Steinberg Halion Sonic 2 Manual

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Global EffectsHALion 3 Legacy Effects
Ensemble
Chorus with a more complex modulation waveform for a lively thickening effect.
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.
PredelayInitial delay, to vary the “tightness” of the chorused voices to the 
dry signal.
MixWet/dry mix.
Parameter Description
ParameterDescription
RateModulation rate.
DepthAmount of pitch modulation....

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Stereo Width
A stereo width enhancer with 4 modes.
Rotary Speaker
Simulation of a rotary speaker cabinet with high and low rotors.
Wah Pedal
An auto-wah effect.
TalkBox
Modulated vowel formant filter.
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...

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Shelf EQ
Simple tone control.
Parametric EQ
Two-band parametric equalizer.
Enhancer
Psycho acoustic spectrum shaping.
Limiter
Hard level limiting.
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.
Parameter Description
ParameterDescription
OutputOutput level trim....

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Compressor
A simple compressor effect.
Multiband
Three-band compressor.
Gate
Simple gate effect.
Distortion
Hard clipping distortion.
ParameterDescription
OutputOutput level trim.
ThresholdCompression threshold.
RatioCompression amount.
AttackAttack time.
ReleaseRelease time.
ParameterDescription
DriveInput signal drive (increase for more density).
Lo/HiBalance of low and high frequency bands.
MidLevel of mid frequency band.
AttackAttack time.
ReleaseRelease...

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Overdrive
Softer distortion with a gradual onset.
Bit Reduction
Digital “Lo Fi” quality degradation.
Amp Simulator
Amplifier modelling effect.
Modulate L/R
This effect features three modes of signal distortion, where one side of a stereo signal 
is used to modulate the other.
ParameterDescription
DriveOverdrive amount.
BiasOverdrive character. Adjusts the balance between even and 
odd harmonics.
OutputOutput level trim.
MixWet/dry mix.
ParameterDescription...

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The Performance Section
Introduction
The performance section is found in the lower part of the HALion Sonic window. It 
contains those elements that you need for “playing” HALion Sonic. The performance 
controls, the quick controls, and the trigger pads are the main components of the 
performance section.
The Performance Controls
In the lower part of the performance section you will find the performance controls 
with the wheel controls, the keyboard, and the sphere control.
Wheel Controls
To the...

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The Performance SectionThe Quick Controls
Sphere H and Sphere V
The Sphere is the orange ball in the bottom right-hand corner of HALion Sonic. The 
Sphere is a two-dimensional control, which means you can adjust two quick controls 
simultaneously by dragging the mouse horizontally and vertically within the Sphere. 
The quick control on the horizontal axis is called Sphere H. The quick control on the 
vertical axis is called Sphere V. Typically, two parameters that belong together are 
assigned to the...

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The Performance SectionThe Quick Controls
Quick Controls and Value Tooltips
Through the offset applied by a quick control, the actual value of a parameter usually 
differs from the displayed value. Therefore, parameters that are assigned to a quick 
control show a value tooltip. The value tooltip indicates the resulting parameter value 
and the name of the assigned quick control.
ÖEspecially with switches, quick controls can lead to ambiguous states: The switch can 
be set to off, but the option can...

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The Performance SectionThe Quick Controls
ÖThe quick control range is automatically adapted depending on the current parameter 
value. This is to assure that the quick control provides optimal control range.
ÖThe parameters Polyphony, Low Key, High Key, Low Velocity, High Velocity and the 
Output cannot be assigned to quick controls.
ÖYou can also assign quick controls to the ADSR offsets of the envelopes by using the 
context menu on the graphical envelope controls.
To assign a quick control of a...

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The Performance SectionThe Quick Controls
Unassigning Quick Controls
You can unassign quick controls directly from the quick controls section or on the QC 
section on the Edit page.
•To unassign a quick control on the quick controls section, right-click the control 
and select “Forget Quick Control”.
In the QC section of the Edit page, the context menu offers the following options:
•To unassign the selected quick control, select “Remove Assignment”.
•To remove all assignments of the selected quick...