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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 files).
The operation of HALionOne is very simple; load a preset
and start playing! You also can tweak the basic parame-
ters to tailor the sound to your liking.
HALionOne parameters
The HALionOne panel parameters shown can vary ac-
cording to which parameters are stored in the HSB file.
HSB files cannot be created with HALionOne – you need
the full version of HALion to do this – but when created,
certain parameters are assigned as part of the file and the
associated 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 pa-
rameters and any assigned effect parameters (the effects
are “built in”).
If you load HALionOne for an Instrument track and don’t
select a preset, the following main parameters are shown:
As stated earlier, other parameters may be shown; these
will be clearly labelled on the panel. Most of the presets
make use of effects – usually, the effect parameters are
associated with the quick controls on the right of the panel
and typically control the dry/wet mix of the effect.
Effects Bypass
• 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
during playback, there is no disk activity, i.e. samples are
read from memory.
Locate Contents
If you have moved the HALionOne content files to a differ-
ent location (i.e. any other location than the folder in which
it was stored during the installation), you need to use the
Locate Contents function to inform HALion One about
where to find its files. This is done as follows:
• Right-click anywhere on the control panel and select
“Locate contents”.
A file dialog opens where you can navigate to the folder location.
Parameter Description
Cutoff This allows you to adjust filter frequency or cutoff. The fil-
ter used is a Waldorf Low Pass filter with a 24 dB 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