Scaler 2.9 is a game-changer in many areas, from essential harmony to complex chord changes, voicings, and genres. There isn't much it can't do. It's time to revisit all the jazz re-harmonizing possibilities I had forgotten or never knew. :)

One surprising and interesting application of Scaler 2 has been letting it control Drums. I route Scaler 2 into a synthesizer VST with a drum kit mapped to the keys, and then explore Scaler's Performance modes. I've had some radically inventive and catchy rhythms drop out of it! It's really flexible too, as you tweak drum sounds in your synth, change performance modes, performance playback settings, etc. Try different chords for different hits!

Hey thanks for this! There's been so many update to the product, that I lost track when I was not using it regularly. Much appreciated for all you do!

No matter your level of musicianship or theory, this seems like an amazing tool and something to keep yourself from getting trapped in a box and keep the creative blood flowing consistently.

I got this years a long time ago. Many failed attempts. Maybe I can finally learn it.🥰

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone! ❤💯🙏

Glad to see you're still uploading videos, and supporting the community.

Hi👋 & Thank you so much. Today, I will be using Scaler 2 to help with songwriters block. The last few days, I have had zero inclination and wherewithal to be creative. Absolute apathy. In order to be consistent and deliver results to the productions that hire me to provide scores, soundtracks, and songs, I MUST force myself to a creative, inspired space. Based on this video and others, I am looking forward to what develops. I plan on Scaler 2 providing a spark for me to layer and adjust and add on to using Movie Themes and straight chords and progressions to further build into my own design. Thanks again so very much.

Such a powerful plugin. I'm really glad to have this particular video, because i lost touch with Scaler since it was first released and i've missed all the updates and i need to start my learning curve from scratch. So, perfect video for me! Thanks

Doing the lords work these people. Please keep engaged and moving and updating. So amazing.

Always a blast to see you in your comfort zone and talk about a great product, thank you Davide.

I always had a very basic understanding of theory, This software helps to connect so many dots. Ands it helps introducing new concepts (for me) in a way that is easy to understand and you can apply it directly ! This software almost feels like i'm cheating ;)

Thanks so much for the revised guide. I really had a hard time with the original tutorial and always had to wing it when using the software.

best video yet about Scaler

Around 2 weeks ago I spent about $1000 on different vsts. Scaler 2, scaler EQ and piano colors are the only things I bought that I don’t regret.

I just purchased the complete training course yesterday, but this is a great intro to that course. Thanks!

This was well needed, will check it out after being scared away by its complexity )

Thanks refeshing my understanding of scaler....greetz from amsterdam

Scaler has the best instructional videos! Thanks.

This is amazing. Thanks for breaking it down for us!

So Cool! Thanks!😎

Thank you for this one.

Very Good And To The Point Tutorial!!!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!

Thanks for the review. Nice to explore modes with.

You earned my follow. Because you’re the best I’ve seen on explaining this vst

Started with the iPad version (love it) and just bought the DAW version - easy transition to a top plugin in any category!

Really cool, helped me understand better.

Well, this is the video I've been waiting for since I purchased Scaler2! Thank you so much, it helped a LOT

This is such a lovely tool.

Mind blowing, I didn’t know this tool is so powerful. Thank you!

Superb software.

Great app. Thanks for the breakdown!

Great tutorial there, really easy to follow along and very informative. Thank you

Very helpful video

Thank you David it is always good to revisit the application I thank you for providing this tutorial. We all have different teaching styles and learning styles as well and maybe this time around I will catch something I missed. Thank you

Thank you very much.Very interesting and great tool for making music.

David..a really great tutorial to launch folks in a new realm of creativety🙏🏿🙏🎶👍

This VST, the Cognitone Synfire Pro 2 VST, any of Madrona Labs VSTs, the u-he Zebra Legacy and ACE VSTs, and the MeldaProduction MDrummer VST = Never a possibility of running out of creative ideas.

Awesome tool indeed. But so extensive in it's vast features. Would be great to learn more about different workflows to find my own favourite one.

This will be a great starting point for my songs! I purchased the Scaler 2 Training Course from Plugin Boutique a while ago; and I really need to delve into it! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial video David! 🙂

✨✨✨Thank you, Sir, 🙏🌺😇✨✨✨, I m 1 of urs fans, Sir

Thank you! Just got my copy a couple days ago and the more I use it, the more impressed I am!

We're always excited for more content from you lot. Great plugin, I wonder what an AI integration would feel/look like going into 202____. Cheers

Love scaler. Needs a master class 😂

Truly a marvel! Thank you!

This is a great video mate. Just got this piece of software and absolutely loving it

I would love to see more on this vst

Excellent - exactly what new Scaler 2 users are looking for! BTW - I’m promoting your Scaler course with a YT short on my channel.

Bottom line… Scaler is the best vst I’ve ever purchased.

Really appreciate your videos explaing how to use this great plugin. Thank you!

Any update on creating custom guitar tunings and having Scaler adapt the chords and scales to how the strings are tuned? That would be pretty amazing.

The performance features in Scaler are next level. Slaved to a sequencer like Stepic you can make some amazingly complex semi-generative music. It would be nice to have another layer or two of randomization inside of the performance menus though and the chord playback duration settings are a bit challenging to work with. Maybe I just haven't fully figured them out but it seems like they don't quantize to the timing options properly. Perhaps a graphic that showed where the notes fell in a measure as you were setting the chord duration would make it clearer what was going on. Sounds like a lot of work to actually pull off...

Many people don't understand Scaler 2 and find it too complicated. Just what the different areas do and how you can use them is not so easy to understand. Perhaps we need more videos like this one, which explains Scaler 2 in a practical and simple way.

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Of course, the Drag feature in Scaler 2's MIDI Capture only exists in the PC and Mac versions and not on the iPad version, due to the inability to drag and drop from one app to another on an iPad.

Scaler is an amazing plugin. Hopefully the third installment adds a play in key function to help create melodies faster.

This is a fantastic tool👍🏽👍🏽. Can this be used in a live performance where things are triggered on the fly?

I should have watched this earlier.

Ready made chord progressions would be perfect for the slow and lively country songs that I love. :)

Love your products but fully thought this was John Oliver running the demo from just the thumbnail 😆

Those videos are incredible. But is there a full user manuel than be read onlien or offline?

Great thank you... With Scaler 2, I can create automatic chords, arpegs, etc. of my previous compositions. How can I find or make chords? Can you make a video on this subject? Thank you..🙏👏👏👏

WHat this video showed me is knowing music theory is your best friend.

Great guide, I got scaler through plugin boutique, does the course automatically come with it ?

hi, thanks for a very good explanation of Scaler2, and since I play music with a quarter-tone scaler (oriental Scaler - middle east - arbic), I wonder if it is possible to add my own Scaler? Is it possible to add your own rhythms? Thanks for the answer.

I really love scaler and I use it a lot. But I do miss one thing: A real song builder section D like you have e.g. in software like ezkeys with a real optical representation of the chord lenght. In the C section of scaler it is possible to build several song parts, but to edit those chords in the edit menu without any visual change of the chord squares is not as intuitive as it could be. You alsways have to open up the edit area instead of just streching the chord to the right lenght in your track. I know, it is possible to do this into your DAW, but then you have to work in two different places. Thats no critic of scaler, its just a suggestion for further improvement.

This is amazing plugin but.... When can we expect an update.. Or version 3? Bit more options in randomization

Hello and so many thanks for Scaler 2.Is there any chance to add the 5/8 or 7/8 or 9/8 more tempo signatures?Thank you again!

Thank for sharing this. I have a question please. Why my keyboard does not play or sounds with scaler 2? I can not hear a sound when I play my keyboard in scaler 2 in Logic Pro x.

Hey David, any chance of Scaler adopting smart VOICE LEADING? Somebody's got to do it first. Seems like that should be a thing available in a world with the logic of doing so in Cubase Chord Pads for some time now, and AI popping up in every tool. Imagine building progressions where the next chord possibilities aren't just ranked by cadence or some logic, but after you decide to consider one, also then ranked by voice leading 'smoothness' using every (reasonably) possible arrangement of chord tones, including all the basics like drop 2, etc. and doing things like separating dissonant chord tones distantly and maybe even some toggles to tweak that and other "rules" on and off. Those at the top would sound sweet, and progress downward to greater movement between chord tones. Now when I want to go from the IIIm7 to the VI7 I get a list of choices for the voice leading to use and I can easily audition each one in context, maybe with a "play "x" chords then new chord" option for me to set how many chords in the progression to use in the audition before the new chord. I'd pay a hefty upgrade fee for a really intelligent voice leading capability in Scaler 3, to me that's the final frontier other than entirely AI generated progressions or suggested progressions from any point onward in what you've already built. Also have some ideas for a new type of step sequencer if you guys have ever considered getting into that space with a tool.

They actually thinking.

How does the sync with Daw button work? What does it sync?

Where is Voice Grouping in the iPad version?A video specific to the iPad version would be appreciated. Thanks!

Really great! Very interested on this plugin. Do you know if that mode which "locks" us in a specific scale works while we play in a MIDI controler? And, do you have an affiliate link?

Are 3rd parties able to make melody, bass or rhythm midi inside Scaler? being able to import melodies or bass midi inside would be great.

Please could you make a standalone version and the ability to record ideas, without a DAW?

A very good product except difficulty looking at grayed text on gray background. Any alternative skins available? Regards.

Just a amazing plugin and after a tour going through many vst years later I come back to use scaler 2 :-) My DAW has a hissing sound kind of like the ocean and wind when i load this, anyone have a idea what the problem could be? I want to study scaler 2 the next weeks and get creative.

love the product, there seems to be an annoying glitch recently though where when I drop chords into the daw from the program it changes the tempo to 120 every time, even though the tempo in project is set different? any advise?

can you do some hard testing with different DAW . scaler is giving ppl crashes... if i highlight a set of chords and drag them out to single track multichannel in reaper it crashes 100 percent of the time. I saw it crashing Ableton on someone i know yesterday a bunch of times too. The Drag button seems to still work fine. I would test some things. Thanks.

I have trouble using live playing along with my melody or holding bars on chord as I need. So I got stuck on this and tried Ezkeys. Do you have any videos showing how to do it?

I was enthused about Scaler and went to the App Store on my Mac to buy it It appears that it is only available for iPad? I’m guessing the Logic screens are from Logic for iPad I’m not sure?

Question: when I drag my pattern into my DAW, it always plays when I play back at the beginning of the track even when I place it in a later section of my song. It also imports a a different tempo. Do you know what could be the cause of this? Thanks!

How to make chords play 4 bars in DAW sync mode? When I go to settings and set it to 4 bars and press play on playlist (FL STUDIO) it plays ok, as suppose to, 1 chords - 4 bars. But when I use scaler with en external plugin it only plays 2 chords when set to 4 bars? What am I doing wrong?

I don't know music theory. Does this require key playing?

The MIDI Capture feature doesn't seem to be able capture CC64 (sustain pedal) messages going through Scaler. At least I haven't been able to do so.

I'm sorry, I must be missing something, I followed the "Complete Playlist" link. I don't see a video on how to use 3rd party instruments, what is it called?

Scaler 2 makes the pitch drops a half step of the instrument I’m using. If I turn off Scaler, the pitch goes up again. Anyone know how to fix this?

11:12 "performances are fantastic, because it just plays your chords" This is not true for complex chords, and it is such a shame! That performances does not follow the selected chord is the thing that hold Scaler back for me. It seems to only follow the basic triad, and if you have a complex chord it sometimes even goes outside the chord notes. This is such a shame, I really wish performances would just follow the scale degrees of the chord, that would be so much more useful. I really hope they'll fix this in future updates!

I purchased Scler 2 when it first entered the market. I've switched computers since then and downloaded to my new computer. However, before I was able to DL the software it made me choose a new password. when I opened this software in Logic it gave me 3 choices. The only viable choice was to purchase a license even though I had one originally. If I can't get this to work . I think I'll be ok because Logic offer similar functionality, but truly disappointed in this product's handling with customer support.

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I wish scaler would improve their sequencer to make it more creative than mathematical. This would improve chord progression sequences. Most Scaler progressions sound the same. The way the duration is set in the playback timing is so horrible. You choose between x1 , x 0, 75, x0,5 , etc. This is not even visually intuitive. All they need is a simple pattern like Klimper. Or sequence generator for the chord progression like RapiComposer. Then Scaler will win the competition against Captain Chords. Where can one submit a feature request ?????

this is good, but the best option will always be just to learn piano

Raise the price of Scaler by $5. Then throw is the full instruction course for free. IMHO.

I never use this plugin. Too unintuitive. I press each item in the upper menu and think "What does this do?" instead of knowing. That is where Scaler 2 is not quick for me. Chord Pads in Cubase is more for my limited brain. Much easier to create different chords and it has a melody mode with different phrases you select from presets which is easier.

This is still presuming that the beginner to Scaler2, actually knows a lot. This is not helpful for me, as he interjects comments that he believes are just obvious to the listener. When he describes a process, he then will say something to the effect “ this does this….then you’ve got your blah and blah and of course that will do this and that causing the other, but we don’t need that right now so we’ll come back to it.” There is FAR TOO MUCH INFO for a beginner video. I need to know simply stated, one by one, what this app does. I’ve watched it twice, and still really don’t know how to make the chord progression, and how to put that into my fl studio play list for a tune. All the serious, incredible tricks, bells &whistles could come later. I just want to know, simply, how to put something simple together. I bought this because I am NOT a pianist. He says what it will do, but I’m not seeing step by step, what to hit to get there. This feels like lesson two, maybe THREE!

I’m a beginner and this video does Not do a good job on explaining.

You have made a wonderful application. I love Scaler 2 very much :) I ask you, will there be Turkish language support for iPads? THIS WOULD BE AMAZING...I hope Turkish language support comes for iPads as soon as possible... 🙏🙏🙏

Just a few questions... Is Scaler literally another way of creating your own chord progressions/melodies, but through your laptop? Can you use other plug-in sounds or external instruments with this? Are you able to use Scaler for beats you may sell, or is there a legal restriction, which makes you unable to sell the beat? It would be greatly appreciated if you could reply to this comment, thank you. @schoolofsynthesis