Educational Products

Many Steinberg products are available as educational versions at a discounted price. Eligible for educational rebates are teachers, educators, currently enrolled full-time students of universities. Also currently enrolled full-time students and teachers at public and private (music) schools and the SAE Institutes are eligible.

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If you act as a teacher or on behalf of an institution you may also use this PDF form. Quantity discounts for schools and institutions are available on request. Please specify the precise number required.

What is new in HALion 6 and HALion Sonic 3

The new generations of HALion and HALion Sonic are brimming with ground-breaking new tools and stunning new instruments tailored to the discerning needs of the modern composer, producer and sound designer. While the new sound design features are exclusively available in HALion 6, the new instruments libraries can be found in both HALion and HALion Sonic. Explore the highlights of the latest versions below and soak up first impressions by watching the short feature introduction videos.

Next-generation wavetable synthesis

HALion ushers in the next generation of wavetable synthesis with an unprecedented consolidation of oscillators, envelopes and editing tools for yet unheard-of sound creations.

Macro Page Designer

Create custom user interfaces with the what-you-see-is-what-you-get Macro Page Designer. The template-based tool lets you design complete user interfaces for your sound creations conveniently via drag and drop.

HALion live-sampling

Record directly into HALion from any internal or external source and have your samples cut, mapped and ready to play in no time with the new live-sampling editor.

HALion scripting

HALion Script is powerful, fast and easy to learn. Multiply your sound design opportunities manifold with advanced instrument behaviour and custom script modules.

Library Creator

Create and export VST Sound libraries of your custom instruments for HALion and HALion Sonic, conveniently and easy with the help of the Library Creator.

What else?

Many additional improvements and features can be found in and around HALion: The new Library Manager for user libraries, AAX support, Steinberg Download Assistant, online scripting reference for HALion Script, soft eLicenser copy protection and lots more.

The Eagle Grand

The Eagle Grand piano impresses with its rich, transparent and brilliant sound suited not just for traditional classical music, but also for modern pop, rock and jazz productions.

The Raven Grand

The Raven Grand piano stands out with its compelling range of nuances, beautiful harmonic richness and a natural, precise and smooth playing feel that convinces instantly.

Hot Brass

Hot Brass is a high-energy multi-sampled brass section library with a remarkably fat, tight and authentic sound. Best suited for contemporary pop, funk, reggae and soul productions.

Studio Strings

Studio Strings delights with an out-of-the-box string ensemble sample library tailored to film scores, pop arrangements and live performances and combines great playability and vibrant sound.

Anima

Anima features two wavetable oscillators, a flexible modulation section and the powerful arpeggiator, and comes with over 300 cutting-edge synth sounds for modern electronic productions.

Skylab

Skylab combines granular synthesis with a vast sample library, filled with analog circuitry sounds and futuristic textures for deep electronic projects and thrilling cinematic scores.

HALion Combi Libary

The new Combi library uses HALion Sonic’s unique layer architecture by bringing together all kinds of acoustic instruments and synthesis patches to beautifully rich sounds and multifaceted new instrument creations.

Effects

The innovative three-band Resonator allows formant-filtering for various tonal modifications for beautiful vocal, string and brass sounds. HALion Sonic additionally inherits 8 new effects from HALion including the Vintage Compressor, Tube Saturator and many more.

Minimum System Requirements

The minimum system requirements state the minimal specification your computer must have to be able to use the software.

Mac OS X	Windows
Mac OS X version 10.9 / 10.10* / 10.11	Windows 7 / Windows 8* / Windows 10
Intel dual core CPU	Intel or AMD dual core CPU
Core Audio compatible audio hardware	Windows compatible audio hardware**
VST 3 or AU compatible host application for using as plug-in	VST 3 or VST 2 compatible host application for using as plug-in
4 GB RAM 17 GB of free HD space Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended DVD-ROM dual-layer drive USB port for USB-eLicenser (license management) USB-eLicenser (not included) Internet connection required for installation, activation, account setup and personal / product registration.