Steinberg HALion Sonic 2 - Page 75

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Editing
Editing Drum and Loop Layers
• Keys with nothing assigned are disabled and are displayed in gray.
• In case of a loop layer, the pitched part of the keyboard is displayed in orange.
• Hidden parts of the keyboard can be accessed with the scroll bar below the
keyboard.
• Clicking a key plays and selects the corresponding drum instrument or loop slice.
Ö The key map is used for indication and selection only. The mapping of the drum
instruments and loop slices cannot be changed.
Editing Drum Instruments or Loop Slices
To edit a drum instrument or loop slice, you must select it first. You can select drum
instruments or loop slices with the key map or your MIDI keyboard.
Selecting With the Key Map
To select a drum instrument or loop slice with the key map, proceed as follows:
1. Go to the Edit page and select the drum or loop layer you want to adjust.
2. Go to the bottom of the drum or loop editor and click the Key Map button.
3. On the key map keyboard, click the key of the drum instrument or loop slice you
want to adjust.
4. The drum instrument or loop slice is selected and the parameters at the top will be
updated accordingly.
Multi Selection Editing
To edit multiple drum instruments or slices at the same time, you can use the
multiselection functionality of the key map:
• Select one key, press [Shift] and then click a second key to select all keys in
between.
• Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click keys to add or remove them from the current
selection.
• Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag the mouse over the keys that you want to use to
draw a selection rectangle.
• Press [Shift]-[Ctrl]/[Command] and drag the mouse over the keys to add additional
keys to the current selection.
As soon as you start selecting multiple slices or drum instruments, changes may occur
on certain settings. In such cases, the changes are indicated on the corresponding
controls. The backgrounds of combo boxes turn red, value fields display their values in
red, switches turn red (or dimmed red if the focused slice/instrument is set to off) and
knobs show a red corona indicating the value range. Changing a parameter sets all
selected loop slices or drum instruments to the same value and the red indication for
that control disappears.
Selecting With the MIDI Keyboard
To select a drum instrument or loop slice with your MIDI keyboard, proceed as
follows:
1. Go to the Edit page and select the drum or loop layer you want to adjust.
2. In the title bar of the top section, activate the “Select Zones via MIDI” button.
3. On your MIDI keyboard, press the key that plays the drum instrument or loop slice
you want to adjust.
4. The drum instrument or loop slice is selected and the parameters at the top are
updated accordingly.