Jan Zaion

Hello, is it possible to save an .amxd device as .maxpat from either M4L or Max? When I copy all the contents of a .amxd patch in M4L, paste them in Max and save the patch as .maxpat, it works but the UI is all messed up. Save as does not offer this option. Is there a clean solution to this, or is copying and pasting my only option?

Hello, is it possible to save an .amxd device as .maxpat from either M4L or Max? When I copy all the contents of a .amxd patch in M4L, paste

save-amxd-device-as-maxpat

If you open an .amxd file with a text editor you'll see a JSON object with some binary parts (text with �) at the beginning and at the end. If you remove the binary parts and save the file as .maxpat it should work (be careful not to remove any curly brackets).

There's a discussion about that in this thread.

https://cycling74.com/forums/difference-between-amxd-and-maxpat

There's a discussion about that in this thread.
https://cycling74.com/forums/difference-between-amxd-and-maxpat 

I think I’ve had luck opening the .amxd in Max, and then doing File > Save as Project…

I don’t recall issues with UI doing this and it works well for getting subpatchers and dependencies, IIRC.

Hey Dimitri, to open .amxd with a text editor never occured to me! Thanks, very helpful advice!

save .amxd device as .maxpat