Steinberg Halion 5 Manual

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorGeneral Operations
Auto-Scroll
When this option is activated, the waveform display is scrolled during playback, 
keeping the playback cursor visible in the editor.
Read Root Key and Tuning from File
This context menu option allows you to set the root key and tuning to the values that 
are saved in the sample file, if available.
•Right-click in the Sample editor, open the Sample submenu, and select “Read 
Root Key and Tuning from File”.
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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating Loops
Channel View Options
The Sample editor allows you to display either all channels, a specific channel, or the 
sum of all channels. The corresponding options are located to the left of the waveform 
display. If no selection is made here, all channels are displayed.
ÖFor stereo samples the surround channel selectors are not available.
Creating Loops
In the Sample editor, you can specify two independent loops, one for the sustain and 
one for the...

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating Loops
Detecting Loop Start and End Automatically
The loop detection functions search for loop marker positions taking into account 
similarities within the sample. You can specify the size of the sample portion that has 
to match before a loop is accepted. Furthermore, you can define the quality that 
suggested loop markers should match.
To automatically detect a loop, proceed as follows:
1.Activate the “Edit Loop” button on the Sample editor toolbar....

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating Loops
Using Edit Mode
Edit mode is useful to fine-tune and adjust a loop. The waveform is updated to reflect 
the result of your loop settings.
•To activate edit mode, activate the Edit Loop icon (“e”) on the Sample editor 
toolbar.
•To select which loop (sustain or release) you want to see and adjust in edit mode, 
click the “Sustain/Release Loop” icon (S/R) on the toolbar.
When the icon is green, you are editing the sustain loop. For the release loop,...

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating Loops
Adjusting the Crossfade Curve
You can specify a linear curve, an equal power curve, or anything in between. 
•Drag the middle of the fade curve up or down, or adjust the Curve value in the 
parameters section.
Adjusting the Tuning
Using the Tuning option on the Loop tab in the parameters section, you can set the 
tuning of the loop. This is useful to adjust the frequency of the loop.
Using Loopsets A and B
In the Loopset section on the Loop tab in...

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating and Editing Slices
Creating and Editing Slices
You can slice samples in the Sample editor. This allows you to play them back in sync 
with the host application, for example.
•To access the slice editing features, select the Slice tab.
Creating Slices
1.In the Program Tree, select the sample that you want to slice.
The Sample editor toolbar and info line change to show the slice editing features.
2.Adjust the threshold, sensitivity, and beat grid parameters...

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating and Editing Slices
ÖAfter slicing the sample, you can still edit the slice markers manually, but you cannot 
use the automatic slice detection.
ÖIf you change slice markers after creating slices, the sample start and end markers of 
the affected zones in the Program Tree are modified. If you add slice markers, new 
zones are added. If you remove slice markers, the corresponding zones are removed.
Revert
•To undo slicing and remove the layer with the sliced...

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Editing Samples in the Sample EditorCreating and Editing Slices
The Parameter Section
The parameter section contains different parameters, depending on whether slices 
have been created or not.
If no slices have been created, the following parameters are available:
Slice Detection Mode
The slice detection automatically sets slice markers in the sample waveform. There are 
two modes for the slice detection: 
- Transient mode allows you to set the minimum peak level that a transient needs to 
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Editing Slices
When slices have been created, the parameter section changes to display the slice 
editing functions. Here, you can adjust Coarse Tune, Cutoff, Resonance, Distortion, 
Morph X, Morph Y, Level, and Pan. Furthermore, the parameters AUX1–4 are 
available on a separate AUX tab. Which parameters are available on the parameter 
section depends on the selected filter type and mode.
The functionality of the SEL/ALL and ABS/REL...

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Replacing Samples
In the Program Tree, you can change the sound of specific samples, for example, to 
replace the snare drum in a drum loop. This can be done by replacing the sample or 
the sample zone. If you replace the sample, zone parameters like filter settings, etc. 
remain unaffected. If you replace the entire zone, the sample and all zone parameters 
are replaced.
You have the following options:
•In the Program Tree, drag the new...