Steinberg Halion 7 Boxed

Overview

• Powerful virtual platform for sampling and sound synthesis
• More than 35GB of sound content
• 3,700+ presets
• 15 instruments
• FM, spectral, wavetable, virtual analogue and granular synthesis
• Powerful sample engine for large libraries
• 70+ effects and countless modulation and MIDI options
• NEW! FM Zone
• NEW! Spectral Zone
• NEW! Modulation Concept
• NEW! Shaper Envelope
• NEW! FM Lab
• NEW! Tales
• NEW! Interface & Workflows
• NEW! Pitch Shifting and Timestretching Algorithm
• NEW! Advanced wavetable synthesis + new wavetable tools
• NEW! Decomposition of samples directly in HALion into tonal and noisy components
• NEW! X-LFO
• NEW! reworked MediaBay
• NEW! Effects

...and many more improvements/new features in various parts of the software. For more information please visit the manufacturer's page

Note: This product is shipped in a product box. Please inform yourself BEFORE buying about compatibility with your system / registration / possible downloads etc. on the manufacturer's site. Software is excluded from exchange.

System requirements

• Windows 10 (64-bit) / Windows 11 (64-bit)
• or macOS Big Sure, macOS Monterey, macOS Ventura
• Apple silicon-based Mac: Rosetta 2 App, Native App
• Internet connection for license activation, installer download, account logins, and product registration

Highlights

FM Zone

Developed in collaboration with Yamaha, HALion 7 now includes the FM Zone. Combine up to eight operators, use them as carriers or beautiful them in feedback loops. Together with the powerful Algorithm Finder and the intuitive Algorithm Designer, you can create all imaginable FM sounds - from classic DX7 sounds to state-of-the-art FM sounds. Importing DX7 and TX81Z-SYX files is also possible.

Spectral Zone

Also new are the two time-stretching and resynthesis algorithms, which sound incredibly good even at extreme settings. Not only can you change the playback speed in real-time without affecting the pitch, but you can also transform samples into completely new sounds. Added to this are Formant Shift, Spectral Filter, Purity and Inharmonicity, as well as the ability to hold a sound when the beginning or end of a sample is reached. or Top there's the new FFT view, which gives a precise and clear insight into the spectrum.

New modulation concept

Those who like to work with modulations will be happy about the new concept. Shape your sounds even easier by assigning parameters to a desired zone. Jump directly to the modulation destination (or source) and make further edits with just one click. The drag and drop function when selecting a source also proves to be very handy in the workflow. Combined with the new visualization function for each modulation signal, you can keep track of everything that is happening to your sound at any time.

Shaper envelope

HALion 7 lets you define your very own envelopes with the new brush, pencil and eraser tools for the User envelope. You get a wide selection of pre-made shapes or you can save your own for future sessions. Thanks to the new Shaper mode, it is possible to switch through different envelope shapes in sync with the tempo of the host DAW, creating a new kind of LFO.

Tales - an open-tuned guitar

Tales represents a beautiful-sounding VST with professionally recorded guitar sounds that can be layered with additional acoustic and synthetic sounds. The guitar strings have been played and sampled individually and openly and tuned to different pitches, resulting in a particularly pure and intimate sound.

Add to that various articulations such as muted note or harmonics, and you'll always remain versatile in your composition. or ballads, modern timbres for accompaniments, or to enhance your next pop production - Tales delivers instant inspiration as soon as you play the instrument.