Hi Csounders,
HPKComposer 1.7 is now on the Web site hplank.inetpc.com. This is a
major version with the following new features:
    - Composition. parameter normalisation to 127 (except event time and
event duration). Segment graphical editor for drawing and editing Masks
and Segment Generator. New composer tool: step sequencer (analog like).
    - Software synthetizer. New sound generators, filters and effects.
More modulation capabilites.
    - 3D builder tool for creating VRML97 worlds. Scene template
providing background world, multi sound spatialisation,
    - no more use of the Java Media Framework, use an external sound
player instead.
The GUI has been enhanced, the documentation is online (sorry, not
complete, time is lacking a lot). Installation is easy if you are using
the Java JDK 1.2 (now Java2).
You will discover in the 3D builder that it's possible to control the
evolution of graphical objects by using an external MIDI device. This is
the first step in building an interactive environment. I hope to provide
such capabilities to the sound synthesis in the future, but I certainly
need to switch to another runtime environment (maybe java 3d, and
AXCsound).
As the external MIDI control is not ready for distribution yet ( and
anyway is specific to W32 and cosmo player), the program required for
this feature is not part of the package.
Have fun, as I have fun myself using Csound.
jean-pierre lemoine