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HALion 7.0.0

Operation Manual

Table of Contents
Using the Standalone Version of the Plug-in
You can use HALion independently of a host application.
Master Volume

New Features
The following list informs you about the most important improvements in HALion and provides links to the corresponding descriptions.
Introduction
This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s HALion. Here you will find detailed information about all the features and functions in the application.
HALion Control Panel
HALion provides flexible and highly customizable window management options. You can arrange the available editors in the window, structure the window sections using tabs, and configure several separate windows for your work. The size of each window and window section is individually adjustable. This allows you to make the most of the available screen space.
Common Editing Methods
Some common controls and concepts exist throughout the program. For example, presets can be used in several different sections and contexts, but their handling is always the same.
Global Functions and Settings
In the plug-in functions section, on the toolbar, and on the Options Editor, you can find global functions and settings for HALion.
Automation
You can automate most of the HALion parameters from within your host application, whether these are parameters of a program or global parameters such as AUX effects.
Managing Your Sounds
You can load, save, and manage different kinds of sound files.
Mapping Zones
You can manually edit the sample mapping via the Mapping Editor. The mapping functions are based on information like key range, root key, and velocity range.
Editing Programs and Layers
In the Sound Editor for programs and layers, you can find the parameters that are set globally for an entire program or layer. For example, you can transpose the pitch, adjust level and pan, and limit the playback to a specific area on the keyboard.
Editing Zones
You can edit zones in the Zone Editor.
Editing Samples in the Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to view and edit samples. If a sample zone is selected, the Sample Editor shows the corresponding sample.
Wavetable Synthesis
HALion’s wavetable synthesis offers you a wide range of possibilities, from the re-synthesis of samples to the creation of entirely new sounds.
MIDI Editing and Controllers
You can make MIDI and MIDI controller settings in the MIDI Editor, the MIDI CC editor, and the Options Editor.
Mixing, Routing, and Effect Handling
You cam perform your mixing operations in the Mixer.
Loading and Managing Programs via the Program Table
HALion allows you to load a virtually unlimited number of programs into the Program Table. This allows for quick access to these programs and for preloading the program samples for faster changes between programs.
Program Tree
The Program Tree is the main area for navigating and making selections. It shows the active program with all its layers, zones, and modules and allows you to add, load, import, or delete elements.
Parameter List
The Parameter List gives you a detailed overview of the parameters of the element that is selected in the Program Tree.
Sample Recorder
The Sample Recorder allows for live sampling in HALion. You can sample the sounds of another plug-in and map them to the keyboard, reduce CPU load by writing processing and fades directly in the sample file, or quickly create sounds from events in your sequencer projects and edit them further in HALion, for example.
Included Instruments
HALion comes with a factory library containing powerful instruments. For each instrument, an intuitive macro page is available, offering a rich palette of presets.
Macro Pages
HALion allows you to build your own sample and synthesizer instruments and to customize them using the integrated Lua script engine. Via the Macro Page Designer, you can create your own user interface for these instruments.
Library Creator
The Library Creator allows you to create your own instrument libraries.
Effects Reference
HALion comes with a collection of high-quality studio effects.
MIDI Modules Reference
The MIDI modules in HALion range from standard arpeggiator modules to more dedicated modules that trigger specific events or deliver specific modulation signals.
Key Commands Reference
Below, the default key commands are listed according to category.
Using the Standalone Version of the Plug-in
You can use HALion independently of a host application.
- Preferences Settings
  You can configure the standalone version of HALion via the Plug-in Preferences dialog.
- Preferences Dialog
  The Plug-in Preferences dialog has several pages on which you can make settings.
- Selecting the MIDI Input and the Audio Output
- Scratch Pad
  The scratch pad allows you to record and play back MIDI files in Standard MIDI File format (SMF). You can load existing MIDI files, and you can record your own files and save them.
- Loading a MIDI File
  You can load MIDI files in Standard MIDI File format (file name extension .mid).
- Saving a MIDI File
- Master Volume

Master Volume

Use the volume control on the right to set the master volume of the outputs of the standalone version of HALion.

Saving a MIDI File

HALion 7.0.0

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