diff --git a/Vivid/SC/Server/Commands.hs b/Vivid/SC/Server/Commands.hs
--- a/Vivid/SC/Server/Commands.hs
+++ b/Vivid/SC/Server/Commands.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
    , b_zero
    , b_free
    , b_close
+   , b_query
    , b_write
    ) where
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 section:: Master Controls
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /quit
 
 Quit program. Exits the synthesis server.
@@ -125,14 +126,16 @@
 Commands are defined by plug-ins.
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /dumpOSC
 Display incoming OSC messages.
 table::
 ## strong::int:: || code
 ::
 Turns on and off printing of the contents of incoming Open Sound Control messages. This is useful when debugging your command stream.
+-}
 
+{-
 The values for the code are as follows:
 table::
 ## 0 || turn dumping OFF.
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@
       DumpOSC_Hex -> 2
       DumpOSC_ParsedAndHex -> 3
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /sync
 Notify when async commands have completed.
 table::
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@
 sync :: SyncId -> OSC
 sync (SyncId syncId) = OSC "/sync" [OSC_I syncId]
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /clearSched
 
 Clear all scheduled bundles. Removes all bundles from the scheduling queue.
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@
 section:: Synth Definition Commands
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /d_recv
 Receive a synth definition file.
 table::
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@
       Right osc -> encodeOSC osc
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /d_load
 Load synth definition.
 table::
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@
    Nothing -> OSC "/d_load" [path]
    Just c ->  OSC "/d_load" [path, OSC_B (encodeOSC c)]
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /d_loadDir
 Load a directory of synth definitions.
 table::
@@ -314,7 +317,7 @@
 section:: Node Commands
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /n_free
 Delete a node.
 table::
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@
 n_free (NodeId nId) =
    OSC "/n_free" [OSC_I nId]
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /n_run
 Turn node on or off.
 table::
@@ -348,7 +351,7 @@
 n_run (NodeId nId) shouldRun =
    OSC "/n_run" [OSC_I nId, OSC_I $ case shouldRun of { True -> 1 ; False -> 0 }]
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /n_set
 Set a node's control value(s).
 table::
@@ -526,7 +529,7 @@
 ::
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 section:: Synth Commands
 
 subsection:: /s_new
@@ -621,7 +624,7 @@
 -}
 
 
-{-
+{-|
 section:: Group Commands
 
 subsection:: /g_new
@@ -657,7 +660,7 @@
       , OSC_I targetNodeId
       ]
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /p_new
 Create a new parallel group.
 table::
@@ -714,7 +717,7 @@
 Adds the node to the tail (last to be executed) of the group.
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /g_freeAll
 Delete all nodes in a group.
 table::
@@ -788,7 +791,7 @@
 Sends all arguments following the command name to the unit generator to be performed. Commands are defined by unit generator plug ins.
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 section:: Buffer Commands
 
 Buffers are stored in a global array, indexed by integers starting at zero.
@@ -823,7 +826,7 @@
       Nothing -> []
       Just cmd -> [OSC_B (encodeOSC cmd)]
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /b_allocRead
 Allocate buffer space and read a sound file.
 table::
@@ -919,7 +922,7 @@
 -}
 
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /b_write
 Write sound file data.
 table::
@@ -965,7 +968,7 @@
       , OSC_I $ case keepOpen of { True -> 1 ; False -> 0 }
       ] `addMaybeComplete` completionMaybe
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /b_free
 Free buffer data.
 table::
@@ -984,7 +987,7 @@
         OSC_I bufId
       ] `addMaybeComplete` completionMaybe
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /b_zero
 Zero sample data.
 table::
@@ -1054,7 +1057,7 @@
 ::
 -}
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /b_close
 Close soundfile.
 table::
@@ -1073,7 +1076,7 @@
         OSC_I bufId
       ] `addMaybeComplete` completionMaybe
 
-{-
+{-|
 subsection:: /b_query
 Get buffer info.
 table::
@@ -1090,6 +1093,15 @@
     ::
 ::
 
+Since: vivid-0.4.1
+-}
+
+b_query :: [BufferId] -> OSC
+b_query bufIds =
+   OSC "/b_query" [ OSC_I bufId | (BufferId bufId) <- bufIds ]
+
+
+{-
 subsection:: /b_get
 Get sample value(s).
 table::
diff --git a/Vivid/SC/SynthDef/Literally.hs b/Vivid/SC/SynthDef/Literally.hs
--- a/Vivid/SC/SynthDef/Literally.hs
+++ b/Vivid/SC/SynthDef/Literally.hs
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@
 
 {-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK show-extensions #-}
 
-{-# LANGUAGE NoRebindableSyntax #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} -- todo
-{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE
+     NoRebindableSyntax
+   , ScopedTypeVariables
+   , LambdaCase
+   , OverloadedStrings
 
-{-# LANGUAGE NoIncoherentInstances #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE NoMonomorphismRestriction #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE NoUndecidableInstances #-}
+   , NoIncoherentInstances
+   , NoMonomorphismRestriction
+   , NoUndecidableInstances
+   #-}
+  -- TODO: remove ScopedTypeVariables?
 
 module Vivid.SC.SynthDef.Literally (
      LiteralSynthDef(..)
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
    ) where
 
 import Vivid.SC.SynthDef.Types (BinaryOp(..), UnaryOp(..), CalculationRate(..))
-import Vivid.OSC.Old.Util (floatToWord, wordToFloat)
+-- import Vivid.OSC.Old.Util (floatToWord, wordToFloat)
 
 import Control.Arrow (first)
 import Control.Monad
@@ -97,6 +100,10 @@
 -- import Data.Serialize.IEEE754
 
 
+-- TODO: temporary:
+import Data.Bits ((.&.), complement, Bits)
+import qualified Foreign as F
+import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
 data LiteralSynthDef
    = LiteralSynthDef {
     _synthDefName :: ByteString -- pstring: "a pascal format string: a byte giving the length followed by that many bytes"
@@ -212,10 +219,36 @@
    , mconcat $ map encodeVariantSpec variants
    ]
 
+
+-- TODO: temporary:
+-- from hosc:
+align :: (Num i,Bits i) => i -> i
+{-# INLINE align #-}
+align n = ((n + 3) .&. complement 3) - n
+
+-- from data-binary-ieee754:
+floatToWord :: Float -> F.Word32
+floatToWord = coercionThing
+
+wordToFloat :: F.Word32 -> Float
+wordToFloat = coercionThing
+
+doubleToWord :: Double -> F.Word64
+doubleToWord = coercionThing
+
+wordToDouble :: F.Word64 -> Double
+wordToDouble = coercionThing
+
+
+coercionThing :: (F.Storable a, F.Storable b) => a -> b
+coercionThing x = unsafePerformIO $ F.alloca $ \buf -> do
+   F.poke (F.castPtr buf) x
+   F.peek buf
+
+
 putLiteralSynthDef' :: LiteralSynthDef -> Put
 putLiteralSynthDef' (LiteralSynthDef name constants params paramNames ugenSpecs variants) = do
    putPString' name
-
    putListWLenPrefix32 putFloat32be constants
    putListWLenPrefix32 putFloat32be params
    putListWLenPrefix32 putParamName' paramNames
diff --git a/vivid-supercollider.cabal b/vivid-supercollider.cabal
--- a/vivid-supercollider.cabal
+++ b/vivid-supercollider.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                vivid-supercollider
-version:             0.3.0.0
+version:             0.4.1.0
 synopsis:
   Implementation of SuperCollider server specifications
 description:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     , ViewPatterns
   build-depends:
       base >3 && <5
-    , vivid-osc >=0.3 && <0.4
+    , vivid-osc >=0.4 && <0.6
     -- todo: replace completely with cereal:
     , binary
       -- >=0.8 && <0.9