User Manual

Mixing, Routing, and Effect Handling
Insert Effects
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Automatic Output Connection
If connections to busses cannot be established in HALion, the signals are automatically
routed to the master bus.
HALion allows you to select outputs in many places. You can find output selectors in zones,
layer busses, AUX busses, and slots. Each output can be freely named and the output
selectors reflect these names.
Different programs on different slots may contain output configurations that are not
available, for example, because busses with the required names are not present in a multi.
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If connections cannot be established, a dialog opens showing all pending busses. For
each missing bus, you can select another bus to be used instead.
Pending busses can also occur when loading layers into programs. If a layer does not
find the required busses, the same dialog opens.
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If an assigned output bus is deactivated in the host, HALion shows a red warning icon
on the output channel and the Mixer channels that are connected to it.
You will still be able to hear the signal, because all signals are routed to the master
bus in the background. However, all output selectors remain as they are, allowing you
to reestablish the connections later, by activating the outputs in your host, etc.
Output Configurations in Different Hosts
Apple Logic 9
HALion provides 32 stereo outputs and one surround output connecting with
the host application or a standalone hardware device. In most applications,
all these outputs are available. However, Logic 9 only allows for 16 outputs
for a single plug-in. When you open HALion, you can choose one of 4 output
configurations: Stereo, 5.1-Surround, Multi-Output (1x5.1, 15xStereo), and Multi-
Output (16xStereo).
Ableton
Ableton Live 8 does not support surround busses.
Sonar 9
Sonar 9 allows you to activate all outputs either in mono or in stereo. For mono,
you get 64 channels for the 32 HALion stereo channels plus six channels for the
surround bus. If the stereo outputs are activated, Sonar uses 32 stereo channels
plus three stereo channels for the surround bus.
Insert Effects
Each channel can load up to 8 insert effects. To display the inserts, you must expand the
channel strips.