Steinberger VSTi HALion Sonic User's Manual

What´s New in HALion Sonic 1.5
December 2010
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH
New features
64-bit support for MAC OS X
HALion Sonic 1.5 is available as a native 64-bit plug-in and should work in any VST 2.4, VST 3 or VST 3.5 compatible native 64-bit host, such as Cubase 6. The dramatically enhanced memory address space gives new possibilities for really large setups.
New set of brass and reed programs
With version 1.5, HALion Sonic´s sample library has been expanded with 1.2 GB of new brass and reed programs including Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Brass Section, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Trumpet and Muted Trumpet.
Multi Expression Instruments and Single Layer Programs include expressions like straight, vibrato, falls, doits, scoops and shakes.
General MIDI support with new GM instrument set
HALion Sonic 1.5 includes a dedicated new GM instrument set providing General MIDI support including MIDI program change and preloaded chorus and reverb effect.
FlexPhraser variations
Each FlexPhraser features up to eight variations that allows you to set up different phrases or variations of phrases or loops.
Variations can be switched using the trigger pads.
Global Latch (Hold) Reset via a user-definable MIDI CC
All FlexPhrases that are in "Hold" mode can be reset via user-definable MIDI CC.
Four new Distortion modes for the filter
The following new distortion modes have been added to the filter type section: Hard Clipping, Bit Reduction, Sample Rate Reduction and Sample Rate Reduction Key Follow.
HALion 3 legacy effects library included
In addition to the standard effects, HALion Sonic 1.5 includes no less than 28 additional legacy effects from HALion 3.
New distortion insert FX
HAlion Sonic 1.5 provides a new distortion insert effect allowing to combine Tube Drive, Hard Clip, Bit Reduction and Sample Rate Reduction.
Sub presets for the pad section
Trigger note settings and chord snapshots can be saved and loaded as presets.
Global trigger notes for trigger pads section
Trigger note settings can be saved as default setting to be used globally to reflect a specific hardware environment. Loading programs or multi programs will not change assigned trigger notes.
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