Is anyone experiencing the same issues loading Halion 7 into a standalone VST host like Unify or Patchwork and it won’t boot?
I own Halion Sonic 3 and I installed Halion Sonic 7 that looks to (only) be somekind of free software. After installing this reader Halion Sonic 7 I cannot anymore run my Halion Sonic 3.
What is this ? Did I loose my full Halion Sonic 3 software and related libraries ?
Is there any upgrade plan from Halion Sonic 3 to Halion Sonic 7 ?
Should I uninstall Halion Sonic 7 and re-install Halion Sonic 3 ?
There is no information about consequences of installing Halion Sonic 7.
Some improvement on your side is expected !
Looking for help on this.
Thanks
Halion Sonic 7 fully replaces Halion Sonic 3 and Halion Sonic SE 3, and is compatible with your existing libraries. Please make sure to request a free license from here if you haven’t:
If you have the full paid version of Halion Sonic 3, you can also purchase an upgrade to the “Halion Sonic 7 Collection”. This will add FM Lab and Tales to your list of available libraries.
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I own Halion Sonic 2, it ran fine with Cubase 12. Then I used the offer from Steinberg to download and installed Halion Sonic 7 and Colors Free. All of my instruments in Halion Sonic 2 dissappeared, Haliotron (Mellotron), Hammond emulation etc. Each time I start Cubase12 now I get eleven messages about missing VST Sound Library components missing, typical:
“C:\ProgramData\Steinberg\Content\VST Sound\FCP_SMT_123_HS_Synth_Bass_Presets_01.vstsound”
Anyone experienced something similar?
Best wishes
Anders
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recently upgraded to artist to get pad shop and retro, get similar errors when opening cubase although the sounds seem to be there and library manager seems happy
Hi, I recently wrote the following thread for Cubase 12 Pro plus HALion 7 Collection. I ran into similar problem getting missing library infos at startup. The “Collection” library and the SE libraries contain different content and must be installed separately. Maybe you have a look. May it help…
And yet, despite it sounding so good and having great flexibility, Steinberg - yet again - undermine a brilliant product by having the ergonomics of a third-rate product with an interface apparently designed by a yr2 undergraduate wearing beer-goggle glasses.
This GUI is, much like Cubase’s, almost entirely unable to make good use of the (availability of much-improved) screen real estate, leaving users squinting at their screens, like an adolescent male with too many crunchy socks to the side of his bedroom studio!
Tiny fonts, minuscule buttons, squished lists, overly-dark UI, poor scalability, a display crammed full of barely discernible text … all in support of a complex and very deep instrument, with only a scant nod to user configurability.
I do wonder why the developers are not listening to the Steinberg user community and how they’ve not yet recognised why Steinberg’s competitors (who were once unestablished new-entrants) are stealing a lead with far inferior product.
It’s all down to usability, guys!!!
Make readily-accessible software that people with normal eyesight can actually ‘see’ and you’ll attract (new, previous and casual) users in their droves.
The Betamax vs VHS debacle of the Eighties is a well-understood exercise in engineering versus design that clearly demonstrated how superior products by established industry stalwarts can fail to dominate a marketplace. People will pay for what they can (and want to) use, not necessarily what’s (well hidden) under the bonnet.
Regardless, Steinberg still appears to believe it can buck this oft-repeated mistake, establishing a new trend of people willing to embrace technological excellence underpinned by inaccessible complexity, with more important and relevant features unnecessarily compromised and implemented when the market has moved on!
Has Steinberg ever engaged in (or listened to) any usability testing at all!? It certainly doesn’t appear so with this release.
I don’t have the patience or mindset these days to employ software - any software - which makes me work hard to use it. There really is no excuse.
What a(nother) huge missed opportunity and something of a disappointment.
I’ll pass … yet again!
Guess that’s the natural end to this thread. 
Please don’t hesitate to start a new topic for you questions, comments and complaints.