HALion 6 Studio Strings high pitch noice in playback

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#1

Hi everyone,

Just downloaded HALion 6 and after recording its Studio Strings and Hot Brass in CB 9.5 Pro some instruments have a very high ear piercing frequency (noise) during the playback. I can preview those instruments in Media Bay and record fine but the playback is impossible to listen to due to high pitch noise. It happens on about 50% of all instruments in those 2 libraries. After the playback is finished I try to play the instrument without recording anything to see if that high pitch noise goes away. It does not. I need to delete a track and create a new one to start fresh. When I press the keyboard key very softly the ear piercing noise is very pronounced with an instrument barely audible. The harder I press the key the less pronounced the noise is. I’d appreciate any help you may be able to offer and thank you for your time.

#2

It seems Halion is making that high pitched noise in playback if the control room is disabled. When I enabled the control room there is no more high pitch noise in playback. Enabling the control room presented me with another problem. I can no longer preview the instruments in the Media Bay. If I want to hear the metronome click I can not hear the instruments in Media Bay, or vice versa by switching the output routing. Would appreciate thoughts on how to fix this.

#3

Can you provide more details? What presets are you using in Halion and how are you using them as a project? Instrument track? Any effects plugins or sends?

#4

Just factory presets, no other plug ins. It seems that high pitch noise in playback is gone only if CR is enabled. When the CR is turned on I have to compromise on either hearing the metronome click or hear the sounds preview in the Media Bay. So far I can’t figure out how to hear both. It doesn’t effect any other VST instrument, only Halion 6 and Halion Sonic 3. HS 2 didn’t have this problem. Thanks for trying to figure this out.
Stay well.

#5

Just to add, I use instrument track, no sends.

#6

Can you give me a few examples of the presets that give the high pitched noise? I’ll check on my side.

#7

Yes, for HS3 Studio Strings - Winter’s Tale - when playing single notes everything is normal, if playing chords the high pitched noise is in Winter’s Tale. Golden Days anyway I play, Sand Dunes anyway I play, Violin Case anyway I play and bunch others. In Hot Brass - Turn me On, Swell on Demand, Puppet Show, Epic Swell, etc. These are just a few samples. It’s not every sound but it’s about 30-50% of them. Like I wrote earlier the noise goes away only if I enable the CR and select my interface in Audio Device and Device Port tabs. But I can’t hear the metronome click in this set up. I have to switch to “outputs” tab in CR if I want to hear the metronome click but then the high pitch noise returns. Thanks for checking into this rlared.