HALion Sonic comes with a collection of high-quality studio effects.
The Filter submenu contains the filter effects.
This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s HALion Sonic. Here you will find detailed information about all the features and functions in the application.
Operation Manual
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.
In the plug-in functions section, on the toolbar, and on the Options page, you can find global functions and settings for HALion Sonic.
On the Edit page, you can access the parameters and settings for programs and layers. Furthermore, this is where you set up the insert effects.
The FlexPhraser is an arpeggio and phrase player.
You can automate most of the HALion Sonic parameters from within your host application, whether these are parameters of a program or global parameters such as AUX effects.
You can load, save, and manage different kinds of sound files.
You can make MIDI and MIDI controller settings on the MIDI page and the Options page.
You cam perform your mixing operations on the Mix page.
The Reverb submenu contains the reverb effects.
The Delay submenu contains the delay effects.
The EQ submenu contains the equalizer effects.
Auto Filter provides two morphable filter shapes with distortion.
Bass Envelope Filter allows you to filter out the high, low, or middle frequencies of the audio. The effect has an adjustable Attack and Release time and delivers a modulation signal representing the level envelope of the signal that is used to control the filter cutoff frequency.
Morph Filter allows you to mix low-pass and high-pass filter effects, allowing for creative morphings between two filters. You can specify the filter shapes for filter shape A and B individually.
The Resonator effect comes with 14 predefined filter shapes that determine the basic sound character. In addition to this, three LFOs can be used to modulate each filter individually, which allows for adding extra motion to the sound.
WahWah is a variable slope band-pass filter modeling the well-known analog pedal effect.
The Distortion submenu contains the distortion effects.
The Pitch Shift submenu contains the pitch shifting effects.
The Modulation submenu contains the modulation effects.
The Dynamics submenu contains the dynamics effects.
The Spatial + Panner submenu contains the stereo panorama effects.
The Legacy submenu contains legacy effects that were used in HALion 3.
Steinberg’s Note Expression technology was developed for creating realistic instrument performances. Note Expression allows you to create automated modulations for each note. HALion Sonic supports Note Expression for volume, pan, and tuning.
You can use HALion Sonic independently of a host application.