CV into VCV Rack howto?

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If I want to send CV from an external program - not a hardware controller - into VCV Rack what is the best approach ?

I want to send frequency values from OpenMusic into Rack. OM has a scheduler but I have no knowledge of its internals. OM also has an OSC class, perhaps that could help ? I assume that OM’s frequencies would need conversion to CV, is that a correct assumption ?

I have no idea if what I want is possible, obviously I’m at the information gathering stage. Any critique, clarification, or suggestion for further research is appreciated.

TIA!

dp

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If you can export to midi from OM then loopMIDI.

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Thanks, Phil, I’ve already got the MIDI part squared away, OM’s fairly straightforward about that by using PortMIDI. But I’m trying to avoid pitch bend as a solution, I want finer control over the frequencies.

OM was not designed as a realtime environment. Some time ago the devs introduced what they called “reactivity” to the system, which essentially lets OM respond to incoming data. I want to do the reverse to allow OM control of VCV Rack.

Btw, this is all very new and foggy to me, I’ve never tried any realtime programming. And did I mention that OM’s development language is Lisp ? :fearful:

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The only thing i ever heard about LISP is that it stands for List of Insane and Stupid Parentheses :rofl:

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I not know Open music, if you have Jack you can send the cv directly to the vcv audio module , also, Carla have some plugins to convert cv to cc and viceversa

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I did a lot of coding in Scheme/Guile for Bill Schottstaedt’s SND project, also with Rick Taube’s Common Music, so I’m not totally unfamiliar with it.

Btw, I heard the joke as “Lots of Irritating Silly Parentheses”. :slight_smile:

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