Steinberg Halion 3 Manual

Included Instruments
World Percussion 
151•First Note – The loop restarts when a note is triggered and no other notes
are already held.
•Each Note – The loop restarts each time a note is triggered.
•Sync to Host – Select this to align the loop with the beats and measures of
your host application. The loop aligns to the beats and measures each time
you start the transport.
•Follow Transport – Playback starts and stops automatically together with
the transport controls in your host application.
Start...

Included Instruments
World Percussion 
152Pitch
Activate this option to set the pitch of the drum sounds according to the center
key.
Performance Section
Tempo Scale
Defines the rate at which notes are triggered, that is, the speed at which the
phrase is running. In addition to the Tempo parameter, this gives you further
control over the playback speed. You can specify a value in fractions of beats. You
can also set dotted and triplet note values.
For example, if you change the Tempo Scale setting from...

Included Instruments
Anima 
153Envelope Amount
Controls the cutoff modulation from the filter envelope.
Cutoff Velocity
Controls the cutoff modulation from velocity.
Decay
Controls the decay time of the filter envelope.
Amp Section
Level
Controls the overall volume of the sound.
Velocity
Controls the level modulation from velocity. At 0, all notes are played with the
same level.
Decay
Controls the decay time of the amplifier envelope.
Anima
The Anima synth is a wavetable instrument using HALion Sonic’s...

Included Instruments
Anima 
154large number of different noise types. These range from classic noises like white and pink
noise over drum attacks and rhythmical noises to specifically filtered colored noises and
unique circuit noises, recorded from various electronic devices. This powerful collection
of noises can be used to add inharmonic frequencies to create atmospheric sound or add
transients for rich and percussive attacks, for example. The integrated arpeggiator and step
sequencer allows you to...

Included Instruments
Anima 
155•If Random Phase is selected, the start phase is randomly set to a different
value each time that you trigger a note. In contrast to Free Phase, there is
no continuity in the phase of the waveform.
•If Fixed Phase is selected, the oscillator runs with a fixed start phase that
can be specified between 0 and 360 degrees.
Octave
Adjusts the pitch in octave steps.
Coarse
Adjusts the pitch in semitone steps.
Fine
Adjusts the pitch in cent steps. This allows you to fine-tune the...

Included Instruments
Anima 
156•Alt: The wavetable plays in an alternate loop, that is, the loop is alternately
played forward and backward. The first direction depends on the Playback
Direction setting.
Speed
Determines the rate at which the envelope plays through the wavetables. At +100
 %, the envelope plays back at its original speed. A value of +50 % corresponds to
half the original speed, and +200 % to twice the original speed, for example.
This parameter is unipolar.
Position
Determines where the...

Included Instruments
Anima 
157On/Off
Activates/Deactivates the formant settings.
Formant
Allows you to shift the formants of the entire wavetable by a fixed value.
Key Follow
Allows you to shift the formants depending on the played note.
•A value of 100 % means that the formant frequency moves with the played
note.
•A value of 0 % means that the formants kept the same for all notes.
You can invert the behavior of the formant shift by setting Key Follow to negative
values.
Multi Tab
The multi-oscillator...

Included Instruments
Anima 
158Sub Oscillator Section
Type
The wave shape of the sub oscillator. You can choose between Sine, Triangle,
Saw, Square, Pulse Wide, and Pulse Narrow.
Retrigger Mode
•If Free Phase is selected, the behavior of analog synthesizers is emulated.
The oscillator is running freely and continuously.
•If Random Phase is selected, the start phase is randomly set to a different
value each time that you trigger a note. In contrast to Free Phase, there is
no continuity in the phase of the...

Included Instruments
Anima 
159If Follow Pitch is deactivated, the duration is independent of the zone pitch and
determined by the Duration settings.
Loop
Activate this button to play the noise sample in a loop.
If this button is not activated, the sample is played once.
Speed
Adjusts the playback speed of the noise sample. A setting of 800.0 % equals an
increase of three octaves in pitch.
Speed Key Follow
Allows you to adjust the speed modulation by MIDI note number. At a setting of
+100 %, the speed...

Included Instruments
Anima 
160This modifier is used to scale the output of the modulation source.
3.Optional: Specify whether you want the Source and Modifier parameters to be unipolar
or bipolar.
4.Set the modulation intensity with the Depth parameter.
5.Click in the modulation Destination field and select the parameter that you want to
modulate.
Modulation Matrix Parameters
Modulation Sources and Modulation Modifiers
The following options are available as modulation sources and as modulation...