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offline Nameless on 2003-05-04 10:17 [#00683488]
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there isn't a demo version of this is there?

i want to try it before i buy.......


 

offline Donutman from Perth (Australia) on 2003-05-04 10:28 [#00683499]
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Then go on kazaa and download a cracked version. The people
that crack them believe in the try before you buy
philosophy, even if a number of people don't ever buy it.


 

offline Nameless on 2003-05-04 10:58 [#00683509]
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can't find it on kazaa



 

offline Donutman from Perth (Australia) on 2003-05-04 11:15 [#00683517]
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Hmmm. I just checked. Click on software search, then type
"halion". Type "VST" if you want to check out other stuff. I
came up with four different files. There are two which are
version 1.0 which means you can't play .gig files (the one I
downloaded).

I would probably go the one that's by Zone, because I trust
their output, but it only has one user so it could take a
while.

P.S. Not everything you see there is actually what it says
it is. I've wanted to try out Steinberg's Virtual Guitarist,
but every one I downloaded was fake. Hmmmm.


 

offline Donutman from Perth (Australia) on 2003-05-04 11:28 [#00683529]
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By the way. I've downloaded both Halion and Kontact, and I
personally prefer Halion.

Even though you can't play it standalone, it's not nearly as
powerful and versatile, and apparently has a filter that
lacks "warmth", Halion doesn't hog up nearly as much CPU
power, and it doesn't take a few minutes (no exaggeration)
to load a previous song if you've tweaked the samples.

Halion is a nice, very easy to use, very easy to program and
tweak, and undemanding on the CPU. When I get my act
together it's the program I will buy (honestly, I'm not a
thief, I swear!)


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-04 11:36 [#00683539]
Points: 4731 Status: Lurker



i need to get halion. Am i right in thinking it is basically
a software sampler. Am i also right in thinking it basically
helps you make your own VST instruments set up?
ps i also tried to download cubase sx from kazaa, but only
one version works, and it works very badly. Think i might
have to fork for it


 

offline Donutman from Perth (Australia) on 2003-05-04 11:54 [#00683554]
Points: 234 Status: Lurker | Followup to aphextriplet: #00683539



If it comes from Zone, then it should work. y copy of Cubase
SX has the problem of crashing when I want to time stretch,
but other than that, it works fine.

It IS a software sampler. The only other sampler I have is
an Ensoniq Mirage, which is a completely different kettle of
fish.

My favourite uses for it are usually getting samples from
the internet, usually a file containing a classic synth,
like the Moog, played in one note with different settings. I
then loop the sound, which takes a bit of getting used to,
then map it over the keyboard, then play around with the
filters.

If you have Kontakt you can time stretch the notes, just by
pressing a button, so that all the notes come out in the
same length. This is handy, but not particularily important,
at least to my ears.

And it doesn't help at all when sampling vocals, ie. they
still sound like chipmunks when they're raised a tome or
more.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-04 12:01 [#00683563]
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i get broadband in 2 months. Then i'll download until im
content. Im gonna just buy cubase sx, its the most important
piece of software i'll use, so i might as well make sure i
get the real thing. The version i got to work had loads of
functions missing, and just crashed like all the time, and
it sent my poor soundcard mad. Managed to record some of the
mad crackles it made though. muhuhahaha


 

offline Nameless on 2003-05-04 12:23 [#00683579]
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manged to get it off soulseek...

it asks me for disk 2 in the setup....

back to square one



 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2003-05-04 12:49 [#00683603]
Points: 2659 Status: Lurker



If you can't find it on Kazaa, you were not supposed to get
it. It just wasn't meant to be. You + Halion = not true. If
Halion was a disease that killed everyone on earth, you
would survive. You get the point (and that's also all you
get).

-P


 


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