HALion 3 library in new HALion player

[PaulG]

What ARE the sounds in the HALion 3 library? I'm considering this over GPO Lite, but can't seem to find on Steinberg's site a sounds list...

Is a full orchestra included?

Thanks,

- Paul

[kevvvvv]

No full orchestra in Hal 3. Just lots of the usual suspects which is no bad thing, eg, strings, guitars, basses, drums, keys, blah, to the tune of 2.5 gbs worth.

But for decent sounding orchestral work you need GPO or better

[kevvvvv]

Here is the Halion 3 content list:

01 Drums & Percussion

01 Wizoo Big Gig Kit XXL
Combination of Wizoo Studio Drums and Wizoo Latin Percussion Kits.

02 Round Robin Drum Kit XXL
Natural drums with 7 sets of samples utilizing the HALion 3 “Round Robin” alternating feature.
The
7 sets of drums alternate each time a note is played or can be selected using the key switches located between C0-F#0.
Pitch wheel fades from close mic to more room on kick and snare.

03 Wizoo Studio Drums XXL
Universally usable drum kit featuring up to 12 velocity layers per instrument.

04 Wizoo Soul Kit XXL
A deeper and heavier drum kit, especially suitable for dirty, processed applications.

05 Wizoo Reverb Kit XXL
A combination of dry drums and wet reverb only signals.

06 Drum n Bass Kit
4 sets of drum’n’bass style drums spread in octaves across a keyboard range of C1 to A#4.

07 Drum n Bass Reso Kit
As in program 06 but with reso and filter velocity and phaser effect.

08 HipHop Kit
Comprehensive processed kit 808 style, up to 10 layers per instrument.

09 Tekkno Kit
Comprehensive processed kit 909 style, up to 10 layers per instrument.

10 Wizoo Latin Perc XXL
Full GM latin percussion set with up to 8 velocity layers.

11 MegaTrigg Percussion XXL
Sustain pedal switches percussion samples.

12 Latin Perc Drums & Wood
Drums and wooden elements from Wizoo Latin Perc XXL.

13 Latin Perc Metallic
Metallic elements from Wizoo Latin Perc XXL.

14 Latin Perc Shaken
Shaken elements from Wizoo Latin Perc XXL.

02 Basses

01 Wizoo 6Str Bass Velo XXL
Ken Smith active electric finger bass with soft/hard velocity switch.
Vibrato

02 Wizoo 6Str Bass XVS XXL
As in program 01 with soft/hard/semi slide. Vibrato

03 Wizoo 6Str Bass XVH XXL
As in program 01 with soft/hard/harmonics. Vibrato

04 Wizoo 6Str Bass XTV XXL
As in program 01 with
layer 1: harmonics soft (key split natural-artificial),
layer 2: harmonics hard (key split natural-artificial),
layer 3/4: soft/hard notes.
Vibrato

05 Wizoo Bass MTg Hrm XXL
As in program 01 with soft/hard velocity switches.
Switches to harmonics (MegaTrigg)

06 Wizoo Bass
MTg Slds XXL
As in program 01 with soft/hard velocity switches.
Switches to
semitone slides (MegaTrig)

07 Acoustic Bass
Fingered upright acoustic bass. Vibrato

08 Electric Pick Bass
Electric pick bass. Vibrato

09 Electric Slap Bass
Electric slap bass. Vibrato

10 Fretless Bass
Electric fretless bass. Vibrato

11 Jaco Bass
Wide stereo chorus electric fretless bass. Vibrato

12 Minimoog Bass
Straight no-frills Minimoog bass. Vibrato

13 OB8 Sawrubber Bass
Subsonic Rubber-style bass. Vibrato

14 Nord Disco Bazz
Virtual analog percussive bass. Vibrato

15 Ultimoog Bass Detuned FM bass. Vibrato

16 Nord Mewk Bass
Straight analog bass with sub-oscillator two octaves below.
Vibrato

03 Grand Pianos

01 Grand Piano 1
+ Keys XXL
One layer excerpt from “The Grand” VSTi. Includes
mechanical hammer noises on key
release.

02 Grand Piano 2
+ Keys XXL
Five velocity layer warm and gentle Grand Piano.
Includes mechanical hammer noises on key release.

03 Grand Piano 1
XXL
One layer excerpt from “The Grand” VSTi.

04 Grand Piano 2
XXL
Five velocity layer warm and gentle Grand Piano.

05 Gooseskin XXL
Grand Piano 1 layered with a string pad. Closes pad filter

06 Sparkle XXL
Gentle phasing Grand Piano 2 and pad layer. Closes pad filter

07 Bubbler XXL Gurgling Grand Piano 2 and pad layer. Opens pad filter

04 Keyboards

01 Suitcase
Chorus
Jazzy, expensive sounding electric piano with
chorus. 4 layer velocity switch.

02 Suitcase
Autopan
Stereo autopanning electric piano. 4 layer velocity switch.

03 Simple Suitcase
As with program 01 but without chorus.

04 Suitcase
MTg Velocity controls volume. Mod-wheel steps
through the 4 velocity layers
(MegaTrigg)

05 Mark 1 Chorus
Electric piano with rich harmonics and chorus,
harder character than suitcase. 4 layer velo switch.

06 Mark1 AutoWah
With dynamic wah effect.

07 Simple Mark 1
As with program 05 but without chorus.

08 Mark1 MTg
As with program 04.

09 DX PunchReeds
Artificial FM version of a Rhodes piano. Vibrato

10 Clavinet D6
Funky clavinet.

11 Clavinet D6
Wah
With dynamic wah effect.

12 D6 Dynawow
Dynamic wah effect created by filter velocity. Opens filter

13 B3 Rotor
Slow-Fast MW
Percussive B3 organ with slow to fast rotary
speaker effect.
Slow-fast rotor

14 B3 Straight Percussive
B3 organ without rotary speaker effect.

15 B3 Rotor Slow Percussive B3 organ with slow rotary speaker effect.

16 B3 Rotor Fast Percussive B3 organ with fast rotary speaker effect.

17 E Piano & B3 Rotor Combi
Electric piano and B3 with slow and fast rotary layer.
Slow-fast rotor

18 Harpsichord
Natural stereo harpsichord. Vibrato

19 Heaven Harp
Percussive chorus arpeggio harpsichord. Vibrato

05 Pitched Percussion

01 Vibraphone
Warm vibraphone. Tremolo

02 Chorus Vibes
Vibraphone with chorus effect. Tremolo

03 Dream Vibes
Washy soft, slow attacking vibes pad. Vibrato

04 Marimba
Natural Marimba. Vibrato

05 Slap Marimba
Marimba with loud bright reverse reverb slapback. Vibrato

06 Kalimba
Natural Kalimba. Vibrato

07 Kaos Kalimba
Kalimba with tempo synced echoes for making complex rhythmic phrases.
Vibrato

08 Glockenspiel
Bright Glockenspiel. Play in high register. Vibrato

09 Pretty Glocken
Softer chorus Glockenspiel. Vibrato

10 Tipi
Percussive metallic synth. Good for Arpeggios. Vibrato

06 Strings
01 Alternating Spiccato XXL
Full range spiccato strings ensemble with up and down bowing utilizing the HALion 3 Alternating feature.
The up and down bowing sets alternate each time a note is played or can be selected using the key switches located between C-1 & C#-1.
Fades volume

02 Spiccato Up XXL
Full range spiccato strings ensemble with up bowing.
Fades volume

03 Spiccato Down XXL
Full range spiccato strings ensemble with down bowing.
Fades volume

04 Legato Strings
Full range legato strings section. Vibrato

05 Tremolo Strings
Full range tremolo strings section. Fades volume

06 Pizz Strings
Full range pizzicato strings section. Fades volume

07 Legato-Tremolo
Combi MW
Fade between legato and tremolo strings sections.
Fades Legato-Tremolo

08 Legato-Spiccato
Combi MW
Switch between legato and spiccato strings
sections.
Switches Legato-Spiccato

09 Spiccato & Pizz
Combi MW
Switch between legato and pizzicato strings
sections.
Switches Spiccato-Pizzicato

10 Legato & Spiccato Layer
Layered legato and spiccato strings sections. Vibrato

11 Legato Pad
Soft rich string pad with cutoff on mod wheel and velocity.
Opens filter

07 Guitars

01 Wizoo Nylon
Gtr Velo XXL
Very rare and expensive handcrafted german classical Nylon Guitar with Soft/Hard velocity switch.
Vibrato

02 Wizoo Nylon V Hrm XXL
As in program 01 with Soft/Hard/Harmonics
velocity switches.
Vibrato

03 Wizoo Nylon V Ham XXL
As in program 01 with Soft/Hard/Wholetone hammer velocity switches.
Vibrato

04 Wizoo Nylon XTV XXL
As in program 01 with Harmonics/Soft/Hard/
Semitone slides velocity switches.
Vibrato

05 Wizoo Nylon MTg Hrm XXL
As in program 01 with Soft/Hard/Semitone slides
velocity switches.
Switches to harmonics (MegaTrigg).

06 Wizoo Nylon MTg Slds XXL
As in program 01 with Soft/Hard/Wholetone
hammer velocity switches.
Switches semitone slides
(range 11-110)
and whole tone hammers (range 111-127)
(MegaTrigg).

07 Steel String Guitar
Steel string pick acoustic guitar. Vibrato

08 Steel Str Gtr + Harmonics
Steel string pick acoustic guitar with switch to harmonics in high velocity.
Vibrato
09 Steel Str Gtr Harmonics
Steel string guitar harmonics. Vibrato

10 12 String Guitar

12 string acoustic pick guitar. Vibrato

11 Strat &Harmonics
Clean electric pick guitar with switch to harmonics in high velocity.
Vibrato

12 Chorus Strat With chorus.
Vibrato

13 Radio Stack
Detuned stereo (2 voices per note) strat. Vibrato

14 Strat Harmonics
Clean electric pick guitar harmonics. Vibrato

15 Dream Guitar
Rich detuned stereo clean electric guitar. Vibrato

16 Solo Guitar
Distorted electric lead guitar. Vibrato

08 Choral

01 Church Choir
Wide Aaaah church choir. Reduces volume

02 Digital Choir
Breathy bright choir. Vibrato

03 Venus
Sweep Slow attack bright swoosh pad.
Harder velocity increases brightness and attack time.
Opens Cutoff

04 Underwater Choir
Rich wide soft pad with slow attacking breath pulse.
Cutoff LFO

09 Brass

01 Brass Octave Section
Big thick brass section. Vibrato

02 Hybrid Horns
Synth horns section. Vibrato

03 Brass Stab Fall
Brass section strike and pitch bend down. Vibrato

04 French Horns Section
Bright French Horns section. Vibrato

05 Tenor Sax
Soft Soft and warm solo tenor sax with light vibrato. Vibrato

06 Big Brass
Lead Layer of big thick brass and French horns section. Vibrato

07 Jericho Pad
Epic horns for soft pads or bright sections. Vibrato

08 OberBrass
Analog soft brass sound. Vibrato

09SoftSynthBrass
Pretty much what the name says. Vibrato

10 Nord Section
Analog brass section. Vibrato

10 Synths

01 Electric V
Bright, powerful poly synth from the Waldorf Wave.
Vibrato

02 OB8 Fat
PWM Straight, brutal and fat chord sound. Vibrato

03 Syncerator
Thick and nasty fuzzy digital synth. Vibrato

04 80s Sequencer
Metallic percussive echoes. Useful for arpeggios and rhythmic lines.
Vibrato

05 Velo Poly
Percussive poly sound. Vibrato

06 Sweepa
Sweeping bells wavetable. Vibrato

07 Strato Tron
Wide chorusing bell texture. Vibrato

08 PeePeeGee
Rich wide bells. Vibrato

09 Stryngi
Breathy belly poly synth. Vibrato

10 WaveBellz
Fat bell sound from Waldorf Wave. Vibrato

11 Sparkles
Gentle metallic FM. Vibrato

12 Sparkles
Soft Soft FM. Vibrato

13 Propaganda
Metallic chorusing FM sound. Vibrato

14 Erazor
FX Bubbly vocal Robo synth. Vibrato

11 Pads

01 Intro SweepPad
Highpassed resonant intro sweep pad. Vibrato

02 Long Swell Warm Pad
Slow attack soft pad. Opens filter

03 Big String Pad
Big stereo string pad. Vibrato

04 Reso Sweep Pad
SciFi pad with rotating resonant filter. Opens filter

05 Shine Thick sparkling pad. Vibrato

06 Waldorf Pad
Rich soft pad. Opens filter

07 Warm Brass Pad
Read My Name. Opens filter

08 Wave SingSing
Subtle, wide pad sound from the Waldorf Wave. Vibrato

09 LoFi Strings
Mellotron style strings. Vibrato

10 Octa Phase Strings
Octave strings with phaser effect. Vibrato

11 PPG Choir
Vintage digital choir. Vibrato

12 RoboPad
Highpassed techno style pad. Vibrato

13 Cloudz Pad
FM pad with fat attack. Vibrato

14 Warmer
Warm, subtle pad. Vibrato

12 Analog Leads

01 Jupiter Euro TekStrynx
Techno style lead. Closes filter

02 MiniMoog Porta Lead
Powerful fat Moog lead with glide effect. Vibrato

03 Jupiter Hard Sync
Hard sync lead. Vibrato

04 Frying
V Fat FM sound resembling a distorted guitar chord.
Closes Filter

05 MultiMoog
Fat Moog lead. Vibrato

06 Voice Sync
Hard voice box sync. Vibrato

13 Oscillator Toolbox

01 MiniMoog Long Saw Stereo
Raw waveform: Two oscillators detuned and stereo layered.
Vibrato

02 MiniMoog Long Saw
Raw waveform: Two oscillators detuned. Vibrato

03 MiniMoog VCO Saw
Raw sawtooth wave. Vibrato