HALion 2.0 VST Sampler - Reviews - Music Tech Magazine

This year looks set to see many of the major manufacturers launch their own software samplers, and this latest version of the standard-setting HALion sees Steinberg getting ahead of the pack. Daniel Duffell investigates the state of the art…

Price: £299.00
Manufacturer: Steinberg
Website: http://www.steinberguk.com

Simply put, HALion 2.0 is a software sampler. However, it does almost everything that a top-notch traditional studio sampler does, which means that it’s a tremendously powerful soundmanipulation tool and one of the most important instruments in modern music production. Specifically it’s a VST instrument, so it needs to be used from within a VST-compatible piece of host software such as Cubase or Logic. This symbiotic relationship brings both advantages and disadvantages, but what’s certain is that HALion is a fantasy monster of a machine and worthy of very close examination.

Score: 9

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 03
Filed under Samplers, Software

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