Steinberg VST Sampler HALION 4 Operation Manual

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Preload
HALion provides two different ways of working with sam-
ple data. A sample can either be loaded completely into 
RAM or it can be streamed from the hard disk. However, 
when samples are streamed, HALion needs to preload a 
portion of these samples to be able to play a voice without 
having to search for the sample data first. The size of this 
preload buffer can be set in the Options editor. The Pre
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Filter Mode
The buttons on the left of the Filter section determine the 
overall filter structure. The filter types provide the following 
options:
ÖFor compatibility reasons, the filter types HALion 3 
and Waldorf are included. These filters always use Single 
filter mode.
Filter Shape
Each filter type offers 24 different filter shapes. By select-
ing the filter shape you determine which frequencies are 
affected. Depending on the chosen filter mode, you can 
either...

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Cutoff
Here, you can adjust the cutoff frequency of the filter. The 
effect depends on the selected filter type.
X/Y Control
The X/Y control allows you to adjust two parameters si-
multaneously. This is especially useful with the morphing 
filters, where the X/Y control adjusts the mix between the 
filter shapes. For the other filter modes, the X/Y control 
adjusts cutoff and resonance. Depending on the selected 
filter type, the X/Y control adjusts different...

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The Amplifier Section
The Amplifier section has two tabs: Main and AUX.
The Main Tab
The Main tab gives you access to the Level and Pan set-
tings of the zone.
Level
Here, you can adjust the loudness of the zone.
Headroom
Use this parameter to specify the headroom for poly-
phonic playback. By default, HALion uses a headroom of 
12
 dB. For monophonic programs, such as drum loops, 
set the headroom to 0
 dB. If you work with low polyphony 
values, a headroom of 6
 dB...

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The AUX Tab
The AUX tab allows you to send the zone to the four 
global AUX busses and to directly route the zone to one of 
the plug-in output busses.
AUX 1-4
In HALion, you can send the zone signal to the four global 
AUX busses. You can control the signal level that is sent 
to the busses with the knobs AUX 1-4.
Output
HALion allows you to route a zone directly to one of the 
output busses. In this case, the zone does not pass 
through the layer, program and slot...

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Saving and Loading Envelope Zoom Snapshots
To the right of the scrollbar, you can find three numbered 
buttons that allow you to save and load envelope zoom 
snapshots for the current envelope editor. An envelope 
zoom snapshot also includes the zoom factor and scroll 
position of the graphical envelope editor. These are re
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stored when loading the snapshot.
•To save the current state of the graphical envelope edi-
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Adjusting the Curve Parameter
The Curve parameter allows you to adjust the curvature 
between two nodes from linear to logarithmic or exponen
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tial behavior.
To set the Curve parameter, select the nodes you want to 
edit and enter a value in the Curve field. Positive curve val
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ues change the curvature towards logarithmic and nega-
tive values towards exponential behavior.
You can also adjust the Curve parameter in the graphical 
envelope editor by dragging the...

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•Nodes that exactly match a note value are indicated by a 
red dot inside the handle of the node. This can be useful, 
for example, when you switch the grid between triplets 
and normal note values: The triplet nodes still indicate that 
they match a note value, even if the grid shows normal 
note values.
Selecting an Envelope Mode
You can select one of four envelope modes to specify 
how the envelope is played back each time you hit a key. 
These modes are selected...

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Segments
On the Segments pop-up menu, you can select which 
stages of the envelope are affected by the Time Velocity 
parameter.
Key Follow and KeyF Rel
With Key Follow and KeyF Rel (Key Follow Release) you 
can scale the envelope times across the keyboard. Key 
Follow scales all times before the sustain node. KeyF Rel 
scales all times after the sustain node (which equals the 
release of the envelope). You can set a center key that is 
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Sync Mode
You can sync the LFO to the tempo of the host applica-
tion. The behavior of the Frequency parameter changes 
with the selected option:
Retrigger Mode
This defines whether the LFO is restarted when a note is 
triggered. The waveform restarts at the position you spec
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ify with the Phase parameter.
The polyphonic LFOs can switch between Retrigger On 
and Off: When it is off, the LFO runs freely, when set to 
On, the LFO starts with each triggered note....