Steinberg HALion Player

Tailored to newcomers to virtual sampling, HALion Player puts many of the next-generation technologies available on the HALion sampling platform behind a sleek, no-frills interface. HALion Player is the perfect choice for any User searching for a stable, easy to use and affordable sample content playback module for VST, DXi2, AU and any Rewire environment. It provides a low-cost yet high-quality way of playing any of the hundreds of commercially available HALion libraries as well as Wav / Aif / Rex / Rex2 / Zgr and LM4 instrument files.

HALion Player includes the full HALion 3 sound library, consisting of a broad selection of highest quality instrument and drum sounds, and utilizes the award-winning, surround-capable HALion 3 playback engine. HALion Player also offers the outstanding Waldorf filters and disk-streaming power that have helped establish HALion 3 as one of the top virtual samplers available today in terms of both sound quality and performance.

The unique Q-Control concept introduced in the new HALion 3.1 version provides HALion Player with an adaptable set of sound-shaping controls. All HALion libraries include predefined Q-Controls which have been assigned to a certain set of parameters by the content creator and are chosen to ideally suit shaping and forming sound for that program. This allows a high degree of flexibility in altering and shaping sounds with HALion Player, while keeping functional clutter to a minimum.

The advanced HALion Player program loading facilities unify finding, selecting and loading a sound for quick, no-hassle access to even the largest HALion sample libraries. HALion Player also offers 256-voice polyphony delivering pristine 32-bit audio to up to 256 audio outputs into the mixer of the host application.

Features

• Award-winning HALion 3 technology at a very affordable price
• Ultra easy user interface, clean, handy and easy to understand even for beginners, simply can’t misused
• Includes the full HALion 3 sound library, consisting of a broad selection of highest quality instrument and drum sounds
• Loads and plays back any HALion HSB, fxp and fxb Content
• Allows import and keyboard mapping of Wav / Aif / Rex / Rex2 / ZGR and LM4 files
• Q-Controls - 8 Content pre-defined Sound shaping parameters per program allows instant fun while tweaking without the need to understand the complex architecture creating the Sound. Remote controllable with the all new set & forget MIDI learn mode.
• Sound Category System support, no difference between finding, selecting and loading a Sound
• 256 Voices polyphony and a maximum of 256 audio outputs, 16 sounds on 16 MIDI channels simultaneously per instance
• Connects to everything: VST, DXi2, AU, Rewire and standalone

System Requirements

PC

Required:

• Pentium / Athlon 800 MHz
• 384 MB RAM
• 2,5 GB free HD space for Content
• Windows XP Home and XP Professional
• Windows MME compatible audio hardware
• For using HALion as a plug-in, a VST2 or DXi2 compatible Host is required
• Steinberg Key and USB component connector required
• Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels

Recommended:

• Pentium / Athlon 1.4 GHz or faster
• 512 MB RAM
• Display Resolution 1152 x 864 pixels, dual monitor setup
• ASIO compatible sound card recommended
  Macintosh

Required:

• Power Mac G4 867 MHz
• 384 MB RAM
• 2,5 GB free HD space for Content
• OS X Version 10.2.5 or higher
• CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
• For using HALion as a plug-in, a VST2 or AU compatible Host is required
• Steinberg Key and USB component connector required
• Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels

Recommended:

• Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25 GHz or faster
• 512 MB RAM
• Display Resolution 1152 x 864 pixels, dual monitor setup