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Manufacturer: STEINBERG Platform: Hybrid Includes both a Mac and Windows version of the program.

Note: This product requires a "Steinberg Key" which is not included in the package. If you do not already own a "Steinberg Key" through the purchase of Cubase or other Steinberg products, you must purchase the Key in order to use this program.  
 
Tailored to newcomers to virtual sampling, HALion Player puts many of the next-generation technologies available on the HALion sampling platform behind a sleek, no-frills interface. HALion Player is the perfect choice for any User searching for a stable, easy to use and affordable sample content playback module for VST, DXi2, AU and any Rewire environment. It provides a low-cost yet high-quality way of playing any of the hundreds of commercially available HALion libraries as well as Wav / Aif / Rex / Rex2 / Zgr and LM4 instrument files.  
 
HALion Player includes the full HALion 3 sound library, consisting of a broad selection of highest quality instrument and drum sounds, and utilizes the award-winning, surround-capable HALion 3 playback engine. HALion Player also offers the outstanding Waldorf filters and disk-streaming power that have helped establish HALion 3 as one of the top virtual samplers available today in terms of both sound quality and performance.  
 
The unique Q-Control concept introduced in HALion 3.1 provides HALion Player with an adaptable set of sound-shaping controls. All HALion libraries include predefined Q-Controls which have been assigned to a certain set of parameters by the content creator and are chosen to ideally suit shaping and forming sound for that program. This allows a high degree of flexibility in altering and shaping sounds with HALion Player, while keeping functional clutter to a minimum.  
 
The advanced HALion Player program loading facilities unify finding, selecting and loading a sound for quick, no-hassle access to even the largest HALion sample libraries. HALion Player also offers 256-voice polyphony delivering pristine 32-bit audio to up to 256 audio outputs into the mixer of the host application.  
 
Features:  
 
-Award-winning HALion technology at a very affordable price  
-Ultra easy user interface, clean, handy and easy to understand even for beginners, simply can’t misused  
-Includes the full HALion sound library, consisting of a broad selection of highest quality instrument and drum sounds  
-Loads and plays back any HALion HSB, fxp and fxb Content  
-Allows import and keyboard mapping of Wav / Aif / Rex / Rex2 / ZGR and LM4 files  
-Q-Controls - 8 Content pre-defined Sound shaping parameters per program allows instant fun while tweaking without the need to understand the complex architecture creating the Sound. Remote controllable with the all new set & forget MIDI learn mode.  
Sound Category System support, no difference between finding, selecting and loading a Sound  
-256 Voices polyphony and a maximum of 256 audio outputs, 16 sounds on 16 MIDI channels simultaneously per instance  
-Connects to everything: VST, DXi2, AU, Rewire and standalone

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System Requirements for HALION PLAYER

PC

Mac

-Pentium / Athlon 800 MHz   -384 MB RAM   -2,5 GB free HD space for Content   -Windows XP Home and XP Professional   -Windows MME compatible audio hardware   -For using HALion as a plug-in, a VST2 or DXi2 compatible Host is required   -Steinberg Key and USB component connector required   -Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels     Recommended:   -Pentium / Athlon 1.4 GHz or faster   -512 MB RAM   -Display Resolution 1152 x 864 pixels, dual monitor setup   -ASIO compatible sound card recommended

-Power Mac G4 867 MHz   -384 MB RAM   -2,5 GB free HD space for Content   -OS X Version 10.2.5 or higher   -CoreAudio compatible audio hardware   -For using HALion as a plug-in, a VST2 or AU compatible Host is required   -Steinberg Key and USB component connector required   -Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels     Recommended:   -Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25 GHz or faster   -512 MB RAM   -Display Resolution 1152 x 864 pixels, dual monitor setup