Steinberg HALion Sonic 2 - Page 169

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The Performance Section
The Quick Controls
Ö The quick control range is automatically adapted depending on the current parameter
value. This is to assure that the quick control provides optimal control range.
Ö The parameters Polyphony, Low Key, High Key, Low Velocity, High Velocity and the
Output cannot be assigned to quick controls.
Ö You can also assign quick controls to the ADSR offsets of the envelopes by using the
context menu on the graphical envelope controls.
To assign a quick control of a layer to the quick controls of the program, proceed as
follows:
1. Select the respective layer from the left of the quick controls.
2. Right-click the quick control you want to remotely control.
3. From the menu, select the program’s quick control you want to assign.
4. The range of the program quick controls is automatically adjusted to guarantees
that the whole layer quick control range can be covered.
Ö Since the Modulation Wheel always listens to MIDI controller #1, you do not have to
assign the mod wheel quick controls of the layers to the mod wheel quick control of
the program. This works by default since all mod wheel quick controls listen to MIDI
controller #1 as well.
Managing Quick Controls
The quick control page of the program and layer editor allows you to manage and edit
quick controls after you assigned them. The quick controls of the selected program or
layer are listed to the left. The assignments of the currently selected quick control are
listed to the right. Each assignment is listed in a row of its own with parameters to
adjust the behavior of the quick control assignment.
Ö If the selected quick control has no assignments, the list to the right will be empty.
To access the assignments of a quick control, proceed as follows:
1. Right-click the quick control you want to edit.
2. Select “Edit Quick Control” from the menu.
3. The quick control page of the respective program or layer opens.
Naming Quick Controls
Each quick control can have a name that will be displayed as the title of the quick
control. By giving the quick control an explanatory name, you will know what it does at
a glance. Quick controls with nothing assigned yet do not display a name. By default,
a quick control is given the name of the parameter you assigned first. After this, any
further assignments will not change the name. However, you can rename the quick
control at any time.
To rename a quick control, proceed as follows:
1. Go to the quick control page of the respective program or layer.
2. In the section to the left, select the quick control you want to rename.
3. Click in the name column of the quick control you have just selected and enter the
new name.
4. Press [Enter] to set the title. Press [Esc] to cancel without setting the title.
Alternatively, you can enter a title on the quick control itself:
1. Above the quick control, double-click its title.
2. Enter the new name.
3. Press [Enter] to set the title. Press [Esc] to cancel without setting the title.