User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Installation and Setup
- HALion Control Panel
- Common Editing Methods
- Global Functions and Settings
- Plug-in Functions Section
- Plug-in Name and Steinberg Logo
- Toolbar
- Keyboard Editor
- Quick Controls
- Value Tooltips
- Assigning Quick Controls
- Unassigning Quick Controls
- Single Assignment vs. Multi Assignment
- Quick Control Assignments Editor
- Managing Quick Controls
- Setting the Scope for Quick Control Assignments
- Receiving Quick Controls
- Adjusting the Curvature
- Setting the Mode for the Quick Control Assignment
- Neutral Setting
- Bypassing Quick Controls
- Assigning Quick Controls in the Modulation Matrix
- Options Editor
- AI Knob Support
- Automation
- Managing Your Sounds
- About Programs, Layers, Multis, Macro Pages, and Presets
- Registering VST Sounds
- Loading Programs and Layers
- Load Dialog
- Slot Rack
- Managing and Loading Files
- Managing Multis
- Managing Files via the MediaBay
- Loading Files Using the Browser
- Working with General MIDI Files
- Mapping Zones
- Editing Programs and Layers
- Editing Zones
- Adding Zones
- Zone Types
- Adding Samples to Empty Zones
- Absolute and Relative Editing
- Editing Selected Zones or All Zones
- Global Zone Settings
- Voice Control Section
- Voice Control Section for Organ Zones
- Pitch Section
- Oscillator Section
- Sample Oscillator Section
- Organ Oscillator Section
- Wavetable Section
- AudioWarp Section
- Filter Section
- Amplifier Section
- Envelope Section
- LFO Section
- Step Modulator
- Modulation Matrix
- Editing Samples in the Sample Editor
- Wavetable Synthesis
- Granular Synthesis
- MIDI Editing and Controllers
- Mixing, Routing, and Effect Handling
- Loading and Managing Programs via the Program Table
- Program Tree
- Program Tree Elements
- Program Tree Columns and Controls
- Editing Programs, Zones and Layers
- Importing Samples
- Replacing Samples
- Exporting Samples
- Exporting Programs and Layers with Samples
- Exporting Programs and Layers as HALion Sonic SE Layer Presets
- Importing Sliced Loops
- Selections in the Program Tree
- Navigating in the Program Tree
- Sorting the Program Tree Elements
- Setting Up the Program in the Program Tree
- Renaming Elements
- Sample Recorder
- Included Instruments
- Parameter List
- Macro Pages
- Macro Pages, Templates, Controls, Resources, and Libraries
- Getting Started
- Macro Page Designer
- Editing and Assembling Elements
- Libraries
- Connecting Macro Page Controls to HALion Parameters
- Collaborating on Macro Pages
- Cleaning Up and Consolidating Your Macro Pages
- Saving Macro Pages
- Library Creator
- Library Manager
- Effects Reference
- MIDI Modules Reference
- Key Commands Reference
- Note Expression
- Using the Standalone Version of the Plug-In
- Index
Effects Reference
Dynamics Effects
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Maximizer
This plug-in raises the loudness of audio material without the risk of clipping.
Optimize
Determines the loudness of the signal.
Output
Sets the maximum output level.
Soft Clip
If this button is activated, Maximizer starts limiting or clipping the signal softly. At
the same time, harmonics are generated, adding a warm, tube-like characteristic
to the audio material.
Expander
The Expander reduces the output level in relation to the input level for signals below the
set threshold. This is useful to enhance the dynamic range or reduce the noise in quiet
passages.
The graphical control to the left shows the expansion curve. You can edit the Threshold and
Ratio values with the handles of this control. The input and output meters indicate the level
before and after the expansion. The Gain Reduction meter indicates the current attenuation
of the level.
Threshold
Sets the threshold. Sounds that are softer than the threshold are reduced in gain.
Sounds above the threshold stay untreated.
Ratio
Sets the amount of gain reduction for sounds that are softer than the threshold.
The higher the ratio, the more the output is lowered. For example, if the ratio is
set to 2:1 and the amplitude of the sound is 4
dB below the threshold, the output
is lowered by 2
dB. If the amplitude is 8
dB below the threshold, the output is
lowered by 4
dB.