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Introduction
About Programs, Layers, Multis, Macro Pages, and Presets
HALion Sonic provides two view options: the full-size editor view and the smaller
player view.
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Click the “p” button in the small toolbar below the Steinberg logo to switch to the
player view. In the player view, only the plug-in functions, trigger pads, Quick
Controls, and the performance controllers are visible.
The button now reads “e” – clicking it restores the editor view.
Player view
Integrated in HALion Sonic is the MediaBay, a feature of many Steinberg products.
The MediaBay allows you to find and manage all sounds quickly. The MediaBay are
available on the Load page and in the Load dialogs for layers, programs and multis,
see
“Managing Files via the MediaBay”
When opening HALion Sonic for the first time, a program with several layers is already
loaded. You can use a MIDI keyboard connected to your computer or the HALion
Sonic on-screen keyboard to play a few notes, and explore the different pages of the
Edit display.
About Programs, Layers, Multis, Macro Pages, and Presets
Programs
A HALion Sonic program is a complex instrument or sound that combines up to four
so-called layers. Often, a program contains a single layer that already comes with all
necessary components such as the synthesis part or insert effects. This is because a
layer already is a complete sound structure on its own, see below. The program adds
the possibility of combining different layers to build up even more complex sounds or
to create combinations of sounds you want to load as a unit. A typical example would
be a bass/piano split sound or a piano/string layer sound.
Because of the various layer types that come with HALion Sonic, these combinations
can do a lot more. For example, think of combining a pulsating synthesizer sequence
with a sliced loop completed by a bass on the lower keys and so on. Finally add some
effects to individual layers or to the whole program and you will get a unique sound
experience. You will find that the options are endless.
Multis
HALion Sonic is a multitimbral plug-in that can load up to 16 sounds (or programs),
and combine them. This combination is called a “multi program”, or multi for short. You
can use multis, for example, to layer several programs or to create split sounds by
setting several programs to the same MIDI input channel. However, the most common
usage is to create sound sets with different instruments set to individual MIDI channels.
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