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Intuitive and Flexible
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Quick and Easy Workflow
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Modern Classic 1 Oscillator synthesizer, plus a Noise Oscillator
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Over 55 expertly curated program presets
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Load Program Presets in up to 16 slots
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*Requires HALion Sonic SE 3.2.20 FREE, HALion Sonic 3.2.20 or HALion 6.2.1 or higher. (Note: HALion Sonic SE 3 requires mac OS 10.14 or Higher/ Windows 10)
*No USB-elicenser dongle required. Works with soft e-licenser or USB.
HALion Sonic SE 3 is available for free as a plug-in for any VST3, VST2, AU and AAX compatible host and as a stand-alone application for macOS and Windows.
POLY-LITE In-Depth
POLY-LITE is a stream lined version of POLY. A few select features have been disabled in POLY-LITE compared to the Full Version of POLY, but it is still incredibly capable! With the full version of POLY, you will have access to these features which have been disabled in POLY-LITE:
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Oscillators 2 and 3
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The Sub Oscillator
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Ring Modulator
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An extra LFO
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Another Step Modulator
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A Compressor
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Oscillator Presets
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And over 700 expertly curated patch presets.
The SIMPLE Page
The SIMPLE Page allows the user to make quick tweaks to the instrument's most important parameters.
Simple Page Walkthrough
ADVANCED PAGES
The Advanced Page offers more complex controls and parameters to the user.
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When switching to the ADVANCED Page, the Upper section remains fixed. This section is all about having instant access to all the parameters that you will use most of the time without the need to jump to other screens.
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The Lower section is where you will find more in-depth parameters for the Oscillators, Motion Controls, FX, Arppegiator and Midi Player, and filter controls via XY Pads.
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Main Section Walkthrough
The SYNTH Page
The Synth Page offers the user Oscillator 1 (Oscillators 2 and 3, Sub Oscillator, Ring Modulator and Oscillator Presets AVAILABLE IN FULL VERSION) and a Noise Oscillator with 4 Noise types.
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Oscillator 1 includes:
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16 different oscillator types
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Octave
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[Coarse] Tune
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Fine Tune
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Waveform
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Retrigger Mode
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Multi Oscillator functions
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Level
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An LFO attached to Oscillator 1 that modulates the Waveform knob when applicable*
* The Waveform knob only operates if the Sync, CM, XOR and PWM oscillator types are chosen.
Synth Section Walkthrough
The FX Page
The FX Page provides you with 18 different insert effects to enable or disable. The different effects are:
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Envelope Shaper
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Vintage Compressor which is at the end of the signal chain before the reverb to act like a "Mastering Compressor".
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Compressor (ONLY AVAILABLE IN FULL VERSION)
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Distortion module with 4 distortion effect types.
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Guitar Amplifier modeling effect. Control over amp heads and cabinets as well as microphone position.
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Chorus
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Phaser
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Flanger
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Ring Mod FX
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Stereo Widener
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Vintage Ensemble
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Main Synth Filter with VCF section that has 24 filter shapes and five distortion modes. There are also unique morphing filters that seamlessly blend between up to 4 out of 24 filter types via the XY Page.
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4 Band Fully Parametric EQ
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Morph Filter with 2 filter shapes that can be controlled via the automatable XY controller right on the Morph Filter FX module.
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2 independent stereo Delays with 3 modes.
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Efficient Algorithmic Reverb with many parameters to tailor its sound.
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Convolution Reverb with many impulse choices.
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* Additionally, there is a complete suite of 61 audio effect processors in total available via the AUX FX Sends in the mixer portion of HALion Sonic SE.
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FX Section Walkthrough
The MOTION Page
The Motion Page is where the user can modulate the instrument and add movement to the signal.
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The Motion Page features:
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1 LFO (2 AVAILABLE IN FULL VERSION)
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1 Step Modulator (2 AVAILABLE IN FULL VERSION)
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User Envelope
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Amp Envelope
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Pitch Envelope
The LFO, Step Modulator and User Envelope can be used to modulate a multitude of parameters via a pull down menu. Each has an amount knob and can be bypassed individually.
Motion Section Walkthrough
The ARP Page
This is an advanced 32-step Arpeggiator based on Yamaha’s legendary Motif Technology with extensive programming and modulation features. The Arpeggiator offers many parameters for programming phrases and altering tempo, groove and swing. Three additional controller lanes are available for quick and easy step modulation for oscillator and filter parameters.
The phrases of the arpeggiator can be recorded internally and exported to the DAW via drag and drop to make them accessible as editable MIDI events. Additionally, you can store and trigger 8 different phrases on the fly in real time without ever losing sync.
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The entire Arpeggiator settings can be locked to keep phrases even when browsing the available presets.
THE MIDI PLAYER
This is a simple midi file phrase player that you can drag and drop midi files to and from your DAW. Additionally, you can store and trigger 8 different phrases on the fly in real time without ever losing sync.
The XY Page
The XY Page is a simple layout with 3 XY controller boxes. The first XY box controls the Main FX Filter when it is set to dual or quad Morphing modes.
The second and third XY boxes are tied to the fixed Lo Pass and Hi Pass Filters that are found on the Main Page. This is a very fun and creative way to automate these filters.
XY Section Walkthrough
The BROWSER Page
Browse through the patch library with ease and find what you need quickly thanks to the detailed tagging system and large viewing window that is part of the MediaBay sound management system.
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The browser can also open "undocked" and be resized up to full screen size.
The Quick Controls
8 Pre-assigned controls at the bottom of the screen allow for quick access to the most commonly used parameters.
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The Motion knob can control all the motion and pulsing of a patch. It defaults to full motion but can dial the motion all the way down to no movement at all.
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* PAN LFO is excluded from the Motion Quick control knob.
Motion Knob Waklthrough
The Trigger Pads
8 Trigger pads are assigned to the Arpeggiater's 8 possible patterns. These can be triggered "on the fly" all without losing sync in real time.
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The pads can also be assigned to the 8 patterns on the Midi Player page.
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Videos
POLY VIDEOS
POLY VIDEOS
POLY CRE8 3 0 New Features
Simple Page Walkthrough
POLY 2 0 Trailer
