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Installation and setup
Setting Up
Register Your Software
We encourage you to register your software! By doing so you are entitled to technical
support and kept aware of updates and other news regarding HALion Sonic.
• To register HALion Sonic, click the Steinberg logo in the top right corner of the
control panel and select “Register HALion Sonic now!” from the pop-up menu.
This option opens the registration page of the Steinberg web site in your web
browser. To register, follow the instructions on screen.
Setting Up
The following sections describe how to use HALion Sonic as a plug-in in different
host applications, or as a standalone instrument.
Setting Up HALion Sonic as a VST Instrument in Cubase
We assume that you have correctly set up Cubase as well as your MIDI and audio
hardware, and that Cubase receives MIDI data from your external MIDI keyboard. If
you want to use HALion Sonic in another VST host application, please refer to the
documentation of the corresponding application.
Cubase provides two ways of working with VST instruments: the VST Instruments
window and instrument tracks.
Accessing HALion Sonic via the VST Instruments Window
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Devices menu in Cubase and select the VST Instruments option.
The VST Instruments window opens.
2. Click one of the empty slots to open the instrument pop-up menu, and select
HALion Sonic.
You are asked whether you want to create an associated MIDI track connected to
the VST instrument.
3. Click Create.
HALion Sonic is loaded and activated, and its control panel opens. A MIDI track called
HALion Sonic is added to the track list. The output of this track is routed to HALion
Sonic.
Accessing HALion Sonic via an Instrument Track
Proceed as follows:
1. On the Project menu, open the Add Track submenu, and select “Instrument”.
The Add Instrument Track dialog opens.
2. On the instrument pop-up menu, select HALion Sonic.
3. Click OK to create the instrument track.
4. Click the Edit Instrument button in the Cubase Inspector to open the HALion
Sonic control panel.
HALion Sonic is now set up as a VST instrument in Cubase. For more details about
the handling of VST instruments, see the Cubase Operation Manual.
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