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System Requirements and Installation The Steinberg copy protection key Before you begin installation System Requirements (PC version) Installation (PC version) System Requirements (Mac version) Installation (Mac version) Installing the HALion content Register your software! Editing in the Macro page view Introduction The Filter section (DCF) The Envelope sections The Amplifier section (DCA) Tune/Glide section The LFOs The Macro view area The Options pop-up menu Editing in the Global page view Introduction Settings in the Global page view Preparations Setting up HALion as a VST Instrument in Cubase Setting up HALion as a DXi2 Synth Using HALion in an AU compatible application Editing in the Keyzone page view Introduction Window overview Selecting samples About the “ALL/SELECT” status button Setting keyzone and velocity range Moving samples Deleting samples Setting the root key Importing samples Overlapping key zones Context menu items in the Keyzone window About the RAM Save function Searching for missing samples HALion overview Introduction The Demo Songs How HALion plays samples About Program Banks and Programs The HALion page views Common window sections HALion 4 Editing in the Loop page view Introduction Setting the start and end points for a sample Setting the range start point Zooming the waveform Loopsets Setting a sustain loop Setting the release loop Loop tuning Loop context menu items The Browser page view Introduction The structure of the Browser Browsing sample discs Import HALion content handling Assigning Program Categories Filtering in the Browser page view About the separate Browser window What sampler formats are supported? Editing in the Sound page view Introduction The filter section (DCF) The amplifier section (DCA) LFO section Tune section Grouping/Glide section Mode section The Envelope section The Modulation section MegaTrig The Alternate function The step envelope Using the internal Effects Settings in the Options page view Introduction Memory – Voice Play/Edit Mode Editing MIDI Controller List Quality Output configuration Effect parameters About this chapter The included effect plug-ins and their parameters HALion 5 Automation, MIDI controllers and navigation controls Introduction Recording dynamic control settings Using MIDI controllers HALion keyboard commands Setting up Key Commands Tutorials About this chapter Tutorial 1: Using Folders Tutorial 2: MegaTrig examples Tutorial 3: Using crossfades and curves Content description Introduction HALion content structure The content Index HALion 6 Congratulations and thank you for your decision to purchase HALion. This professional VST Instrument software is a complete 32-bit sample player, providing extensive modulation and editing features. You can load and use a VST Instrument within the framework of any VST 2.0, DXi or Apple Audio Units (AU) compatible host application. Each HALion module that you load adds a high-quality instrument with up to 256 voices and 16 channel multi mode to your VST 2.0/AU/DXi compatible host application! You can separately make different settings for each of the 16 simultaneously playable channels of a HALion unit.

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