Steinberg Halion 3 Manual

Global Functions and Settings
Quick Controls 
21Unassigning Quick Controls
PROCEDURE
•Do one of the following:
•To remove a quick control assignment, right-click the parameter in the Quick
Control Assignments editor and select Remove Assignment.
•To remove all assignments of the selected quick control, open the context menu
and select Remove All Assignments.
•To remove all quick control assignments for all 8 quick controls, select Remove
All Assignments of All Quick Controls.
Quick Control Assignments...

Global Functions and Settings
Quick Controls 
22Minimum Value
Sets the minimum value for the quick control assignment.
Curvature
Sets the curvature. You can also set the curvature by clicking and dragging in the
curve display.
Maximum Value
Sets the maximum value for the quick control assignment.
Bypass All Quick Control Assignments
Bypasses all assignments for the selected quick control.
RELATED LINKS
Setting the Mode for the Quick Control Assignment on page 23
Adjusting the Curvature on page 22...

Global Functions and Settings
Quick Controls 
23Setting the Mode for the Quick Control Assignment
A quick control behaves either as continuous control or as a switch. In addition, it remote-
controls a parameter either in relative or absolute mode. You can specify a mode for each
assignment.
You can set the behavior in the context menu for the control itself or via the pop-up menu in
the Quick Control Assignments editor.
Absolute
Remote-controls the parameter values continuously. Absolute mode changes...

Global Functions and Settings
Trigger Pads 
24Assigning Quick Controls in the Modulation Matrix
In addition to assigning the quick controls directly to parameter controls, you can also assign
them as source or modifier in the modulation matrix. This way, you can combine the quick
control with other modulation sources.
PROCEDURE
1.Open the layer editor and go to the modulation matrix.
2.On the pop-up menu in the Source/Modifier column, open the Assign Quick Control
submenu and select the quick control....

Global Functions and Settings
Trigger Pads 
25•To remove a trigger note from a pad, right-click the pad and select Forget Trigger
Note.
Assigning Chords or Notes to Trigger Pads
PROCEDURE
1.Right-click a pad and select Snapshot Chord.
The pad starts blinking.
2.Do one of the following:
•Play a chord or a single note and then click the pad that is blinking to assign the
chord or note to the pad.
•Drag a chord event from the chord track of your Steinberg DAW onto a trigger
pad. This transfers the...

Global Functions and Settings
Options Page 
26Removing Chords or Notes from Trigger Pads
PROCEDURE
•Right-click the trigger pad and select Clear Chord.
Switching between Variations
You can switch between variations using the trigger pads.
Variations are available for the FlexPhraser and the B-Box, for example.
PROCEDURE
1.Right-click the trigger pad that you want to use for switching to the selected
FlexPhraser variations.
2.On the menu, select Snapshot Variation.
The line above the pad turns orange to...

Global Functions and Settings
Options Page 
27
Disk Streaming Section
Some of the programs come with up to 1 GB of samples. That is a large amount of data and
your computer cannot load all samples completely into the RAM, especially if you are using
all slots. Therefore, HALion Sonic loads only the initial milliseconds of each sample into
RAM. You can specify how much RAM should be used and how much HALion Sonic should
rely on accessing the hard-disk.
Balancing Disk vs. RAM
Use the Balance slider to...

Global Functions and Settings
Options Page 
28
•Preload Time defines how much of the start of the samples is preloaded
into the RAM. Larger values allow for more samples to be triggered in a
short time.
•Prefetch Time determines the read-ahead capacity into the RAM while
streaming samples for a voice that is playing. Larger values allow for
better transfer rates from disk, and usually for more voices. However, this
requires larger streaming cache in RAM. If you increase the Prefetch Time,
it is...

Global Functions and Settings
Options Page 
29Multi Loading
Normally, when loading multi-programs, the previous multi is kept in the RAM
until the new multi has been completely loaded. Therefore, replacing a large
multi by another can lead to RAM overload on 32-bit systems.
•To clear a multi before loading a new one, select Clear before on the pop-
up menu.
Multi-Core
On this pop-up menu, you can specify how many of the available CPU cores of
your system can be used by the plug-in. This allows HALion...

Global Functions and Settings
Options Page 
30General MIDI Mode
Select General MIDI Mode to play back MIDI files that have been arranged for
General MIDI sound sets. General MIDI mode supports MIDI program change
messages and preloads a global chorus and reverb effect on AUX FX 1 and 3 for
immediate use.
If General MIDI mode is activated, all loaded programs are removed and the 16
slots are assigned to the 16 MIDI channels. As long as General MIDI mode is
active, the 16 MIDI channels on the MIDI page...