Open Sound Control is a messaging protocol originally designed for use in the music industry specifically for communicating gestures, parameters, and note sequences between platforms. It is characterized by its accuracy, flexibility, and interoperability.

The NI OSC Library includes VIs that provide full support for creating and parsing OSC bundles and messages, address wildcard matching, and address space dispatching. The following argument types are supported:
Int32(i), Float32(f), Double(d), Blob(b), String(s), Boolean(T and F), Null(N), Impulse/Infinitum(I), Timetag(T)