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Priority
Each zone you trigger corresponds to a voice. When the number of played voices
(zones) exceeds the "Maximum Voices" setting of the plug-in instance, zones are cut
off and replaced by other voices. This is called "voice stealing". Use this parameter to
specify a priority for this behavior. Zones with higher priority can steal zones with
lower priority, but not vice versa. If there are no zones with lower priority, zones of the
same priority are stolen. Zones with the priority Hold steal only from lower priorities,
but not from themselves.
To specify how fast the zones are stolen, use the "Voice Fade Out" parameter in the
Options editor.
Fade Out
Whenever a voice is stolen because a polyphony limit is reached, it is faded out. You
can specify this fade out time for each zone, which allows you to adapt it to different
signal types. For example, you might want to cut a stolen crash cymbal zone less
abruptly than a stolen hi-hat zone.
Key On Delay
With this parameter, you can delay the playback of the zone by a specified time or a
note value.
• To synchronize the delay time to the host tempo, activate the Sync button and
select a note value from the pop-up menu. To change the selected note value to a
triplet, activate the "T" button.
With Sync deactivated, the delay is specified in milliseconds. With Sync activated,
the delay is specified in fractions of beats.
Release Mode and Amount
The parameters Release Mode and Amount determine how loud the release samples
are played back. Release samples play back the sound of an instrument when the
note ends. For example, this can be the noise of the damper touching down on the
piano string, or the reverb tail of an instrument that was recorded in a concert hall. By
setting the release mode, the level of the release samples can be controlled from
different sources, for example. The Amount parameter adjusts how much the selected
option affects the level of the note-off samples.
To set up the playback of release samples, proceed as follows:
1. In the Program Tree, place the note-on and note-off samples into separate layers.
2. Add a MegaTrig Module to the note-off layer and set the playing condition to
"Note-off".
3. Select all note-off samples.
4. In the Sound editor, open the Voice Control section, and make settings for
Release Mode and Amount.
The following settings are available:
Option Description
Off Deactivates the Release Mode. The level of the note-off sample is
controlled only by the amplifier section of the zone.
Note-on Env The level of the note-off sample is controlled by the Amplitude
Envelope of the associated note-on sample: The note-off sample
is played back with the level that the amplitude envelope has at
the moment when the note-off sample is triggered.
In order to find the associated note-on sample, the mappings of
the note-on and note-off samples must overlap. HALion takes the
last running note-on sample as the associated one.
Editing Zones in the Sound Editor
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The Voice Control Section