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If this option is activated, a tooltip is shown when you move the mouse over a control.

If this option is activated, parameters without a value field display their value in a tooltip when you use the corresponding control.

If this option is activated, the home screen is shown when you open a new HALion instance.

If this option is activated and you expand a section, all other sections are automatically collapsed.

Restores the corresponding screen set when you load a multi-program.

If this option is activated, a meter is shown below the text field when you edit the values. This helps you to see where the current setting is situated in relation to the value range of the parameter and whether the parameter is unipolar or bipolar.

This mode allows you to edit a HALion Sonic preset in HALion and then save it in its original preset format, so that it can be opened in the plug-in that it was created in.

If this mode is activated and you load a preset, all layers, busses, effects, and other modules that are required by HALion Sonic cannot be deleted or replaced, in order to ensure the compatibility with this program version. However, you can modify the parameter values of these elements.

Furthermore, if you are working with layers that were created in HALion 6/HALion Sonic 3 or later, you can make structural changes within the four HALion Sonic layers, that is, you can add, remove, or replace sublayers, zones, or other modules within these layers.

To indicate that a preset is in HALion Sonic Edit Mode, the HS button in the Program Tree toolbar is activated.

When you work with a HALion Partner license, activating this option allows you to use the HALion Partner-specific features.

Limits the size of the plug-in window to fit in the available screen space. Activate this option if the display of your laptop or your computer monitor cannot fully display the plug-in. With this option activated, a scroll bar is displayed in the plug-in window, which allows you to navigate to areas outside the visible area.

• If High DPI Mode is activated, the plug-in uses high-resolution bitmaps when it is displayed with a scaling of 150% or higher on a high-resolution monitor, such as 4K (UHD), 5K, etc. This allows for sharper images on high-resolution displays.

  Note

  Windows systems currently only support scaling factors that are multiples of 100. For example, if you use a scaling factor of 150%, in HALion, the scaling factor is set to 200%.

  High DPI Mode may not be compatible with some combinations of software and hardware. If you experience display issues with your setup, you can deactivate High DPI Mode.

• If High DPI Mode is deactivated, the native monitor resolution is used.

Allows for modulation signal displays in the modulation assignments to take the Depth parameter into account. If this option is deactivated, the modulation signal is displayed with the full scale as it is produced by the source.

Opens the Key Commands dialog, where you can view and assign key commands.

If you click this button, all message dialogs that have been suppressed with the Don't Show Again option are displayed again.

• In Standard mode, you can solo multiple programs or layers to hear them combined.

• In Exclusive mode, only one program or layer can be soloed at a time.

Specifies the number of available undo steps.

Specifies the maximum number of results displayed in the results list of the MediaBay/Browser.

HALion allows you to specify an external sample editor application that can be used to perform destructive offline editing on a sample, for example applying EQs, filtering, or denoising.

With the External Wave Editor parameter, you specify which application to use. You can enter the path manually or click the Browse button to navigate to the corresponding application folder.

Specifies what happens if a sample is saved in the external wave editor.

• If Ask is selected and you switch back to HALion from the external editor, you are asked whether you want to replace the current sample with the modified sample.

• If Always is selected, HALion accepts the modified sample.

• If With Backup is selected, HALion accepts the modified sample and automatically creates a backup of the previous sample file.

• If Never is selected, modified samples are never accepted automatically. You must import modified samples manually from the temp folder.

Allows you to specify a temp folder for exchanging samples between HALion and the external editor.

After a specific period of time, HALion deletes temporary sample files from the temp folder. The Temp Cleanup option allows you to make settings for this process.

• If Ask is selected, you are prompted to confirm the cleanup of the temp folder.

• If Always is selected, temporary files are deleted without further notice. If a file cannot be deleted, an error message is shown.

• If Ignore Error is selected, temporary files are removed without further notice. If a file cannot be deleted, no error message is shown.

• If Never is selected, temporary files are never deleted automatically. You must delete them manually.

Allows you to specify which program to open when using the Edit command on a Bitmap resource in the Macro Page Designer.

Allows you to specify which program to open when using the Edit command on an SVG resource in the Macro Page Designer.