Steinberg VST Sampler HALion 3 Operation Manual

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Amplifier Velocity
This dial controls how much the volume is affected by velocity. Velocity 
is a value determined by how hard or soft you strike the keys on your 
keyboard. With Velocity set to 0%, the volume will be constant no mat-
ter how hard or soft you play. Increasing this value progressively will 
make the volume more and more sensitive to how hard or soft you play.
Panorama
The Panorama parameter sets the stereo position for the Program.
Tune/Glide section
The Tune section is used to control the tuning of the Program in either 
octave, semitone (“Coarse”) or cent increments. You can tune the 
octave range +/- 5 octaves, the semitone range +/- 11 semitones and 
the cent range +/- 100 cents (cent = 100th of a semitone).
By using the Glide dial, you can set a glissando (up to 3 seconds) 
between successive notes.  
						

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The LFOs
The parameters in the LFO section allow you to vary the frequency 
and the waveform of the two LFOs. The LFO section is described on 
page 116.
The Macro view area
In the middle section of the Macro page view there is a window area 
which can display “sub-views” of other pages in HALion.
By using the four buttons at the top of the section you can switch be-
tween displaying scaled down versions of the Global, Keyzone, Pro-
gram or Send effects page views.
• The Keyzone view is for overview only - no editing is possible from the Macro 
page.
• The effect sections allow you to select effects but the effect parameters are 
not available on the Macro page.   
						

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The Options pop-up menu
Click this field to open a pop-up menu with the following options:
High/Mid/Low Quality
The Quality setting provides a way of balancing audio quality vs. con-
servation of computer power. 
• High Quality uses the highest sample rate, but also requires more CPU time. 
• Mid Quality uses less CPU power. Depending on the type of sounds you are 
using, this mode can provide adequate reproduction in many instances.
• Low Quality works with the lowest sample rate, producing a “Lo-Fi” sound. 
Quality can also be set in the Options page view. This is the same pa-
rameter, but it is set as a percentage value between 0 and 100% (see 
page 178).
❐The Quality setting is global for all channels in a HALion unit. Programs 
(or samples) cannot have different quality settings!  
						

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Edit absolute/Edit relative 
This option determines whether the global settings you make in the 
Macro page view should set the changed parameter to an absolute 
value, or change values relative to the previously set value. 
Absolute/relative editing is explained in more detail on page 71.
Disk Streaming
This option allows you to specify the degree of disk streaming vs. pre-
loaded samples. This can also be set freely in the Options page view 
(Memory – Voice). 
						

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Editing in the Global page view 
						

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Introduction
This page view allows you to assign any Program in the Program Bank 
to any of the 16 Instrument slots in HALion. You can also make effect, 
output and MIDI channel assignments.  
						

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Settings in the Global page view
The Global page view is divided into two sections. To the left you can 
make various settings for the Instrument channel slots, to the right you 
can make effect settings. How to use the internal effects is described 
on page 147.
Selecting a Program
There are several ways you can select a Program for a channel slot:
•By using the Program pop-up menu for a channel slot.
Click the arrow in the Program column for the channel you want to select a Program 
for, and select a Program from the menu.
•By sending a Program Change message via the same MIDI channel.
Any Program Change message between 1 and 128 will change the currently assigned 
Program to the Program with this number.
•By selecting a channel slot, and assigning a new Program to it currently 
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The last example involves two steps:
1.Click on a channel number in the “INS” (instrument) column to select 
the channel.
2.If you now click on a Program name in the Program List that is currently 
not assigned to any of HALion’s 16 channel slots, it will be assigned to 
the selected channel.
Selecting a MIDI channel
The “CH” pop-up allows you to select a MIDI channel for each chan-
nel slot. By default, the 16 channel slots are logically assigned to MIDI 
channels 1-16. 
• A simple way to layer programs is to assign them to the same MIDI chan-
nel.
Using Solo
If you activate Solo for a channel slot by clicking in the Solo column, 
only this channel will be heard. You can solo several channel slots.
•When you [Alt]-click (Win)/[Option]-click (Mac) on the Solo button for 
a channel, only this channel will be soloed, i.e. any previously soloed 
channels will play back as normal.
•When you [Ctrl]-click (Win)/[Command]-click (Mac) on the Solo but-
ton for a channel, this channel will be muted, i.e. all other channels will 
be soloed.  
						

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Setting volume and pan
❐Note that the volume/pan settings (and the following parameters listed 
below) relate to the channel slots, not to the Programs assigned to the 
channel slots. Bear this in mind as Programs and samples also have set-
tings for volume/pan/transpose etc., which are independent from these.
You can make volume and pan settings for each channel in the corre-
sponding column. If you click in the respective value field, a slider ap-
pears, allowing you to change the value.
Setting key/velocity range
This column either shows the key range or the velocity range. You can 
switch between them by clicking on the column header. Here you can 
specify key span and velocity ranges for the channel slots. By default 
these are set to the maximum range. If you set a limited range for ei-
ther of these parameters, the Program will only be playable within the 
set range.
Transpose
In the Transpose column you can set a Transpose value for the Instru-
ment slot. You can transpose up or down by 5 octaves in semitone 
steps. 
						

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Setting a velocity curve
In the Curve column you can select one of four velocity curves. Velo-
city governs how a sound parameter (e.g. volume) changes according 
to how hard or soft you strike a key.
❐When you [Ctrl]-click (Win)/[Command]-click (Mac) on the value fields 
for volume, panorama, key/velocity range, transposition or velocity 
curve, the parameters will be reset to the default values.
Selecting an output 
Clicking in the “Out” column for a channel slot opens the Output pop-
up menu. The options are, by default, Program, Stereo 1 to 4, Mono 1 
to 4 and the 5.1 surround option (this is described on page 114).
❐The output configuration is user definable in the Options page view, see 
page 179.
Setting the output for individual samples and defining where the Pro-
gram output is routed to is done in the Sound page view, see page 113. 
Curve Description
Linear This is a linear velocity curve, which means that the velocity controlled 
parameter will change linearly as velocity is increased/decreased.
Logarithmic Using velocity controlled volume as an example, a logarithmic curve 
means that the volume will react more sensitively to low to medium ve-
locities but less sensitive using high velocities. 
Exponential Using velocity controlled volume as an example, an exponential curve 
means that the volume will change little when using low to medium ve-
locities but react more sensitively using high velocities.
Constant 127 If this is selected, the velocity will be constant at maximum level, re-
gardless of how hard or soft you strike a key.