![]() ![]() HALion ushers in the next generation of wavetable synthesis with an unprecedented consolidation of oscillators, envelopes and editing tools for yet unheard-of sound creations.Ĭreate custom user interfaces with the what-you-see-is-what-you-get Macro Page Designer. The template-based tool lets you design complete user interfaces for your sound creations conveniently via drag and drop. Record directly into HALion from any internal or external source and have your samples cut, mapped and ready to play in no time with the new live-sampling editor. HALion Script is powerful, fast and easy to learn. Multiply your sound design opportunities manifold with advanced instrument behaviour and custom script modules.Ĭreate and export VST Sound libraries of your custom instruments for HALion and HALion Sonic, conveniently and easy with the help of the Library Creator. The Eagle Grand piano impresses with its rich, transparent and brilliant sound suited not just for traditional classical music, but also for modern pop, rock and jazz productions. The Raven Grand piano stands out with its compelling range of nuances, beautiful harmonic richness and a natural, precise and smooth playing feel that convinces instantly. Hot Brass is a high-energy multi-sampled brass section library with a remarkably fat, tight and authentic sound. Studio Strings delights with an out-of-the-box string ensemble sample library tailored to film scores, pop arrangements and live performances and combines great playability and vibrant sound.Īnima features two wavetable oscillators, a flexible modulation section and the powerful arpeggiator, and comes with over 300 cutting-edge synth sounds for modern electronic productions.īest suited for contemporary pop, funk, reggae and soul productions. Skylab combines granular synthesis with a vast sample library, filled with analog circuitry sounds and futuristic textures for deep electronic projects and thrilling cinematic scores. The new Combi library uses HALion Sonic’s unique layer architecture by bringing together all kinds of acoustic instruments and synthesis patches to beautifully rich sounds and multifaceted new instrument creations. ![]() The innovative three-band Resonator allows formant-filtering for various tonal modifications for beautiful vocal, string and brass sounds. HALion Sonic additionally inherits 8 new effects from HALion including the Vintage Compressor, Tube Saturator and many more. The minimum system requirements state the minimal specification your computer must have to be able to use the software.A first novelty of HALion 5 is that it comes with HALion Sonic 2, which, unlike its predecessor HyperSonic, is henceforth a light version making use of the same engine (while still costing $250) but more workstation oriented, given its limitations. The main differences concern the GUI, which is much less flexible, but also much more simple on HALion Sonic, and to certain technical limitations, like the number of MIDI channels, inserts and output channels, as well as the absence of slicing, an audio editor, audio warp, and MIDI or audio import. HALion Sonic will interest composers and musicians who want to have a good collection of sounds, but who do not wish to roll up their sleeves and get dirty with sound design. Cubase users already know HALion Sonic, since a very limited LE version was included with their favorite sequencer.Īfter the installation we were surprised by the size of the sound library: it uses less than 12GB of disk space. That’s nothing compared to competing products that use over 40GB. We know that Yamaha’s MOTIF team is behind HALion and they are used to doing miracles with very little memory, but still, it’s 2013 and 3TB hard disks are the standard, which can only make you wonder… We’ll have to see if it has any impact on the sound. MachFive uses an iLok key, but Kontakt uses a much more practical online activation system… Open windows It’s also important to know that HALion, like Cubase and any other product by Steinberg for that matter, requires an eLicenser USB key (that will cost you another $20), which means we have one less USB port, something that may annoy non-Cubase users. ![]()
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