Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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(“Map selected” 
submenu) Map 
VelocityThis will remap all selected samples at the selected key on the 
keyboard (marked with a blue dot) across the velocity range.
(“Map selected” 
submenu) Fill GapsThis will extend the ranges to the maximum values for selected 
samples. If Pitch is selected, keyzones will be extended to the 
whole range or to the next adjacent selected sample, without 
overlapping. Samples that are not selected will be overlapped. If 
Velocity is selected, this will set all selected samples to their 
maximum velocity range (0-127). You can also select both Pitch 
and Velocity.
(“Set Root Key 
Selected” submenu)
to Low KeyThis sets the Root to the lowest key in the Keyzone range for 
selected samples. This means that if a sample is mapped to a 
keyzone stretching over several keys, selecting this menu item 
would set the Root to the lowest key in the keyzone range.
(“Set Root Key Se-
lected” submenu) 
to Mid KeyThis sets the Root to the middle key in the Keyzone range for all 
selected samples. This means that if a sample is mapped to a 
keyzone stretching over several keys, selecting this menu item 
would set the Root to the middle key in the keyzone range.
(“Set Root Key Se-
lected” submenu)
to High KeyThis sets the Root to the highest key in the Keyzone range for all 
selected samples. This means that if a sample is mapped to a 
keyzone stretching over several keys, selecting this menu item 
would set the Root to the highest key in the keyzone range.
X-Fade SelectedThe submenu contains the same Pitch and Velocity X-Fade options 
as on the Sample context menu, as well as two items which allow 
you to remove pitch or velocity crossfades from selected samples.
(“Others to Selected” 
submenu) Refresh If you edit a file in another program, “Refresh” may have to be 
used when you import the file again. This is because audio files 
hold the loop information, and this may have been reset (deacti-
vated) when editing in an external editor. You can choose to re-
fresh the loop and tuning information or only the loop data.
(“Others to Selected” 
submenu)
Reset/Paste 
ParametersReset resets all parameter settings to default values for all 
selected samples. Paste will apply parameter settings copied 
from a sample (i.e. on the sample specific context menu) to all se-
lected samples.
(“Others to Selected” 
submenu)
Edit in External EditorThis will open all selected samples in an external wave editor 
(e.g. WaveLab). Menu Item Description 
						

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(“Others to 
Selected” submenu)
Create Key 
Switches per Folder/
per SampleThese two menu items will automatically create key switch assign-
ments. This is useful when using the Alternate function – see page 
139. The “per Folder” item will assign one key switch to a selected 
folder, and the “per Sample” item will set separate key switches 
for all samples contained in a selected folder.
If “per Folder” is selected the last key you pressed determines 
which key is assigned the key switch. If “per Sample” is selected, 
the key switches will be added chromatically from the last key 
pressed.
(“Others to Selected” 
submenu) Load/
UnloadThis will load into or unload from RAM all selected samples.
(“Others to Selected” 
submenu) Output 
sub-menuThis sub-menu lists the available output options. Select an option 
to route the selected samples to this output.
Info This tells you the number of samples and folders contained in the 
selected Program Folder. Menu Item Description 
						

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About the RAM Save function
The RAM Save function allows you to unload all samples currently not 
used. This works by scanning the MIDI notes used in a song and un-
loading any samples on notes not being played in the sequence.
Let’s assume you have loaded a huge sample library but ended up us-
ing only a fraction of the samples. As the unused samples in the sam-
ple library are using up RAM space, you should unload them. Instead 
of having to manually unload the samples you can use RAM Save.
You use it in the following way:
1.First of all, it is best to apply this function when you have recorded 
most of your sample material using the currently loaded Programs, as 
all samples not used will be unloaded.
2.Click the RAM Save button at the top of the Program list.
The button starts blinking to indicate RAM Save is active. RAM Save will stay active 
until you click the button again.
3.Start playback of the song in your host application.
Play the song from start to end (or to the point when no more new samples will be trig-
gered).
4.Click the RAM Save button again.
A dialog appears, asking if you would like to apply the function.
5.Click Apply to confirm.
The unused samples are unloaded. 
6.To reload any unloaded samples right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) 
the sample(s) in the Program list and select “Load” from the context 
menu. You can also use the Preload Samples option in the Program 
context menu.  
						

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Searching for missing samples
If this dialog appears, one or more audio files could not be found. 
Samples that were not found when loading a Program or Bank are 
displayed without velocity ranges in the Keyzone window and in 
brown letters in the Program List. 
If you select to search Manually, a file dialog appears allowing you to 
locate the missing sample(s). 
If you select to search Automatically, the “Search in Directories and 
Load” window appears and a 5-step search process starts:
1.HALion first tries to find the samples in the Program’s file path. 
2.If this fails, HALion will look for a folder which has the same name as 
the Program located at the same level. 
3.If this fails, HALion will look in a folder named Samples which is lo-
cated at the same level as the Program.
The Samples folder can contain sub-directories, which will also be searched.    
						

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4.If this fails, HALion will look in a folder named Samples which is lo-
cated one level above the Program. 
For these first four steps, samples with the same name but a different audio file exten-
sion are also taken into account.
5.Finally, HALion will search the Auto Browse result.
This will only be possible if you have previously run the Auto Browse function (see 
page 159). 
When the samples are located they will load automatically.
•If you open up the Sample context menu by clicking on a missing sam-
ple in the Program list, you can apply these search functions at any 
time. Select “Search in Directories” to start the automatic search or 
“Locate”, to manually locate the missing sample(s).  
						

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							8
Editing in the Loop page view 
						

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Introduction
In this page view you edit one sample at a time, the currently view se-
lected sample, regardless of the ALL/SELECT setting in the Program 
List. Note however, that loop playback mode can be set for multiple 
samples (see page 103). The Loop editor allows you to set start and 
end points for a sample, as well as a sustain loop and a release loop.
All editing affects both left and right channels of a stereo file (or all 6 
channels in a 5.1 surround file). The buttons at the top right of the Loop 
window allow you to switch the view between the left/right channels of 
a stereo file (or between the channels in a surround file).   
						

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Setting the start and end points for a sample
If you want to change the start and/or end points for a sample, this 
can be done in the following ways:
•By moving the start and end offset handles manually.
Simply click and drag the start handle or the end handle (the two blue boxes marked 
“Start” and “End” just below the thumbnail display) to where you would like the sample 
to start and end, respectively.
Changing the sample start point. The waveform is grayed out if outside the start/
end range.
•By [Alt]-clicking into the sample start or end point numeric display in 
the lower left corner of the Loop window, you can change values us-
ing the slider that appears.
•By using the up/down arrow buttons next to the numeric value display.
•By clicking in a value field and typing in a new value. 
This functionality applies to all numeric displays in the Loop page view.   
						

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Setting the range start point
The Range Start parameter allows you to determine the range for 
sample start offset modulation. When Sample Start is selected as a 
modulation destination on the Sound – Modulation page view, the 
Range Start parameter governs the range, i.e. the sample portion that 
will be affected by the start offset modulation. If this parameter is set 
to zero, no sample start modulation will take place. E.g. if note-on ve-
locity was used to modulate the sample start parameter, a high key ve-
locity would start playback further “into” the sample, and the range of 
this modulation is determined by the Range Start parameter. The set 
range is indicated by a thin vertical line in the Loop window.
Zooming the waveform
You can zoom in on the waveform using the thumbnail display or the 
vertical and horizontal zoom sliders. 
Using the vertical and horizontal zoom sliders
•Moving the horizontal zoom slider to the right increases the zoom 
factor.
•Moving the vertical zoom slider down increases the vertical magnifica-
tion of the waveform.