Steinberg VST Sampler HALION 4 Operation Manual

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Mixing and Routing
Output
Each channel can be routed to various busses. Click the 
output pop-up menu and select an output.
ÖThe output busses represent the audio interface to the 
host application or the audio hardware. Therefore, these 
channels cannot be routed freely and do not have an out
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put pop-up menu.
ÖYou can route a surround slot bus to one of the stereo 
output busses. In this case only the first two channels are 
connected. To make you aware that the number of chan
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nels do not match,...

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Introduction
HALion comes with a collection of high-quality studio ef-
fects. These effects are described in the following sec-
tions.
Reverb and Delay Effects
REVerence
REVerence is a convolution tool that allows you to apply 
room characteristics (reverb) to the audio. By recording an 
impulse in a room, you get the characteristics of the room. 
Convolution superimposes these characteristics to the 
sound. The result is a very natural sounding reverb. In
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Early Reflections
Here you select an early reflections pattern. The early re-
flections pattern contains the most important delays that 
deliver the key information for the spatial impression of the 
room. 
ER/Tail Mix
This sets the balance between the early reflections and 
the reverb tail. At a setting of 50
 % the early reflections 
and the tail have the same volume level. Settings below 
50
 % raise the early reflections and lower the tail, as a re-
sult the sound source moves...

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High Cut
This attenuates the high frequencies of the reverb tail. The 
lower this value, the less high frequencies the reverb tail 
will have.
Width
This adjusts the output of the reverb signal between mono 
and stereo. At a setting of 0
 % the output of the reverb is 
mono, at 100
 % stereo.
Mix
This sets the ratio between the dry and wet signal. 
Multi Delay
This effect produces echoes, so-called delays, with adjust-
able time, feedback, and filters. With the Mode parameter 
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Filter Low
This allows you to attenuate the low frequencies of the 
delays. 
Filter High
This allows you to attenuate the high frequencies of the 
delays.
Mix
This sets the ratio between the dry and the wet signal. 
EQ Effects
Studio EQ
This is a high-quality 4-band parametric equalizer. With 
the four frequency bands 1 Low, 2 Mid, 3 Mid, and 4 High, 
you can shape the tone color, to create a brighter or 
darker sound, for example. The two mid-range bands act 
as peak filters and...

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Distortion Effects
Amplifier
This effect emulates the sound of an amplifier with speak-
ers. There are different amplifiers and speaker models you 
can combine.
Amp Model
Here you select the type of amplifier. The sound character 
of the overdrive changes with the amplifier you select. To 
bypass the amplifier, select No Amp.
Speaker Model
Here you select the type of speaker model. Each model 
colors the sound uniquely. To bypass the model, select 
“No Speaker”.
Drive
This adjusts...

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Bit Red (Bit Reduction)
Bit reduction distorts the sound by means of quantization 
noise. Enable the Bit Red option to activate the Bit Red 
control that adjusts the amount of quantization noise. The 
lower the setting, the more quantization noise is added.
Out Gain
This adjusts the output level of the sound.
Mix
This controls the mix between the dry and the wet signal. 
Modulation Effects
Chorus
The Chorus effect thickens and broadens the sound by 
means of pitch modulation.
Rate...

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Cross FB
This mixes the feedback of the left channel with the right 
channel, and vice versa. This parameter only takes effect if 
the Feedback parameter is set to a value above 0
 %. The 
setting of the Phase parameter influences the Cross FB 
parameter.
Tone
This adjusts the tone color of the feedback. If you set this 
parameter to lower values the feedback is less bright.
Phaser
The Phaser effect thickens and broadens the sound by 
means of phase modulation. The Feedback...

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the horn, drum, and cabinet color the sound uniquely. The 
horn and drum are recorded via (virtual) microphones that 
can be set to different angles to broaden the sound image. 
Typically, rotary speakers are used with electric organs.
Rotation 
Use this to change the rotation speed of the horn and 
drum (Slow, Fast, Stop). When set to Fast, the Doppler 
effect is stronger. When set to Stop, there is no Doppler 
effect because the drum and horn do not rotate. Because 
the horn and...