Steinberg master Dave Askew brings you an awesome series designed for the new HALion 6 user! Get a solid foundation on what HALion can do, and start using it in your productions today.
Dave starts by welcoming you and gives an overview of what exactly HALion 6 is as well as an in-depth tour of its user interface.
Loading Programs and Multis is next, followed by editing programs, components, routing with the Audio Bus and more!
See the individual tutorial descriptions below for detailed info. If you're new to Steinberg HALion 6, or just want see if this Synth & Sampler is right for you, check out "HALion 6 Know-How: Getting Started" today.
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Reviews
Submitted 1 month ago
Great intro to Halion 6
Great intro and overview of HALion 6 for beginners. Would love to see another tutorial go more in-depth.
Submitted 6 months ago
Very Basic Halion6 explanation on a couple of features
I like the presenter's style and work flow. The videos go over just a few of the basic features of Halion6. Seemed very incomplete after I finished watching the series. While it gave a very basic starting point, it could have been so much more.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase, Samplitude
Response from Customer Service:
This is the 'Getting Started' tutorial for the Halion 6 Know-How series so it covers the basics and sets the viewer up for getting past the starting stages and ready for other Know-How tutorials that will cover more specific aspects of the program.
Submitted 6 months ago
Fantastic intro to Halion 6
I've had Halion 6 for a while. At first, as many will say, the UI is overwhelming. I've been able to slog through it, but this video course unveils all the basic functionality REQUIRED for using Halion 6. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. I would LOVE to see more Halion 6 video courses by this presenter. Especially creating new libraries using existing sample sets.
I am a: Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV
Submitted 6 months ago
Beautifully and expertly explained
A series that demystified HALion's capabilities, explained in a clear and understandable way.
Submitted 8 months ago
Not comprehensive enough for a beginner !
Not comprehensive enough for a beginner !
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Sound Designer, Bitwig Studio, Cubase, Reason
Submitted 8 months ago
Great videos
Well explained, learned a lot. There were times where things went a little fast making it sometimes hard to follow. But overall loved it. Thanks
Submitted 9 months ago
Very helpfull! Too short probably!
Too short probably! It helps me getting started. But there is so much to explore in HALion 6....
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Cubase
Submitted 11 months ago
Very good video! Well done!
I learned a lot about Halion 6
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase
Submitted 11 months ago
Great for getting started
I had a mid-level working knowledge of Halion 5 mostly from the perspective of handling (orchestral) sample libraries. This tutorial was a great intro to Halion 6 as well as introducing me to other aspects of this instrument. This presenter is very good at going through the high level features in moderate depth. If you are looking for an in-depth tutorial on creating patches, I highly recommend another tutorial here on Groove3 called Halion 5: From Scratch to Patch.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase
Submitted 1 year ago
The basics
This is really just a getting started series. Well done for what it is. I realize most keyboard players want to know how to create unique synth sounds most of all. Great, but there are already literally hundreds a videos on YouTube covering mostly the same material. As primarily an acoustic musician, I am always searching for videos on building complex acoustic instruments using samples. This would seem to be the most elemental functionality in Halion, but I can not find a single video series covering building an instrument with multiple velocity layers, multiple samples per note played round robin or randomly, and with separate samples for fret or reed noise, note cutoff, etc. I know Halion is capable of all this and more. Halion 6 also introduces the ability to build a complete instrument with its own custom GUI that can be exported and sold. How about one series for each one of these?
Response from Customer Service:
I'm very glad you think this tutorial is well done and yes, this is a basic getting started lesson for those just jumping in. I'm sorry you felt that it only deserved a 2.5 rating but more tutorials will be coming for the Know How series. Stay tuned.
And I have added a request to our customer request list for a tutorial using samples.
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I've been a musician since a very early age starting with playing the trumpet, guitar, bass, and piano. Not the drums though, my brother got those genes. I am an excellent finger drummer though to say the least!
2. What training have you had?
For formal training I took regular music lessons in grade school and high school which were fortified with training from private tutors. After school I joined the Army band and went through the Army School of Music as well. I'd like to say that most of what I've learned though came through experience and having hands-on opportunities.
3. When did you get into recording?
During my stay in the Army I was the live sound manager. I loved operating the mixing board but I loathed the 'live' environment. I truly enjoyed making things sound great but I didn't like the fact that there is so little room for error in the live setting. I had wished for more time to invest in being able to make something that sounds ok, turn into something phenomenal. I started by recording our Army band performances on a Yamaha AW1600 for fun, but really enjoyed that I could capture that moment then take my time to make it sound amazing without having to worry about the crowd booing. The rest is history!
4. People you have worked with/for?
A few musical highlights have been running live sound for the President of the US, and doing some on the side tech work for the band Dope. I also was able to work with Virus on one of his side projects. Over the years though my focus has been mainly in customer service and tech, so I've talked with thousands of industry professionals on a daily basis which have truly been too numerous to name individually.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
Growing up I always felt that I spent a lot of time training myself how to do things, but oddly enough I always thought I'd never make a great teacher even though I'm a geek through and through. In the early part of my career I turned down so many opportunities to teach music and engineering. I think part of that came with my own insecurity of not having the formal education that society tells us that we need to succeed. It took a lot of time, practice, and personal education to get me past that hump of feeling confident in trusting that what I taught myself was legit. I've finally reached a point where I feel like I have a lot to offer in terms of knowledge, but most of it has come through investing the time with having the hands on experience that not even formally educated people get sometimes. I truly believe the best way to learn something is to get your hands on it and immerse yourself in every little detail. Groove 3 is a great avenue to be able to share that knowledge.
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