Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

 
Operation Manual 

 
Operation Manual by Synkron
Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg
Tutorial background material provided by Rudi Cazeaux
Additional information provided by Pinkcanary 
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Table of Contents 

 
HALion
 
4 Table of Contents 
9System Requirements  
and Installation 
10The Steinberg copy 
protection key
11Before you begin installation
11System Requirements
(PC version)
12Installation (PC version)
13System Requirements 
(Mac version)
13Installation (Mac version)
15Installing the HALion content
15Register your software! 
17Preparations 
18Setting up HALion as a VST 
Instrument in Cubase
20Setting up HALion as a 
DXi2 Synth
22Using HALion in an AU 
compatible application 
23HALion overview...

 
HALion
 
Table of Contents 5 
97Editing in the Loop  
page view 
98Introduction
99Setting the start and end 
points for a sample
100Setting the range start point
100Zooming the waveform
101Loopsets
102Setting a sustain loop
104Setting the release loop
105Loop tuning
105Loop context menu items 
107Editing in the Sound  
page view 
108Introduction
109The filter section (DCF)
110The amplifier section (DCA)
116LFO section
118Tune section
118Grouping/Glide section
119Mode section
121The Envelope section...

 
HALion
 
6 Table of Contents 
195Automation, MIDI 
controllers and  
navigation controls 
196Introduction
196Recording dynamic control 
settings
198Using MIDI controllers
199HALion keyboard com-
mands
200Setting up Key Commands 
205Tutorials 
206About this chapter
207Tutorial 1: Using Folders
210Tutorial 2: MegaTrig exam-
ples
213Tutorial 3: Using crossfades 
and curves 
221Content description 
222Introduction
224HALion content structure
225The content 
237Index 

 
1
 
Introduction 

 
HALion
 
1 – 8 Introduction 
Congratulations and thank you for your decision to purchase HALion. 
This professional VST Instrument software is a complete 32-bit sam-
ple player, providing extensive modulation and editing features. 
You can load and use a VST Instrument within the framework of any 
VST 2.0, DXi or Apple Audio Units (AU) compatible host application. 
Each HALion module that you load adds a high-quality instrument with 
up to 256 voices and 16 channel multi mode to your VST 2.0/AU/DXi...

 
2
 
System Requirements and
Installation 

 
HALion
 
2 – 10 System Requirements and Installation 
The Steinberg copy protection key
 
❐
 
Please read the following section before installing the HALion software. 
 
Included with the HALion package, you will find a hardware key (some-
times referred to as a “dongle”) that is part of the HALion copy protec-
tion scheme. HALion will not run if this key isn’t installed properly. 
• 
If you have a Windows PC and have never used such a dongle on 
your computer before, the installation routine may...