Steinberg Halion 3 Manual

FlexPhraser
Recording the MIDI Output of the FlexPhraser 
81Octaves
Extends the phrase playback to include higher or lower octaves. Positive
settings extend the playback to higher and negative settings to lower octaves.
For example, a value of +1 first plays the phrase in the octave range that you
originally played. Then, it repeats the phrase one octave higher.
Key Range
The Low Key and High Key parameters determine the key range that is used to
trigger phrase playback.
Velocity Range
The Low Vel and...

FlexPhraser
Variations 
82•If you are adding notes to those already held, the sequence changes accordingly, for
example, the phrase plays back according to the chord you play.
Variations
For each FlexPhraser, you can set up 8 different variations of phrases. You can switch
between them with the variation buttons at the top right.
You can remote-control the variation buttons using the trigger pads, which gives you the
possibility to switch between variations by playing the trigger keys that are assigned...

FlexPhraser
User Phrases 
83For user phrases, the regular FlexPhraser parameters are available, except for the KSOff
button.
User Phrase Editor
In the user phrase editor, you can set up your user phrases.
To open the user phrase editor, click Show Editor Page .
You can display the velocity curve or two MIDI controller sequences for the phrase.
Phrase
To load a phrase, select it from the Phrase pop-up menu.
NOTE
Saved phrases include the Mode, Key Replace, and Wrap parameters, as well
as the steps with...

FlexPhraser
User Phrases 
84Key Select
The FlexPhraser scans the keyboard and writes the keys that are pressed into a note buffer.
Depending on the selected Key Mode, this note buffer is sorted either by pitch or in the order
in which you play the keys.
Key Select allows you to play back a defined key from the note buffer. You can set up Key
Select for each step separately, which allows you to create very elaborate phrases.
NOTE
Key Select cannot be used in Step or Chord mode.
•To access the Key Select...

FlexPhraser
User Phrases 
85•1st replaces the missing keys by the first note in the note buffer.
•Last replaces the missing keys with the last note in the note buffer.
•All replaces the missing keys with all notes in the note buffer. The notes
are played as a chord.
NOTE
Key Replace can be set separately for each variation.
Wrap
For all modes except Step and Chord, you can use this parameter to restart the
arpeggio after a specified number of steps.
NOTE
Deactivated steps are taken into account.
In Step...

FlexPhraser
User Phrases 
86•To specify the number of steps for the pattern, drag the pattern length handle to the
right or left.
Activating Steps
A phrase can contain up to 32 steps. Only the steps that are activated are played.
•To activate a step, click its On/Off button below the display.
This can be necessary if you change the gate length of one step so that it overlaps the
following step, thereby deactivating it.
NOTE
If you activate a step that was inactive because of an overlapping previous step,...

FlexPhraser
User Phrases 
87You can only adjust the length this way until a step reaches the next step. If you
increase the gate length of a step so that it overlaps the following step, this following
step is deactivated.
•To reset the length of a step to 1, Ctrl/Cmd-click its highlighted right border.
•To reset the length of all steps, hold down Shift-Ctrl/Cmd and click on a highlighted
right border.
•To fill the gaps between consecutive steps, select Fill Gap or Fill All Gaps from the
context menu....

Managing Your Sounds
88
About Programs, Layers, Multis, Macro Pages, and Presets
Programs
A program is a complex instrument or sound that can consist of up to 4 layers. Often, a
program contains a single layer that comes with all necessary components, such as the
synthesis part or insert effects. Programs add the possibility of combining different layers to
build up more complex sounds or to create combinations of sounds that you want to load as a
unit. A typical example is a bass/piano split sound or a...

Managing Your Sounds
Loading Programs 
89Instrument Layers
Instrument layers contain several multi-samples of an instrument that can be
parts of single sounds or different articulations. These sublayers are called
expressions. You can modify expression parameters. By switching off an
expression, you can shorten the load time of a sound.
Multis
HALion Sonic is a multitimbral plug-in that can load up to 16 sounds (or programs) and
combine them. This combination is called a multi-program, or multi for...

Managing Your Sounds
Load Dialog 
90RELATED LINKS
Slot Context Menu on page 91
Load Dialog
The Load dialog contains many of the MediaBay functions, allowing for very sophisticated
search criteria.
RELATED LINKS
Applying Filters on page 93
Managing Files via the MediaBay on page 93
Results List on page 94
Slot Rack
The Slot Rack has 16 slots. Each slot can hold a program, that is, you can work with 16
programs at the same time.
Once a program is loaded in the Slot Rack, it can be played and edited.