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Global Functions and Settings
The Options Page
Multi-Core
On the Multi-Core pop-up menu, you can specify how many of the available CPU
cores of your system can be used by HALion Sonic. This allows HALion Sonic to
compute each program on a different core, for example. The best setting here
depends on multiple factors, and varies from system to system, and project to project.
A good starting point is to set this value to one core less than the available number of
cores.
If problems occur, reduce the number of cores, or set the pop-up menu to Off to
deactivate multi-core mode and load multiple instances of HALion Sonic instead. This
way, the host application distributes the work load across the available cores.
Global
Here you find common settings of HALion Sonic and you can activate General MIDI
mode.
Ö The settings in the Global section are not saved with a particular project, but affect
HALion Sonic as a whole.
Show Tooltips
When you activate this option, moving the mouse over a control displays a tooltip.
Show Value Tooltips
When this option is activated, parameters without a value text field display their value
in a tooltip when using the corresponding control.
Program Changes
On the Program Changes pop-up menu, you can specify how HALion Sonic handles
incoming MIDI Program change messages:
General MIDI Mode
Activate GM Mode to play back MIDI files that have been arranged for General MIDI
sound sets. This mode supports MIDI program change messages and preloads a
global chorus and reverb effect for immediate use.
When you select GM Mode, all currently loaded programs are removed and a chorus
and a reverb effect are inserted on AUX FX 1 and
3. The 16 slots are assigned
automatically to the 16 MIDI channels. As long as this mode is active, the 16 MIDI
channels on the MIDI page cannot be changed. The MediaBay sets an instrument set
filter and displays only the General MIDI sounds.
The MIDI program change messages 0 to 127 refer to the corresponding GM Sound
attributes of the MediaBay. This means that you can make any of your sounds part of
the General MIDI sound set by setting the GM Sound attribute on the corresponding
sound.
Ö The General MIDI sounds that come with HALion Sonic are optimized for fast loading
times. Please keep in mind that larger programs take longer to load.
Option Description
Off Program change messages are ignored.
GM Mode Program change messages are used to switch programs in the
slots of the Multi Program Rack.
Multi Mode Program change messages are used to switch between the 128
multis that can be configured on the Multi chain page.
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