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HALionOne
Introduction
HALionOne is a sample player that can play sound content
in the *.hsb (HALion Sound Bank) format. These samples
have associated preset files that store the panel settings
and reference the HSB samples. Included are several pre-
sets (as *.vstpreset and *.trackpreset files).
The operation of HALionOne is very simple; load a pre-
set (a *.vstpreset or a *.trackpreset file for an Instrument
Track) and start playing! You do, however, have the op-
tion to tweak the basic parameters to tailor the sound to
your liking.
HALionOne parameters
The HALionOne differs from other VST Instruments in that
the panel parameters shown can vary according to which
parameters are stored in the HSB file. HSB files cannot
be created with HALionOne, and HALionOne reads only
the HSB files supplied with Cubase AI. In these files, cer-
tain parameters are assigned as part of the file and the as-
sociated program (or preset). This means that for each
preset, only these assigned parameters are shown on the
instrument panel. Typically, these are filter cutoff, DCA
and DCF parameters and any assigned effect parameters
(the effects are “built in”).
If you load HALionOne for an Instrument track and select,
for example, the “Draw Organ” preset, the following pa-
rameters are shown:
These parameter assignments are used for many of the
HALionOne presets, but not for all. As stated above, other
parameters may be shown; these will be clearly labelled
on the panel. For most of the presets there are also asso-
ciated effects – the effect parameters are usually as-
signed to the quick controls on the right and typically
control the dry/wet mix of the effect.
Effects Usage
• This button, located at the bottom right in the box dis-
playing the preset name, allows you to bypass any effects.
The blue LED beside the button is lit if any effects are used in the preset.
Efficiency slider
The Efficiency slider provides a way of balancing audio
quality vs. conservation of computer power. The lower the
setting, the more voices are available. As a trade-off,
sound quality is reduced.
Voices allocated
• The Voices field dynamically displays the number of
voices currently used.
MIDI and Disk activity LEDs
The MIDI activity LED indicates received MIDI input. The
Disk LED will light up green when samples are streamed
from disk, and red when samples cannot be loaded from
disk in time. In such a case you should consider lowering
the Efficiency slider. When the disk LED doesn’t light up,
samples are read from memory.
Parameter Description
Cutoff This allows you to adjust filter frequency or cutoff. The fil-
ter used is a Waldorf Low Pass filter with a 24dB slope.
Resonance Raising the filter resonance value will emphasize the fre-
quencies around the set filter frequency.
DCF Amount Controls the amount of the DCF (filter) envelope.
DCA Attack Controls the time it takes for the DCA signal to reach its
highest level.
DCA Decay Controls the time it takes the DCA signal to decay to the
sustain level.
DCA Sustain Controls the DCA signal level after the Decay phase, as
long as you press the key on your MIDI keyboard.
DCA Release Controls the DCA signal after a key is released.
DCA Amount Controls the amount of the DCA (amplifier) envelope.
Parameter Description