I had Halion 6 (part of Absolute 5)
My products page show it Absolute 6. So what is the current version of Absolute version on my PC?
Now after upgrade to cubase 12, i see Halion 7 and Halion 6 on my PC.
Halion 7
Halion 6
Halion 6 had advanced editing options but Halion 7 don’t have that advanced editing…
No, it’s Halion 6 and Halion Sonic 7. Not the same name, not the program.
Halion Sonic 7 is included with Cubase.
Halion 7 is included with Absolute 6.
Did you update to Absolute 6? If so, you should have Halion 7.
Steinberg has confusing naming systems that are hard to keep track of.
Thanks for the info.
I purchased Absolute 5 in the past. On the 1st picture you can see it.
But in my products section (2nd picutre) it tell I have Absolute 6, am not sure if that got automatically updated to 6 when i upgraded to Cubase 12.
Cubase and Absolute are separate programs and need to be purchased separately.
Have you checked in the library manager to see exactly what you have?
You can check what you have against what’s listed here:
Maybe it’s something with the licensing. Does Absolute run without you having to use the dongle?
If you click on the “Absolute 6” expand arrow in the Steinberg Activation Manager, which products do you see included?
I have the suspicion that even though you have Absolute 5, some of the included instruments could have been updated to the new licensing scheme, without the dongle I mean. So, that’s why you see an Absolute 6 entry at all. But Halion 7 is included in Absolute 6. So, you would have to update from Absolute 5 to Absolute 6 if you wanted HALion7 (the full version) to show up.
That’s just my guess.
I don’t have an ‘expand arrow’ in the Activation manager. For me, it just shows that Absolute 6 is activated with an option to deactivate it.
For tmat: I think that if you didn’t pay to get the Absolute 6 update, you probably don’t have it.
From your pictures, it looks like they might have switched all Absolute users to the new licensing without making an announcement.
If that isn’t the case, you probably should contact Steinberg to get it straightened out.
@tmat , is there a chance you received a grace period update to Absolute 6?
If he did, then Halion 7 should show - not 6.
Unless it’s not activated? I’m really not sure on this one … backing out now 
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Somehow, you have upgraded to Absolute 6 - perhaps via a grace period update. Your Absolute 6 licence entitles you to download and use HALion 7.
Thanks all for the valuable feedback and insight.
I never knew about grace period updates available in Steinberg, but based on your comments, I looked for it on the website and I see Steinberg gave me grace period upgrade to Absolute 6 and Cubase 13 pro.
Then it’s download time!
I guess we should have asked you when you got them.
That would have sorted it out.
But yes - time to update, download and activate.
