User Manual

Wavetable Synthesis
Creating a Wavetable
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To zoom in or out on the current position, click in the timeline and drag up or down.
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To zoom to a specific region, hold down Alt, and click and drag over this region.
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The three buttons to the right of the horizontal zoom slider allow you to zoom to the
start, to the full range or the selection, and to the end.
Click several times to increase the zoom level.
Creating a Wavetable
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Wavetable Editor for a wavetable zone and load a sample using one of the
following methods:
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Drag and drop a sample to the sample display.
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Drag a sample to the wavetable and drop it where you want to insert a new wave
or replace an existing one.
The insert location is indicated by a red line. The replace location is indicated by
a red frame.
2. Enter wave extraction markers in the sample using one of the following methods:
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Alt-click the sample at the position where you want to insert a marker.
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Enter the number of markers that you want to use in the Markers value field.
This adds the corresponding waves to the wavetable.
3. Optional: On the Envelope and Spectrum tabs, adjust the wavetable envelope or edit
the spectrum of the wave.
4. Optional: Change the order of the waves in the wavetable.
5. Optional: Click Insert from Sample in the toolbar above the wavetable to add more
waves from other samples.
Pitch Detection
HALion’s Wavetable Editor automatically detects the pitch of samples that are added.
Positions in a sample where the pitch is properly detected usually contain a harmonic
spectrum that is suitable for wave extraction. In some cases, however, the pitch cannot
be detected correctly. This can be the case if a vocal sample contains breath noises, for
example.
Normally, you would not want to use these positions in samples for wave extraction.
Therefore, for visual feedback and orientation, you can display and edit the pitch detection
curve in the Wavetable Editor.
NOTE
The pitch detection is executed only on the selected channel.