Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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The Envelope section
To view the Envelope section click the “ENV” button to the left in the 
upper half of the window. You can also open the Sound page view 
with the Envelope view selected by pressing [Shift]+[F9].
The envelopes here offer more complex features than available from 
the Macro page view. You can have up to 32 points for each envelope, 
and you can set linear or logarithmic envelope curves. The envelopes 
can also be synchronized to the tempo...

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•By clicking the Envelope Bypass button in the upper corner of the 
DCF or DCA section, the corresponding envelope is bypassed.
Setting the envelope curve
Positioning curve points
•You move the envelope points by clicking and dragging them in the 
desired direction.
When you click on a point, the current level and duration for the parameter are dis-
played. When Sync is enabled, the duration is displayed as note values, which allows 
you to set tempo related...

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• If you [Command]-click (Mac)/[Ctrl]-click (Win) on a point, only horizontal 
positioning is possible (time).
• If you hold down [Shift] and move a point, the resolution for the positioning is 
higher.
• If you hold down [Ctrl] and drag the mouse to the left or right, you can change 
the relative distance between all selected points.
•If “Fixed” is activated, only the selected point(s) will be moved.
Selecting curve points
•Clicking a curve point selects it....

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The “Fill Env” function allows you to add multiple envelope points from 
the currently selected point(s):
1.Select the number of points you wish to add from the pop-up. 
2.Select the point from where you want to add points.
The new points will be added to the right of the selected point. If several points are se-
lected, new points will be added to the right of all selected points.
•The interval of point placement can be set with the Sync value.
If Sync is...

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Additional envelope functions
Saving/loading envelope presets
You can store and recall envelope presets. HALion comes with sev-
eral presets with descriptive names ready for use.
•Type in a name for the preset in the name field and click the plus sign 
to save the current envelope curve as a preset.
•Saved presets are available from the pop-up.
To delete a preset, select it and click the minus sign.   

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Using Sync
You can sync the envelopes to the MIDI clock tempo set in your host 
application. This allows you to set envelope durations that will relate 
to musical time intervals (for example 1 bar), regardless of later 
changes of tempo.
1.Click the “Sync” button to activate sync mode.
A grid appears in the curve display.
2.Select a note value from the pop-up to the right of the Sync button.
This sets the resolution of the grid, i.e. the minimum note value...

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Loop
When activated, the Loop function affects the Decay stage of the 
envelope.
When the envelope reaches the Sustain stage (Decay end) it will 
jump to the set Loop beginning (Decay start), and continue looping 
between the set loop range, which is indicated by a gray area in the 
curve display.
The envelope will be looped in this range.  

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The Modulation section
The modulation possibilities in HALion are very comprehensive. 
To bring up the Modulation view, click the “MOD” button on the left side 
of the upper half of the Sound page view, and then click the “MOD” but-
ton at the top of the Sound page view. You can also open the Sound 
page view with the Modulation view automatically selected by pressing 
[Shift]+[F10]. 
Modulation basically works as follows:
• The Destination governs what...

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•To view all 12 modulation routings, click the magnifying glass icon in 
the top right corner of the Sound page view. 
This opens the Modulation view in a new window, showing all 12 available modulation 
slots. This window can also remain open in other page views.
The Source column
Clicking the text field in the Source column brings up a pop-up menu 
from which you can select a modulation source. The following modu-
lation options are available:
Option...

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The Amount column
The Amount parameter works by “scaling” the corresponding source 
by a bi-polar value. One example of this would be to have the modula-
tion wheel as source, modulating the destination pitch, with an LFO 
selected as amount. This would give you standard modulation wheel 
control over vibrato.
For many Amount options you can set further parameters (Offset, 
Range, Function/Curve). These are displayed to the right in the Mod-
ulation view....