diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0fbcdc4..402ec06 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ $hoe = Hoe.spec 'scruby' do
   self.summary            = %q{SuperCollider client for Ruby}
   self.rubyforge_name     = self.name
   self.extra_deps         = [
-    ['maca-arguments','>= 0.6'],
-    ['maca-rosc',     '>= 0.0.1']
+    ['maca-arguments',  '>= 0.6'],
+    ['aberant-osc-ruby','>= 0.1.5']
   ]
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/scruby.rb b/lib/scruby.rb
index 8339846..720f828 100644
--- a/lib/scruby.rb
+++ b/lib/scruby.rb
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 require 'date'
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'arguments'
-require 'rosc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require 'eventmachine'
 require 'yaml'
 
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__)) unless $:.include?(File.dirname(__FILE__)) || $:.include?(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
 
 module Scruby
-  VERSION = '0.2.6.4'
+  VERSION = '0.2.6.5'
 end
 
 require "scruby/core_ext/object"
diff --git a/lib/scruby/group.rb b/lib/scruby/group.rb
index 4f5d5bd..99de01d 100644
--- a/lib/scruby/group.rb
+++ b/lib/scruby/group.rb
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ module Scruby
   class Group < Node
     
     def free_all
-      send '/g_freeAll', self.node_id
+      send '/g_freeAll', self.id
       self
     end
     
     def deep_free
-      send '/g_deepFree', self.node_id
+      send '/g_deepFree', self.id
       self
     end
     
     def dump_tree post = false
-      send '/g_dumpTree', self.node_id, post
+      send '/g_dumpTree', self.id, post
       self
     end
     
diff --git a/lib/scruby/server.rb b/lib/scruby/server.rb
index 8c450fb..af752b3 100644
--- a/lib/scruby/server.rb
+++ b/lib/scruby/server.rb
@@ -3,50 +3,31 @@
 module Scruby 
   include OSC
 
-  class Message < OSC::Message
-    def initialize command, *args
+  class ::OSC::Message
+    def initialize address, *args
       args.peel!
-      args.collect! do |arg|
+      @address = address
+      @args    = args.collect do |arg|
         case arg
-        when Array
-          Blob.new self.class.new(*arg).encode
-        when true
-          1
-        when false
-          0
-        when Symbol
-          arg.to_s
+        when Integer        then OSCInt32.new   arg
+        when Float          then OSCFloat32.new arg
+        when String, Symbol then OSCString.new  arg.to_s
+        when true           then OSCInt32.new   1
+        when false          then OSCInt32.new   0
+        when Array          then OSCBlob.new    self.class.new(*arg).encode
+        when OSCArgument    then arg
         else
-          arg
+          raise TypeError.new("#{ arg } is not a valid Message argument.")
         end
       end
-      super command, type_tags(args), *args
-    end
-
-    def type_tags *args
-      args.peel!
-      args.collect{ |arg| OSC::Packet.tag arg }.join
     end
   end
 
-  class UDPSender < OSC::UDPServer #:nodoc:
-    include Singleton
-
-    alias :udp_send :send 
-    def send command, host, port, *args
-      args = args.collect{ |arg| arg.kind_of?( Symbol ) ? arg.to_s : arg }
-      udp_send Message.new( command, *args ), 0, host, port
-    end
-
-    def send_message message, host, port
-      udp_send message, 0, host, port
-    end
-  end
-  $UDP_Sender = UDPSender.instance
-
   class Server
     attr_reader :host, :port, :path, :buffers, :control_buses, :audio_buses
-    DEFAULTS = { :buffers => 1024, :control_buses => 4096, :audio_buses => 128, :audio_outputs => 8, :audio_inputs => 8 }.freeze
+    DEFAULTS = { :buffers => 1024, :control_buses => 4096, :audio_buses => 128, :audio_outputs => 8, :audio_inputs => 8, 
+      :host => 'localhost', :port => 57111, :path => '/Applications/SuperCollider/scsynth'
+      }
 
     # Initializes and registers a new Server instance and sets the host and port for it.
     # The server is a Ruby representation of scsynth which can be a local binary or a remote    
@@ -68,31 +49,34 @@ class Server
     #     +buffers+
     #       Number of available sample buffers defaults to 1024
     def initialize opts = {}
-      @host          = opts.delete(:host) || 'localhost'
-      @port          = opts.delete(:port) || 57111
-      @path          = opts.delete(:path) || '/Applications/SuperCollider/scsynth'
       @opts          = DEFAULTS.dup.merge opts
       @buffers       = []
       @control_buses = []
       @audio_buses   = []
+      @client        = SimpleClient.new host, port
       Bus.audio self, @opts[:audio_outputs] # register hardware buses
       Bus.audio self, @opts[:audio_inputs]
       self.class.all << self
     end
+    
+    def host; @opts[:host]; end
+    def port; @opts[:port]; end
+    def path; @opts[:path]; end
 
     # Boots the local binary of the scsynth forking a process, it will rise a SCError if the scsynth 
     # binary is not found in /Applications/SuperCollider/scsynth (default Mac OS path) or given path. 
     # The default path can be overriden using Server.scsynt_path=('path')
     def boot
-      raise SCError.new('Scsynth not found in the given path') unless File.exists? @path
+      raise SCError.new('Scsynth not found in the given path') unless File.exists? path
       if running?
-        warn "Server on port #{ @port } allready running"
+        warn "Server on port #{ port } allready running"
         return self 
       end
 
       ready   = false
+      timeout = Time.now + 2
       @thread = Thread.new do
-        IO.popen "cd #{ File.dirname @path }; ./#{ File.basename @path } -u #{ @port }" do |pipe|
+        IO.popen "cd #{ File.dirname path }; ./#{ File.basename path } -u #{ port }" do |pipe|
           loop do 
             if response = pipe.gets
               puts response
@@ -101,9 +85,9 @@ def boot
           end
         end
       end
-      sleep 0.01 until ready or !@thread.alive?
-      sleep 0.01 # just to be shure
-      send "/g_new", 1  
+      sleep 0.01 until ready or !@thread.alive? or Time.now > timeout
+      sleep 0.01        # just to be shure
+      send "/g_new", 1  # default group
       self   
     end
 
@@ -116,6 +100,7 @@ def stop
       send "/clearSched"
       send "/g_new", 1
     end
+    alias :panic :stop
 
     # Sends the /quit OSC signal to the scsynth
     def quit
@@ -126,13 +111,8 @@ def quit
     # Sends an OSC command or +Message+ to the scsyth server.
     # E.g. +server.send('/dumpOSC', 1)+
     def send message, *args
-      case message
-      when Bundle, Message
-        $UDP_Sender.send_message message, @host, @port
-      else
-        $UDP_Sender.send message, @host, @port, *args
-      end
-      self
+      message = Message.new message, *args unless Packet === message 
+      @client.send message
     end
 
     def send_bundle timestamp = nil, *messages
@@ -141,7 +121,7 @@ def send_bundle timestamp = nil, *messages
 
     # Encodes and sends a SynthDef to the scsynth server
     def send_synth_def synth_def
-      send Bundle.new( nil, Message.new( '/d_recv', Blob.new(synth_def.encode), 0 ) )
+      send Bundle.new( nil, Message.new( '/d_recv', OSCBlob.new(synth_def.encode), 0 ) )
     end
 
     # Allocates either buffer or bus indices, should be consecutive
diff --git a/scruby.gemspec b/scruby.gemspec
index 1f7f485..4125920 100644
--- a/scruby.gemspec
+++ b/scruby.gemspec
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{scruby}
-  s.version = "0.2.6.4"
+  s.version = "0.2.6.5"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Macario Ortega"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-08-22}
+  s.date = %q{2009-08-24}
   s.default_executable = %q{livecode.rb}
   s.description = %q{}
   s.email = ["macarui@gmail.com"]
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<maca-arguments>, [">= 0.6"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<maca-rosc>, [">= 0.0.1"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<aberant-osc-ruby>, [">= 0.1.5"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<hoe>, [">= 2.3.2"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<maca-arguments>, [">= 0.6"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<maca-rosc>, [">= 0.0.1"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<aberant-osc-ruby>, [">= 0.1.5"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, [">= 2.3.2"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<maca-arguments>, [">= 0.6"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<maca-rosc>, [">= 0.0.1"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<aberant-osc-ruby>, [">= 0.1.5"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, [">= 2.3.2"])
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/buffer_spec.rb b/spec/buffer_spec.rb
index 66057ef..f493cfb 100644
--- a/spec/buffer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/buffer_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require 'date'
 require 'arguments'
 require 'tempfile'
-require 'osc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require "scruby/buffer"
 require "scruby/bus"
 require "scruby/server"
diff --git a/spec/bus_spec.rb b/spec/bus_spec.rb
index 13192df..859cb9b 100644
--- a/spec/bus_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bus_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/helper"
 
 require 'tempfile'
-require 'osc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require "scruby/core_ext/numeric"
 require "scruby/bus"
 require "scruby/server"
diff --git a/spec/group_spec.rb b/spec/group_spec.rb
index 7401aef..2ae5272 100644
--- a/spec/group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/group_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require "scruby/node"
 require "scruby/group"
 require 'scruby/bus'
-require 'osc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require 'scruby/server'
 require File.join( File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), "server")
 
diff --git a/spec/node_spec.rb b/spec/node_spec.rb
index a034835..6b77d82 100644
--- a/spec/node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/node_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require "scruby/core_ext/typed_array" 
 require "scruby/node"
 require "scruby/bus"
-require 'osc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require 'scruby/server'
 require File.join( File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), "server")
 
diff --git a/spec/server_spec.rb b/spec/server_spec.rb
index bb8f275..13f6e43 100644
--- a/spec/server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/server_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'arguments'
 require 'tempfile'
-require 'osc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require 'scruby/node'
 require 'scruby/core_ext/array'
 require 'scruby/core_ext/typed_array'
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def == other
 describe Message do
   it "should encode array as Message Blob" do
     m = Message.new "/b_allocRead", 1, "path", 1, -1, ["/b_query", 1]
-    p m.encode
+    m.encode.should == "/b_allocRead\000\000\000\000,isiib\000\000\000\000\000\001path\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\001\377\377\377\377\000\000\000\024/b_query\000\000\000\000,i\000\000\000\000\000\001"
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/synth_spec.rb b/spec/synth_spec.rb
index 3c72abe..7216e56 100644
--- a/spec/synth_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/synth_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/helper"
 
-require 'osc'
+require 'osc-ruby'
 require "scruby/core_ext/typed_array" 
 require "scruby/node"
 require "scruby/bus"
@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@
 
 describe Synth do
 
+  before :all do
+    Server.clear
+    @server = Server.new
+    @server.boot
+    @server.send "/dumpOSC", 3
+    sleep 0.05
+  end
+
+  after :all do
+    @server.quit
+    sleep 1
+  end
+
+  before do
+    @server.flush
+  end
+  
   describe 'instantiation with node target' do
     before do
       Node.reset!
@@ -31,71 +48,55 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'Server interaction' do
-    before :all do
-      Server.clear
-      @server = Server.new
-      @server.boot
-      @server.send "/dumpOSC", 3
+  describe 'instantiaton messaging' do
+    it "should send /s_new message" do
+      synth = Synth.new :synth, :attack => 10
+      sleep 0.05
+      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 0, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
+    end
+
+    it "should send set message and return self" do
+      synth = Synth.new :synth, :attack => 10
+      synth.set( :attack => 20 ).should be_a(Synth)
       sleep 0.05
+      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/n_set", #{ synth.id }, "attack", 20 \]}
     end
+  end
 
-    after :all do
-      @server.quit
+  describe 'Default Group' do
+    it "should send after message" do
+      synth = Synth.after nil, :synth, :attack => 10
+      synth.should be_a(Synth)
+      sleep 0.05
+      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 3, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
     end
 
-    before do
-      @server.flush
+    it "should send before message" do
+      synth = Synth.before nil, :synth, :attack => 10
+      synth.should be_a(Synth)
+      sleep 0.05
+      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 2, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
     end
 
-    it "should send /s_new message" do
-      synth = Synth.new :synth, :attack => 10
+    it "should send head message" do
+      synth = Synth.head nil, :synth, :attack => 10
+      synth.should be_a(Synth)
       sleep 0.05
       @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 0, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
     end
 
-    it "should send set message and return self" do
-      synth = Synth.new :synth, :attack => 10
-      synth.set( :attack => 20 ).should be_a(Synth)
+    it "should send tail message" do
+      synth = Synth.tail nil, :synth, :attack => 10
+      synth.should be_a(Synth)
       sleep 0.05
-      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/n_set", #{ synth.id }, "attack", 20 \]}
+      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 1, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
     end
 
-    describe 'Default Group' do
-      it "should send after message" do
-        synth = Synth.after nil, :synth, :attack => 10
-        synth.should be_a(Synth)
-        sleep 0.05
-        @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 3, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
-      end
-
-      it "should send before message" do
-        synth = Synth.before nil, :synth, :attack => 10
-        synth.should be_a(Synth)
-        sleep 0.05
-        @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 2, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
-      end
-
-      it "should send head message" do
-        synth = Synth.head nil, :synth, :attack => 10
-        synth.should be_a(Synth)
-        sleep 0.05
-        @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 0, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
-      end
-
-      it "should send tail message" do
-        synth = Synth.tail nil, :synth, :attack => 10
-        synth.should be_a(Synth)
-        sleep 0.05
-        @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 1, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
-      end
-
-      it "should send replace message" do
-        synth = Synth.replace nil, :synth, :attack => 10
-        synth.should be_a(Synth)
-        sleep 0.05
-        @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 4, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
-      end
+    it "should send replace message" do
+      synth = Synth.replace nil, :synth, :attack => 10
+      synth.should be_a(Synth)
+      sleep 0.05
+      @server.output.should =~ %r{\[ "/s_new", "#{ synth.name }", #{ synth.id }, 4, 1, "attack", 10 \]}
     end
   end