Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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(“Map selected” 
submenu) Map 
VelocityThis will remap all selected samples at the selected key on the 
keyboard (marked with a blue dot) across the velocity range.
(“Map selected” 
submenu) Fill GapsThis will extend the ranges to the maximum values for selected 
samples. If Pitch is selected, keyzones will be extended to the 
whole range or to the next adjacent selected sample, without 
overlapping. Samples that are not selected will be overlapped. If...

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(“Others to 
Selected” submenu)
Create Key 
Switches per Folder/
per SampleThese two menu items will automatically create key switch assign-
ments. This is useful when using the Alternate function – see page 
139. The “per Folder” item will assign one key switch to a selected 
folder, and the “per Sample” item will set separate key switches 
for all samples contained in a selected folder.
If “per Folder” is selected the last key you pressed determines 
which...

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About the RAM Save function
The RAM Save function allows you to unload all samples currently not 
used. This works by scanning the MIDI notes used in a song and un-
loading any samples on notes not being played in the sequence.
Let’s assume you have loaded a huge sample library but ended up us-
ing only a fraction of the samples. As the unused samples in the sam-
ple library are using up RAM space, you should unload them. Instead 
of having to manually unload...

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Searching for missing samples
If this dialog appears, one or more audio files could not be found. 
Samples that were not found when loading a Program or Bank are 
displayed without velocity ranges in the Keyzone window and in 
brown letters in the Program List. 
If you select to search Manually, a file dialog appears allowing you to 
locate the missing sample(s). 
If you select to search Automatically, the “Search in Directories and 
Load” window appears and...

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4.If this fails, HALion will look in a folder named Samples which is lo-
cated one level above the Program. 
For these first four steps, samples with the same name but a different audio file exten-
sion are also taken into account.
5.Finally, HALion will search the Auto Browse result.
This will only be possible if you have previously run the Auto Browse function (see 
page 159). 
When the samples are located they will load automatically.
•If you open up the...

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8
Editing in the Loop page view 

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Introduction
In this page view you edit one sample at a time, the currently view se-
lected sample, regardless of the ALL/SELECT setting in the Program 
List. Note however, that loop playback mode can be set for multiple 
samples (see page 103). The Loop editor allows you to set start and 
end points for a sample, as well as a sustain loop and a release loop.
All editing affects both left and right channels of a stereo file (or all 6 
channels in a 5.1 surround...

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Setting the start and end points for a sample
If you want to change the start and/or end points for a sample, this 
can be done in the following ways:
•By moving the start and end offset handles manually.
Simply click and drag the start handle or the end handle (the two blue boxes marked 
“Start” and “End” just below the thumbnail display) to where you would like the sample 
to start and end, respectively.
Changing the sample start point. The waveform is grayed...

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Setting the range start point
The Range Start parameter allows you to determine the range for 
sample start offset modulation. When Sample Start is selected as a 
modulation destination on the Sound – Modulation page view, the 
Range Start parameter governs the range, i.e. the sample portion that 
will be affected by the start offset modulation. If this parameter is set 
to zero, no sample start modulation will take place. E.g. if note-on ve-
locity was used to...