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A: Put everything between double quotes and insert a comma between each expr, and leave out the '$' for super-local variables:
"(new fmat) 2 3, random_freq1A = 0 , random_freq1B = 0"
Note that the first list (here "(new fmat) 2 3") is the initialisation for the inlet variables $1, $2, etc.
Example: ftm.mess help patch, p names & variables.