Steinberg Halion 5 Manual
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241 Effects ReferenceDynamics Effects Release This determines how fast the Compressor effect reacts to sounds that fall below the set threshold. The longer the set Release time, the longer the period for returning to the original level will be. Auto Release Activate this to set the Release time automatically. The Compressor analyzes the input sound continuously to find the optimal Release time. The Release knob is disabled when Auto Release is active. Peak – RMS Determines whether the input signal is analyzed according to peak or RMS values or a mixture of both. At a setting of 0 %, the Compressor uses Peak sensing only and at 100 %, RMS sensing only. Peak means that the Compressor directly senses the peak level of the sound. RMS means that the Compressor senses the average power of the sound. Peak sensing responds faster than RMS sensing. Typically, Peak sensing is used for transient and RMS sensing for sustained sounds. Limiter The Limiter effects prevents the sound from exceeding the set output level to avoid clipping in following effects, for example. The input and output VU meters indicate the level before and after the Limiter. The Gain Reduction meter in the middle indicates the current attenuation of the level. Input This adjusts the input level of the sound. By increasing the input level you can drive the sound more and more into limiting. Output This sets the maximum output level of the sound. Release This sets the time that the gain needs to return to its original level. The longer the Release time, the longer is the period for returning to the original level. Auto Activate this to set the Release time automatically. The Limiter analyzes the input sound continuously to find the optimal Release time. The Release knob is disabled when Auto Release is active.
242 Effects ReferenceDynamics Effects Expander Expander reduces the output level in relation to the input level for signals below the set threshold. This is useful when you want to enhance the dynamic range or reduce the noise in quiet passages. The graphical control to the left indicates the expansion curve. You can edit the Threshold and Ratio value with the handles of this control, and the corresponding knobs reflect your changes. The input and output VU meters indicate the level before and after the expansion. The Gain Reduction meter indicates the current attenuation of the level. Threshold Use this to set the threshold in dB. Sounds that are softer than the threshold are reduced in gain. Sounds above the threshold stay untreated. Ratio This adjusts the amount of gain reduction for sounds that are softer than the threshold. The higher the ratio, the more the output is lowered. For example, if the ratio is set to 2:1 and the amplitude of the sound is 4 dB below the threshold, the output is lowered by 2 dB. If the amplitude is 8 dB below the threshold, the output is lowered by 4 dB. Soft Knee If this button is off, signals above the threshold are compressed instantly according to the set ration (hard knee). When Soft Knee is activated, the onset of expansion is more gradual, producing a less drastic result. Attack This determines how fast the Expander reduces the gain when the sound falls below the set threshold. The longer the Attack time, the longer the period for reducing the gain will be. Hold This sets a time period during which the expansion is applied after the sound falls below the set threshold. Release This determines how fast the Expander raises the gain after the sound exceeds the set threshold. The longer the Release time, the longer is the period for raising the gain again. Auto Release Activate this to set the Release time automatically. The Expander analyzes the input sound continuously to find the optimal Release time. The Release knob is disabled when Auto Release is active.
243 Effects ReferenceDynamics Effects Peak – RMS Determines whether the input signal is analyzed according to peak or RMS values or a mixture of both. At a setting of 0 %, the Expander uses Peak sensing only and at 100 %, RMS sensing only. Peak means that the Expander directly senses the peak level of the sound. RMS means that the Expander senses the average power of the sound. Peak sensing responds faster than RMS sensing. Typically, Peak sensing is used for transient and RMS sensing for sustained sounds. Gate The Gate effect passes sound only to its output if the input sound exceeds the set threshold level. Sounds below the threshold are silenced. An internal side-chain filter allows you to analyze a filtered version of the input sound instead. This way, the Gate detects only certain frequencies of the input sound. Threshold Determines the level where the gate is activated. Signal levels above the set threshold trigger the gate to open, and signal levels below the set threshold close the gate. Filter This activates the internal side-chain filter. When activated, the input sound is filtered before it is analyzed. The Gate opens only if the filtered sound exceeds the set threshold. When the Filter button is off, the filter controls are disabled. Filter Type Here you select the filter type for the side-chain filter. Select high-pass (HP) to detect high, band-pass (BP) to detect mid, and low-pass (LP) to detect low frequencies only. Monitor Activate this to listen to the sound of the side-chain filter. The Gate is inactive when the Monitor button is activated. Center This sets the center frequency of the side-chain filter. Q-Factor Activate this to adjust the bandwidth of the band-pass filter from wide to narrow. Attack This determines how fast the Gate opens when the sound exceeds the set threshold. The longer the Attack time, the longer is the period for the sound to fade in. Hold This sets a time period during which the Gate is applied after the sound falls below the set threshold. Release This determines how fast the Gate closes after the sound falls below the set threshold. The longer the Release time, the longer is the period for the sound to fade out.
244 Effects ReferencePanner and Routing Effects Auto Activate this to set the Release time automatically. The Gate analyzes the input sound continuously to find the optimal Release time. The Release knob is disabled when Auto Release is active. Peak – RMS Determines whether the input signal is analyzed according to peak or RMS values (or a mixture of both). At a setting of 0 %, the Gate uses Peak sensing only and at 100 %, RMS sensing only. Peak means that the Gate directly senses the peak level of the sound. RMS means that the Gate senses the average power of the sound. Peak sensing responds faster than RMS sensing. Typically, Peak sensing is used for transient and RMS sensing for sustained sounds. Envelope Shaper This effect can be used to attenuate or boost the gain of the attack and release phase of audio material. Be careful with levels when boosting the gain and, if needed, reduce the output level to avoid clipping. Attack – Gain Changes the gain of the attack phase of the signal. Attack - Length Determines the length of the attack phase of the signal. Release - Gain Changes the gain of the release phase of the signal. Output Sets the output level. Panner and Routing Effects Stereo Pan This effect allows you to set the stereo position and width of the signal. Input Swap Activate the Input Swap option if you want to swap the stereo channels. Pan Here you can set the pan position of the signal. The panning is available for mono and stereo input signals. Width This parameter allows you to adjust the stereo width of the signal from stereo to mono.
245 Effects ReferencePanner and Routing Effects Surround Panner The Surround Panner allows you to position a signal in a two-dimensional surround field. You can either pan the left/right and the front/rear position independently using the corresponding knobs or use the positioning handle to control both positions at the same time. Restricting Movement By default, you can click anywhere in the pan area and drag the mouse to move the sound source. If you want the positioning handle to jump to a specific position, you can click once at that position. However, you can also limit movement to a specific direction, using the corresponding modifier keys. That way you can scale down your movements, or have the surround source move along a certain axis. The following modes are available: Left / Right Adjusts the horizontal (X) position of the audio signal. Front / Rear Adjusts the depth (Y) position of the audio signal. Width Controls the width of the stereo input signal from 0% (mono) over 100 % (Stereo) to 141.4 % (Expanded Stereo). LFE This parameter controls the level of the Low Frequency Effects channel. Rotate Rotates the source channels around the positioning handle. All input channels circle around the handle (without moving beyond the borders of the surround field). Modifier key(s)Description -Standard mode, no restrictions apply. [Shift]Mouse movements are scaled to allow very fine movements. This is useful when panning in the miniature display in the mixer channel, for example. [Ctrl]/[Command]Horizontal movements only. [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]Vertical movements only. [Alt]/[Option]Diagonal movement only (bottom left to top right). [Alt]/[Option]-[Shift]Diagonal movement only (bottom right to top left). [Shift]-[Ctrl]/[Command]- [Alt]/[Option]In this mode the mouse pointer immediately jumps to the positioning handle even if it‘s located outside the pan area.
246 Effects ReferenceHALion 3 Legacy Effects Orbit Center Use this parameter if you want to rotate the complete signal around the center of the surround field. Radius Changes the distance of the signal from the orbit center. By default, the radius is set to 100%, but you can lower it to get closer to the center or increase it to orbit on a larger circle. Center Distribution The Center Distribution control is used to distribute part or all of the signal to the left and right front speakers. This can be used to widen the center signal. At 100 % the center source is provided entirely by the phantom image created by the left and right speakers. This can be useful if you want to rotate the surround signal without using the center speaker at all, for example. A blue line at the top of the surround field indicates the distance up to which a phantom signal is added. If you position the source signal inside this range, the signal is sent to all three channels. Channel Router This effect allows you to change the channel routing of the bus to adapt the channel format to different multi-channel samples. Each of the six input channels can be routed to a specific output channel. Downmix This effect allows you to downmix a surround signal to a stereo signal. ÖThere are no controls on the editor of this effect, because the downmix is done automatically. HALion 3 Legacy Effects In addition to the standard HALion effects, a number of effects from HALion 3 is also provided. These effects can be selected from the Legacy submenu of the Effects menu. Hall Reverb A simple reverb with adjustable pre-delay and damping. ParameterDescription PredelayThe Predelay time delays the wet signal to simulate larger acoustic spaces or as a slap-back effect. TimeLength of reverb tail. HF DampProgressive damping of high frequencies. Lo EQLow-cut EQ.
247 Effects ReferenceHALion 3 Legacy Effects Non-Linear Reverb A “gated” reverb with a sharp cutoff. Early Reflections A short, dense reverb for simulating small acoustic spaces and to thicken or blur sounds. Delay A simple mono-in/stereo out delay. Stereo Delay A stereo-in/stereo out delay. Hi EQHigh-cut EQ. MixWet/dry mix. Parameter Description ParameterDescription TimeLength of reverb tail. It also allows you to change the sound from dense early reflections to a trashy, grainy 80’s-type reverb. HF DampProgressive damping of high frequencies. Lo EQLow-cut EQ. Hi EQHigh-cut EQ. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription TimeLength of reverb tail. It also allows you to change the sound from dense early reflections to a trashy, grainy 80’s-type reverb. Low EQLow-cut EQ. High EQHigh-cut EQ. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription DelayDelay time. If the Sync parameter is set to On, the delay time is set by using various note values. Sync On/OffBy activating Sync, delays are synced to the tempo set in your host application. FeedbackFeedback controls the number of delay repeats. BalanceRatio of left delay time to right delay time. HF DampHigh-cut filter to soften delay repeats. ParameterDescription DelayDelay time. If the Sync parameter is set to On, the delay time is set by using various note values. FeedbackFeedback controls the number of delay repeats. For minimum feedback set the slider to the mid position. By moving the slider to the left or right “cross delay” is applied, where left output feeds back into right input or vice versa.
248 Effects ReferenceHALion 3 Legacy Effects Long Delay The Long Delay provides the same parameters set as the Delay, except delays up to four seconds can be set. Tape Delay Simulation of a vintage 4-head analog tape delay. Chorus A straightforward chorus effect that can be used to “widen” sounds. Ensemble Chorus with a more complex modulation waveform for a lively thickening effect. Sync On/OffBy activating Sync, delay repeats are synced to the tempo set in your host application. BalanceRatio of left delay time to right delay time. HF DampHigh-cut filter to soften delay repeats. Parameter Description ParameterDescription DelayDelay time. If the Sync parameter is set to On, the delay time is set by using various note values. Sync On/OffBy activating Sync, the delay repeats are synced to the tempo set in your host application. FeedbackFeedback controls the number of delay repeats. VintageAmount of vintage “color” and tape flutter. Head 1Delay level 1 (output is panned left). Head 2Delay level 2 (output is panned right). Head 3Delay level 3. Head 4Delay level 4. Pan 3+4Varies the panning of delays 3 & 4 from center to hard left/right. Vol 3+4Varies the volume of delay outputs 3 & 4. ParameterDescription RateModulation rate. DepthAmount of pitch modulation. PredelayInitial delay, to vary the “tightness” of the chorused voices to the dry signal. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription RateModulation rate. DepthAmount of pitch modulation. ShimmerCreates a more complex modulation effect. WidthStereo width adjustment. MixWet/dry mix.
249 Effects ReferenceHALion 3 Legacy Effects Flanger A classic flanger effect. Phaser A four pole phaser for subtle phasing effects. Pan/Tremolo Autopan and Tremolo effect as used in vintage electric pianos. Stereo Width A stereo width enhancer with 4 modes. ParameterDescription RateSweep rate. DepthSweep depth. FeedbackFeedback amount. Increase for a more intense flanging effect. PredelayInitial delay. Adjusts the minimum delay time/maximum flange frequency. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription RateSweep rate. DepthSweep depth. FeedbackFeedback amount. Increase for a more pronounced effect. StereoOffset between left and right modulation. CenterSets the center frequency around which the modulation occurs. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription RateSweep rate. PhaseRelative phase of left and right channel amplitude modulation, to vary from tremolo to autopan. ShapeShape of modulation waveform from thin pulse, through sine, to fat pulse. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription ModeSelects between four modes of stereo width enhancement: - Adjust: Adjust existing width of stereo signal. - Swap: As Adjust but swaps left and right channels. - Comb: A stereo comb filter effect. - Haas: Synthesizes stereo width by delaying one channel. DelayDelay time (not used in Adjust and Swap modes). WidthOverall width adjustment. Low/Mid/HighWidth adjustment for low/mid/high frequencies. OutputOutput level trim.
250 Effects ReferenceHALion 3 Legacy Effects Rotary Speaker Simulation of a rotary speaker cabinet with high and low rotors. Wah Pedal An auto-wah effect. TalkBox Modulated vowel formant filter. Shelf EQ Simple tone control. ParameterDescription RateMaster speed control: Stop, Slow, Fast. DirtAmount of overdrive. Lo/HiCrossover frequency between low and high rotors. WidthStereo width. ToneAdjust the tone of the overdriven signal. Hi/Lo SpeedSpeed of high and low rotor. Hi/Lo AccAcceleration of high and low rotor. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription RateModulation rate (optional tempo sync). DepthModulation depth. PedalAdjusts filter frequency. Mode- Auto: Envelope controlled wah effect. - Pedal: No modulation, Pedal parameter sets the frequency. - Mod: LFO modulation. Rate parameter controls the modulation rate. ResonanceSets the amount of filter resonance. TrackingAdjusts envelope tracking speed in Auto mode, and envelope rate modulation in Mod mode. ParameterDescription RateLFO Modulation rate (optional tempo sync). DepthLFO modulation depth. VowelCenter setting: Vowel produced when there is no modulation. Env ModAmount of vowel modulation by input signal level. Env AttRate of response to a rising input signal level. Env RelRate of response to a falling input signal level. MixWet/dry mix. ParameterDescription OutputOutput level trim. BassLow frequency cut/boost. TrebleHigh frequency cut/boost.