HALion Sonic: free instrument plugin by Steinberg
Free workstation player from Steinberg with a starter set of sounds.
Opens Steinberg's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your keys and melodies
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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HALion Sonic FAQ
Is HALion Sonic free?
Yes. HALion Sonic is a free instrument plugin from Steinberg. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is HALion Sonic good for?
Free workstation player from Steinberg with a starter set of sounds.
What are the best alternatives to HALion Sonic?
Other free instrument plugins worth trying are Spitfire LABS, Komplete Start and Decent Sampler. See the full ranked list of free instrument plugins.