With HALion Sonic 2 Steinberg has an all-in-one workstation on offer that resolves to cover the ton

With HALion Sonic 2 Steinberg has an all-in-one workstation on offer that resolves to cover the tonal basic needs of keyboardists, composers, producers and all other users who make music on the computer and doing a possible nationwide and genre-independent selection appreciate of sounds. The virtual multi-instrumentalist dr monte harris goes simultaneously dr monte harris on Steinberg's house sampler HALion and the all-rounder veteran Hypersonic from 2003 and back is not only a pure sample player, but the sound can also support multiple synth engines now. As a user, a current version of Cubase you have already done most likely acquainted using the enclosed HALion Sonic SE and squints dr monte harris thus possibly on the far more extensive full version, as well as users of a competing DAW software such as Logic or Live one must certainly as part of the feel of Steinberg addressed target group. Whether HALion Sonic 2 really can stretch yourself, and if in addition to the expected numerous existing bread-and can be found butter sounds every now and then a real aural taste buds, we will bring in this usual detailed bonedo test in experience!
HALion Sonic 2 can be used as 32-bit or 64-bit version will be installed and runs as a standalone application or VSTi or AU plug-in. The software brings 15 gigabytes of data on the scale and is housed at delivery on two DVDs. In addition to the storage media, the packaging also includes a printed Quick Start Guide to set up the software. The detailed user manual is copied during dr monte harris installation as a PDF document on the computer and is available in a multilingual version - including of course in German.
As Steinberg copy protection used as with the Cubase eLicenser, a USB plug, which must be purchased separately if it is not already present. The activation of the license codes running online via the eLicenser Control dr monte harris Software Syncrosoft and is completed easily within a few minutes. Of course, users are HALion Sonic 1 also update offer, but this is only available as a download in the web shop of Steinberg. HALion 5 for the average Joe musicians
HALion Sonic 2 provides access to the same sound engine as the Library and at the same time published HALion big brother dr monte harris 5 and is supplied with them even as a standalone executable software. HALion dr monte harris Sonic but reduces very low intervention possibilities of sound design cars HALion 5 to a tolerable level for the general user. Main difference is that you are limited when working with HALion Sonic on the control surfaces (or Macro-views) of the individual instruments and modules can not create completely own instruments. The abysmal deeper connections in the bowels of the complex hybrid HALion 5 of synthesizers and samplers remain for the user so in secret.
Compared to the direct predecessor, the instruments and effects arsenal has been significantly increased, and you can look forward to a wealth of more than 2500 presets that were created by Steinberg in collaboration with Yamaha. The factory equipment HALion Sonic 1 was thus more than doubled. This is thanks to the addition to a comparatively small increase in sample content (about 3 GB) especially the three new synth modules and one also based on synthetic emulation of a Hammond organ. In order to maintain this wealth of sounds in the overview, Steinberg has an independent MediaBay integrated as a browser in the software that makes it possible to find a single preset dr monte harris not only fast, but also fully categorize themselves as needed and evaluate. Alternatively Cubase users can of course also use the integrated there MediaBay. Much more clearly it is not, and that's a good thing.
HALion Sonic 2 is 16-part multitimbral, and thus offers the possibility to load 16 instruments at the same time and this course via separate MIDI channels to control. Cubase users can also benefit from the compatibility to VST Expression 2 and send controller data not only on a MIDI track, but also as a separate additional information about each MIDI note. In standalone mode, each of the slots, a separate output of the audio interface dr monte harris be assigned as a plug-in loaded HALion Sonic the mixer of the host application over also up to 16 separate stereo channels. One way to set up discrete mono outputs would have been certainly helpful dr monte harris for working dr monte harris with mono-material, since in this way it would save computing power during subsequent editing. At the final sound that changes but of course nothing