Malison

Executable scores for dark electronic music.

Status

This repository currently contains the Malison language specification and an early Rust implementation of the version 0.1 compiler surface.

Implemented commands:

cargo run -- check path/to/main.rite
cargo run -- ir path/to/main.rite
cargo run -- events path/to/main.rite
cargo run -- graph path/to/main.rite
cargo run -- scry path/to/main.rite
cargo run -- render path/to/main.rite

The version 0.1 renderer defaults to the built-in Rust backend. It supports WAV sample triggers and the saw_sub synth needed by the MVP target. An optional SuperCollider backend is also available when sclang and scsynth are installed.

Try the included MVP working:

cargo run -- render examples/first-working/main.rite --force

This writes:

examples/first-working/renders/first-working.wav

To render through SuperCollider:

cargo run -- render examples/first-working/main.rite --backend supercollider --force

render --backend supercollider --dry-run emits the generated SuperCollider NRT score script. Add --keep-backend-files to retain the generated .scd file under the project build directory.

Development

cargo test

The current JSON IR contract is documented in docs/IR_SCHEMA.md.

Additional docs:

• First Rite tutorial
• Language 0.1 reference
• Backend capabilities
• Debugging guide
• Platform notes