Maxy::Gen

A commandline tool to generate max patches in an emmet-like fashion

Installation

Requires ruby installed, of course. This gem was built with v.2.3.3.

Install the gem:

$ gem install maxy-gen

This version depends on your local Max installation. Install max object definitions like so:

$ maxy-gen install

Or simply

$ maxy-gen i

You will be asked for the path to your refpages directory. Just hit Enter if you installed Max in your Applications folder.

Note: This is totally untested on Windows!

Usage

Use an emmet-like pattern to generate a max patch, e.g.

$ maxy-gen generate 'cycle~{440.}-*~{0.2}-ezdac~' > test.maxpat

(or shorter, maxy-gen g ...)

... and open it in Max.

As of now you can use

  • - dashes to indicate patch chords
  • {} curly braces to denote arguments passed to objects

A couple of objects need escaping (with \), because some characters are taken, obviously. These are:

  • \-
  • \+
  • \*
  • \-~
  • \+=~
  • \+~
  • \*~

This gem is under heavy development!

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/julianrubisch/maxy-gen.

Please include:

  • your platform
  • your ruby version
  • a description of what didn't work
  • the patch produced by maxy-gen
  • the patch as you'd have expected it

Support

This is a pure side project and depends on your support!

If you'd like to support the development of maxy-gen and my other projects, take a look at https://www.patreon.com/znibbles