Steinberg HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST SISet Operation Manual

Michael Ruf, Heiko Bischoff
Revision and quality control: Cristina Bachmann, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer, Heike Schilling
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Installation and setup
6Welcome
6How you can purchase the full version
6Key command conventions
7Installation
9Overview
10Window overview
11Editing
12Introduction
12The Main page
14The Options Page
16Default key switches
17Key switch assignments 

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Installation and setup
Welcome
Thank you for using the HALion Symphonic Orchestra 
VST Sound Instrument Set by Steinberg.
This VST Sound Instrument Set expands Steinberg´s pre-
mier VST Workstation HALion Sonic 1.5 or HALion Sonic 
SE with an outstanding virtual orchestra, providing a cost-
effective and easy-to-use solution to create stunning or
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chestral masterpieces and ultra-expressive solo lines as 
well as beautiful smaller arrangements for any musical 
genre.
Capturing the pure emotive power,...

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Installation
System requirements
To use this VST Sound Instrument Set, your computer 
must meet the following requirements:
Windows
• Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Intel or AMD dual-core processor
•2 GB RAM
•6.5 GB of free hard-disk space
• HALion Sonic 1.5 or HALion Sonic SE must be installed to 
play back the content of the HALion Symphonic Orchestra 
VST Sound Instrument Set 
• Windows-compatible audio hardware (ASIO-compatible au-
dio hardware recommended for low-latency...

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ÖIf you are using other copy-protected Steinberg prod-
ucts, you may want to transfer all licenses for your applica-
tions to one USB-eLicenser, thus using up only one USB 
port of your computer. Please refer to the eLicenser Con
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trol Center Help for information on how to transfer licenses 
between USB-eLicensers.
Installing the VST Sound Instrument Set
The HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST Sound Instrument 
Set
 provides a large amount of content contained on a 
double-layer DVD...

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Overview 

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Overview
Window overview
The HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST Sound Instrument 
Set is a virtual instrument sound set that can be used by 
several plug-ins based on the HALion engine. As of this 
writing, these are HALion Sonic 1.5 and HALion Sonic 
SE. More plug-ins able to use this sound set will be re
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leased in the near future.
Loading programs
To load a program from the HALion Symphonic Orchestra 
VST Sound Instrument Set into HALion Sonic or HALion 
Sonic SE, use one of the methods provided by...