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Article: Halion 1.1: software sampler offers extensive format support, ease of use. (Reviews).
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Steinberg's Halion is a full-featured software sampler for use with VST-compatible music applications (such as Steinberg's Cubase family) that offers a number of unique features not found in samplers from Emagic, Bitheadz, and other companies.
Most other software samplers have to load the entire contents of a sample into RAM, but the $399 Halion can play samples of virtually any length--regardless of the amount of RAM installed in your Mac. This is because Halion can play audio directly from a hard disk; when working with long samples, Halion preloads the initial portion of the sample into RAM and streams the rest directly from disk. You will still need a fast ...