Steinberg HALION4 Mode D'emploi page 117

• -3 dB: This option uses the cosine/sine pan law
The loudness is cut by -3 dB at the center position, but the energy is preserved
when moving the source signal across the stereo panorama. The -3 dB option
sounds more natural. The transition from hard left to hard right sounds much
smoother than with the 0 dB or the -6 dB setting.
• -6 dB: This option uses the linear pan law.
The loudness is cut by -6 dB at the center position, and the energy is not
preserved when moving the source signal across the stereo panorama. The -6 dB
option sounds more synthetic. The transition from hard left to hard right sounds
more abrupt than with the -3 dB setting.
• When set to Off, no panning is applied.
Random
This parameter allows you to offset the pan position randomly with each played note.
Higher values cause stronger variations. At a setting of 100 %, the random offsets can
vary from fully left to fully right.
Alternate
This parameter allows you to alternate the pan position each time you play a note. If
you want to start panning on the left, use negative values. Use positive values to begin
on the right. At a setting of +100 %, the first note plays hard right, the second note
hard left, and so on.
Reset
The initial pan position is set once when HALion is loaded. Then, HALion counts each
note you play to determine the next pan position. To reset this counter, click the Reset
button next to the Alternate control.
Key Follow
Here, you can adjust the pan modulation via the MIDI note number. Set this parameter
to positive values to offset the pan position towards the right for notes above, and
towards the left for notes below the center key. Use negative values to offset the pan
position towards the left for notes above, and towards the right for notes below the
center key. At the maximum setting of +200 %, the pan position moves from hard left
to hard right within two octaves: Fully left is reached one octave below and fully right
is reached one octave above the center key.
Center Key
This parameter determines the MIDI note that is used as the central position for the
Key Follow function.
The AUX Tab
The AUX tab allows you to send the zone to the four global AUX busses and to
directly route the zone to one of the plug-in output busses.
AUX 1-4
In HALion, you can send the zone signal to the four global AUX busses. You can
control the signal level that is sent to the busses with the knobs AUX 1-4.
Output
HALion allows you to route a zone directly to one of the output busses. In this case,
the zone does not pass through the layer, program and slot busses.
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Editing Zones in the Sound Editor
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