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Education Software
This product is an Education product, designed for Teachers, Students and Academic Institutions. For a full breakdown of what our Education Software is and to check your eligibility, please see our full guide on Are you eligible for Education Software? for more information.
Build detailed sounds with HALion 7
HALion 7 sits at the centre of Absolute 7, providing a powerful platform for sampling, synthesis, instrument creation, and detailed sound editing. It gives you plenty of scope to move beyond presets and shape sounds around your production. Absolute also extends its synthesis capabilities with tools such as Carrier8, an expansion for FM Lab featuring 100 sounds created by sound designer Stéphane Garganigo. Its leads, basslines, and evolving pads put HALion’s FM engine to work on sounds geared towards contemporary pop and electronic production, while the wider collection gives you thousands of presets when you need to work quickly.
Shape drums from acoustic to experimental
Absolute 7 covers both realistic kits and more processed rhythm design. Groove Agent 6 provides a resizable beat-making environment with 47 newly sampled acoustic kit pieces, the acoustic Punch Kit, and 25 Beat Agent kits from the Colour Punch set. For more experimental work, Backbone and its Fractured expansion combine sampled analogue and digital drum machines with noises, clicks, guitar sounds, and other unusual sources. That gives you plenty of room for distorted hits, abstract textures, and energetic rhythms. Backbone also supports AI-powered drum sound design, adding another route for developing fresh percussion.
Add detailed guitars, pianos, and characterful keys
For guitar-based productions, Axe Machina captures a custom seven-string electric guitar with open and muted notes, power chords, harmonics, scrapes, fretting sounds, effects, and an auto-strum function. Etude takes a similarly detailed approach to piano, using 18GB of chromatically sampled Yamaha C3X recordings with 12 dynamic layers, four microphone positions, and adjustable resonances. You can also explore Verve’s combination of felt piano and field recordings, alongside Amped Elektra, Model C organ, and the Grand 3 piano collection. Together, these instruments cover clean, organic parts as well as more heavily textured sound design.
Score with orchestral colours and textured sounds
Absolute 7 includes a broad selection of sounds for scoring and cinematic production. The Orchestra: Colors combines strings, brass, and choir with an engine built around instantly playable, pre-orchestrated sounds, helping you sketch layered arrangements without programming every section separately. Studio Strings and Olympus Choir provide further orchestral and vocal options, while Colors LoFi Tapes takes things in a more processed direction. Vintage synthesis, orchestral layers, horns, strings, and piano are combined with tape hiss, vinyl crackle, loop noise, and a sampled vintage Echolette, giving you textured material for atmospheric cues and character-heavy productions.
Specifications
- Operating system:
- Mac: macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia, macOS Tahoe
- Windows: 64-bit Windows 10 Version 22H2 (or higher), 64-bit Windows 11 Version 24H2 (or higher)
- Format:
- Mac: VST3, AAX, AU
- Windows: VST3, AAX
- Disk space: 194GB
- Activation: Internet connection required for activation
- Product code: 1527-149