Creating Loops - Steinberg HALION4 Mode D'emploi

• To load the current sample in an external editor, right-click in the Sample editor,
open the Sample submenu, and select "Load into External Editor".
The external sample editor is launched and the sample is transferred.
The menu entry is only available if you specified an external editor in the Options
editor.
To ensure a safe and consistent workflow, HALion creates a copy of the sample and
writes it to a temporary folder. This folder can be specified in the Options editor. If
none is specified, the temporary folder of the operating system is used.
Changes in the external editor are made to the copy of the sample. When you save the
sample in the external editor, HALion recognizes that the temporary file has changed
and asks if you want to update the sample.
When writing the sample to the temporary folder, HALion also includes information
about loop settings. These can be modified in the external editor, too. When replacing
the sample afterwards, the new loop settings are transferred back as well.
Sample start/end and release markers cannot be transferred to an external editor.
If a sample is referenced by several zones, transformations of the audio signal are
audible for all zones.
When you remove a zone or a program that contains a zone referring to a sample that
is still opened in an external editor, you are asked to close the file in the external editor.
This enables HALion to delete the temporary file, which is no longer needed.
Channel View Options
The Sample editor allows you to display either all channels, a specific channel, or the
sum of all channels. The corresponding options are located to the left of the waveform
display. If no selection is made here, all channels are displayed.
Show Channel Sum
Show Right Channel
Show LFE Channel
Show Rear Right Channel
For stereo samples the surround channel selectors are not available.

Creating Loops

In the Sample editor, you can specify two independent loops, one for the sustain and
one for the release phase.
To set up the sustain and the release loop, you can set the start and end positions
manually and/or use the functions to automatically detect the positions. For a smooth
loop you need to find positions at which the loop end can be continued naturally at the
loop start.
The loop settings can be edited using the toolbar options and the handles in the
waveform display, but they are also available as numerical values on the Loop tab in
the parameters section.
Show Left Channel
Show Center Channel
Show Rear Left Channel
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Editing Samples in the Sample Editor
Creating Loops