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New integrated orchestral library and player gives easy access to full symphony orchestra 29/03/06
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Steinberg Media Technologies has announced
a new symphonic VST instrument and library: HALion
Symphonic Orchestra.
A 27GB library, integrated easy-to-use player,
RealAmbience adjustable recorded reverb and range of playability features
combine to form a new orchestral composition and production tool.
Helge Vogt, Steinberg’s Product
Manager for Virtual Instruments told us, “HALion Symphonic Orchestra is without doubt one of the best-sounding and
most playable instruments of its kind. We’ve paid a lot of attention to making these
exquisitely detailed instruments and articulations easy to find, parameters easy to
tweak and the interface easy to navigate. This product doesn’t just offer top-
quality content, but unlike most competing products, it makes those instruments
really playable.�
Played by a leading European orchestra, the expansive 27GB HSO library
encompasses a vast array of articulations for strings, woodwind, brass and
percussion including crescendo, decrescendo, accents, half and whole tone
thrills, bowing (where applicable), portamento, pizzicato, expressivo and many
more. 1250 programs offer solo, ensemble and tutti sounds for almost every
instrument, with innovatively programmed facilities like key-switches and
crossfades providing easy use of complex sample groups.
An innovative feature first developed for HALion String Edition 2, RealAmbience
adds the real reverb tails of the included instruments which were recorded live
after the instrument stopped playing. The RealAmbience control dynamically and
discretely blends in these additional samples as desired, recreating a genuine
concert hall inside modern computer-based production environments.
HSO includes a range of performance optimization features from Steinberg’s
award-winning HALion 3 sampler, including the advanced disk streaming system
and RAMSave technology, which allows unneeded samples to be unloaded
from RAM, further saving precious system resources. To offer users a direct
choice between top quality and player performance every one of the 15,000
unique samples is included in both 24-bit and 16-bit versions. Many of the HSO
programs are also included as ECO versions, for even further optimized
performance. Supported Formats
Supporting VST, DXi, AU as well as ReWire for easy integration into Pro Tools®,
HALion Symphonic Orchestra also offers a stand-alone mode capable of playing
out to multiple outputs. Price and availability
HALion Symphonic Orchestra will be available in the second quarter of 2006 for €499.00*. (*SRP includes 16% German VAT. Prices subject to regional variations.) Existing
HALion String Edition customers can upgrade to the new HALion Symphonic
Orchestra, while owners of any competing orchestral sample product can make
use of Steinberg’s trade-in offer which they tell us is very attractively priced. More From: