TiMax OSC Overhaul Precipitates Bespoke IntegrationsTiMax announced an overhaul of its OSC implementation, including a bidirectional dictionary as well as support for the ADM-OSC standard, all wrapped into the latest software release for SoundHub, version 6.11. The integration will showcase at PLASA Show (September 7-9, 2025 - Olympia, London) on Stand J5, as well as the TiMax Open Days. With the release, TiMax SoundHub now supports a range of OSC dictionaries, enabling out-of-the-box compatibility with many third-party control solutions such as QLab, Space Controller and Nuendo. A new TiMax SoundHub dictionary has enabled advanced, bespoke integrations with SSL consoles, Atlas show control, and Grapes 3D Audio Control, as well as an enhancement of the integration between TiMax SoundHub and TiMax panLab's version 1.3, released simultaneously. Solid State Logic has integrated OSC support for TiMax SoundHub with its latest software updates for the System T and SSL Live console platforms. Berny Carpenter, product manager for SSL explains, "Tightly integrating with TiMax SoundHub not only allows key X, Y and Z positional information for SoundHub sources to be displayed and controlled from an SSL console. Individual path parameters and unique SoundHub functions can also be controlled from the familiar SSL user interface. Providing this high level of integration means that users can easily configure, view and manage their system, wherever they are located." Atlas Show Control's software platform for programming, synchronizing and automating complex live events, offers precise real-time control over audio, video, lighting, and tracking systems, and so is a natural choice for interoperability with TiMax SoundHub, the company says. Sound designer, Gareth Fry, is a user of both systems. He says, "The communication between Atlas and TiMax makes setting up both programs really fast. Atlas allows us to program in a consistent and familiar environment across multiple shows regardless of which spatialisation engine we are using." Meanwhile, integration with the Grapes 3D Audio Control plug-in enables effortless integration with any DAW-based creative workflow. Felix Deufel commented, "Testing Grapes 3D with TiMax SoundHub in the new TiMax Studio in Tileyard, London was a real highlight. The seamless integration saved setup time and let me focus on creativity -- these powerful tools can maximize both efficiency and artistic potential. With the next Grapes 3D update adding direct TiMax preset integration, the workflow will be even faster and more effortless." Aligned integration between TiMax and third parties was dependent on mutual recognition of referenced coordinates. While TiMax SoundHub defined object positions using real-world coordinates -- measured either in meters or feet -- some third-party controllers used "normalized" coordinates, typically ranging from -1 to 1. Utilizing the recently launched Scaling Surfaces feature, TiMax SoundHub software bridges any divide for users by easily converting normalized coordinates to the absolute coordinate space. TiMax SoundHub is famed for its accessibility and flexibility, and it was important to extend the same ethos to integrations with third-party control solutions. For this reason, in addition to supporting a range of OSC dictionaries, incoming OSC messages can be manually mapped to TiMax SoundHub commands. Summing up, Dan Higgott, product and software manager, confirms, "With my personal experience of working in spatial-led shows it was clear that effortless integration into the creative workflow is critical for the ongoing success of TiMax SoundHub. We're thrilled to have SSL, Atlas, and Grapes 3D support this roll out, and we're keen to work across the space with other parties. I'm delighted with the progress that the TiMax software team have made in the last six months, and this latest development is another building block to making TiMax SoundHub the most comprehensive, accessible and flexible spatial audio solution on the market." 
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