Steinberg Halion 3 Manual
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Included Instruments B-Box 141Fine Fine-tunes the instrument in cent steps. Pan Adjusts the panorama position. Cutoff Adjusts the cutoff frequency for the instrument. Resonance Adjusts the filter resonance for the instrument. Distortion Type Sets the distortion type. You can choose between Tube, Hard Clip, Bit Reduction, and Rate Reduction. Distortion Sets the amount of distortion for the instrument. Level Sets the level of the instrument. Playing Back the Pattern •To play back the pattern, use the play button at the top of the window. An indicator below the step number shows which step is playing. Exporting Patterns •To export a pattern as a MIDI file, drag the MIDI export field into your host application. Variations B-Box offers up to 8 variations that can be used to create different rhythm patterns, such as intros, fills, and endings, for example. •To switch between variations, click the variation buttons above the pattern editor. •You can copy and paste variations using the commands on the context menu. NOTE The parameters Loop, Sync, Hold, Trigger Mode, Restart Mode, and Input Mode are not part of the variations. Variations can be assigned to the trigger pads, allowing you to switch variations on the fly. RELATED LINKS Trigger Pads on page 24
Included Instruments B-Box 142Mix Page On the Mix page, you can add effects to the patterns. Level Adjusts the level of the instrument. Pan Adjusts the panorama position of the instrument. Delay Determines how much of the signal is sent to the delay effect. Reverb Determines how much of the signal is sent to the reverb effect. Output Here, you can select one of the available plug-in outputs. AUX Page On the Aux page, you can make global settings for B-Box and the included effects. The page is divided into two sections. The left section gives you access to the global performance settings, and the right section allows you to edit the integrated delay and reverb effects.
Included Instruments B-Box 143 Performance Section Loop If this option is activated, the pattern plays back in a loop. Hold •If this parameter is set to Off, the pattern changes immediately when a key is released. The pattern stops immediately when all keys are released. •If the parameter is set to On, the pattern plays to the end even when the keys are released. If the Loop option is activated, the pattern plays continuously in a cycle. •If the parameter is set to Gated, the pattern starts playback with the first key being played. It plays silently in the background even if the keys are released, and resumes playback at the current position when you press any of the keys again. This way, you can gate the playback of the pattern. Trigger Mode The trigger mode determines at which moment B-Box changes the pattern when you select another variation. •If the parameter is set to Immediately, the pattern changes as soon as you switch to another variation. •If the parameter is set to Next Beat, the pattern changes on the first new beat after switching to another variation. •If the parameter is set to Next Measure, the pattern changes at the first new measure after switching to another variation. Restart Mode Determines whether the pattern playback is restarted when a note is triggered. •Off – Playback is not restarted if it is already running. •First Note – Restarts playback when a note is triggered and no other notes are playing. •Each Note – Restarts playback every time a note is triggered.
Included Instruments B-Box 144•Sync to Host – Aligns playback with the beats and measures of your host application. Playback is synchronized every time you start the transport. •Follow Transport – Playback starts and stops automatically together with the transport controls in your host application. Input Mode Keys that trigger the pattern are shown in green on the HALion Sonic keyboard. Keys that are assigned to an instrument sound are shown as regular black and white keys. Depending on the Input Mode, the black and white keys either trigger or mute the assigned instrument. •Off triggers the pattern with any key that you play. •Trigger plays back the sound of the assigned instrument. •Mute mutes the track for as long as you press the key. Sync To synchronize the pattern to the tempo of your host application, activate Sync. For the modes Sync to Host and Follow Transport, synchronization to the host application is established automatically. In these modes, the Sync parameter cannot be edited. Tempo If Sync is deactivated, you can use the Tempo parameter to set the internal playback speed. Tempo Scale Defines the speed at which the pattern is running. You can specify a value in fractions of beats. You can also set dotted and triplet note values. For example, if the Tempo parameter is set to 1/16 and you set this value to 1/8, the speed is cut in half. Groove Quantizing Patterns To adapt the timing of a pattern to an external MIDI file, you can drop this MIDI file on the Groove Quantize drop field. You can quantize the playback of the pattern to the timing of a sliced loop by dragging its MIDI file from the MIDI export drag field to the Groove Quantize drop field. The Groove Quantize Depth parameter to the right of the drop field determines how accurately the pattern follows the timing of the MIDI file. Swing Shifts the timing of notes on even-numbered beats. This way, the pattern gets a swing feeling. Negative values let the notes play earlier, positive values let the notes play later.
Included Instruments World Instruments 145Velocity Scale Allows you to raise or lower the note-on velocities of the pattern. At a value of 100 %, the notes play with their original velocity. Delay and Reverb Section The delay and reverb effect have the same parameters as the Multi Delay and Reverb effects. Delay Adjusts the general amount of delay. Reverb Adjusts the general amount of reverb. Master Adjusts the overall volume of B-Box. RELATED LINKS Multi Delay on page 214 Reverb on page 211 World Instruments World Instruments delivers a great variety of ethnic instruments that can either be played manually or use the integrated arpeggiator. On the Sound page, the instruments can be fine-tuned with filter and amp settings. In addition, you can use the built-in micro-tuning functionality to decrease the pitch of each key by a quarter note, to realize typical oriental scales. Sound Page
Included Instruments World Instruments 146Filter Section Filter Shape •LP24, 18, 12, and 6 are low-pass filters with 24, 18, 12, and 6 dB/oct. Frequencies above the cutoff are attenuated. •BP12 and BP24 are band-pass filters with 12 and 24 dB/oct. Frequencies below and above the cutoff are attenuated. •HP6+LP18 and HP6+LP12 are combinations of a high-pass filter with 6 dB/ oct and a low-pass filter with 18 and 12 dB/oct, respectively (asymmetric band-pass filter). Frequencies below and above the cutoff are attenuated. Attenuation is more pronounced for the frequencies above the cutoff. •HP12+LP6 and HP18+LP6 are combinations of a high-pass filter with 12 and 18 dB/oct and a low-pass filter with 6 dB/oct (asymmetric band-pass filter). Frequencies below and above the cutoff are attenuated. Attenuation is more pronounced for the frequencies below the cutoff. •HP24, 18, 12, and 6 are high-pass filters with 24, 18, 12, and 6 dB/oct. Frequencies below the cutoff are attenuated. •BR12 and BR24 are band-reject filters with 12 and 24 dB/oct. Frequencies around the cutoff are attenuated. •BR12+LP6 and BR12+LP12 are combinations of a band-reject filter with 12 dB/oct and a low-pass filter with 6 and 12 dB/oct, respectively. Frequencies around and above the cutoff are attenuated. •BP12+BR12 is a band-pass filter with 12 dB/oct plus a band-reject filter with 12 dB/oct. Frequencies below, above, and around the cutoff are attenuated. •HP6+BR12 and HP12+BR12 are combinations of a high-pass filter with 6 and 12 dB/oct and a band-reject filter with 12 dB/oct. Frequencies below and around the cutoff are attenuated. •AP is an all-pass filter with 18 dB/oct. Frequencies around the cutoff are attenuated. •AP+LP6 is an all-pass filter with 18 dB/oct plus a low-pass filter with 6 dB/ oct. Frequencies around and above the cutoff are attenuated. •HP6+AP is a high-pass filter with 6 dB/oct plus an all-pass filter with 18 dB/oct. Frequencies around and below the cutoff are attenuated. Cutoff Controls the cutoff frequency of the filter. Resonance Emphasizes the frequencies around the cutoff. At higher settings, the filter self- oscillates, which results in a ringing tone. Envelope Amount Controls the cutoff modulation from the filter envelope. Cutoff Velocity Controls the cutoff modulation from velocity.
Included Instruments World Instruments 147Filter Envelope Attack Controls the attack time of the filter envelope. Decay Controls the decay time of the filter envelope. Sustain Controls the sustain level of the filter envelope. Release Controls the release time of the filter envelope. Amp Section Key Delay Delays playback of the notes. This parameter can be used when working with multiple programs or layers. Setting up different key delay values for the different layers allows you to spread the notes, so that they do not all begin at the same time. 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. Amp Envelope Attack Controls the attack time of the amplifier envelope. Decay Controls the decay time of the amplifier envelope. Sustain Controls the sustain level of the amplifier envelope. Release Controls the release time of the amplifier envelope. Pitch Section Coarse Adjusts the tuning in semitones. Fine Adjusts the tuning in cents.
Included Instruments World Instruments 148Pitchbend Up/Pitchbend Down Determines the range for the modulation that is applied when you move the pitchbend wheel. LFO Section Freq Controls the frequency of the modulation, that is, the speed of the LFO. Sync If Sync is activated, the frequency is set in fractions of beats. Pitch Controls the modulation depth of the pitch modulation. Cutoff Controls the modulation depth of the filter cutoff modulation. MW Section Vib Freq Controls the frequency of the second LFO that is used for pitch modulation (vibrato). Vib Depth Controls the depth of the pitch modulation (vibrato). Cutoff Controls the influence of the mod wheel on the filter cutoff. Oriental Scale Section Scale On/Off Activates/Deactivates the influence of the scale settings on the played notes. Note Switches Activate a switch to decrease the tuning of the corresponding note by a quarter note.
Included Instruments World Percussion 149Arp Page This page contains the same parameters as the FlexPhraser. RELATED LINKS FlexPhraser on page 76 World Percussion World Percussion delivers a great variety of ethnic percussion instruments and associated MIDI phrases. The instruments can be globally fine-tuned with filter and amp settings which in turn can make use of envelope settings. The built-in MIDI player allows you to use the included MIDI phrases or to import your own MIDI phrases. MIDI Player Parameters In the top section of the macro page, the MIDI player parameters are available.
Included Instruments World Percussion 150On/Off button Activates/Deactivates the MIDI player part of World Percussion. Variation buttons You can configure up to eight different variations of your sounds and switch between them with the variation buttons. NOTE To avoid switching variations in the middle of a beat or measure, use the trigger modes Next Beat or Next Measure. Loading Phrases To load a phrase, click in the Phrase field and select a phrase from the selector. Exporting MIDI Phrases You can export your MIDI phrase as a MIDI file using drag and drop. Loop If this button is activated, the phrase plays back in a loop. If this button is deactivated, the phrase is played once. Hold Allows you to prevent the phrase from stopping or changing when the keys are released. •If Off is selected, the phrase changes as soon as you release a key. The phrase stops immediately when you release all keys. •If On is selected, the phrase plays to the end, even if the keys are released. If Loop is activated, the phrase repeats continuously. •If Gated is selected, the phrase starts to play when the first key is played. It plays silently in the background, even if the keys are released, and resumes playback at the current position when you press any of the keys again. This way, you can gate the playback of the phrase. Trigger Mode Determines at which moment the player changes the phrase when you select another variation. •Immediately – The phrase changes as soon as you switch to another variation. •Next Beat – The phrase changes on the first new beat after switching to another variation. •Next Measure – The phrase changes on the first new measure after switching to another variation. Restart Depending on the selected Restart mode and your playing, you can restart playback from the beginning of the loop. •Off – The loop runs continuously and will not restart upon note changes.