Hotfixes for HALion, HSO, HSE2, HALion Player, The Grand

Steinberg Announcements

Dear HALion and HALion based product friends!

Steinberg has today issued re-released hotfix updates for HALion Symphonic Orchestra 1.3 and HALion String Edition 2.3 as well as both the HALion Player 3.3 retail and HALion Player 3.3 OEM versions. Additionally a hotfix update of the The Grand 2.3 is also available now.

The new version updates functions within the underlying HALion 3 sampler engine shared by all these products. These include enhancements when recalling tempo settings in standalone mode, with zone display in the Key Zone Editor as well as program change functionality. The re-released updates are also fixing a problem with content location for all HALion Player-based products.

A ‘What’s New’ document accompanying the update installers lists all changes for this hotfix update.

For HALion 3 no re-release was neccessary and the version remains like it was released some days ago.

The Grand 2.3.2.459 Hotfix (*new*)
http://www.steinberg.de/433_1.html

HALion Player [OEM] 3.3.2.459 Hotfix
http://www.steinberg.de/944_1.html

HALion Player [Retail] 3.3.2.459 Hotfix
http://www.steinberg.de/431_1.html

HALion String Edition 2.3.2.459 Hotfix
http://www.steinberg.de/432_1.html

HALion Symphonic Orchestra 1.3.2.459 Hotfix
http://www.steinberg.de/934_1.html

HALion 3.3.1.456 Hotfix
http://www.steinberg.de/430_1.html

Have fun,
Your Steinberg team
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Posted by support staff @ Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH / Neuer Hoeltigbaum 22-32 / 22143 Hamburg, Germany

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eyeboyd · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:18 am Post subject:

Fantastic - all appear to be working beautifully and fast!

Two oddities:

1. When installing the updates, in each case the installer thought I had a 'more recent' version installed. I knew I didn't (already trashed the old versions) so clicked 'continue' and installation went fine.

2. Though they worked fine as stand-alones, I couldn't see any of the instruments within Cubase 4 to use as MIDI destinations, Rewire, VST instruments or instrument track options. Tearing what's left of hair out - until I made an inspection of 'VST plugins' under 'Devices/Plugin information' and pressed the magic 'Update' button. I may have missed a reference to this in the ReadMe's. It certainly worked!

If anyone can tell me why I still can't get the latest Bass Station plug in to appear, I'd be most grateful.
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wungy · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:42 am Post subject:

I think that the version numbers are confusing the installer.
My currently installed version of HSO is 3.3.0.450 and the latest update version is 1.3.2.459
I had the same problem as eyeboyd when I installed the last (bad) update I got a message saying that I was installing over a newer version of HSO.
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hkd187 · Junior Member Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

I'm trying to download the fixes for Halion and HSO, but nothing comes up. Even putting in the ftp.steinberg address manually does nothing. Is the FTP down?

AxeMan · Member Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 155

I'd be happy to download the Halion Player for my Scarbee SID XL, but since I'm no PC expert I don't know if I need the "OEM " or the "retail" version... Whistle

...what's the difference between the two?
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eyeboyd · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject:

If you bought Halion Player on it's own in a box, that's the 'retail' version. If you got it bundled with something else, that's 'OEM' .

"OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacture, and in the context of software means that a particular piece of software is intended to be shipped and used with a particular bit of hardware"
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AxeMan · Member Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 155

hmm...

...but the thing is, Halion Player came along with a piece of SOFTware (in my case Scarbee Imperial Drums).

So is it retail or OEM?
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Mauri · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

vic sponge · New Member Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 2

It says these re-released updates are also fixing a problem with content location for all HALion Player-based products. Has there been a fix for HalionOne? I've installed the latest update for Studio 4 but now Halion can't load presets. It still works when I re-install the original version, but fails again when I re-install the update again (in fact it crashes the whole program). THere seem to be updates for all Halion-based versions except HalionOne!

Mauri · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:23 am Post subject:

vic sponge · New Member Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 2

Thank you Mauri. I found I also had problems with a number of os x programs (address book, mail, safari etc etc), which needed me to completely reinstall os x (hence the delay in this reply). Once i'd done that and eventually reloaded all my applications including Studio 4, the HalionOne problem had resolved itself. To my relief. But thanks for taking the time to reply.

Mauri · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:55 am Post subject:

You're welcome, and I'm glad you sorted the problem.

Cheers Cool

systemic · Junior Member Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 87

I seem to be having the same problem as an earlier poster. I get a 404 error on any of the links to download the updates.

systemic · Junior Member Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 87

Still getting a 404 when I try to download. Is anyone else having this problem?

Kubaez · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject:

It's on the ftp server now. Go through "Steinberg -- Support -- Legacy Products ----> FTP Server -- Download -- xxxxx [your product].

mpayne0 · Member Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 802 Location: NYC

I don't get this. My HSO is version 1.0.

The VST is version 3.2.1.1387.

The installer on the FTP is version 1.5xx, and indicates that my version already installed is newer.

Question

Is there really an update for HSO, because it really does not work.
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AKR · Guest

All of those links show a 404 because the forum is cutting out part of the URL. When it shortens the URL, it should be a "..." but instead, it's underscored and cuts it out. I had to google to get to the actual links.

Edit: I did the install and I still get the same stupid "missing samples" message. I'm done messing with this crap. I have never seen such a messy installation.