Steinberg Halion 3 Manual

Editing Layers
Envelopes 
51•Negative values increase the phase lengths for notes above and decrease
the phase lengths for notes below the Center Key, that is, the envelope
becomes slower the higher the note you play.
Zooming
The vertical axis of the graphical envelope editor displays the level. The horizontal axis
displays the time.
•To zoom in or out, click the + or - buttons to the right of the scrollbar below the
graphical editor.
•To zoom in or out at the current position, click in the timeline and...

Editing Layers
Envelopes 
52Adjusting the Time Parameter
The Time parameter specifies the period of time between two nodes. Depending on the Sync
mode, the Time parameter is displayed in milliseconds and seconds, or in fractions of beats.
•To set the Time parameter, select the nodes that you want to adjust and enter a value
in the Time field.
•You can also adjust the Time parameter in the graphical envelope editor, by dragging
the nodes left or right, to decrease or to increase the time span.
For a...

Editing Layers
Envelopes 
53Adding Nodes Using the Fill Function
The Fill function allows you to add multiple envelope nodes after the selected nodes.
PROCEDURE
1.On the pop-up menu to the right of the Fill button, select the number of nodes that you
want to add.
2.In the graphical envelope editor, select the node after which you want to add nodes.
If several nodes are selected, the new nodes are inserted after the last selected node.
If Fixed is deactivated, the added nodes are placed with the interval...

Editing Layers
LFOs 
54Setting Up the Loop
You can set up the envelope to repeat its playback between the selected nodes.
PROCEDURE
1.Set the envelope mode to Loop.
2.The loop is indicated by the green region in the graphical envelope editor. Specify the
loop start and end by dragging the borders of the region.
The loop region can only be set up in the decay phase of the envelope.
LFOs
HALion Sonic offers two polyphonic and two monophonic LFOs. Polyphonic means the LFOs
are calculated per voice, allowing...

Editing Layers
LFOs 
55•Saw produces a ramp cycle. Shape continuously changes the waveform
from ramp down to triangle to ramp up.
•Pulse produces stepped modulation, where the modulation switches
abruptly between two values. Shape continuously changes the ratio
between the high and low state of the waveform. If Shape is set to 50 %, a
square wave is produced.
•Ramp is similar to the Saw waveform. Shape increasingly puts silence
before the sawtooth ramp up begins.
•Log produces a logarithmic modulation....

Editing Layers
LFOs 
56Rnd (Random Phase)
If this button is activated, each note starts with a randomized start phase.
NOTE
The Phase control cannot be used if Rnd is activated.
Additional Parameters for Polyphonic LFOs
Retrigger Mode
Determines whether the LFO is restarted when a note is triggered. The waveform
restarts at the position set with the Phase parameter.
The polyphonic LFOs can switch between On and Off.
•If this parameter is set to Off, the LFO runs freely.
•If this parameter is set to On,...

Editing Layers
LFOs 
57Fade In
Determines how long the LFO takes to fade in after the note was triggered and
the Delay time has elapsed.
Hold
Determines the amount of time the LFO is running before the fade out begins.
NOTE
Hold is only available for the envelope modes One Shot and Hold + Fade Out.
Fade Out
Determines how long the LFO takes to fade out after the hold time has elapsed or
a note has been released.
NOTE
To deactivate the fade out, use the envelope modes One Shot + Sustain or
Sustain. This...

Editing Layers
Using the Keymap 
58NOTE
With a Resonance of 100 %, you might hear clicks because the slice ends abruptly, but the
filter still produces a sound from self-oscillation. In this case, go to the corresponding
FlexPhraser and reduce the Gate Scale until the clicks are gone. In addition, you can adjust
the amplifier envelope of the slices, for example, to increase the release of the envelopes.
Apart from the Pitch, Cutoff, and Pan parameters, all other parameters correspond to the
parameters on...

Editing Layers
Expression Controls for Instrument Layers 
59
AUX FX1 – 4
These dials adjust the send levels for the four global AUX FX busses for each
drum instrument or loop slice separately.
Expression Controls for Instrument Layers
Instrument layers contain expressions. Typically, an expression is a particular playing style of
the instrument. In some cases, it can also be a part of the sound that can be turned on or off,
for example, to add realism or to maximize the performance.
The list of...

Editing Layers
Expression Controls for Instrument Layers 
60Velocity
Determines how the velocity affects the level of the filter envelope.
The level of the envelope depends on two factors: the setting of this parameter
and how hard you hit a key. Positive values increase the level of the envelope
the harder you hit a key. Negative values decrease the level of the envelope the
harder you hit a key.
Attack
Controls the attack time of the filter envelope.
Decay
Controls the decay time of the filter...