Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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The Destination column
The Destination column is where you select what to modulate. The 
options are:
The “Amount 1-12” options are internal, arbitrary amounts. When you 
select one of the Amount options, a slider appears above the field in 
the Modulation section, and the current value of the amount is shown 
to the right. 
•To set a value for the amount, use the slider or click the field to the 
right of the Amount field and type in a value.
The Amount...

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Adjusting Modulators
When an external MIDI data type (e.g. Pitch Wheel, Mod Wheel, No-
teOn Velocity, NoteOn, etc.) is selected as Source or Amount, you can 
make further adjustments to how the value should affect the modula-
tion:
•Click the Edit (E) button in the Source or Amount column for a modu-
lation slot.
New parameters appear in the right half of the Modulation view.
The following settings are available:
Option Description
Offset Allows you to offset...

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User curves
If you select “User Defined” from the Function menu a miniature curve 
diagram appears. By clicking the “Edit” button beside the diagram you 
open the Crossfade dialog. Here you can “draw” custom curves, or se-
lect from a range of preset curve shapes. Four curve points allow you to 
set up a curve of your liking. You can create logarithmic or linear curves 
using the same methods as in the Envelope display, see page 124.
A custom curve.
• If you...

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Saving/loading modulation presets
You can store and recall modulation presets. When you recall a pre-
set from the preset pop-up in the top right corner of the Modulation 
view, you by default load all 12 slots in one go, even if the preset only 
contains one modulation routing. You can however load a single mod-
ulation routing by selecting a preset with [Shift] pressed. This will load 
the preset into the first empty modulation slot, and leave all other...

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MegaTrig
MegaTrig is a feature that provides conditional sample triggering. It al-
lows you to define conditions that determine which particular sample 
will be triggered. You open the MegaTrig view by clicking the Mega-
Trig button at the top of the Modulation section.
To view the MegaTrig sub-page in a separate window, click the mag-
nifying glass icon in the top right corner of the Modulation page view.
Applying Conditions
The Condition fields 1 to 3 can be...

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“Play If” conditions 
Up to four “Play if” conditions can be applied simultaneously. Condi-
tions are set by selecting from the pop-up menus in the correspond-
ing fields. You can combine these “Play If” conditions using “AND”, 
“OR” or “AND NOT” operators.
The first “Play if” condition can be set to:
• Note On
• Note Off
• Pedal On
The other “Play if” conditions can be set to:
• Off
• Note On
• Note Off
• Pedal On
• Pedal Off
• Condition 1-3
Keyboard Range...

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A basic example:
Here follows a basic example of how to use the MegaTrig function:
Say you have two Programs that you would like to switch between as 
you play by using the modulation wheel. This would be set up as fol-
lows:
1.Open the MegaTrig sub-page on the Sound page and select an 
empty Program in the Program list.
2.Open the Program context menu by right-clicking (Win)/[Ctrl]-clicking 
(Mac) the Program and select “Load Folder(s)”.
3.Select the two...

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Second Strike
This lets you set up a condition so that when a note is played the se-
cond time with the damper pedal down (no note off), another sample 
will be triggered. You set this up as follows:
1.Place the two samples you wish to switch between on the same key 
zone so that they overlap.
You could also use folders containing samples, provided that the samples contained in 
the folders are mapped correctly.
2.Make sure Select edit mode is activated....

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The Alternate function
The Alternate function allows you to assign sample variations so that 
each time you play a given note, a slightly different sample will be trig-
gered. This is very useful for string and percussion instruments, where 
subtle attack variations are natural. 
Say you have several variations of plucked guitar string samples, orga-
nized in separate folders. If you loaded just one of these sample fold-
ers and repeated a note several times...

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4.Open the MegaTrig sub-page of the Sound page view.
5.Select “Key Switch” in the Condition 1 pop-up.
Set the Range to one note, e.g. D-2 using the sliders. The trigger key should not have 
a sample assigned.
6.Set Play If conditions to “Note On” AND “Condition 1”.
•You can also use the “Create Key Switches per Folder” and “Create 
Key Switches per Sample” items on the Program context menu (“Oth-
ers to selected” sub-menu) to automatically create a key switch...