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Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual
Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual
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HALionAutomation, MIDI controllers and navigation controls 13 – 201 3.Click the plus-sign to open the category folder and display the items it contains. Note that you can also click the “global” plus- and minus-signs in the top left corner to open and close all category folders at once. 4.In the list, select the item to which you wish to assign a key command. Key commands already assigned are shown in the Keys column as well as in the Keys section in the top right. 5.Alternatively, you can use the...
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HALion13 – 202 Automation, MIDI controllers and navigation controls 7.If the key command you entered is already assigned to another item or function, this is displayed below the “Type in Key” field. In case a key command already is assigned to another function, you can either ignore this and proceed to assign the key command to the new function instead, or you can select another key command. 8.Click the Assign button above the field. The new key command appears in the Keys List. ❐If the key command...
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HALionAutomation, MIDI controllers and navigation controls 13 – 203 Searching for key commands If you want to know which key command is assigned to a certain func- tion in the program, you can use the Search function in the Key Com- mands dialog: 1.Click in the search text field at the top left of the dialog and type in the function for which you want to know the key command. This is a standard text search function, so you should type the command as it is spelled in the program. Partial strings are OK;...
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HALion14 – 206 Tutorials About this chapter Examples of how a certain feature or function can be used in practice is often the quickest way to learn. To help you get the most out of HALion, this chapter contains step by step instructions on how to use certain key features. The tutorials cover the following areas: •The first tutorial aims to broaden the concept of folders, an important and powerful HALion feature – see page 207. •Tutorial 2 deals with various ways to use the MegaTrig function – see...
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HALionTutorials 14 – 207 Tutorial 1: Using Folders Folders are a convenient way of grouping samples or programs to- gether, allowing you to edit them as units. Here are a few practical examples: Example 1: Dynamic switching between samples Let’s say you have a set of medium (mf) and loud (ff) samples of a pi- ano that you would like to switch between by using different velocities. This is done as follows: 1.Open the Keyzone page view in HALion. 2.In the Program list to the right, select an empty...
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HALion14 – 208 Tutorials 8.Make sure “Select” edit mode is active and select the “Piano mf” sub- folder. Switching between “All” and “Select” edit mode is a central function in HALion. When “All” is selected, all samples in a Program are affected, and when “Select” is active only selected samples or sub-folders containing samples are affected when editing. The Pitch/Modulation controller (the “trackball” in the bottom right corner) indicates the selected mode by changing color; it should now be blue,...
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HALionTutorials 14 – 209 Example 2: Creating Multi-Instruments Say you have two Programs that you would like to layer, so that you can play them at the same time. One simple way of doing this is by us- ing the Global page, where you can assign two or more Programs to the same MIDI channel. But what if you want to save the layered Programs as a single multi-in- strument Program? For this you have to use folders. Here’s how it is done: 1.Select an empty Program in the Program list. 2.Open the Program...
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HALion14 – 210 Tutorials Tutorial 2: MegaTrig examples In the previous tutorial we layered samples in a relatively straightforward manner. The next step is to control how and when a group of samples should sound using MegaTrig. MegaTrig allows you to set up a “condition” that needs to be met before a set of samples will sound. This gives you a convenient way to trigger different sounds or articulations by using controllers, a key or a key range on your keyboard. Some practical applications include...