# OSC

In addition to MIDI, another way to get information in and out of Sonic Pi is via the network using a simple protocol called OSC - Open Sound Control. This will let you send messages to and from external programs (both running on your computer and on external computers) which opens up the potential for control way beyond MIDI which has limitations due to its 1980s design.

For example, you could write a program in another programming language which sends and receives OSC (there are OSC libraries for pretty much every common language) and work directly with Sonic Pi. What you can use this for is only limited by your imagination.