Until Februari 19 HALion 6 and HALion Sonic 3 are available at the Steinberg webshop for 50% of their full price. You can get this price by using the code: VALENTINE2018 at the check-out.

For me this is 175 euro for the full version of HALion 6, and thus simply a no-brainer. I was always interested in this Synth/Sampler/Rompler with it's deep programmable possibilities, but found the price a bit steep for my budget. So, as you all guessed, for me it was an instant buy.

HALion 6 is a very extensive beast, that comes with with a massive (27Gb) amount of presets, samples and more. HALion 6 is comparable with UVI Falcon, but in my opinion is a bit more easy and better programmable (although not everybody will agree with that of course).

HALion Sonic 3 has the same set as HALion 6, but is more limited in it's features. For instance - you cannot  import your own samples like in HALion 6, and you cannot program complete new synths. However - If you do not want to develop synths or sound sets yourself, then HALion Sonic 3 is a lot of stuff for not a lot of money.

Oh - and you do NOT need a hardware dongle for HALion 6 or HALion Sonic 3 (although it is convenient to use one, if you switch between computers often).

For more information take a look here: https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/vst/halion_and_halion_sonic/start.html
You can switch tabs to learn more of those two separately.

I hope this is of help for anybody that was/is on the fence of buying this beast.

JClosed
Until March 19 HALion 6 and HALion Sonic 3 are available at the Steinberg webshop for 50% of their full price.

Thanks for the info.  But the closing date is Februrary 19 (not March 19).
 
See https://www.steinberg.net...t_sub=Valentines%20Day

Ouch! You are completely right. My bad - I have changed the title and content of the post.
 
I also noticed this deal was also mentioned in the "Deals" section of the forum, duh..
It seems I did not have my brightest moment when I placed this post (to put it mildly)...

At half price, HALion 6 is a great deal.
Covers a lot of ground as both a synth and sampler (including custom scripting).