Steinberg HALion Sonic 2, Operation Manual

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MIDI Setup and Mixing
The Mix Page
To set the key range, proceed as follows:
1. At the top of the MIDI page, click the Key button.
2. In the slot, set the key range with the keyboard range controls and/or Low
Key/High Key value fields.
Velocity Range (Low Vel, High Vel)
Each slot can be limited to a velocity range. You can set the range with the Low Vel
and High Vel values or by dragging the graphical velocity range control at its ends.
When you click and drag towards the middle of the velocity range control, both values
are moved at the same time.
To adjust the velocity range, proceed as follows:
1. At the top of the MIDI page, click the Vel button.
2. In the slot, set the velocity range with the velocity range control and/or Low
Vel/High Vel value fields.
Controller Filter
You can filter out the most commonly used MIDI controllers for each slot separately.
For example, when you set up a keyboard split with bass and piano playing on the
same MIDI channel, both sounds will receive the same MIDI controllers. However, you
usually do not want the bass to receive the sustain pedal. To avoid that all sounds on
the same MIDI channel receive the same MIDI controllers, use the controller filter.
To filter out the most commonly used MIDI controllers, proceed as follows:
1. At the top of the MIDI page, click the Ctrl button.
2. In the slot, click the button of the MIDI controller you want to filter out.
The following MIDI controllers and messages can be filtered out: Sustain #64,
Foot Controller #4, Foot Switches #65–69, Pitchbend, Modulation Wheel #1 and
Aftertouch.
The Mix Page
The Mix page gives you access to the audio parameters of HALion Sonic. This
comprises the level and pan settings, as well as the AUX effect sends and the output
selector. To monitor the output levels, each slot also features a level meter.