FScape
FScape is a standalone, cross-platform audio rendering software and consists of around fifty independent modules. From simple utilities such as separating channels, normalising, cutting and splicing sounds, through various DSP and filtering algorithms to more complex algorithmic units which take a sound, analyse it, and rearrange it in new forms. Many of the processes and their ways of parametrisation are unique. FScape is an open source software published under GNU General Public License v3+.

System requirements
  • Minimum JRE: 1.6.0_27 (1.6.0ga5)


FScape on an eComStation machine with Open JDK


Installing FScape
Download FScape-1.6.0-universal.zip (the file can only be downloaded from my site, on https://www.sciss.de/fscape/ they only present the source now.). The next version 1.7.0 needs Java 8. Open the zipfile and copy the directory(folder) "fscape-1.6.0" to your harddrive. That's it!

The fscape.cmd file
This version of FScape works with Open JDK in OS/2-eCS. I have made a fscape.cmd file with the following contents; 
@echo off
SET CLASSPATH= 
SET BEGINLIBPATH=[drive:java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
SET PATH=[drive:java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
SET FSCAPE_HOME=[drive: fscape]\fscape-1.6.0
SET APP_CLASSPATH=[drive: fscape]\fscape-1.6.0\lib\*
SET SCRIPT_CONF_FILE=[drive: fscape]\fscape-1.6.0\conf\application.ini
[drive:fscape]
cd [drive:fscape]\fscape-1.6.0
java -Duser.home=[drive:fscape]\fscape-1.6.0 -cp [drive:fscape]\fscape-1.6.0\lib\de.sciss.fscape-1.6.0.jar;
 [drive:fscape]\fscape-1.6.0\lib\* de.sciss.fscape.FScape 2>fscape-bugs.txt
The last two lines are actual one line, but I had to break it up in parts. I use 2 separate folders (directories), one for Java and one for FScape with the files created by this program. The references used in the cmd file;

  • [drive: java] = drive with Java
  • [drive: fscape] = drive with FScape

should be replaced with real drive letters. Edit and save the file "fscape.cmd" from the distribution. This file is copied to the "fscape-1.6.0" directory(folder). Furthermore, different paths?, adjust according to your needs.
Create a new program object. Specify the path and file name: "[drive: fscape]\fscape-1.6.0\fscape.cmd". In the tabpage Session check the boxes "OS/2 window", "Running as an icon" and "Close Window to end program". In the tabpage General you can enter the name "FScape". You find enclosed in the file an OS/2 icon.

Parameters / options explained
  • The specification "-Duser.home=[drive: fscape]\fscape-1.6.0" ensures that FScape will save all necessary files in own directory instead of saving them in the home directory.
  • The addition "2>fscape-bugs.txt" ensures that errors are saved in the file "fscape-bugs.txt". The 2 in "2>" is not a typo! You can omit this part If you don't want bug reports.

Download
In the file you can find the above command file (all driveletters are set to C:) and an OS/2 FScape icon: fscape-ecs.zip.

revision February 23, 2020