Steinberg Halion Sonic 2 Manual

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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 64. 

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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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MIDI Setup and Mixing
The MIDI Page
The MIDI page gives you access to the MIDI parameters of HALion Sonic. This 
comprises the MIDI channel, Key and Velocity ranges as well as Transpose and 
Polyphony settings. To switch between velocity and key range, use the Key/Vel 
switches above the range controls.
MIDI Page Parameters
Channel
Here you can specify on which MIDI channel a slot should “listen”. You can set 
multiple slots to the same MIDI channel and trigger them simultaneously with the 
same note...

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MIDI Setup and MixingThe Mix Page
To set the key range, proceed as follows:
1.At the top of the MIDI page, click the Key button.
2.In the slot, set the key range with the keyboard range controls and/or Low 
Key/High Key value fields.
Velocity Range (Low Vel, High Vel)
Each slot can be limited to a velocity range. You can set the range with the Low Vel 
and High Vel values or by dragging the graphical velocity range control at its ends. 
When you click and drag towards the middle of the velocity range...

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MIDI Setup and MixingThe Mix Page
Mix Page Parameters
On/Off
This switch allows you to turn the MIDI input of the slot on and off. In contrast to the 
Mute function that only mutes the audio output of the slot but keeps on processing the 
sound in the background, this switch interrupts the MIDI communication with the slot 
and prevents sounds from being processed.
Level
This parameter allows you to set the output level of the slot.
Pan
This parameter allows you to set the position in the stereo...