celestebetancur/faust2ck

A FAUST wrapper-generator for ChucK Ugens

faust2ck - A FAUST wrapper-generator for ChucK Ugens.

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FAUST is a functional language for defining DSP structures that can be used for real-time audio computing. It can generate block diagrams and also C++ code which will execute the given routine.

This is an ideal way to create unit generators (UGens) for ChucK. The ChucK data structures can be a bit weird and the learning curve for hacking on ChucK can be a little steep. Using FAUST, you can concentrate on the DSP algorithm, and allow faust2ck to take care of creating ChucK-compatible C++ code so that you can instantiate your new DSP object in a ChucK program.

Please see the FAUST websites for more details, online tutorials, and even an online compiler that you can try:

http://faust.grame.fr/ https://fausteditor.grame.fr/ https://faustide.grame.fr/

This document describes how to use faust2ck.

This code is directly based off of Scott Sinclair's original faust2ck, without which this latest iteration would not exist.

Build/Install

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To build faust2ck, first download the source:

$ git clone https://github.com/spencersalazar/faust2ck.git

Then compile:

$ cd faust2ck/src $ make

Then install!

$ sudo make install

Usage

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Running faust2ck with no parameters will give you a usage string:

$ faust2ck Usage: faust2ck <filename.dsp>

You can see that it requires a single input, the name of a FAUST .dsp file. How you come up with this .dsp file is beyond the scope of this document, but check out here: http://faust.grame.fr/examples.html for some cool examples.

When you execute faust2ck with a suitable .dsp file:

$ faust2ck filename.dsp

it will generate a ChuGin called "filename.chug". You can load this into ChucK with the -g option:

$ chuck -gfilename

but chuck will exit immediately because you haven't provided it with a script to run. If you want to load your new ChuGin without the annoying -g option, simply copy it to your ChuGin directory (typically /usr/local/lib/chuck).