HPKComposer, graphical user interface guide

When HPKComposer is launched, it displays an empty workspace where only two buttons are visible and active:

Click on this button if you want to load an existing composition. A dialog window is displayed to let you select an existing file.
Click on this button if you want to create a new composition. A dialog window is displayed to let you enter the name of the composition. You can choose an exiting composition name, it will be replaced.

Then, the following buttons are displayed

save the composition file. A composition file has a "hpk" extension. You can rename your composition before saving.
load an existing composition. A dialog window is displayed to let you select an existing file.
create a new composition. A dialog window is displayed to let you enter the name of the composition. You can choose the name of an exiting composition file, it will be replaced.
generate the files, orc and sco for Csound, wrl file for VRML generation, and .mid for midi file. The name of the files is the composition file name.
generate the files as above and launch Csound for producing the sound file.
play the sound file generated by Csound using an external sound player
stop the generation of the sound file, or stop playing it if the Csound compiler is used in real time mode.
open the window for different settings
  • Csound generation
  • External player path
  • Csound compiler path
  • user interface look and feel
  • midi file generation setting
open the module database management window. In this window, you can extend HPKComposer by registrating new developed Java classes. This covers the following modules: sound source, modulator, filter, effect, composer tool, VRML97 background template and VRML97 graphical object. You can also remove modules, if there are not part of the standard package.

Just above these buttons, you find the navigation bar that lets you display the different editors.

nav1.jpg (5849 bytes) switch to the Structure (1-8) editor. Active structures are in green.
nav1.jpg (5849 bytes) switch to the Instrument (1-8) editor.
switch to the Global Effect (1-4) editor. Green button is an indication that the Global Effect has at least one active sub-effect, but not that it is being used by an Instrument.
nav1.jpg (5849 bytes) switch to the synoptic view.
nav1.jpg (5849 bytes) switch to the main 3D world builder view.