Steinberg Halion Sonic 2 Manual

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Voice Mode
The Voice Mode specifies the conventions for stealing notes during playback and 
whether new notes are being triggered when the Polyphony setting is exceeded. The 
stealing and triggering of notes depends on the selected Voice Mode and your 
keyboard playing. You can select one of the following Voice Modes:
LegatoThis mode does not trigger a completely new note: If the new note 
plays within the same sample zone, the envelopes keep running and 
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Key On Delay
With this feature you can delay the playback of the layer by an adjustable time or a 
note value.
When you play a note, the playback of the layer will be delayed by the time or note 
value that you have set with this parameter. With Sync deactivated, the delay is 
specified in milliseconds. With Sync activated, the delay is specified in fractions of 
beats. 
•Set the Key On Delay time with the rotary encoder or by double-clicking in the 
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ÖIf you use Cutoff, Amplitude and Pan Key Follow, the cutoff, amplitude and pan also 
change with the Glide effect.
The Pitch Subpage
The Pitch subpage of synth and sample layers gives you access to the tuning of the 
layer. With the Octave, Coarse and Fine parameters, you can adjust the tuning in 
steps of octaves, semitones and cents. In addition, you can adjust the amount of pitch 
modulation from the Pitch Envelope, the keyboard or randomly with each keystroke. 
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Key Follow
Here you can adjust the pitch modulation from MIDI note number. Set this parameter 
to positive values in order to raise the pitch the higher you play. Use negative values to 
lower the pitch the higher you play. At a setting of +100
 %, the pitch follows the 
played note exactly.
Center Key
This parameter determines the MIDI note that is used as the central position for the 
Key Follow function.
The Oscillator Subpage
The Oscillator subpage of the synth layer offers...

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Editing the Parameters in the Modulation Matrix
When Multi-Oscillator Mode is active for an oscillator, you can modulate the 
corresponding parameters in the modulation matrix.
1.In the modulation matrix, open the Modulation Destinations pop-up menu.
2.On the Synth submenu, select the destination that you want to edit.
3.Set up the Modulation Source and Depth parameters.
OSC 1/2/3 Type
The Oscillator Type defines the basic sound character of the oscillator. The pop-up 
menu first...

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ÖExcept for PWM, all algorithms support the Sine, Triangle, Saw and Square wave 
shapes. PWM supports Square wave only.
To select an oscillator type, proceed as follows:
1.In the OSC1, OSC2 or OSC3 section, click the icon that indicates the wave 
shape.
A pop-up menu opens.
2.From the menu, select the oscillator type to set the wave shape and algorithm you 
want to use.
The waveform parameters for OSC1, OSC2 and OSC3 can be assigned as 
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The following parameters are available:
Ring Modulation (RING)
Ring modulation produces the sums and the differences between the frequencies of 
two signals.
•To activate the ring modulation, click the On/Off button.
ÖMake sure to switch off ring modulation when the function is not needed. When kept 
on, it uses CPU cycles even if the Ring Modulation is not heard, such as in a situation 
where the level is set to 0
 %.
The following parameters are available:
Noise
Noise is used...

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The Filter Subpage
The Filter subpage of synth and sample layers offers settings to adjust the tone color 
of the sound. Filters shape the harmonic content of a sound by removing or accenting 
frequencies in the spectrum. HALion Sonic’s filter section is extremely versatile and 
powerful. With the filter type you can select the basic sound character of the filter, 
either with or without distortion. This feature is also useful to scale the CPU 
consumption because filters without...

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Filter Mode
With the buttons on the left of the Filter subpage you determine the overall filter 
structure. The filter types Classic and Tube Drive provide the following options:
Filter Shape
Each filter type offers 24 different filter shapes. By selecting the filter shape you 
determine which frequencies will be affected. The letters and numbers indicate the 
filter shape: For example, LP12 is short for low-pass 12dB/oct. Depending on the 
chosen filter mode, you can either...

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Cutoff
Here you can adjust the Cutoff frequency of the filter. The effect depends on the filter 
type you have selected.
HP6+LP12High-pass filter with 6 dB/oct. plus low-pass filter with 12 dB/oct. 
(asymmetric band-pass filter). Frequencies below and above the 
Cutoff will be attenuated. Attenuation is more pronounced for the 
frequencies above the Cutoff.
HP12+LP6High-pass filter with 12 dB/oct. plus low-pass filter with 6 dB/oct. 
(asymmetric band-pass filter). Frequencies...