.com/vezer/

  1. Connect the computer with Vezér to the same network as your LightShark device.

  2. In lightShark within the preferences, in the MIDI&OSC tab make sure that OSC command reception is enabled and that the input and output ports are correctly configured.

  3. In the Vezér preferences, add an OSC output by specifying the IP address and the LightShark input port, 

    MIDI3

  4. Add a “OSC Flag” track.

    MIDI4

  5. Add a Keyframe and enter the command with the action you want to perform.

    Below is an example of how to send the "GO" command to Playback 1:

    /LS/Go/PB/1 <0>

    OSC9

Note that actions in LightShark are performed by releasing the button, so the message is sent on <0> value instead of <1>.