Steinberg VST Workstation Halion Sonic Operation Manual

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ÖShow Tooltips will not be saved with the project. You 
need to set this up only once for your system.
MIDI controller
You can save your customized MIDI controller assign-
ments as default or restore the factory MIDI controller as-
signments.
Resetting to factory
To restore the factory MIDI controller assignments:
1.Click the “Reset to Factory” button.
2.Click “Yes” to restore the mapping or “No” to cancel.
Saving as default
To save the current MIDI controller assignments as de-
fault:...

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You can now step through the list by clicking the left (Pre-
vious) and right (Next) arrow switches, or select a particu-
lar list entry with the mouse. The corresponding multi will 
be loaded. You can also assign arbitrary MIDI controllers 
to remote the switches with a hardware controller by right-
clicking a switch and selecting the desired controller.
If you are using a knob, slider or the mod wheel, any tran-
sition from the lower to the upper half switches to the next 
multi....

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2.In the Commands list to the left, select a Category.
3.Click the plus sign to open the Category folder and 
display the items it contains.
Note that you can also click the “global” plus and minus signs in the top 
left corner to open and close all Category folders at once.
4.In the list, select the item to which you want to assign 
a key command.
Already assigned key commands are shown in the Keys column as well 
as in the Keys section in the top right corner. 
You can also search for a...

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Ö The scratch pad is able to play back multi track MIDI 
files sending notes on all 16 MIDI channels. It also sends 
MIDI program change when a MIDI file is loaded.
Using the transport controls
• Click the Play button to star t playback of the MIDI file.
Playback always starts at the song position.
•Click the Stop button to pause the MIDI file at the cur -
rent position.
Click the Stop button twice to rese t the song position to the start.
•Click the Record button to start recording.
•...

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Recording your performance
1. Click on the record symbol below the Record button to 
select the desired record mode from the pop-up menu:
Option Description
Direct The recording starts immediately when you click the re -
cord button.
MIDI The recording starts with  the first MIDI note.
Count In 1 The recording starts after a count-in of one bar.
Count In 2 The recording starts after  a count-i
 n of two bars.
2.Click the Record button to start the recording.
3. When 
you are done...

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To set the minimum range of the parameter:
1.Set the parameter to the desired minimum value.
2.Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]+click (Mac) the control.
3.Select “Set Minimum” from the menu.
To set the maximum range of the parameter:
1.Set the parameter to the desired maximum value.
2.Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]+click (Mac) the control.
3.Select “Set Maximum” from the menu.
Assigning MIDI controllers to AUX FX
You can assign the parameters of the AUX FX to MIDI 
controllers as well. Unlike the...

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ÖYou can remote control any other parameter by as-
signing the parameter first to a quick control and then to a 
MIDI controller.
ÖYou can use MIDI controllers inside the Modulation 
Matrix of a synth or sample layer, for example, to control 
the Cutoff.
CC 121 support
HALion Sonic can be controlled with the ai-Knob of Stein-
berg’s CC121 MIDI controller unit. To change a parame-
ter value:
1.Move the mouse pointer over the control you want to 
change.
2.Turn the ai-knob to set the...

Index 

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Index
A
activation code 6
Amplifier page 32
C
CC 121 Support 97
D
Drum and loop layers 59
E
Edit Display 13
Envelope pages 34
Expression Maps 53
F
Filter page 30
FlexPhraser 54
G
Global Effects 73
H
Host application
AU 8
Cubase 8
I
Inserts page 49
Installation 6
Instrument layer 50
K
Key command 5
Keyboard 14
L
Layers 10
LFO pages 39
M
Master section 16
MediaBay 87
MIDI controller 95
MIDI page 20
Mix page 20
Mod Matrix page 44
Modulation Destinations 47Modulation Modifiers 48
Modulation Sources 46...

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