User Manual

Global Functions and Settings
Keyboard Editor
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NOTE
How many undo/redo operations are available depends on the Number of Undo
Steps setting on the Options page.
Keyboard Editor
The Keyboard Editor contains the wheel controls, the sphere control and the internal
keyboard.
Wheel Controls
To the left of the internal keyboard, the pitchbend wheel and the modulation wheel are
located.
The modulation wheel is hardwired to MIDI controller #1, which is normally used as a source
in the modulation matrix, but can be used as a quick control as well.
Typically, you assign the modulation wheel to a parameter of an insert effect, such as the
speed of the Rotary effect.
Internal Keyboard
The internal keyboard in HALion spans the entire MIDI note range from C-2 to G8. You can
use it to trigger notes by playing them, but you can also drop samples onto it to import and
map samples, for example.
You can resize the internal keyboard horizontally and vertically. A vertical resize changes the
size of the individual keys and a horizontal resize defines how many octaves are visible. If the
horizontal size is not sufficient to display all octaves, you can use the left/right arrow buttons
on both sides of the keys to shift the visible range by octaves.
For each key, the keyboard indicates whether a sample is mapped to it.
The following color scheme is used for the keys:
• Keys to which a key switch is assigned are shown in yellow.
• Keys to which a remapped key switch is assigned are shown in beige.
• Keys to which an expression in the Layer Alternate MIDI module is assigned are shown
in red.
• Keys that are assigned to a trigger pad are shown in blue.
• Keys to which a loop trigger note is assigned are shown in green.
Previewing Notes Using the Keyboard
• To preview a note, click the corresponding key on the keyboard.
The vertical position where you click a key defines the velocity that is used to trigger
the note. Click the lower part of a key to use the highest velocity, and the upper part to
use the lowest velocity.