Cornucopia for HALion 6 released - video experiments inside
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Cornucopia for HALion 6 released - video experiments inside
Here are some first live-on-video- experiments, re-synthesizing/wavetabling some samples, experimenting with the different modes, WT spread, detuning, speed, formant modulation and so forth - for re-synthesis and wavetabling I do think HALion 6 is a game changer, the sound quality and possibility to combine waveforms from different samples in one wavetable just via drag&drop is highly intuitive and will result in an abundance of new, interesting sounds...
Resynthesis - Piano String played with a pencil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mejcpr5EZl8
Resynthesis - Vocal phrase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSJH2QMRCQ
Resynthesis - Piano String played with a pencil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mejcpr5EZl8
Resynthesis - Vocal phrase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSJH2QMRCQ
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Thank you!! 
Are you really Simon Stockhausen, btw?

Are you really Simon Stockhausen, btw?
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Well there is only one other Simon Stockhausen I know of, that was my granddad an he died in world war 2, so it must be meSqueekSqueek wrote:Thank you!!
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
More video experiments - wavetable pad made in HALion 6, using two wavetables I extracted/re-synthesized from electronic textures made for my Iris subscription, laying out some chords, tweaking the modulation wheel and 3 assigned Macros on the fly.
The whole wave-tabling thing can get pretty CPU-intense, problem for me in LogicX: there is no multi-core support in HALion 6, at least not in the AU version of the plugin so everything runs on 1 core. And why the didn't add more polyphonic LFOs and some new filter models in HALion 6 is beyond me, well, I'll keep on begging...
But the artifact-freeness of the re-synthesis is simply amazing - I spent weeks of my life removing faulty waveforms/smoothening transitions and whatnot in the Serum WT editor, unfortunately H6 uses it's own wavetable format, so the the WTs one creates in H6 can only be used in H6. But the glass is definitely more than half full in HALion 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuPemgRoMVE
The whole wave-tabling thing can get pretty CPU-intense, problem for me in LogicX: there is no multi-core support in HALion 6, at least not in the AU version of the plugin so everything runs on 1 core. And why the didn't add more polyphonic LFOs and some new filter models in HALion 6 is beyond me, well, I'll keep on begging...
But the artifact-freeness of the re-synthesis is simply amazing - I spent weeks of my life removing faulty waveforms/smoothening transitions and whatnot in the Serum WT editor, unfortunately H6 uses it's own wavetable format, so the the WTs one creates in H6 can only be used in H6. But the glass is definitely more than half full in HALion 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuPemgRoMVE
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Re-synthesized glockenspiel sequence in HALion 6 wavetable synth, using the Exponential mode for the re-synthesis limiting marker amount to 40, later dragging some of the 40 markers around to find the right waveforms. The tinkling sound in the pad also results from modulating formants with a slow random LFO. Quite beautiful...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AoUi6qViF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AoUi6qViF8
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
After learning some more about the SPECTRUM editor in H6 and how to manipulate phases and other things, here is another video experiment:
Re-synthesizing/wave-tabling a choir recording with speech and lot's of consonants, placing the markers manually, manipulating the resulting wavetable in various ways - highly experimental.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ikCFbQA-0
Re-synthesizing/wave-tabling a choir recording with speech and lot's of consonants, placing the markers manually, manipulating the resulting wavetable in various ways - highly experimental.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ikCFbQA-0
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Another video:
HALion 6 wavetable sound - re-synthesized/wave-tabled cello sample (flautato articulation) in two wavetable oscillators, OSC1 was edited on the Spectrum page to modify the harmonics and phases, OSC2 was left untouched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J68syaTJbr0
HALion 6 wavetable sound - re-synthesized/wave-tabled cello sample (flautato articulation) in two wavetable oscillators, OSC1 was edited on the Spectrum page to modify the harmonics and phases, OSC2 was left untouched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J68syaTJbr0
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Re-synthesizing/wave-tabling one of my Hang loops with HALion 6 resulting in a rhythmical, vocoder-like sound, tweaking things on the fly live on video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTfBlg-CpA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTfBlg-CpA
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Halion 6 wavetable bass, using a WT extracted from a synth drone. WT index can be randomized via Macros, multi-spread too - tweaking things on the fly in the video, adding filter distortion, filter envelope, applying amp envelope to WT index via the modulation wheel, tweaking the formants and stuff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MehDOMDPLPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MehDOMDPLPY
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A re-synthesized/wave-tabled euphonium swell with flutter tongue articulation (from a studio recording of one of my compositions), the wavetable markers are synced to host tempo, a tempo-synced, re-triggering LFO (ramp up) modulates various things like formants/filter cutoff/detune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8Lh5cEEW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8Lh5cEEW4
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Re-syntheszing/wave-tabling a speech recording (2 words -> my wife Andrea->actress) from a recent project with Halion 6, tweaking things on the fly live on video, laying out some chords, getting lost...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqDwXRMV3lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqDwXRMV3lo
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
great work Simon
don´t know which are the 3 best - so every of those are on the 1stplace
are there coming more or are you starting now a new patchpool-Lib for HALion6?
don´t know which are the 3 best - so every of those are on the 1stplace

are there coming more or are you starting now a new patchpool-Lib for HALion6?
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Thanks - as soon as I have some spare time again, there will be more videos and maybe a tutorial or two. Later this year I'll definitely produce a new library for H6, until then, my two libs for H5 will doThe Sarge wrote:great work Simon
don´t know which are the 3 best - so every of those are on the 1stplace
are there coming more or are you starting now a new patchpool-Lib for HALion6?

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Tutorial would be great too, especially because Steinberg didn´t one till now and wouldn´t?!
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Live on video: re-synthesizing/wave-tabling male overtone singing from my Alchemy library MetaVox in Halion 6, trying various re-synthesis modes, tweaking things on the fly, editing the harmonics in the spectrum editor, manipulating the phases. I'm very impressed by the results I must say...
The only thing I'm really missing are some phase distortion modes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ApV9ioqf4
The only thing I'm really missing are some phase distortion modes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ApV9ioqf4
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Very nice.
Thank you, Simon!
Thank you, Simon!

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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Re-synthesizing/wave-tabling a trill texture played on my soprano sax with HALion 6, applying LFO modulation to formant shift, tweaking things on the fly. It's recommended to experiment with the Window Type depending on the source one is re-synthesizing, for this sound the Blackman setting produced the smoothest results, as the "air" included in the sax sample wasn't so pronounced (resulting in high frequency partials which sounded rather synthetic).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xliqyfhilG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xliqyfhilG0
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Today was the time to learn the Macro interface design in Halion 6, the learning curve was a bit steep but after a while I got the hang of it.
A custom Halion 6 pad sound with a custom Macro interface with 12 Macros and 2 wavetable displays, the two wavetables involved where extracted from re-synthesized speech samples.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj_fGqPxwY
A custom Halion 6 pad sound with a custom Macro interface with 12 Macros and 2 wavetable displays, the two wavetables involved where extracted from re-synthesized speech samples.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj_fGqPxwY
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Anybody here interested in an annual subscription for HALion 6 sounds? Please take a minute and cast your vote in this poll on my KVR patchpool forum.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 0&t=480883
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 0&t=480883
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Demo for a fresh Halion 6 patches which combines a re-synthesized/wave-tabled piano string sound with multi-sampled, granular piano strings - (piano strings hit with a pencil, sequence of irregular repetitions on each string) - this patch has a custom Macro interface, the Macros and the modulation wheel were automated in LogicX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Z9urkKA_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Z9urkKA_0
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
On a slightly different, yet related note:
Audio-morphing some Tuva throat singing from my Alchemy library MetaVox with one of my Halion 6 pads using Zynaptiq Morph 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTtXwYpnUM
Audio-morphing some Tuva throat singing from my Alchemy library MetaVox with one of my Halion 6 pads using Zynaptiq Morph 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTtXwYpnUM
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I just made this little tutorial, as so many folks have asked for it, explaining the basic functions of the wavetable synth, re-synthesizing a violin and a waterphone sample.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOuTGhfU1Lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOuTGhfU1Lo
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Re: Resynthesis video experiments with HALion 6
Demo track with two instances of H6, both patches are wavetable-based - 100% H6.
https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... r-halion-6
https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... r-halion-6
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Two instances of Halion 6, one layering granular piano strings with re-synthesized/wave-tabled piano string, the other one using a wavetable extracted from a saxophone trill (single presets were also showcased in the videos above). Some Macro/modwheel/volume automation and a limiter on the master output.
https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... r-halion-6
https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... r-halion-6
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