OSC and I phones and Whiskers on kittens........

[William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

Some friends of my wife  Nancy just gave us their old I phones so I've  
downloaded OSC and the Missing link template and fired up a Missing  
link, and though I have yet to figure out how to program midi program  
changes in to it to get at all my  LP-1 parameters happening .  I've  
already got it running for midi note and cc control and that in itself  
is adding some cool new capability such as using midi notes to control  
replace which allows me to replace portions of my loop for as long  as  
i touch the key on the I phones keyboard template, a true sus command  
that due to laziness, I haven't tried programming my Little Giant to  
do. Its  great for interrupting a percolating loop with a portion of  
long sustained notes or vise versa, and doing glitchy stutter replaces  
by hitting the  key rapidly. granted i have to take one hand of the  
instrument to control it but its fun to play one handed at time as  
well. Also I have programmed a fader array to control  volume,   
feedback, panning and track speed and 4 individual track faders .  
having the speed on a fader allows me to accurately go to different  
percentages of the track speed that I could never do with a foot pedal  
controller,  so I can put the loop in another key, record additional  
content in  and then return it to the original key as follows. I'll  
record content at 100% (normal speed), move it the fader  to 75% (3/4  
speed), the 50% (half speed). then 37% (3/8 this speed???and finally  
25% (1/4 speed) all the while adding new content to the loop.  If i'm  
playing in E minor for example at normal speed, when I go to 75% speed  
it drops the key to B min, I then add some more stuff, and return to  
the original key. Recording at these other track speeds can cause some  
interesting artifacts and overtones.  The more I figure this thing out  
the more i like it. The Missing Link is great for us old school  
hardware guys who don't want to be left out of the future:-) and want  
more control over their gear. Additionally, any multi effect with  
extensive external cc control can really benefit from what an I phone,  
or touch, or pad,  and a Missing Link can do to really mix your  
effects in real time.
I'm looking in to a mic stand adaptor for my I phone and also if  
anyone has had any luck programming program change information on an  
OSC template I'd be grateful for some help as so far I'm stymied.
 Thanks
 Bill