Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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The HALion page views
When you open HALion, the afore-mentioned “Macro” page view is 
shown by default. In addition to this there are 6 other page views each 
containing various parameters and controls. These page views have 
common sections like the Program List (see page 39) and the Key-
board (see page 41).
Selecting page views
You switch between the different page views using the row of buttons 
at the bottom of the HALion window. You can also use the function 
keys [F6]...

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Global Commands context menu
You can open a Global Commands context menu by right-clicking 
(Win)/[Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) on the background of the Macro page view 
or any of the other page views. 
Parameter Description
Clear All... This will remove all loaded programs. A warning message 
will be displayed.
Clear Current Program... This will remove the currently selected Program.
Archive The options in this sub-menu allow you to save Program 
files (.fxp) with or without the...

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The Global page view
The Global page view contains settings for HALion’s 16 MIDI channel 
slots, and the virtual outputs. Here you can, amongst other things, set 
which Program should be assigned to each of the 16 channel slots, 
which MIDI channel each Program is assigned to, and to which of 
HALion’s virtual outputs each Program should be assigned. Also 
shown on this page view are settings for the built-in effects.
• For information on how to make Program/Channel settings,...

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The Keyzone page view
The Keyzone page view offers a graphic overview of all samples in a 
Program, their key zones (the note range across the keyboard which 
samples are mapped to) and velocity settings. The Keyzone page view 
has many powerful features, and is where the majority of sample-
oriented editing takes place.
The vertical “strips” indicate the velocity range for each sample, and the 
horizontal width of each strip indicates the keyzone range for each sam-
ple. The...

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The Loop page view
In this page view you can set loop points for a sample. It is possible to 
set up both a sustain loop that governs what portion of the sample 
should loop when a key is held down, and a release loop which governs 
a separate independent loop activated after a key is released. You can 
define loops graphically in the sample waveform, or numerically. See 
the chapter “Editing in the Loop page view” for more information.  

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The Sound page view
The Sound page view contains a multitude of settings divided into 
several “sub-pages”. Here you can, amongst other things, make set-
tings for the two envelope generators, the multi-mode filter section 
(DCF) and the amplifier section (DCA). The page also contains set-
tings for modulation and effects assignment, the two LFOs, a tune 
section and a voice grouping section. See the chapter “Editing in the 
Sound page view”.  

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The Browser page view
The Browser page view is used for importing external audio file formats, 
such as SoundFonts, Giga etc., and for browsing and indexing your 
computer for Programs and samples. You can also assign Programs to 
Categories and set up advanced search and filtering criteria. See the 
chapter “The Browser page view”.  

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The Options page view
The Options page view is used for making memory settings and various 
other options that govern global HALion functions. See the chapter 
“Settings in the Options page view”.
About the Macro page view
The main difference between the Macro page view and the other page 
views is that the Macro page view parameters always affect all samples 
in a program. Hence, there are no window sections that relate to set-
tings on a “sample level”. Also note that the...

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Common window sections
Each HALion page view is subdivided into several logical sections, 
common to all page views. Following is a description of all the com-
mon window sections. To bring these sections into view you have to 
first select any page view (see page 31) except Macro.
The Pitch/Modulation controller
The Pitch/Modulation controller can be used to manually apply modu-
lation (vertical movement) and/or pitch bend (horizontal movement) by 
click-dragging the “ball”....

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The Program List contains the following:
•The current Program Bank (i.e. 128 Program folders which may either 
be empty or contain samples).
A Program’s associated samples reside in the Program folder (or in subfolders). Empty 
folders cannot be opened.
•If you point on the left edge of the Program List the mouse pointer 
turns into a divider, allowing you to extend the width of the list in order 
to view longer Program/sample names in full. 
•You can zoom the text size of...