Your Next Best VST Instrument Is Sitting on Your Desk!

Описание: Every sound in the opening track of this video came from something ordinary: a flute I printed myself, a glass, my electric razor, and a two-note harp loop. No boutique library, no special microphone.

In this video I open up all four patches and show exactly how each one was built in HALion 7.5, using the Spectral Zone, real-time Decompose and the new Spectral Snapshots. Then I score an AI-generated cyberpunk short film with a mix of stock libraries and instruments I made myself — including one built from my dishwasher — and finish by mapping harmonic layers to a fader so the sound design happens while you play, not before.

If you've ever felt like your music sounds like everybody else's because you're loading the same libraries as everybody else, this one is for you.

📌 This video is sponsored by Steinberg. The sounds, the patches and the opinions are my own.

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⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
02:14 Two ways to use HALion
03:37 Patch 1: a 3D-printed flute
06:30 Patch 2: one hit on a glass
08:08 Real-time Decompose, explained
10:20 Patch 3: my electric razor becomes weather
12:48 Patch 4: a harp loop and Spectral Snapshots
16:36 Scoring an cyberpunk film
19:10 A string ostinato trick I use constantly
19:45 I sampled my dishwasher
21:33 MIDI learn: shaping the sound as you play
23:12 Outro

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🎹 TRY IT YOURSELF

HALion has a 30-day trial, no obligation. One thing worth knowing: the clock starts the moment you request the trial on the website, not when you install it — so don't request it and then forget about it for two weeks.

HALion trial → https://www.steinberg.net/vst-instrum...
HALion 7.5 → https://www.steinberg.net/vst-instrum...

HALion turns 25 this year, and Steinberg has it at 60% off until 24 August. Several other instruments I used here are discounted too:

Etude Piano → https://www.steinberg.net/vst-instrum...
Iconica Ensemble → https://www.steinberg.net/vst-instrum...

These are not affiliate links. I don't get a cut of anything you buy — I'm pointing at them because I use them.

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💬 YOUR TURN

Build something out of a glass, a razor, or whatever is on your desk right now — then drop it in the comments, or send me the whole composition. I genuinely want to hear it.

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Project file + MIDI used in this video avaliable here: https://buymeacoffee.com/kamilrzeczko...

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