Steinberg Halion Sonic 2 Manual

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EditingUser Phrases
Adjusting the Pattern
•To reverse the pattern, click the Reverse button.
•To duplicate short phrases, click the Duplicate button. The maximum number of 
steps is 32, therefore, if you copy a phrase that contains more than 16 steps, it 
cannot be copied entirely.
•To shift the rhythm of the user pattern, use the arrow buttons in the lower left 
corner of the edit section.
If you shift the rhythm of the user pattern to the left, the first step is moved to the 
end. If you shift the...

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EditingUser Phrases
The following settings are available:
ÖThe Key Replace setting can be set differently for each variation.
Key Select
When the FlexPhraser scans the keyboard, it writes the pressed keys into a note 
buffer. Depending on the selected Key Mode, this note buffer is sorted by pitch or in 
the order that you played the keys. The Key Select feature allows you to play back a 
defined key from the note buffer. You can set up Key Select for each step separately, 
which allows you to create...

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EditingWorking with FlexPhraser Variations
Managing User Phrases
•To load a phrase, click the phrase selector and select a phrase from the pop-up 
menu. 
•To save a phrase, click the disk icon.
•To delete a phrase, select it and click the trashbin icon. 
ÖSaved phrases include the Mode, Key Replace, and Wrap parameters, as well as the 
steps with their Level, Length, and Legato settings. The selected MIDI controllers or 
any settings on the main FlexPhraser page are not saved.
Groove Quantizing User...

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EditingEditing Drum and Loop Layers
Creating Variations
You can either create a variation starting from scratch or by copying an existing one.
To start from scratch, proceed as follows:
1.Click a Variation button at the top right of the FlexPhraser.
2.Assign a phrase and edit the FlexPhraser settings.
The variation is instantly modified and can be recalled by clicking the Variation 
button.
To copy an existing variation, proceed as follows:
1.Right-click the Variation button you want to copy.
2.From...

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EditingEditing Drum and Loop Layers
•Keys with nothing assigned are disabled and are displayed in gray.
•In case of a loop layer, the pitched part of the keyboard is displayed in orange.
•Hidden parts of the keyboard can be accessed with the scroll bar below the 
keyboard.
•Clicking a key plays and selects the corresponding drum instrument or loop slice.
ÖThe key map is used for indication and selection only. The mapping of the drum 
instruments and loop slices cannot be changed.
Editing Drum...

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EditingEditing Drum and Loop Layers
ÖBy default all parameter changes are only applied to the currently selected drum 
instrument or loop slice. Click the “Sel” button at the right of the title bar of the top 
section to switch to the “All” mode if you want to apply changes to all drum 
instruments or loop slices. You can also play multiple keys at a time to create a 
multiselection.
Accessing the Pitch, Filter, and Amplifier Parameters
To access the Pitch, Filter, and Amplifier parameters of a drum...

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EditingEditing Drum and Loop Layers
The Filter Subpage
The Filter subpage offers settings to adjust the tone color of the drum instrument or 
loop slice.
The available parameters correspond to the parameters on the Filter subpage for 
synth and sample layers. For a description of these parameters, see 
“The Filter 
Subpage” on page 38.
For a description of the filter envelope parameters, see “The Envelope Subpages” on 
page 43.
The Amplifier Subpage
The Amplifier subpage gives you access to the level...

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For a description of the amplifier envelope parameters, see “The Envelope Subpages” 
on page 43.
One Shot
Activate this to ignore any MIDI note-off messages. The release segments of the 
envelopes will not be played while this is active. Instead, the envelopes play until the 
Sustain is reached and remain on that level as long as the sample plays back. Any 
loop settings of the sample will be ignored. For normal playback without ignoring MIDI 
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•With a Resonance of 100 % you might hear clicks because the slice ends abruptly, 
but the filter still produces a sound from self-oscillation. In such a case, go to the 
corresponding FlexPhraser and reduce the Gate Scale until the clicks are gone. In 
addition, you can adjust the amplifier envelope of the slices, for example, to 
increase the release of the envelopes.
Apart from the Pitch, Cutoff, and Pan parameters, all other parameters correspond to 
the...

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EditingEditing Drum and Loop Layers
Restart Mode
Depending on the selected Restart mode and your playing, you can restart playback 
from the beginning of the loop.
You can select one of the following options:
Sync
To synchronize the loop to the tempo of your host application, activate Sync. The 
Tempo control is disabled when Sync is activated.
ÖIn addition, you can set the Restart mode to “Sync to Host”. This aligns the loop with 
the beats and measures of your host application.
Tempo
When Sync is...