Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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In this mode, all samples in the Program will be affected by parameter changes, 
regardless whether samples are selected or not. “PROGRAM” indicates that the 
whole Program will be affected.
Edit Absolute/Edit Relative 
In addition, by clicking the button that either reads “RELATIVE” or “AB-
SOLUTE”, you switch between Absolute or Relative editing mode. This 
is only meaningful if you have selected “ALL” or have several selected 
samples, as the...

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Example 3 (Relative mode for all remaining parameters)
For Sample 1 a cutoff value of 60 has been set in the Sound page 
view, while for Sample 2 cutoff has been set to 80. When changing 
the Cutoff setting by 20 for Sample 1, this corresponds to a change of 
50 % with respect to the maximum value. For Sample 2 this change of 
50 % with respect to the maximum value results in a change by 10 to 
a setting of 90.
Setting keyzone and velocity range
Using the...

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•Click the bottom handle to either extend the keyzone by dragging to 
the right, reduce the keyzone by dragging to the left or scale the low 
velocity by dragging up or down. 
Clicking on the right side or border of a sample allows you to set the key zone range in 
the manner outlined above, but not the velocity. 
•Hold down [Shift] and drag the handles up or down to set velocity Lo/
Hi values for several selected samples simultaneously.
Setting the high...

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Moving samples
Selected samples can be moved around in the Keyzone window:
•Clicking in the middle of a sample so that the pointer becomes a four-
way arrow (Win) or a plus sign (Mac) allows you to drag the selected 
sample(s) left or right (and up or down if the velocity range has been 
scaled from the default 0 to 127 range) in the Keyzone window.
Note that when you move samples horizontally, they will be transposed. To make moved 
samples play back at the...

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Setting the root key
The root key determines the pitch of the sample. Samples can contain 
root key information embedded in the file, which means that when 
loaded, they will automatically be mapped to the corresponding key(s).
The sample collections included with HALion contain both multisampled 
instrument Programs, with samples of a specific instrument (where often 
there is one sample for each corresponding note across the keyboard), 
and “single-shot”...

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Importing samples
How to load a Program Bank and individual Programs using the File 
pop-up is described in the chapter “HALion overview”. But to create 
your own Programs using your own samples, you first have to import 
the samples into HALion. This can be done in a number of ways:
• By dragging the samples (audio files) and dropping them into the Keyzone 
window or the Program List (in any page view) – see page 79.
• By using Import Sample(s) in the...

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❐HALion can read 32-bit float files, in all compatible formats that support 
this resolution, as well as other common bit resolutions (8-bit files ex-
cepted). Files may also have any sample rate.
❐By using the Browser page view you can also import Banks, Programs 
and samples from sample CDs in various formats – see page 171.
Import Sample(s)
When “Import Sample(s)” is selected from the Program list or Keyzone 
context menus, a standard file dialog opens...

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•If the Program is empty, the Mapping dialog appears with the follow-
ing options:
Option Description
Chromatic This will map all samples chromatically from the set Start Key. To 
determine which sample becomes the start key you have to se-
lect the files from the Browser and import them via drag and drop 
(see page 79).
Extract Key from File-
nameIf the sample name specifies a root key, e.g. “Piano C3” the sam-
ple will be mapped to the C3 key if this is...

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Importing samples using drag and drop
You can import samples to a specific key (or key range) in the Keyzone 
window. This works as follows:
1.Drag a sample into the Keyzone window. 
An orange outline representing the sample appears.   

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2.Without dropping the sample, move the mouse pointer up and down.
As you can see, the horizontal position of the mouse pointer determines the lowest key 
of the key range, and the vertical position of the mouse pointer determines the key 
zone range. You can extend the key zone range up to an octave using this method.
Move the mouse pointer forward to extend the key range.
If several samples are selected and dragged into the Keyzone window 
it works as...