User Manual

Included Instruments
B-Box
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B-Box
B-Box provides you with a veritable drum computer inside HALion. It comes with 13
instrument lanes that can make use of up to 128 different sounds. You can set up your drum
patterns, create variations, and modify each drum sound using a low-pass filter and several
distortion modes.
B-Box contains three pages: Pattern, Mix, and Aux.
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To open a page, click the corresponding button in the top section of the window.
Pattern Page
The Pattern page is where you create and edit the drum patterns. It gives you access to the
pattern editor as well as to some of the most important sound parameters.
The pattern editor section in the center of the window allows you to create and edit drum
patterns.
• To specify the number of steps for a pattern, drag the small triangle in the lower part
of the pattern display.
The maximum length is 16 steps.
• To change the drum sound for a lane, set a new value in the Sound column.
You can choose between up to 128 drum sounds, depending on the selected drum
instrument.
• To preview a drum sound, click the trigger button to the right of the instrument name.
• To add drum steps to the pattern, click on the step fields in the pattern editor.
To add drum steps for all fields on a lane in one go, hold down Shift and click on a field.