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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Installation and Setup
- Conventions
- System Requirements
- Downloading Program Files
- Installing the Program
- Activating Your License
- Registering Your Software
- How You Can Reach Us
- About the Documentation
- Setting Up
HALion Control Panel
- Configuring the Control Panel
  - Setup Options
- View and Tab Operations
- Window Handling
- Setting the Focus
- Available Editors
Common Editing Methods
- Dials and Sliders
- Multi Selection and Parameter Controls
- Buttons
- Value Fields
- Using Key Commands
- Presets
  - Handling Section and Module Presets
  - Handling VST Presets
Global Functions and Settings
- Plug-in Functions Section
- Plug-in Name and Steinberg Logo
- Toolbar
- Keyboard Editor
- Quick Controls
- Options Editor
- AI Knob Support
Automation
- Automation Parameters
- Automation Editor
- Setting Up Automation
Managing Your Sounds
- About Programs, Layers, Multis, Macro Pages, and Presets
- Registering VST Sounds
- Loading Programs and Layers
  - Finding Missing Samples
- Load Dialog
- Slot Rack
- Managing and Loading Files
- Working with General MIDI Files
Mapping Zones
- Mapping Editor
- Mapping Editor Context Menu
- Sample Zones and their Root Keys
- Moving Zones
- Creating Fades and Crossfades
- Setting Key Range and Velocity Range
- Zooming
- Selecting Zones
- Importing Single Samples Using Drag And Drop
- Importing Multiple Samples Using Drag And Drop
Editing Programs and Layers
- Main Section
- Trigger Section
- Voice Management Section
  - Voice Groups
  - Assigning Zones to Voice Groups
- Variation Groups Section
  - Assigning Zones to Variation Groups
- Quick Control Assignments Section
- Note Expression Section
Editing Zones
- Adding Zones
- Zone Types
- Adding Samples to Empty Zones
- Absolute and Relative Editing
- Editing Selected Zones or All Zones
- Global Zone Settings
  - Managing Sections
- Voice Control Section
- Voice Control Section for Organ Zones
- Pitch Section
- Oscillator Section
- Sample Oscillator Section
- Organ Oscillator Section
- Wavetable Section
- AudioWarp Section
  - Modulating AudioWarp Parameters in the Modulation Matrix
- Filter Section
- Amplifier Section
- Envelope Section
  - Zooming
  - Selecting Nodes
  - Adjusting the Time Parameter
  - Adjusting the Level Parameter
  - Adjusting the Curve Parameter
  - Adding and Removing Nodes
  - Adding Nodes Using the Fill Function
  - Scaling the Level of the Release Node with the Level at Note-Off
  - Using Sync
  - Setting Up the Loop
- LFO Section
- Step Modulator
  - Editing Steps
  - Producing Modulations in Steps of Semitones
- Modulation Matrix
  - Creating Modulations
  - Modulation Matrix Context Menu
  - Modulation Matrix Parameters
Editing Samples in the Sample Editor
- Loading and Previewing Samples
- Toolbar
- Info Line
- Overview Line
- Waveform Display
- Parameter Section
- Sample Editor Context Menu
- Markers
- Zooming
- Editing Samples in an External Editor
- Creating Loops
- Creating Slices Automatically
  - Modifying Start and End of Slices
  - Editing Parameter Curves
- Replacing Samples
Wavetable Synthesis
- Wavetable Editor
- Creating a Wavetable
- Pitch Detection
  - Pitch Detection Curve
- Markers
- Replacing Samples
- Importing Wavetables
- Managing Wavetables
Granular Synthesis
- Grain Oscillator
  - Grain Tab
  - Sample Tab
- Modulating the Grain Oscillator
MIDI Editing and Controllers
- MIDI Editor
- MIDI Controllers
Mixing, Routing, and Effect Handling
- Mixer Window
- Audio Bus Architecture
- Insert Effects
  - Using the Insert Effect Slots
Loading and Managing Programs via the Program Table
- Program Table
- Configuring the Program Table
- Program Table Context Menu
Program Tree
- Program Tree Elements
- Program Tree Columns and Controls
- Editing Programs, Zones and Layers
- Importing Samples
  - Import Samples Dialog
- Replacing Samples
- Exporting Samples
  - Export Samples Dialog
- Exporting Programs and Layers with Samples
  - Export Preset with Samples Dialog
- Exporting Programs and Layers as HALion Sonic SE Layer Presets
- Importing Sliced Loops
  - Playing Back Sliced Loops
  - Slice Player
- Selections in the Program Tree
- Navigating in the Program Tree
- Sorting the Program Tree Elements
- Setting Up the Program in the Program Tree
- Renaming Elements
Sample Recorder
- Recording From an Audio Track With Multiple Drum Sounds
- Recording the Output of Another Plug-In
- Recording Samples in the Standalone Version
Included Instruments
- Auron
- Trium
- Voltage
- Model C
- HALiotron
  - Main Page
  - Filter Page
- B-Box
- World Instruments
  - Sound Page
  - Arp Page
- World Percussion
- Anima
- Skylab
- Raven
- Eagle
- Hot Brass
- Studio Strings
Parameter List
Macro Pages
- Macro Pages, Templates, Controls, Resources, and Libraries
- Getting Started
- Macro Page Designer
- Editing and Assembling Elements
- Libraries
  - Icons for Libraries and Macro Pages
- Connecting Macro Page Controls to HALion Parameters
  - Removing a Connection
- Collaborating on Macro Pages
- Cleaning Up and Consolidating Your Macro Pages
  - Removing Unused Files
  - Exporting Macro Pages with their Resources
- Saving Macro Pages
Library Creator
- Libraries
- Library Creator Editor
- Unassigned VST Sound Containers
- Consistency Check
Library Manager
- Library Manager Editor
Effects Reference
- Introduction
- Reverb Effects
  - REVerence
  - Reverb
- Delay Effects
  - Multi Delay
- EQ Effects
- Filter Effects
- Distortion Effects
- Pitch Shift Effects
  - Octaver
- Modulation Effects
- Dynamics Effects
- Spatial and Panner Effects
  - Stereo Pan
  - Stereo Enhancer
- Surround Effects
  - Surround Panner
  - Downmix
- Tools Effects
  - Channel Router
- Legacy Effects
  - HALion 3 Legacy Effects
MIDI Modules Reference
- Common Functions
- FlexPhraser
- Trigger Pads
- MIDI Player
- Drum Player
- Mono Envelope
  - Mono Envelope Parameters
- Mono LFO
  - Mono LFO Parameters
- Mono Step Modulator
  - Mono Step Modulator Parameters
- True Pedaling
  - True Pedaling Parameters
  - Setting up a Crossfade between Two Layers
- MegaTrig
- Layer Alternate
- Key Switch Alternate
- Key Switch Remote
  - Key Switch Remote Parameters
  - Refreshing the Expression List
- MIDI Randomizer
  - MIDI Randomizer Parameters
- CC Mapper
  - CC Mapper Parameters
  - Remapping Controllers
- Velocity Curve
  - Velocity Curve Parameters
- Tuning Scale
  - Editing Tuning Scales
- Lua Script
  - Creating a Script With the Internal Editor
  - Setting Up an External Editor
Key Commands Reference
Note Expression
- Note Expression Editor
Using the Standalone Version of the Plug-In
- Making Preferences Settings
- Preferences Dialog
- Selecting the MIDI Input and the Audio Output
- Scratch Pad
- Loading a MIDI File
  - MIDI Channel Filter
- Saving a MIDI File
- Master Volume
Index

Program Tree

Program Tree Columns and Controls

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you want to load as a unit. A typical example is a bass/piano split sound or a piano/string

layer sound.

Zones

Zones are the elements that create the sounds in HALion. In the Program Tree, the zone is

the element on the lowest level.

Different types of zones are available: synth, sample, granular, organ, and wavetable. The

zone types differ in their basic sound source.

• Synth zones provide an oscillator section with three main oscillators, a sub oscillator, a

noise generator, and a ring modulation stage.

• Sample zones load a specific sample.

• Granular zones offer a sophisticated grain oscillator section that contains a page for

the grain-specific parameters and another page for the sample-related parameters.

• Organ zones produce the sound of classic drawbar organs with up to nine drawbars.

• Wavetable zones allow you to create your own wavetables by extracting single-cycle

waves from samples.

Below the Program Tree, there are 3 numbers that indicate how many zones are selected,

how many zones are contained in the focused layer, and how many zones are contained in the

program.

These numbers are useful when editing or deleting zones. For example, if you have a piano

that was recorded with several velocity layers per note, each velocity layer has 88 sample

zones. If you now want to edit or delete an entire velocity layer, you can use these 3 numbers

to verify whether you selected the right amount of zones before you edit or delete them.

Busses

Busses allow you to set up the audio routing in HALion and add audio effects.

MIDI Modules

MIDI modules process the stream of MIDI events inside a program. They can produce

monophonic modulation signals, which can be used as sources in the modulation matrix.

MIDI modules can be assigned to an entire program or to a single layer.

Audio Effects

Audio effects can be added for busses.

Program Tree Columns and Controls

The first three columns in the Program Tree give you access to the Visibility, Mute, and Solo

functions. In the section on the right, the selected program and its elements are displayed.

They are organized in a hierarchical structure, with the program at the topmost level.