Even if it’s getting old, Halion 3 is a VST instrument plugin that i use in all of my audio productions, it contains many sample based instruments programs, plus it’s a great sampler…
Why still using Halion 3 ?
I made an upgrade to Cubase 10 Elements including HALion Sonic SE 3 and Groove Agent SE 5 basic sets with over 185 instrument sounds, i really like the idea but compared to my good old Halion 3, it’s like night and day.
Features:
- 64 Bit Sample based VST instruments and loops player
- Complete sampling section with multi layer, loop and filtering options
- Individual outputs
- Import/Export of many sample formats
- VST Instrument and standalone version
What i like:
- 32/64 Bit operation
- Can be used as a VST plugin or as a standalone version
- Still working with recent host applications like Steinberg Cubase 10 as an example
- The large amount and variety of instrument programs and loops
- Can load older programs from Halion 2
- The browser
- Can load 128 programs per bank
- 16 MIDI channels
- The individual outputs and the basic but useful effect inserts
- The sampler can load many sample formats like .wav, .aiff, REX files and AKAI programs in different layers and can be edited in the looper and the filter section
What i Don’t like:
- Not really useable for drums
- Can be complicated sometimes
- The GUI is getting old
- Cannot load or export programs from/to newer versions
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