HALion 7

[nominil]

Nothing interesting? I don't think the others have all this:

You can choose from different emulation modes: HALion, FM-X, and DX7.

● In HALion mode, the oscillator works with continuous values, for maximum
precision.
● FM-X emulates the characteristics of Yamaha’s Montage synthesizers.
● DX7 emulates the characteristics of the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer

I'm interested in the FM-X aspect as well as support for TX81Z patches.

[EnGee]

Nothing interesting? I don't think the others have all this:

You can choose from different emulation modes: HALion, FM-X, and DX7.

● In HALion mode, the oscillator works with continuous values, for maximum
precision.
● FM-X emulates the characteristics of Yamaha’s Montage synthesizers.
● DX7 emulates the characteristics of the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer

Maybe because I have already FM-X in my MODX. Even that I don't use it! I find software like FM8 and DX7 V, OPS7 or OPSix much easier and immediate than MODX. Actually, even a 4 OPs synth like Operator in Live is enough for me
I'm even thinking of selling my MODX! But I would lose a lot, so maybe I keep it as a backup (my keylab mk ii is working again! In Windows only though!) as midi keyboard/controller and it is an excellent rompler (although I'm using now Triton software mostly for Piano, guitar, ...etc if needed).

[felis]

For those who aren't in the Steinberg loop yet, if you go through all the sign up stuff,
you can download the free Sonic 7 player, and it has some content now, just to get your feet wet.

[lotus2035]

Upgrade from Halion Sonic 3 seems to be cheaper than the upgrade from Halion 5?
Or am I missing something.

[v1o]

Hi Gang

I've just had a nice surprise, I didn't know I was entitled to a free Halion 7 with the Grace Period.

I've not purchased any new Steinberg products since Cubase 12, it may be worth a look in your Steinberg Vouchers Guys.

Good luck.

When did you purchase Halion?

[DocAtlas]

Hi guys.
I upgraded from Absolute 5 to Absolute 6.
Halion 6 content is 30.29GB, Halion 7 content is 30.32GB. What's the difference? It seems like some update in a field of FM-like patches not samples content.

More than 35 GB content, 3,700 presets and 15 instruments

Maybe redownload the content file?
In any event, it's on my buy list, but not until the next sale.

I do need to ask if anyone has installed this on their Win 7 system yet and if it's working as expected?

I tried to install Halion Sonic 7 on my Windows 7 machine, and got a message that it can't install on my OS. I would guess that would be the case for the full version as well. I've hade some newer programs install and work fine on my machine, but others either won't install, or won't run if they do install.

[SLiC]

For those who aren't in the Steinberg loop yet, if you go through all the sign up stuff,
you can download the free Sonic 7 player, and it has some content now, just to get your feet wet.

Gave it a go but can't seem to get a sound from it- all presents show as locked (and the free ones are installed).

That said, if I cant resize the main edit window (its about 6 inches by 4 inches on my 32 inch monitor) it will be a hard pass for me anyway! May as well be editing on a phone screen!

[lotus2035]

Holy crap, it's almost 10 years since Halion 5 came out.
I loved the software itself and that hasn't changed but the included library in H5 was a bit meh for me, I always thought it sounded a bit thin. I would imagine the factory library has not changed at all since then. I like the new features though. If Halion had an extensive 3rd party library market like Kontakt I would be more interested in buying it again.

[skijumptoes]

Upgrade from Halion Sonic 3 seems to be cheaper than the upgrade from Halion 5?
Or am I missing something.

Yes, I think that's because Sonic 3 was the latest version (5 year old) before it moved to being HALion 7, whereas HALion 5 is a good 10 years old now. Really stupid numbering system they had previously.

But it's a bit crazy when you look at it as HALion 3,4 and 5 are all the same update price. H5 could probably do with a tier in-between those if they wanted some older users to update.

[lotus2035]

Makes sense Cheers.

[BBFG#]

Hi guys.
I upgraded from Absolute 5 to Absolute 6.
Halion 6 content is 30.29GB, Halion 7 content is 30.32GB. What's the difference? It seems like some update in a field of FM-like patches not samples content.

More than 35 GB content, 3,700 presets and 15 instruments

Maybe redownload the content file?
In any event, it's on my buy list, but not until the next sale.

I do need to ask if anyone has installed this on their Win 7 system yet and if it's working as expected?

I tried to install Halion Sonic 7 on my Windows 7 machine, and got a message that it can't install on my OS. I would guess that would be the case for the full version as well. I've hade some newer programs install and work fine on my machine, but others either won't install, or won't run if they do install.

Thanks for checking and letting me know this. Wonder if they'll do a separate serial for me like they did between H5 & H6, since those will continue to work on my studio machine. ATM, it looks like Steinberg might have hit my EOL for using in my hybrid system.

[felis]

I updated to Absolute 6. Time to play.

[tekknovator]

I wish Halion could import Padshop presets to work on them further

Not the same, but try the recorder while playing padshop and turn each recording into a granular zone.

e.g. Auto Next + Start/Stop=Audio treshold

Nice idea! You can actually clone any synth with the recorder. If you use the same midi track to trigger halion recorder and source synth, it is like sample robot

[BJ]

Do the older discontinued instruments still work if you upgrade from 6 to 7? I’d hate to lose Neo Soul Keys.

[Collusion]

For those looking for upgrade pricing earlier in the thread, it's £85/95 Euro/$102. Pricing includes 20% VAT.