I usually use mod wheel as a fade in- fade out function on my M-Audio Axiom keyboard when using Garritan Orchestral instruments. I didn’t need to assign the mod Wheel to this function, it just works that way. But in Halion it doesn’t work at all.
I can’t find any solution to this. Has it to do with the vst itself or is it a setting? I’m very much a beginner when it comes to midi. Maybe there is a simple solution to this?
Thanks in advance for any help on this!
Hey there - by “fade” I’ll presume you mean “controlling the VSTi main volume” with the ModWheel. If you mean some other “fade in” function specifically, that’s a different story. So, to “fade” you’d just have it a 0 and move it up while playing to increase the volume, right?
In general, yes, there’s a simple solution and that’s to assign CC1 (ModWheel) to the parameter you want to control (modulate) in your plugin. HALion is a beast, and can do amazing things, but along with the capabilities are the complexities. You could potentially have multiple places where you want to control volume, but I’ve pulled up a single instrument instance of Anima. The top arrow below is pointing the the “Level” in the Amp section - this controls the volume of the instrument. You’ll note “Level” in the “Light Pad” waveform selection controls the “level” of the wavetable. I chose this example to show you that as a beginner with MIDI, HALion could make it complicated - the overall instrument view here is called a “Macro,” and that “Level” button I’m pointing at actually controls a different control in the advanced section of HALion.
Maybe cutting your teeth on a more simple VSTi would make it easier, but all I did was right-click on the Level control and went down to Learn CC, and moved my ModWheel. That assigned the ModWheel to that parameter, and I could control the volume (i.e. “fade”) that way. There are other ways to approach this, but that’s the general start. Quick Controls is another way you could do this, using either Track Quick Controls and VST Quick Controls. I’d pull up YouTube and search for Cubase Quick Controls to see what’s out there. “One Man and His Songs” does a great job in my opinion, and doesn’t throw a bunch of hype at you. Solid information IMO. I hope that helped some 
With MIDI it is always up to the instrument that generates the sound to determine what to do with any MIDI data that it receives.
If the mod wheel parameter (usually MIDI CC 1) works on your favourite instruments the way you want it, then this is good fortune on your side. Other instruments might react differently when receiving MIDI CC 1. As @Thor.HOG showed in Halion you can usually assign what MIDI CC1 is supposed to control.
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Thanks a lot! It worked perfectly
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