Steinberg Halion 5 Manual
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191 Voltage Introduction Voltage is a two-oscillator and noise synthesizer that can be used for synth basses, but it also allows you to create any kind of classic monophonic and polyphonic synth sound. With the integrated arpeggiator and step sequencer, you can create anything from sequencer lines to stepped chords. The two oscillators and the noise generator are followed by a 24 dB low-pass filter. The filter can be modulated using modulation sources like the keyboard, velocity, and LFO, but also by the controller lanes of the step sequencer, for example. Voltage includes two LFOs for pitch, PWM, and filter modulations. The first LFO can be synchronized to the tempo of the host application and allows for filter and pitch modulation. The second LFO is controlled by the modulation wheel and is used to create a vibrato. The Oscillator Section Oscillator 1/2 Waveform Here, you can choose a waveform for the oscillator: saw, triangle, or square. Oscillator 1/2 Level Controls the level of the oscillators.
192 VoltageThe Filter Section PWM PWM (pulse width modulation) is only available for the square waveform. Activate this option if you want to be able to let the LFO modulate the width of the wave. Osc 2 Coarse Here, you can detune the second oscillator by +/-12 semitones. Osc 2 Fine Here, you can detune the second oscillator by +/- 100 cents. Noise Type Click here to select a noise type. You can choose between standard and band-pass filtered versions of white and pink noise. Level Controls the level of the noise generator. The Filter Section Cutoff Controls the cutoff frequency of the filter. Resonance This parameter emphasizes the frequencies around the cutoff. At higher resonance settings, the filter self-oscillates, which results in a ringing tone. Distortion Adds tube-like distortion to the signal. Env Amount Controls the cutoff modulation from the filter envelope. Velocity Controls the cutoff modulation from velocity. Key Follow Here, you can adjust the cutoff modulation using the note number. Increase this parameter to raise the cutoff with higher notes. At 100 %, the cutoff follows the played pitch exactly.
193 VoltageThe Filter 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. Amplifier Level Controls the overall volume of the sound. Velocity Controls the level modulation from velocity. At 0, all notes are played with the same loudness. Amp Envelope Attack Controls the attack time of the amplifier envelope. Decay Controls the decay time of the amplifier envelope.
194 VoltageThe Filter Section Sustain Sets the sustain level of the amplifier envelope. Release Sets the release time of the amplifier envelope. Voice Octave Here, you can adjust the pitch in octave steps. Pitchbend Up/Down Here, you can set the range for the modulation that is applied when you move the pitchbend wheel. Glide You can use this parameter to bend the pitch between two notes that follow each other. You achieve the best results in Mono mode. Fingered Activate this parameter to glide the pitch only between notes that are played legato. Mono Activates monophonic playback. Retrigger When this option is activated, a note that was stolen is retriggered if you still hold the stolen note when releasing the new one. This lets you play trills by holding one note and quickly and repeatedly pressing and releasing another note, for example. Trigger Mode Defines the trigger behavior for new notes. The following settings are available: OptionDescription NormalTriggers a new note when the previous note is stolen. ResumeThe envelope is retriggered, but resumes at the level of the stolen note. The pitch is set to the new note. LegatoThe envelopes keep playing. The pitch is set to the new note.
195 VoltageThe Filter Section LFO Freq Controls the frequency of the modulation, that is, the speed of the LFO. Sync When Sync is activated, the frequency is set in fractions of beats. Cutoff Controls the modulation depth of the filter cutoff modulation. Pitch Controls the modulation depth of the pitch modulation. PWM Controls the modulation depth of the pulse width modulation of the square oscillators. Mod Wheel Vib Freq Controls the frequency of the second LFO that is used for pitch modulation (vibrato). Cutoff Controls the influence of the mod wheel on the filter cutoff. Vib Depth Controls the depth of the vibrato modulation. Distortion Controls the influence of the mod wheel on the filter distortion.
196 VoltageThe Arp Page The Arp Page This page contains the same parameters as the FlexPhraser, see “The FlexPhraser” on page 254.
197 Model C Introduction Model C is a classic tonewheel organ emulation with nine drawbars and 3 additional drawbars for the percussion. Model C comes with an integrated and highly configurable rotary effect, as well as an amplifier emulation using VST Amp technology. The effect section provides additional effects, such as phaser, delay, and reverb and also offers a ring modulator which allows to add non-harmonic tones. Model C contains four pages: Organ, Rotary, Amp, and FX. To open a page, click the corresponding button in the top section of the window. The Organ Page Drawbars The main drawbars on the left adjust the levels of the individual tonewheels. The three drawbars on the right adjust the levels of the tonewheels used for percussion. Rotary The rotary switch allows you to switch from fast to slow speaker rotation. In the middle position, rotation is stopped. On the Rotary page, you can make detailed settings for the effect. Attack Adjusts the attack time of the organ sound. Typically, the attack is very short, but you can set longer times to create pad-like sounds.
198 Model CThe Organ Page Release Adjusts the release time of the organ sound. Typically, the release time is very short, but you can set longer times to achieve a slow fade out of the sound when a key is released. Velocity Determines the influence of the velocity on the level of the organ sound. Key On Click/Key Off Click Electromechanical organs produce short noise signals when a note is triggered and when it is released. The level of these clicks can be set here. Vibrato Click the pedal button to activate the integrated vibrato effect. When it is activated, you can select a type using the control to the right. Rotary/Amp The organ signal is sent in parallel to the rotary speaker and to the internal amp. This control allows you to specify how the signal is distributed between these two destinations. •When you turn the control all the way to the left, the signal is sent only to the rotary speaker. All the way to the right, it is sent only to the amp. Percussion Click the pedal button to activate the percussion signal. The following percussion parameters are available: Steal 1' Typically, on an electromechanical organ, the 1' drawbar is not available when percussion is activated. To prevent this, deactivate the Steal 1' option. Poly Typically, percussion in drawbar organs is monophonic, that is, when you play a key, the percussion envelope is triggered for this note. As long as the key is held, no new percussion can be retriggered. If you play a legato section, for example, percussion is only applied to the very first note or chord. Percussion can only be retriggered after all notes are released. •To trigger the percussion with every new note, activate the Poly option. Level Adjusts the loudness of the percussion signal.
199 Model CThe Rotary Page The Rotary Page ÖThe settings on this page only have an effect on the sound when signals are sent to the rotary effect using the Rotary/Amp dial on the Organ page. The Rotary effect on this page has the same parameters as the included Rotary effect, see “Rotary” on page 237, except for Input and Color. The Amp Page ÖThe settings on this page only have an effect on the sound when signals are sent to the amp using the Rotary/Amp dial on the Organ page. The settings on this page correspond to those of the VST Amp effect, see “VST Amp” on page 231, with reduced Microphone and Microphone Position options. The FX Page Ring Modulator On/Off Activates/Deactivates the ring modulator effect. LFO Freq Use this to specify the frequency of the LFO for modulating the frequency of the sine oscillator. LFO Depth Sets the intensity of the LFO modulation of the sine oscillator frequency.
200 Model CThe FX Page Sine Freq Determines the frequency of the sine oscillator. Mix Sets the ratio between the dry and the wet signal. Phaser On/Off Activates/Deactivates the Phaser effect. Rate Use this to specify the frequency of the phase modulation in Hertz. Depth Sets the intensity of the phase modulation. Feedback Adds resonances to the effect. Higher settings produce a more pronounced effect. Mix Sets the ratio between the dry and the wet signal. Delay On/Off Activates/Deactivates the Delay effect. Delay Mode With this dial, you can switch between the three available delay modes: Delay Time Sets the overall time for the left and right delay in milliseconds. Feedback Sets the overall amount of feedback for the left and right delay. Feedback means the output of the delay is fed back to its input. At a setting of 0 %, you hear only one echo. At a setting of 100 %, the echoes repeat endlessly. Mix Sets the ratio between the dry and the wet signal. OptionDescription St (Stereo)This mode has two delays in parallel, one for the left and one for the right audio channel, each with a feedback path of its own. CrossThis mode has two delays with cross feedback. Cross feedback means that the delay of the left channel is fed back into the right delay and vice versa. PP (Ping-Pong)This mode mixes the left and right input and sends it to hard-panned left and right delays. This way, the echoes bounce like a ping-pong ball between left and right in the stereo panorama.