Steinberg HALion Sonic 7 Collection Sampler Player Software

Steinberg HALion Sonic 7 Collection is a virtual sample player that's compatible with any HALion sound library or virtual instruments with effects for sound designers, musicians, producers, and composers in studios and live performance applications. It features over 35GB of content with 3700+ presets and 15 instruments. HALion Sonic 7's high-performance sample engine was designed specifically for large libraries.

It offers a multitimbral audio engine with 16 stereo outputs. Use virtual analog synthesis methods to produce a wide variety of sounds. The FlexPhraser enables easy arpeggiation and pattern creation. Add audio effects including reverb, delay, compression, vibrato, and more. HALion Sonic 7 supports AAX, Audio Units, and VST3 plug-in formats, works in standalone mode, and is compatible with macOS and Windows.

What's New?

A fresh new look and feel: Updated interface and workflows

• Everything in HALion is now less complex, has more space and is designed to get you into your creative flow and keep you there. Fewer clicks, improved menus, zones and icons, optional autosize for macro view, innovative tools like the Shaper envelope, and preconfigured screen sets for different use cases, all helping you to focus on the important things making music and designing sounds.

Redesigned MediaBay: Easy access to everything for which you are looking

• Find the sounds for which you are looking faster than ever. The MediaBay in HALion has been completely refreshed with a clearer, uncluttered structure, context-sensitive search, and an improved user experience. This makes browsing for the right samples, layers, programs, presets, and multis much more efficient.

General Features

Overview

• Over 3700 presets and 15 instruments created by top sound experts at Steinberg and Yamaha
• Powerful multitimbral audio engine with disk-streaming sample playback and high-end virtual analog, granular, and wavetable synthesis
• Unlimited buses per program, each with level, pan, mute, solo, and eight insert slots
• Up to 192 kHz sampling rate
• 32 stereo outs and 6-channel surround outputs
• 64 MIDI channels
• Nine high-end filter types, 24 filter shapes, and X/Y control
• AudioWarp for time-stretching and pitch-shifting control
• Multimonitor support
• Slicing
• Simple integration with Cubase
• Supports all major library and sampler formats
• Backwards compatibility to HALion 3, 4, and 5
• Full VST Expression 2 support for smart articulation editing in Cubase
• Supports AAX, Audio Units, and VST3 plug-in formats and standalone use

Instruments

FM Lab

• This powerful and versatile FM synthesizer for HALion allows you to create complex and dynamic sounds by combining up to eight operators, using them as carriers or sending them to feedback loops. And with its intuitive design and features like the Algorithm Finder and easy-to-use Algorithm Designer, you can design everything from classic FM bell tones to rich, evolving pads, or hard, abrasive bass lines.

Tales

• This beautiful sample library combines the intimate sound of a handcrafted guitar, with individual strings sampled as open notes and tuned to different pitches, with additional acoustic and synthesized textures. Its versatile sound palette and intuitive controls make it easy to create the perfect sound for any musical situation, from uplifting pop productions to emotional underscores.

Anima

• Anima features a huge palette of cutting-edge synth sounds. Coupled with a powerful arpeggiator, flexible modulation section, and two wavetable oscillators, modern electronic music production has never sounded so good.

Auron

• Auron will inspire you to create unique new soundscapes, but also provides 160 granular synthesis presets for quick access to great-sounding pads, textures, and timbres.

B-Box

• B-Box is a step sequencer for beats and drum tracks. It features 13 instruments and 16 steps, each with velocity control and integrated mixing section the perfect tool for the straightforward creation of great rhythms.

HALiotron

• The sounds of 1960s and '70s rock and pop have left an indelible mark on music history. HALiotron is a painstaking reconstruction of the analog technology that helped to make it such a great era.

Hot Brass

• A multisampled brass library with gloriously fat, tight, and authentic sounds, which are perfect for contemporary pop, funk, reggae, and soul music.

Model C

• Variously described as smoky, punchy and silky, the Model C is a tonewheel organ emulation which is suitable for a wide range of musical styles.

Skylab

• Soaring through space like a bright star, Skylab's unique combination of a huge sample library and granular synthesis is the ideal creative tool for attention-grabbing cinematic scores and electronic music.

Studio Strings

• Combining great playability with vibrant sound, Studio Strings is a string ensemble sample library which is optimized for film scores, pop arrangements, and any other music where depth and style are essential.

The Eagle

• The Eagle grand piano has a rich and transparent sound, which is ideally suited to modern pop, rock, and jazz, as well as classical music.

The Raven

• The Raven is a grand piano that delivers a beautifully rich, harmonic sound, with stunning nuances. It has a natural and precise playing feel that oozes craftsmanship and class.

Voltage

• Many of the most famous analog synthesizers from the past inspired Voltage. Adding the sonic range and power of true vintage style bass, it delivers truly inspirational lead sounds that characterize the warmth and class of the best electronic music.

World Instruments

• World Instruments brings a huge array of music from different cultures to your productions. These range from West African balafons and Turkish tambours to Japanese shakuhachis, Shona kalimbas, and much more.

World Percussion

• From Africa to Asia, Europe, and many other places, World Percussion allows you to play and record percussion from across the globe.

Advanced Features

• All effects can be directly added to each program or layer, implemented as an aux effect send, or routed to the master output
• FlexPhraser for dynamically driving beats, arpeggios, and complex tonal phrases
• MediaBay sound management system for immediate access to sound libraries
• Stage-optimized workflows with dedicated player view, rapid building of keyboard splits or layers, and switching of entire multisetups with a single command
• Each instrument comes with eight predefined Quick Controls, offering fast access to the most important settings for that sound
• Eight SoftPads for triggering specific notes or phrase sequences from the FlexPhraser module, or taking snapshots of chords which can then be triggered in a different order to create new chord progressions
• SoftPads and Quick Controls feature MIDI Learn support and can be assigned to a MIDI controller