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Highlights

HALion 7 is a groundbreaking, premium-quality software instrument, developed to help you create world-class music and sound design. Delve into the iconic sound of FM synthesis, harness the power of spectral synthesis, embrace a new approach to modulation, create and customize unique envelopes, be inspired by new effects which enhance creativity for bass players and much more.

FM Zone: Developed together with Yamaha

HALion 7 features the completely new FM Zone, developed in co-operation with Yamaha, the company which created some of the most iconic FM synthesizers in history. Freely combine up to eight operators, use them as carriers or send them to feedback loops. Together with the powerful Algorithm Finder, a comprehensive and easy-to-use algorithm designer, you can create everything from classic DX7 tones to the most contemporary FM sounds. And if that is not enough, HALion now also supports DX7 and TX81Z SYX file import in the FM Zone.

Spectacular: The new Spectral Zone

The HALion spectral oscillator features our newly in-house developed time stretch and resynthesis algorithm, which sounds amazing even at extreme settings. It not only allows you to change playback speed in real time without affecting the pitch, but you can also transform samples into completely new sounds. The real power comes with features like formant shift, spectral filter, purity, inharmonicity and the ability to hold the previous spectrum functions if a sample’s start or end is reached. In addition, the new FFT view offers a precise and clear insight into the spectrum itself.

Modulation reimagined

Shape, tweak and animate your sounds more easily than ever with HALion’s new modulation concept. Click on a parameter in the zone and instantly assign a new modulation to it with the new modulation rows. Jump directly to the modulation destination or source to do further edits with just one click. You can also assign modulation sources by drag and drop. Combined with the new visualization feature for any modulation signal, you have the perfect overview of what is happening.

New Shaper Envelope

The User Envelope now has brush, pen and eraser tools for intuitively drawing and customizing envelopes. You can choose from a great selection of pre-designed shapes or save custom shapes for future sessions. Furthermore, the new Shaper mode for envelopes allows you to cycle through shapes in synchronization with your host DAW’s tempo, giving you a brand-new variety of customized LFO.

FM Lab: A full-blown, eight operator FM synthesizer

Enter the lab to find all the ingredients you need to design FM sounds from the ground up, in an ultra-modern, intuitive workspace. FM Lab features algorithms from the classic Yamaha DX7, FM-X and TX81Z, 20 high-quality effects in a five insert rack, many modulation options and an arpeggiator which allows you to create evolving sounds. Assign modulations via drag and drop, use different oscillator presets or design complex algorithms in a fun, easy way. Worried about programming? No problem — FM Lab comes with hundreds of cutting-edge presets, ranging from classic sounds with a new twist to some of the most contemporary and progressive FM sounds ever produced.

Tales: An open-tuned guitar

Ready for every story you want to tell, Tales is a beautifully captured guitar, layered with additional acoustic and synthesized textures. The guitar strings were individually sampled as open notes and then tuned to a different pitch, giving each one a very pure and intimate sound. In addition to the open strings, we recorded articulations like muted notes and harmonics. Whether you´re writing ballads, looking for contemporary colors for underscoring or want to uplift your next acoustic pop production, Tales delivers instant inspiration from every note you play.

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 auto-size for macro view, innovative tools like the Shaper envelope, plus preconfigured screen sets for different use cases, all helping you to focus on the important things: making music and designing sounds.

New pitch-shift and time-stretch algorithm

This new algorithm was developed from the ground up with musical content in mind. The result is a high-precision tool which sounds very natural and beautifully accurate, even at extreme settings. You can use the algorithm in the spectral zone for creative experiments or in the sample zone as a new warp mode to adjust samples, without them sounding artificial. Phase locking, transient detection and channel correlation help to restore the natural sound of stereo samples, even while working creatively with the sound.

Advanced wavetable synthesis

Bringing a new dimension to wavetables, now you can create your own with up to 1,024 individual waves. If that is not enough, you can load multichannel files of up to 5.1 surround and work on the sum or individual channels to get all the details. The best part is that you can setup the new fully customizable Spectral Filter for each wave individually, while the automatic interpolation makes sure the fades between the previous and next waves sound extremely smooth.

New wavetable tools

You can also work with the wavetables in an extremely dynamic way, thanks to the new Acceleration and Target Speed parameters, which are also available for modulation. Plus, the new Hold function freezes the spectrum if the start or end of a wavetable is reached. Combined with additional new tools like sub-sample precision loop, Overlap Add and the Spectrum Analyzer, you get the maximum control and accuracy for wavetable editing. All these features make HALion 7 the perfect tool for composers, sound designers and any real wavetable geek on the planet.

Decompose samples for unique sound design

You can now split every sample into its tonal and noise components directly in HALion, opening the door to a whole new world of sound design. Combine the tonal part of an electric piano with the attack of a guitar sample. Separate the noise part of a recording and send it through a unique effects chain, while keeping the tone as clean as possible. This is not only great for creating unique sounds, but also a complete tool for building new kinds of libraries.

New X-LFO

Enrich your sounds with spectacular movements. The new X-LFO can modulate two-dimensional parameters for wavetable, FM, granular and the spectral zone. Create everything from wobbly basses to complex, animated FM sounds.

Redesigned MediaBay: Easy access to everything you are looking for

Find the sounds you are looking for 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.

10 new effects

VST Bass Effect - Six different amplifiers. Four speaker cabinets.Endless combinations. The amp are modeled on a best-of selection from iconic amplifiers of the 1950, '70, '80, '90, and 2000s, giving you a great selection to take your bass from contemporary clean to deep booming tones and back. The speaker cabinets are also modeled, ranging from punchy, rock sounds to mellow and vintage-orientated tones.

Studio EQ 24 - Shape your tonal color with this powerful new four band parametric equalizer. Each frequency bands has its own settings for gain, frequency, and quality to give you full controll over your sound. Additional low-cut high-cut filters make this EQ the perfect tool for mixing and polishing in HALion.

Bass Tape Ducking Delay - The Bass Tape Ducking Delay changes the delay according to your playing. If your playing vigorously, it softly ducks the delay signal and keeps it drier. When holding notes the delay is automatically more pronounced.

Di Driver - Developed with one of the most legendary effects for bassists in mind, the DI Driver combines a crunchy overdrive with the features of a bass preamp in on effect unit.

Bass Overdrive - Get a warm, tube-like overdrive for your bass. An extra tone control for adding or reducing harmonics enhances this new HALion effect, making everything from subtle low-end saturation to hard-hitting crunch possible.

Bass Octaver - With the Bass Octaver you can create an additional sub-octave for your original sound. Especially suitable for monophonic signals, you can use it to adjust the level of the original signal or change the sound's character.

Bass Chorus - Thicken and broaden your sound with the Bass chorus, using pitch modulation. You can set the frequency of the pitch modulationand synchronize it with your host application, if esired.

Bass Envelope Filter - The Bass Envelope Filter react to the dynamics of your playing and automatically adjusts the filter for the high, low and middle frequencies of your audio. It has adjustable attack and release times and delivers a modulation signal for controlling the filter.

Bass Phaser - Thicken and broaden your sound using phase modulation. The bass phaser lets you adjust the sweep rate, synchronize it to your project's tempo and determine the width of the modulationeffect between higher and lower frequencies.

Clipper - Add a bright, rich harmonic distortion to your sound with the new Clipper effect. The oversampling parameter increases accuracy, making it perfect for beefing up guitars, basses, keyboards or drums. All of that and it will never sound harsh, even at extreme distortion settings.

Oscilloscope

Visualize audio signals directly in HALion 7 with the new Oscilloscope module. You can adjust the displayed timeframe and switch between the left and right channels or the summed signal. This is especially helpful for analyzing your audio or, for example, to visualize how modulation is changing the signal.

Load new impulse responses and import your own

Make room for all your creative ideas by loading your own impulse responses from recordings of halls, studios or legendary hardware units into HALion and use these in the REVerence reverb. We have also added several IRs from iconic chamber, spring and plate units like the EMT 240 “Goldfolie”, Lexicon 224, AKG BX5 and RE-501.

More new features

Chord export

Drag and drop MIDI chords to your favorite DAW from trigger pads.

Native Apple silicon support

One of the fastest HALion experiences on Apple Macintosh, ever.

Steinberg Licensing

Use HALion on different machines with new Steinberg Licensing — no need for a dongle.

New mixer

The mixer has been refreshed, with improved handling of effects.

Bipolar/unipolar switch

Pitch and user envelopes allow you to switch polarity.

User icons

Assign your own user icons to programs.

SVG import and color editing

Create macro pages with animations or color switches based on SVGs.

Section and module presets

Navigate through presets using the new previous/next preset buttons even in the chord pads.

Spectral view in the Sample Editor

Switch from sample to spectral view for analyzing your samples.

Improved program tree

There is now a text filter to search for elements and a pre-listen section for samples.

Move ranges

Move the sample or loop start and end markers together.

... and much more

To discover every new feature and improvement in HALion 7, please check the “New” section in the manual.

Grace Period:

Customers who have activated HALion 6 since November 1 2022, are eligible for a free, update to HALion 7. Go to your MySteinberg account. Go to "Vouchers". If you don't see a voucher, please make sure that the eLicenser containing the license is registered in MySteinberg. After registration, it can take up to 24 hours until the free update is available.

After receiving a digital license, consumers lose the right to withdraw from a purchase agreement, according to the Consumer Rights Act dated May 30, 2014 (Journal of Laws 2014, item 827).