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 Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:29 am Post subject: Steinberg present HALion Symphonic Orchestra at Musikmesse |
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Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is pleased to announce a new symphonic VST instrument and library: HALion Symphonic Orchestra. A 27GB library, integrated easy-to-use player, RealAmbience adjustable recorded reverb and range of playability features combine to form a new orchestral composition and production tool.
HALion Symphonic Orchestra - 1250 instrument patches and combis in 27GB of samples
“HALion Symphonic Orchestra is without doubt one of the best-sounding and most playable instruments of its kind,”
comments Helge Vogt, Steinberg’s Product Manager for Virtual Instruments. “We’ve paid a lot of attention to making these
exquisitely detailed instruments and articulations easy to find, parameters easy to tweak and the interface easy to navigate. This product doesn’t just offer top-quality content, but unlike most competing products, it makes those instruments really playable,” he continues.
Played by a leading European orchestra, the expansive 27GB HSO library encompasses a vast array of articulations for strings,
woodwind, brass and percussion including crescendo, decrescendo, accents, half and whole tone thrills, bowing (where
applicable), portamento, pizzicato, expressivo and many more. 1250 programs offer solo, ensemble and tutti sounds for
almost every instrument, with innovatively programmed facilities like key-switches and crossfades providing easy use of
complex sample groups.
An innovative feature first developed for HALion String Edition 2, RealAmbience adds the real reverb tails of the included
instruments which were recorded live after the instrument stopped playing. The RealAmbience control dynamically and
discretely blends in these additional samples as desired, recreating a genuine concert hall inside modern computer-based
production environments.
HSO includes a range of performance optimization features from Steinberg’s award-winning HALion 3 sampler, including the
advanced disk streaming system and RAMSave™ technology, which allows unneeded samples to be unloaded from RAM,
further saving precious system resources. To offer users a direct choice between top quality and player performance every
one of the 15,000 unique samples is included in both 24-bit and 16-bit versions. Many of the HSO programs are also included
as ECO versions, for even further optimized performance.
Supported Formats
Supporting VST, DXi, AU as well as ReWire for easy integration into Pro ToolsŪ, HALion Symphonic Orchestra also offers a
stand-alone mode capable of playing out to multiple outputs.
Price and Availability
HALion Symphonic Orchestra will be available in Q2 2006 for $499.99 MSRP. (upgrade information at http://www.steinbergupgrades.com)
Find out more at http://www.steinberg.net
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