sorry about this but Im a real begginer with pd and OSC , I just want to perform the simple task of sending a note or numbers or anything to myself using OSC, after that I'll move on to sending it to other pcs on the LAN, I've went through the patches and stuff shich werent much help as I dont fully understand what to do. My question is where do I start , from scratch that is, as in how do I find out what port to use or what IP address, Im pretty sure I know what IP address to use as its written already in my network connection settings, And by the way I do know what each object does but I dont know how to implement it, even just to send a message to mysel so I'd have an understanding of the basics cheers for any help Adrian ps I've looked through past posts