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HPKComposer version 3.01 (17 February 2002)
HPKComposer is a Java application, the required Java level is at least 1.3. Either the Java JRE or Java SDK must be installed on your machine, and must be porperly configured. Download this compressed file, uncompress it in a directory of your choice. You can then edit the HPKComposer.bat file for settting the Csound environment variable of your choice.
Start HPKComposer by lauchning HPKComposer.bat. Load a composition, and open the Csound Settings view and the VRML settings view for setting the different program locations (Csound, Sound Player and Internet Browser) .
If you want to render a VRML example, please, set the file ressource path (sounds and textures) to your path. The ressource are loacetd in the same folder as the composition.
Download HPKComposer 3.01 - add panning, correct TB303 filter, Csound Module modulators normalized to 0-1, cosmetic correction, add another example.
Download HPKComposer 3.0
HPKComposer version 2.2 (8 June 2000)
Download the 2.2 zip file, and follow the instructions given below. As recent Csound opcodes are used, it is highly recommended to use the latest version of Csound. Don't forget to customize your environment for Csound (particulary the CSSTRNGS variable which is new in the latest versions). The HPKComposer documentation for version 2.2  is here, and the installation instructions are online. What's new?
  • score oscillator generator corrected and enhanced with user defined curve
  • waveshaping module enhanced in HPKSynthe
  • scanned synthesis module in Modular software synthe
  • major new VRML97 generation capabilities
    • 8 Transform nodes, controlling up to 16 objects
    • ElevationGrid node support, mathematical curves are used for generated the surface
    • support of mathematical curves in Interpolators
    • Directional light support
    • mathematicaly generated IndexfaceSet
    • Mathematicaly generated IndexLineSet
HPKComposer version 2.1 ( April 2000)
The 2.1 zip file is still online as HPKComposer 2.2 is not able to read 2.1 files . Instructions for installing it as the same as those of  2.2 version.

What's new?

  • the GUI is designed for 1024x768 screen resolution
  • new software synthetizer Modular. Build your own synthetizer using modules that can be connected together. These modules are a large subset of the most high level Csound opcodes.
  • new composition tool Mutli serial segments.
  • randomizer, add random variation at the final stage<
  • new capabilities for VRML97 generation.
    • text node
    • Mutli geometry. Generate collection of elements that can be individually modified.
    • Animated textures Nodes. Geometry nodes where the texture can be modifiied in time
    • texture transform evolution
HPKComposer version 2.0 ( 26 September 1999)
As files produced by version 2.0 cannot be read by version 2.1, here is the 2.0 zip file.