STEINBERG VSTi Hypnotic Dance VST Sound Set User Manual

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Welcome

The Hypnotic Dance VST Sound Instrument Set provides additional high-quality content for VST instruments, expanding the available sound libraries with new VST Sound presets.

This document describes the parameters and the presets made available by this VST Sound Instrument Set. The sound set can be used by plug-ins based on the HALion engine – currently the latest versions of HALion Sonic and HALion Sonic SE.

Key command conventions

Many of the key commands mentioned in this document use modifier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system. For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] under Windows and [Command]-[Z] un der Mac OS X. In this document, key commands are shown with the Windows modifier key first:

[Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key] For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] means “press [Ctrl] under Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press [Z]”. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] means “press [Alt] under Windows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”. This document may refer to right-clicking, for example, to open context menus. If you are using a Mac with a single-but-

ton mouse, hold down [Ctrl] and click.

Using the Hypnotic Dance VST Sound Instrument Set

The sounds from the Hypnotic Dance VST Sound Instrument Set can be loaded as programs in HALion Sonic or HALion Sonic SE (standalone or sequencer plug-in).

Loading programs

To load a program from the Hypnotic Dance VST Sound Instrument Set into HALion Sonic or HALion Sonic SE, use one of the methods provided by the plug-in or host application (e.

• Load page

• Load Programs dialog

•MediaBay For further information about loading programs in these plug-ins or in Cubase, consult the corresponding documenta-

tion. Ö When loading a program by double-clicking it in the Cubase MediaBay, Cubase creates an instrument track associ-

ated with HALion Sonic SE. To use a program with HALion Sonic in Cubase, create an instrument track and load the program into that track.

g. Cubase):

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