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Materials - Metal & Ice 1.0
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1. I 4
1.1 Welcome to Materials - Metal & Ice 4
1.2 Librar Info 4
1.3 Markp Info 4
2. T I 5
2.1 Basic Naigation 5
2.2 Echanging a Material 6
2.3 Materials Edit 7
2.3.1 Control Page 7
2.3.2 Snth Edit Page 8
2.3.2.1 Waetable Snth Edit 8
2.3.2.2 Granlar Snth Edit 9
2.3.3 Filter Page 10
2.3.4 FX Page 11
2.3.5 Motion Page 12
2.3.5.1 LFO 12
2.3.5.2 Step Seqencer 13
2.3.5.3 Arpeggiator 14
2.4 Macro Modlation 15
2.5 Master Effects 17
2.5.1 Send FX 18
2.5.2 Post FX 20
3. C 21
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1. Introdction
1.1 Welcome to Materials - Metal & Ice
Thanks a lot for or interest in the first release of or Materials series - Metal & Ice. In this
instrment series its all abot Materials, being captred ith seeral sond design
methods to delier plaable instrments ith a sonic aesthetic of specific Materials, like
Metal & Ice.
1.2 Librar Info
The librar consists of 146 Materials, hich are on the one side mlti samples of real
instrments like an orchestral brass ensemble, ibraphone, rare snthesiers or sond
effects and field recordings. The sie of the mlti-sampled content is oer 6.5 GB in total.
On the other side o ill find man snth Materials that make se of Halions granlar and
aetable snth engines. All Materials ere designed ith to mindsets: coering the sond
aesthetics of Metal & Ice and being able to sond niqe, sefl and inspiring in a laered
contet.
Materials - Metal & Ice comes ith oer 150 program presets, hich are master presets
comprised of mlti-laered Material combinations ith carefll adjsted parameters and
added effects ithin the instrment. So there are a lot of read-to-pla sonds to be
eplored.
Please make sre to alas se the latest ersion of HALion or HALion Sonic SE.
1.3 Markp Info
All bold ording in this manal refers to mens, names and fnctions appearing in the ser
interface.
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2. The Instrment
2.1 Basic Naigation
After loading a program preset, o ill find orself on the main page ith the big froen
metal ball. In case o jst ant to pla the instrment ithot deeper editing, o onl need
to kno this page and mabe the Materials brosing page (net paragraph).
For the basic nderstanding of the instrment it helps to be aare of the 4 horiontall
arranged slots belo the big froen metal ball. Each slot can be filled ith one Material.
In case o ant to die deeper and edit sonds, click on one of the loaded Materials
names in the loer area and o ill arrie in the edit page area ith a fe sb pages. For
all details, please isit chapter 2.3 Materials Edit.
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2.2 Echanging a Material
Load a program preset and make sre o are on the main page ith the big froen metal
ball.
No click the little magnifing glass that appears hen or mose crsor hoers oer a
Material name of one of the loaded Materials slots in the loer area. This action opens the
broser page and allos o to echange the Material of the selected slot. Jst click on the
icon of an Material and it ill be loaded, hich takes p to 3 seconds. For a better oerie
o can filter the Materials list b I,S,SFX or jst select A b clicking on
the filter bttons in the top line of the broser page.
The icons in the pper right area ith nmbers 1to 4sho the Material slot o are abot to
load ith a ne Material from the broser list. Simpl click on the net icon to load Materials
to other slots.
Echanging a Material ithin a program preset, changes the sorce content of the selected
Material slot, hile keeping all the preiosl set of parameters. This means that enelope
and filter settings as ell as the motion parameters and effect settings ill hold the ale of
the preiosl selected program preset, hich ma blr the sond of the nel selected
Material. To start the sond design from scratch, please se the Init laer preset instead of
an alread mangled program preset.
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2.3 Materials Edit
Load a preset and make sre o are on the main page ith the big froen metal ball.
No click one of the Materials names in one of the loaded Materials slots in the loer area.
Yo ill arrie in the edit pages area ith a fe sb pages. Those sb pages can be
sitched b clicking on the icons in the loer area. There are either 4 or 5 edit pages,
depending on the tpe of Material loaded into the slot. For eample hen loading a
aetable preset, o ill also see the S E icon appearing on the right net to the
C icon.
Dont miss the for icons in the pper right area ith nmbers 1to 4. Here o can sitch
beteen all Materials or close the edit page hen clicking the X. Make sre to nderstand
that all changes on an edit page are onl releant for the selected Material ia those icons,
a er important detail for editing.
A shortct for accessing the broser directl from the edit page area is fond in the header
net to the Materials name. Jst click on the magnifing glass. For retrning to the edit
pages from the broser, a mier icon is fond at the same location, hile being on the
broser page.
2.3.1 Control Page
This edit page o ill find for all Materials. Here o can define the P or sitch a
Material to M plaback. All other common controls shold be familiar to o and self
eplaining.
Man Materials offer to laers, La A and La B and o can control their indiidal
olme ia the faders belo the enelope faders. This means that hen sing all for
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Materials slots, o can se p to 8 laers in total. Sch laers for one Material are sonic
ariations of those sonds, like close and far microphone positions for seeral acostic
instrments or to laers of a field recording in case of the sond f.
Mabe a fe ords abot the three send effects on the right. Imagine o hae a miing
desk for each Materials preset ith three master send effects. With the three send effect
faders o can send each Material to those effects indiidall. For more details abot those
Master Effects, isit 2.5.1 Send FX.
2.3.2 Snth Edit Page
This edit page o ill onl find for all aetable and granlar based Materials. Aboe the
controls o see either the naming Gaa or Waa, to be aare of the tpe of
Material.
2.3.2.1 Waetable Snth Edit
On this edit page o can define a crated selection of aetable parameters. Lets take a
look from top left to bottom right.
V defines the amont of mlti oices being sed to fatten p the aetable sorce.
Onl for ales aboe 1.0 the parameters belo V and Sa are displaed.
D controls the amont of detning of the mlti oices and Pa controls the panorama
spread of those mlti oices.
P controls the aetable position and S the plaback speed of aetable
scanning.
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Sa allos position spreading for the case that the V parameter is set to ales
aboe 1.0.
Fa can be sitched on and off and controls formant shifting of the aetable, hich
can significantl change the aetable sond.
On the right side of this page o see a aetable displa, moing aes hen plaing midi
notes and thereb giing a representation of the actal aeform.
2.3.2.2 Granlar Snth Edit
On this edit page o can define a crated selection of granlar parameters. Lets take a
look from top left to bottom right.
V defines the amont of granlar oices being sed to fatten p the granlar sorce.
Va mode can be sitched on and off and actiates seeral intage sample plaback
settings, like 12 bit and 26 kH sample rate.
Belo that btton o see the aeform displa, helping o to nderstand the sonic reslts
of changing seeral parameters on this page.
P controls the granlar plaback start position, hile S controls the plaback
speed.
Da defines the grain dration, hile L allos o to adjst the length of the
grains.
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All three Ra parameters on the right define the amont of randomiation of those
parameters, alloing o to create eird and niqe sonic reslts, far aa from the basic
granlar sample.
2.3.3 Filter Page
This edit page o ill find for all Materials. Here o can adjst all releant filter parameters
inclding distortion tpes and filter enelope. The D area can be sed to add
Schmt to a Material, hile the A of D can be modlated, see 2.3.5
Motion Page and 2.4 Macro Modlation.
All other controls shold be familiar to o and self eplaining.
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2.3.4 FX Page
This edit page o ill find for all Materials. Here o can add for slots of insert effects to
each Material. On the right side there is a Ca EQ for each Material.
To load an effect, simpl click on a N field on the left and choose an effect from the list.
Or o click on the name of a selected effect and replace it ith another effect.
Yo can no adjst the effect parameters in the middle area. Please note that the aailable
parameters for each effect depend on the chosen effect tpe.
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As o can see in the screenshot belo, the Fa effect gies o a nmber of presets,
hich can be selected ia the P drop-don men in the middle area and offers the
parameters Ra (free or snc), D and the oerall M of this effect.
2.3.5 Motion Page
This edit page o ill find for all Materials and here a lot of M can happen! Three
modlation sorces are aailable at the same time: LFO, S and A.
2.3.5.1 LFO
Choose LFO first to learn abot those motion possibilities. After sitching on this modlation
sorce, the LFO Ra can be adjsted on the left side. When sing S, to self eplaining
S M are aailable pls a R on/off sitch.
In this middle area o can choose the LFO Wa and in case the R sitch on
the left is actiated, o can adjst to Pa parameters here as ell.
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Aboe the Wa displa there is a little bt important M sitch. When sitched
off, the modlation is rnning all the time. When sitched on, or modlation heel (midi
CC#1) controls the intensit of the modlation.
In the right area o can define to destinations for or LFO modlation and their intensit,
called S. Belo the names Da 1 and Da 2 there is a drop-don
men to choose the destination. Please make sre not to se a aetable modlation like
WT S if the sorce is not a aetable Material for eample.
2.3.5.2 Step Seqencer
No click on S, this is a fleible step seqencer as a second modlation sorce. After
sitching on this modlation sorce, start ith choosing a P on the left. We created
almost 40 presets that make fll se of the modlation possibilities. Belo the preset area,
o ill find the S and S controls, er similar to the LFO modlation.
In the middle area o ill see the big step seqencer indo, that allos draing on
aeforms or better said adjsting ales for each step. Belo this indo, o can define
the amont of S and actiate S E, a featre to soften the corners of each step,
hich reslts in rather smooth modlations. The arros right of those controls allo moing
the hole step seqence b one step left and right or reersing the hole seqence.
Aboe the S S displa there is the little bt important M sitch again.
When sitched off, the modlation is rnning all the time. When sitched on, or
modlation heel (midi CC#1) controls the intensit of the modlation.
The right area is the same for all three modlation sorces (see 2.3.5.1 LFO). Yo can
define to destinations for or modlation and their intensit,
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2.3.5.3 Arpeggiator
No click on A, this is a fleible arpeggiator as a third modlation sorce ith focs on
midi notes. After sitching on this modlation sorce, start ith choosing a P on the
left. We created abot 60 presets in 4 categories, that make fll se of the arpeggiator
possibilities.
Belo the preset area, o ill find tpical M options and self eplaining T and
Ra M. Right of those controls, there are controls for S, Ga, S and
Oa. Jst rn an arpeggio and tr all those controls to shape the seqences to or
needs.
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2.4 Macro Modlation
On the main page ith the big froen metal ball o also hae access to the so-called
macro-modlation, hich can control seeral parameters ia modheel or a self-rnning
LFO. Click on the p arro in the right loer corner of the main page first of all.
No o see the control area for all Material slots. We selected for parameters to control
for each slot indiidall: V,Pa,C and (filter) D. All horiontal faders
define the modlation range of those parameters. The for ertikal faders net to the big
froen metal ball control the oerall intensit of each parameter. Let's take a closer look.
The left and right rond edges of the faders can be moed and define the modlation range.
The left one is the ero position, hen the modheel is all the a don. The right one is
the maimm position hen the modheel is all the a p.
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Imagine o ant to control the Panorama of to Materials contra rotating. The little inert
icon aboe each fader allos to inert a modlation, for Pa this means from right to left
instead of from left to right.
Imagine o ant to control V for slot 1 and 2, bt not for slot 3 and 4. For this case
onl open the horiontal V faders for slot 1 and 2 like on the screen shot on the page
aboe. As net step make sre the ertikal master V fader is all the a p. No trn
or modheel and see the little fader at the left border of the main page moing. With this
moement o control V (pls mabe Pa,C and D) in the defined
ranges.
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Hoer or mose crsor oer the fader no and press on A. The moement is
controlled b an LFO no ato-maticall and o can define the LFOs speed ith the fader.
2.5 Master Effects
On the main page ith the big froen metal ball o can see an icon ith the naming Ma
in the corner on the right on top. Clicking here ill open the master effect area ith three
send effects and a chain of mastering insert effects. Sitch from S FX to P FX ith
the central icons in the loer area.
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2.5.1 Send FX
Yo can add another sonic dimension to the Materials ith those 3 insert effects and adjst
the leels for each Material indiidall. Click on the central S FX icon in the loer area
to get to the send effect page first of all.
Yo see three effects from left to right ith jst a fe crated controls each, to simplif the
editing.
R is a high qalit effect to add space, sie and air to or Materials. Choose a T
as the first step and adjst the parameters belo to or sonic needs.
Da offers seeral dela tpes. Choose a M as the first step and adjst the parameters
belo to or sonic needs.
Ta is a conoltion reerb, bt not eqipped ith standard reerbs, bt e recorded
and designed seeral implse responses ith the sonic Metal & Ice theme in mind. Jst
choose a T hich ill load one of 50 implse responses and adjst the parameters
belo to or sonic needs.
In the Ta effect area o ill also find an EQ to tone don distrbing freqencies,
that might be cased b the combination of Material sorce and Ta effect. Sitch
ies ith the C and EQ bttons.
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No lets adjst the effect sends for each Material. To do this, click on the S field,
located aboe the S FX and Post FX .
Yo shold no see this ie aboe, here o can adjst the effect leels for each Material
indiidall. To go back to the send effect settings, click on the S field again, hich is
no located belo the Da naming in the central top area.
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2.5.2 Post FX
Yo can kind of polish and master the Materials ith those for effects. Click on the central
P FX icon in the loer area to get to the send effect page first of all.
Actiate the Ea ith the btton left of the name to see the controls like in the
screenshot aboe. Yo can actiate the remaining three effects the same a.
For the folloing master effects e selected jst a fe controls each and designed some
presets and modes nder the hood, to simplif the editing.
For the C e designed three mastering presets hich o can select b clicking
on the name belo M. The intensit of the compressor doing his ork can be set ith
the S control.
The Saa offers 2 stles that o can select b clicking on the names belo S. The
intensit of the Saa doing his ork can be set ith the S control.
The O offers less controls than the other mastering effects. S actiates the
behaior hich the name pictres. Ga increases the signal leel being sent to the
O effect.
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