HALion 7 Explained

Steinberg's HALion 7 is an impressive tool to say the least, but with so many options and features, it can be a bit intimidating at first. That's where this HALion video course comes in. Veteran Groove3 instructor Eli Krantzberg takes you on a detailed tour of HALion 7, touching on all you need to get started using this instrument quickly and with confidence. Whether it's simply choosing from preset sounds and making minor tweaks, going deeper and adjusting the filter, LFO, and envelopes, or building up your own sounds from scratch, it's all covered here. Soon, HALion 7 will become a familiar companion, capable of producing the sounds you require with efficiency and effectiveness. We have designed these HALion 7 videos specifically for new HALion 7 users.

Videos

• HALion Interface QuickStart (04:49) - Get a big picture overview of some of the main windows and workings of the HALion 7 interface.

• Loading Sounds: The Basics (07:03) - Learn about programs, layers, multi programs, and how to get started searching and loading programs from the Media Bay.

• Zone Types (04:45) - Zones are the elements that create sounds in HALion. Learn about the seven zone types used in HALion 7.

• Introduction to the Sound Editor (02:56) - See how to manage the views of the different sections of the Sound Editor, where you can find the parameters that are set globally for an entire program or layer.

• Creating Zones (06:51) - Learn how to create and manage programs, layers, and zones in the Program Tree.

• Voice Control (06:56) - See how to adjust note start and release behavior, glide, unison, and polyphony, uniquely for individual zones.

• Pitch Controls (04:39) - Discover how this zone control section is used to tune, set up pitch bend ranges, and apply pitch modulation.

• FM Oscillator QuickStart (07:50) - Get an overview of the layout of the main parameters for the new FM oscillator section.

• Spectral Oscillator Flyover (08:02) - Take a brief look at some of the sonic manipulation available using various re-synthesis parameters found in the Spectral Oscillator.

• Grain Oscillator (06:48) - Explore the various granular synthesis tools and workflows this oscillator type provides, as it breaks apart loaded samples into individual grains and plays them back in various directions at various speeds and pitches.

• Filter Section (05:18) - Discover the rich palette of multimode filtering setups possible in the extremely versatile filter section of HALion 7.

• Amplifier Section (06:05) - See how to control zone-based level and panning, how to set up an aux send for parallel processing of the direct signal, and how to use the Program Tree to select processing stages for the layer, bus, Aux send, and the entire program.

• Getting Started Using Envelopes (07:23) - Explore the envelopes and see how to create a custom multi-stage user envelope that can be freely assigned to modulate multiple-destination zone parameters, each with unique modulation depths and directions.

• LFO Section QuickStart (04:19) - Get a brief overview of how to get started using the main parameters found in the LFO section of the zone controls.

• Step Modulator (06:55) - Follow along as we drag and drop a sample into the sample oscillator, set up a filter, and then explore the step modulator features and functions as it modulates the filter cutoff.

• Mixer & Audio Bus Architecture (07:19) - Watch a quick flyover demonstrating how to set up and use the various routing and access points in the mixer using HALion 7?s flexible audio bus architecture.

• Introduction to Macros (05:27) - Learn how to set up a simple macro page in order to control parameters remotely from different areas of the interface using a single window.

• Introduction to Quick Controls (05:30) - See how to set up these knobs as another means of remote-controlling parameters spread across either the whole program or the layer from a single access point, as well as how to set up a hardware CC controller to operate them from your MIDI hardware.

• Introduction to MIDI Modules (07:22) - Discover how to insert MIDI effects modules at various positions in your program using the Program Tree and explore the FlexPhraser module, which plays phrases and arpeggiated patterns.

• Recap (04:07) - Take a Quick Look back at the HALion 7 features covered in this series.