Steinberg Halion Sonic 2 Manual

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The Envelope Follower Section
The Envelope Follower traces the input signal with an adjustable attack and release 
time and delivers a modulation signal representing the level envelope of the signal.
Sensitivity
All input signals are downmixed to mono before they are sent to the Envelope 
Follower. The Sensitivity parameter sets the optimum input level for the Envelope 
Follower.
Attack
This adjusts the attack time of the Envelope Follower, that is, the time the...

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MorphFilter
MorphFilter lets you mix low-pass and high-pass filter effects, allowing for creative 
morphings between two filters. You can specify the filter shapes independently for 
filter shape A and B via the corresponding pop-up menus.
Filter Shape B
Here, you can choose between several high-pass and band-rejection filter shapes.
Filter Shape A
Here, you can select a low-pass or a band-pass filter shape.
Morph
Lets you mix the output between the two selected...

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Gain Lo/Hi
These parameters determine the gain of the filter for the Lo and Hi Pedal positions.
Slope
Here, you can choose between two filter slope values: 6 dB or 12 dB.
Amplifier
This effect emulates the sound of an amplifier with speakers. There are different 
amplifiers and speaker models you can combine.
Amp Model
Here you select the type of amplifier. The sound character of the overdrive changes 
with the amplifier you select. To bypass the amplifier, select “No...

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Distortion
This effect offers the whole range of distortion, from low fidelity, digital distortion to 
high fidelity, analog sounding distortion. The four available types of distortion (Rate 
Red, Tube Drive, Hard Clip, and Bit Red) can be freely combined.
In Gain
This adjusts the input level of the sound.
Rate Red (Rate Reduction)
Rate reduction distorts the sound by means of aliasing. Enable the Rate Red option to 
activate the Rate Red control that adjusts the...

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VST Amp
This effect emulates the sound of an amplifier with speakers. There are different 
amplifiers and speaker models you can combine.
Amp Model
Here you can select the type of amplifier. The sound character of the overdrive 
changes with the amplifier you select. To bypass the amplifier, select “No Amp”.
Speaker Model
Here you select the type of Speaker model. Each model colors the sound uniquely. To 
bypass the model, select “No Speaker”.
Drive
This adjusts the...

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Tape Saturator
The Tape Saturator effect simulates the behavior of classic tape recorders. These 
machines produced a specific saturation when recording higher input levels, which 
led to a compressed signal with light distortion.
Mode
Here, you can choose between the effect of a single or two cascaded tape machines. 
Two Stage mode leads to higher saturation and compression.
Oversampling
Activate this option to increase the accuracy of the effect by oversampling....

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Chorus
The Chorus effect thickens and broadens the sound by means of pitch modulation.
Rate
Use this to specify the frequency of the pitch modulation in Hertz.
Sync
Activate this to set the Rate value in fractions of beats.
Depth
This sets the intensity of the pitch modulation.
Phase
This widens the sound image of the effect from mono to stereo.
Shape
This adjusts the characteristic of the modulation. At a setting of 0 %, the pitch 
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Mix
This sets the ratio between the dry and the wet signal. 
Feedback
This adds resonances to the effect.
Cross FB
This mixes the feedback of the left channel with the right channel, and vice versa. This 
parameter only takes effect if the Feedback parameter is set to a value above 0
 %. The 
setting of the Phase parameter influences the Cross FB parameter.
Tone
This adjusts the tone color of the feedback. If you set this parameter to lower values 
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Phaser
The Phaser effect thickens and broadens the sound by means of phase modulation. 
The Feedback parameter allows you to add resonances to sweep the sound.
Rate
Use this to specify the frequency of the phase modulation in Hertz.
Sync
Activate this to set the Rate value in fractions of beats.
Depth
This sets the intensity of the phase modulation.
Shift
This shifts the phase modulation upwards to higher frequencies of the spectrum.
Phase
This widens the sound image...

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Ring Modulator
The Ring Modulator provides a sine oscillator that is multiplied with the input signal. 
This creates metallic, or bell-like, frequencies. The integrated LFO modulates the 
frequency of the sine oscillator to vary the created frequencies over time. In addition, 
an envelope follower is available, which can be used to modulate the frequency of the 
sine oscillator depending on the level of the input signal.
LFO Waveform and LFO Shape
These are the same...