diff --git a/classes/TouchOSC.sc b/classes/TouchOSC.sc
index 860e776..5a747b3 100644
--- a/classes/TouchOSC.sc
+++ b/classes/TouchOSC.sc
@@ -2,116 +2,42 @@
 
 
 TouchOSC {
-	var <ip, <port=9000, controls;
+	var <net, <controls;
 
 	*new { | ip, port |
 		^super.new.init(ip, port)
 	}
 
-	init { | aip, aport |
-		ip = aip;
-		port = aport;
+	init { | ip, port |
+		net = NetAddr(ip, port);
 		controls = ();
 	}
 
-    add1d { | url, scale, apply |
-		controls.put(url, TouchOSCControl(url, scale, apply));
+	send { | url ... oargs |
+		net.sendMsg(url, *oargs)
+	}
+
+	addbutton { | url, default, apply |
+		var ctrl = TouchOSCControl(this, url, apply, default);
+		ctrl.init();
+		controls.put(url, ctrl);
+		^ctrl;
+	}
+
+	addslider { | url, default, scale, apply |
+		var ctrl = TouchOSCControlScale(this, url, apply, default, scale);
+		ctrl.init();
+		controls.put(url, ctrl);
+		^ctrl;
     }
 
-	add2d { | url, scale1, scale2, apply |
-		controls.put(url, TouchOSCControl2d(url, scale1, scale2, apply));
+	addxy { | url, default, scale1, scale2, apply |
+		var ctrl = TouchOSCControlXY(this, url, apply, default, scale1, scale2);
+		ctrl.init();
+		controls.put(url, ctrl);
+		^ctrl;
 	}
 
-	addbutton { | url, apply |
-		controls.put(url, TouchOSCControlButton(url, apply));
-	}
 
 }
 
-
-// // TODO: each of these needs to be able to write its value back
-// // to its TouchOSC control - this should be a fairly simple
-// // method like ~ctrlset and ~ctrlget
-//
-// // then call all of those on an iterator at startup to write the
-// // defaults to the controller
-//
-// ~mset = {
-// | name, oscurl, min, max, default, apply=({}), ctrlset=(~ctrlset), ctrlget=(~ctrlget), ctrlsend=(~ctrlsend) |
-// ~sets.put(name, (
-// name: name,
-// oscurl: oscurl,
-// default: default,
-// min: min,
-// max: max,
-// v: default,
-// ctrlset: ctrlset,
-// ctrlget: ctrlget,
-// ctrlsend: ctrlsend,
-// apply: apply
-// ));
-// OSCdef.new(
-// 'osc' ++ name,
-// { | msg |
-// ~sets.at(name).ctrlset(msg);
-// ~sets.at(name).apply() },
-// oscurl
-// );
-// };
-//
-//
-//
-//
-//
-// }
-//
-//
-//
-//
-// ~sets = ();
-//
-// // The following two functions are the default methods for going from
-// // touchOSC control settings (0-1) to setting values as defined by min,max.
-// // Default uses linlin - for linexp or fancier stuff, override them.
-// // It's up to you to make sure they're mathematically inverse.
-//
-//
-//
-// ~ctrlset = { | self, msg | self.v = msg[1].linlin(0, 1, self.min, self.max); };
-//
-// ~ctrlget = { | self |        self.v.linlin(self.min, self.max, 0, 1) };
-//
-// ~ctrlexpset = { | self, msg | self.v = msg[1].linexp(0, 1, self.min, self.max); };
-//
-// ~ctrlexpget = { | self |        self.v.linlin(self.min, self.max, 0, 1) };
-//
-//
-// // getter and setter for an x-y control - the default, max and min are arrays
-// // of [ x, y ] pairs
-//
-// // note: msg is what we get from the OSC and x = 1, y = 2
-//
-// ~ctrlxyset = {
-// | self, msg |
-// self.v[0] = msg[1].linlin(0, 1, self.min[0], self.max[0]);
-// self.v[1] = msg[2].linlin(0, 1, self.min[1], self.max[1]);
-// };
-//
-// ~ctrlxyget = {
-// | self |
-// var vals = [ 0, 0 ];
-// vals[0] = self.v[0].linlin(self.min[0], self.max[0], 0, 1);
-// vals[1] = self.v[1].linlin(self.min[1], self.max[1], 0, 1);
-// vals;
-// };
-//
-//
-// // ~ctrlsend sends the current self.v back to the TouchOSC control,
-// // for when we send the defaults or load a patch
-//
-// ~ctrlsend = {
-// | self |
-// var ctrlval = self.ctrlget();
-// [ "ctrlsend", self.oscurl, ctrlval ].postln;
-// ~touchosc.sendMsg(self.oscurl, ctrlval);
-// };
diff --git a/classes/TouchOSCControl.sc b/classes/TouchOSCControl.sc
index 745521d..0dbb58a 100644
--- a/classes/TouchOSCControl.sc
+++ b/classes/TouchOSCControl.sc
@@ -1,49 +1,63 @@
 
 
-// 1d - fader, radial
-// 2d - xy, radar
-// button
-// radio
-
-
 TouchOSCControl {
-	var <url, <value, apply, scale;
+	var <touchOSC, <url, apply, <value;
 
-	*new { | url, scale, apply |
-		^super.new.init(url, scale, apply)
+	*new { | touchOSC, url, apply, value |
+		^super.newCopyArgs(touchOSC, url, apply, value)
 	}
 
-	init { | aurl, ascale, aapply |
-		url = aurl;
-		scale = ascale;
-		apply = aapply;
-		value = scale.default;
+	init {
 		OSCdef.new(
 			'osc' ++ url,
 			{ | msg |
-				value = scale.tovalue(msg[1]);
+				value = msg[1];
 				apply.value(value)
 			},
 			url
 		);
+		this.send();
+	}
+
+	value_ { |newval|
+		value = newval;
+		this.send();
+	}
+
+	send {
+		touchOSC.send(url, value);
 	}
 }
 
-// inheritance is too awkward or I don't understand it well enough
+TouchOSCControlScale : TouchOSCControl {
+	var scale;
 
-TouchOSCControl2d {
-	var <url, <value, scale1, scale2, apply;
-
-	*new { | url, scale1, scale2, apply |
-		^super.new.init(url, scale1, scale2, apply)
+	*new { | touchOSC, url, apply, value, scale |
+		^super.newCopyArgs(touchOSC, url, apply, value, scale)
 	}
 
-	init { | aurl, ascale1, ascale2, aapply |
-		url = aurl;
-		scale1 = ascale1;
-		scale2 = ascale2;
-		apply = aapply;
-		value = [ scale1.default, scale2.default ];
+	init {
+		OSCdef.new(
+			'osc' ++ url,
+			{ | msg |
+				value = scale.tovalue(msg[1]);
+				apply.value(value);
+			},
+			url
+		);
+		this.send();
+	}
+
+}
+
+TouchOSCControlXY : TouchOSCControl {
+	var scale1, scale2;
+
+	*new { | touchOSC, url, apply, value, scale1, scale2 |
+		^super.newCopyArgs(touchOSC, url, apply, value, scale1, scale2)
+	}
+
+	init {
 		OSCdef.new(
 			'osc' ++ url,
 			{ | msg |
@@ -53,46 +67,22 @@ TouchOSCControl2d {
 			},
 			url
 		);
+		this.send();
 	}
 
-}
-
-
-// For buttons and radio - a TouchOSCControl which just gets values
-// and doesn't have a scale
-
-TouchOSCControlButton {
-	var <url, <value, apply;
-
-	*new { | url, apply |
-		^super.new.init(url, apply)
+	send {
+		touchOSC.send(url, value[0], value[1]);
 	}
 
-	init { | aurl, aapply |
-		url = aurl;
-		apply = aapply;
-		value = 0;
-		OSCdef.new(
-			'osc' ++ url,
-			{ | msg | apply.value(msg[1]) },
-			url
-		);
-	}
 }
 
 
 
 TouchOSCScale {
-	var <min, <max, <default;
+	var <min, <max;
 
-	*new { | min, max, default |
-		^super.new.init(min, max, default)
-	}
-
-	init { | amin, amax, adefault |
-		min = amin;
-		max = amax;
-		default = adefault;
+	*new { | min, max |
+		^super.newCopyArgs(min, max)
 	}
 
 	tovalue { | c | ^c.linlin(0, 1, min, max) }
@@ -111,32 +101,3 @@ TouchOSCScaleExp : TouchOSCScale {
 
 }
 
-
-
-// ~ctrlset = { | self, msg | self.v = msg[1].linlin(0, 1, self.min, self.max); };
-//
-// ~ctrlget = { | self |        self.v.linlin(self.min, self.max, 0, 1) };
-//
-// ~ctrlexpset = { | self, msg | self.v = msg[1].linexp(0, 1, self.min, self.max); };
-//
-// ~ctrlexpget = { | self |        self.v.linlin(self.min, self.max, 0, 1) };
-//
-//
-// // getter and setter for an x-y control - the default, max and min are arrays
-// // of [ x, y ] pairs
-//
-// // note: msg is what we get from the OSC and x = 1, y = 2
-//
-// ~ctrlxyset = {
-// | self, msg |
-// self.v[0] = msg[1].linlin(0, 1, self.min[0], self.max[0]);
-// self.v[1] = msg[2].linlin(0, 1, self.min[1], self.max[1]);
-// };
-//
-// ~ctrlxyget = {
-// | self |
-// var vals = [ 0, 0 ];
-// vals[0] = self.v[0].linlin(self.min[0], self.max[0], 0, 1);
-// vals[1] = self.v[1].linlin(self.min[1], self.max[1], 0, 1);
-// vals;
-// };