Importing Third-Party Sampler Programs; Importing Sliced Loops - Steinberg HALION4 Mode D'emploi

Importing Third-Party Sampler Programs

HALion allows you to import a wide range of sampler formats from third-party
manufacturers. When importing those formats, HALion translates as many parameters
as possible. This is described in detail in the chapter

Importing Sliced Loops

HALion features a Slice Player that can play back sliced audio loops. You can import
sliced loops in the common REX1 and 2 formats or drag and drop sliced events
directly from Cubase.
Importing REX Loops
The import process for REX files includes several steps. First, the slice information is
used to create a sample zone per slice. These sample zones are then mapped to the
keyboard. The range starts with C3 and uses as many zones as slices are defined in
the loop. The slice information is also used to create a MIDI phrase that is loaded into
a Slice Player module.
To import REX files, you have the following options:
• Drag a REX file from the Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder to the Program Tree
and drop it on a program or layer.
• Open the context menu for a program or layer, open the Import/Export submenu,
select "Import Samples...", and select the file via a file dialog.
When working with REX1 files, HALion can directly play audio from these files. For
REX2 files HALion first extracts a WAV file and saves it in the same folder as the REX
file.
Importing Sliced Audio Events from Cubase
You can directly import sliced audio events from Cubase by drag and drop. When
dropping a sliced audio event in the Program Tree, HALion recognizes that the event
contains positional information for the different slices. In the Import Samples dialog,
the button "Create Sliced Loop" becomes available. If you click this button, HALion
creates a sample zone for each slice and adds a Slice Player containing the required
MIDI information. Any further mapping options are ignored.
You can also drag selected audio events (from multiple tracks) from a Cubase project
into the Program Tree to create a sliced loop.
Playing back Sliced Loops
After the import, you can play back the loop in its original form or in a transposed
version. By default, the original loop is played using C2 (#48), but you can specify
another key using the Key Follow and Center Key parameters. Pressing a key below
C3 plays transposed versions of the original loop. The keyboard range above C3
provides the slice sample zones, which are triggered by the slice player, but can also
be triggered manually while the loop is playing.
Make sure that the very last event ends with the loop end and not before. Otherwise
the generated loop will be too short and will not run in a perfect cycle.
If the REX file or Cubase audio event contains more than 128 slices, HALion
automatically creates additional layers including MegaTrig modules preconfigured to
use key switches. That way, you can create up to 1024 zones distributed over up to
32 layers.
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