This maintenance update is for HALion 6 and HALion Sonic (SE) 3, providing several fixes and enhancements. Above all, this update also includes new features for virtual instrument developers. To access HALion Sonic via the VST instruments window, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Devices menu in Cubase and select the VST instruments option to open the VST instruments window. Click on one of the empty slots to open the instrument pop-up menu and select HALion Sonic. You will be asked whether you want to create an asso - HALion Sonic.

A beautiful and warm sounding upright piano. Sampled with and without mute pedal. Every note sounds different and has its own character which gives very natural and organic results. This sample library is far from being sterril. It has its unique sonic quality which fits perfectly into calm and intimate music genres.

Demos:

OUR FIRST INSTRUMENT

We recorded an elegant contemporary upright piano, in semi-dry room. Which gives our instrument nice and present close sound. But You can still hear a room reacting to that sound. The most gorgeous sound recorded is with mute pedal (Novel Piano patch). It sound amazing from up close, but room sound gives it even more character and depth. It may not be perfect for all scenarios though. That is why there is another set of samples recorded traditionally without mute ( Scoring Piano patch) to make our instrument more flexible and useful in more every day situations. Smaller but very important part of Novel Piano library is sustain pedal mechanism, which volume can be changed directly from instrument GUI.

Piano was recorded with 7 microphones: 2 close mics pointing sound board, 1 close microphone placed low just above the ground to capture entire richness and low-end, 2 room mics placed just behind player in order to capture player’s perspective, 2 ambience mics placed 5 meters from the piano.

We spent a lot of time in post production, carefully choosing samples from different takes to make sure every sounds nice and clear. We also denoised all recorded tracks to avoid unwanted noise stacking while playing an instrument. We mixed all recorded tracks to stereo. It makes our library very light for CPU and RAM and also makes it perfect companion for traveling musicians who use notebooks.

GUI:

THE OVERVIEW PANEL

Novel Piano’s GUI is clean and straightforward. It has three knobs which are responsible for different effects. Release noise controls key release mechanism volume, you can take it down to get rid of it completely. Character knob on the other hand is an controller of EQ and filter which are cutting or boosting high frequencies, depending on setting. Finally reverb mix is self explanatory. There is an algorithmic hall type reverb onboard, which you can turn down completely if needed.

PATCH LIST:

• Novel Piano
• Scoring Piano
• Fairy Tale Piano

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• This library works in free Halion Sonic SE 3.4 sample player (Download Halion Sonic SE 3) as well as Halion 6 and Halion Sonic 6.
  Watch our installation guide on YouTube
• Halion Sonic SE is a Steinberg’s software
• Runs as host or stand-alone application, VST®
• Baltic Shimmers requires 1.2 GB of HDD/SSD space
• Sample resolution: 48 Khz / 24 Bit stereo .wav format (losslessly compressed)
• Halion / Halion Sonic SE 3.4 requirments:

Halion Free Download

Halion 5 Download

*Halion Sonic SE System requirements are based on Steinberg’s official website.