Steinberger VSTi HALion Symphonic Orchestra User's Manual

Version History

HALion Symphonic Orchestra

1.3.0

Improvements

• Support for Mac Intel platform. To install 1.3 there are two

options:

1) Install HALion Symphonic Orchestra from original DVD

like usual and afterwards run the 1.3 web updater
application.

2) Run the Web Updater application and afterwards copy

and locate the content files manually (Options page ->
locate content).

• Hybrid Rewire Mode: new option in preferences for standalone.

It allows receiving MIDI from selected port instead from Rewire
connection. Audio will still stream over Rewire. This can be
useful for plugging in MIDI manipulation applicatio ns in the MIDI
chain between Sequencer output and HALion (use a virtual
MIDI loopback driver like “MIDI Yoke NT” to do this).

• New global-menu entry: “Save as Default Bank”. It allows

saving the current bank as default bank. This bank will be used
the next time you reload the plug-in.

• The disk-streaming LED has a peak function now. If a disk-

streaming error occurs, the ring around the LED will turn red
and stay red until you click on it.

• Standalone PC: you can now avoid “emulated Direct Music

Ports” by putting a file called "ignorefilter" next to the
HALionPlayer.dll (exe). Afterwards all MIDI ports show up in
"preferences".

Fixes

• Fixed a possible crash when opening instrument-chooser on

any slot and sending Cubase to background.

• Standalone: tempo and time signature settings in preferences

are stored now.

• Standalone PC: fixed a possible crash when the hardware

audio / MIDI device set in preferences changed.

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HALion Symphonic Orchestra Notes General:

• If you installed the pr oduct together with, for example, Cubase
SX 3 or any other older Steinberg product. Please always make
sure to install the latest Syncrosoft drivers afterwards.

• Available outputs per HALion Symphonic Player instance ma y
be limited, depending on the host application and plug-in
interface you use.

• On PC the HALion Symphonic Player standalone version stops
receiving MIDI after changing the buffer size in device control
panels. Solution: Restart the stand alone version of HALion
Player after changing the buffer size in device control panels.

• Incoming MIDI controller data is not smoothed (ramping) by
HALion Symphonic Player. When using a controller keyboard
which for example sends out MIDI pitch data coarsely a zipper
noise will be audible.

• Avoid accessing the Explorer during Auto Browse scanning!

• Browser: when locating new HSB files with option “Show

Categories” enabled, the Browser will not be updated
immediatly. Solution: call refresh from context menu.

• On PC you can avoid “emulated Direct Music Ports” by putting a
file called "ignorefilter" next to the HALSymphOrch.dll (exe).
Afterwards all MIDI ports show up in "preferences".

• Performance on multi-core/multi-cpu machines maybe worse
with Hyperthreading on. We suggest you turn Hyperthreading
OFF on multi-core/multi-cpu machines. Hyperthreading may
actually bring a performance benefit but only on single-core
machines.

• For best performance in OSX, set the “Processor Performance”
to “Highest” in the System Preferences / Energy Saver.

• Steinberg Key with USB Hub under Vista: LCC can freeze at
start when a key is plugged to a HUB under Vista. Solution:
disconnect the steinberg key from the Hub, start the LCC, then
reconnect the key to the HUB.

Cubase:

• To avoid hanging notes in Cubase you need to activate the

Option “Reset on Stop” in the Cubase Preferences dialog, on
the MIDI page.

• Cubase SX, Cubase SL and Nuendo do not receive the

program assignments from the HALion Symphonic Player
program list and the global page. Solution: Set the program
changes in the inspector of the host application prior to set the
assignments in HALion Symphonic Player.

• “Full Quality During Export Mixdown" doesn’t work with Cubase

4.0.x. Solution: use Realtime export and change the quality in
option page before exporting.

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