Steinberg Halion 5 Manual

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World Instruments 
Introduction
The World Instruments deliver a great variety of ethnic instruments which 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, which allows you to 
decrease the pitch of each key by a quarter note, to realize typical oriental scales.
The Filter Section
Filter Shape
The filter shapes are the same as on the...

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World InstrumentsThe Amp Section
Filter 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.
The Amp Section
Amp Parameters
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...

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World InstrumentsThe Pitch/LFO/MW Sections
The Pitch/LFO/MW Sections
Pitch Section
Pitchbend Up/Down
Here, you can set the range of the pitch modulation that is applied when you move the 
pitchbend wheel. 
Coarse
Adjusts the tuning in semitones. 
Fine
Adjusts the tuning in cents.
LFO Section
Freq
Controls the frequency of the modulation, that is, the speed of the LFO.
Sync
When Sync is active, the frequency is set in fractions of beats. 
Pitch
Controls the modulation depth of the pitch modulation....

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World InstrumentsThe Arp Page
The Arp Page
This page contains the same parameters as the FlexPhraser, see “The FlexPhraser” on 
page 254. 

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World Percussion
Introduction
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
On/Off button
Activates/Deactivates the MIDI player part of the World Percussion Macro page.
Variation buttons
You can...

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Loop
Defines whether the phrase is played once or continuously in a loop. When this is 
activated, the phrase plays in a loop.
Hold
With the Hold parameter, you can prevent the phrase from stopping or changing 
when the keys are released. In addition, the Gated mode plays silently in the 
background when you release the keys, and resumes playback at the current position 
when you press the keys again.
You can select one of the following options:
Trigger Mode
The Trigger...

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Length
This parameter allows you to shorten the length of the loop in steps of 1/4 notes.
ÖThe control range of Start and Length varies with the original length of the loop.
Tempo
When Sync is deactivated, use the Tempo control to set the internal playback speed 
of the loop. The playback speed of the loop is specified in Beats Per Minute (BPM). In 
addition, Tempo Scale gives you further control over the playback speed. The Tempo 
control is inactive when Sync is...

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Velocity Scale
This parameter allows you to raise or lower the note-on velocities of the phrase. At a 
value of 100
 %, the notes are played with their original velocity.
Quantize Note Value
This pop-up menu allows you to set up a quantization grid, in fractions of beats. You 
can also specify dotted and triplet values. This way, you can force the timing of the 
MIDI note events to play back only at the selected note value.
Quantize Amount
This parameter defines how much...

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Effects Reference
Introduction
HALion comes with a collection of high-quality studio effects. These effects are 
described in the following sections.
Many of the insert effects can also be used in surround configurations, that means, 
they process all channels. However, some effects only process the front left and right 
channels. This is true for the legacy HALion 3 effects, Stereo Pan, Chorus, Flanger, 
Rotary, Vibrato, and Multi Delay.
Reverb and Delay Effects
REVerence
REVerence is a convolution...

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Effects ReferenceReverb and Delay Effects
Size
This scales the size of the simulated room. At a setting of 100 %, the impulse 
response is applied as recorded in the original room.
Level
Here you can adjust the level of the impulse response.
Equalizer
Activates the built-in three-band equalizer.
ER Tail Split
This sets the split point between the early reflections and the reverb tail.
ER Tail Mix
This sets the balance between the early reflections and the reverb tail. At a setting of 
50
 % the early...