HALion 4.5 is the big Sampler and Synth workstation, the king of our VST Instruments.
I use his majesty in nearly every situation:
Importing samples, thicken them up with the HALion 4.5 synth- engine (My favorite usage)
creating new synth sounds ( I love it…)
loop player, rex player
etc. etc.
For me it is the one-shot solution in nearly every situation. I love the awesome synth- engine and I think the potential of this capacity is far away from nearly every other VST instrument.
But to be honest, Halion 4 is much more than a stutter device indeed. Maybe the actual sampleplayer is a bit unpolished still, but like Marcus said the Synth-engine is fat!
If Steinberg manages to polish the sampleplayer capabilities and add a few missing but essential features (maybe even a step further), I’ll definitly start grabbing Halion 4 more often over Kontakt 5, simply because its an allround workhorse first class.