MacOSX
A complete redesign, Scaler 3 takes everything that made Scaler 2 the world's favourite music theory plugin and builds on it in ways you'd never imagined. Scaler 3 will make it easier to take new directions, solve musical puzzles, and improve your works-in-progress in completely new ways.
The long-awaited successor to the multi-award-winning Scaler 2 is finaly here!
→ Browse, Create, Arrange.
Redesigned UX/UI
Scaler 3 has been fully redesigned to remain instantly familiar to Scaler 2 users, while providing a streamlined experience for newcomers. The interface is organized into three main pages: Browse, Create, and Arrange.
Standalone App
Scaler 3 can now run as a standalone app in addition to a plugin within any DAW, offering a complete and flexible songwriting tool.
Multi-Lane Timeline
The Arrange page now includes a timeline-based layout with dedicated lanes for chords, melody, bass, and phrases. Each lane is synchronized with the main chord track, and clips are fully adjustable with independent control per lane or clip.
Explore Page
Discover a Harmonic Universe of chords untied to any specific scale. Categorized by genre and feel (e.g., Dark, Bright, Neutral), the Explore Page suggests compatible and experimental chord progressions, unlocking new paths for unique and bold harmonic structures.
Colors Page
Explore a comprehensive view of all chord voicings and harmonic alternatives in a single, unified page. Instantly access parallel and relative chords, as well as diverse voicing and substitution options, to add expressivity and creative flexibility to your compositions.
Motions
Scaler's beloved Phrases, Performances, Melodies, and Basslines are reimagined as Motions, now with mood-based tags for easier browsing. Scaler 3 introduces hundreds of new Motions crafted by professional musicians, including the all- new Passages Motion.
Note Editing & Harmonic Modifiers
A comprehensive note editing matrix allows users to customize or create new Motions. MIDI lanes can be set to follow or run independently of Chord Tracks, with new Harmonic Modifiers and Motion Controls to adjust note range, density, pitch, and clip rotation – all within the chosen scale.
Expanded Content
Scaler 3 offers a significant content expansion, including new Chord Sets, Harmonic Universes, Motions, and Scales, contributed by samplify studio and a network of top-tier artists.
Enhanced Categorization
Improved filtering and search functionality enable quick navigation across Scaler 3's content. Search by mood, energy, note count, scale, and more.
→ Scaler 3 Full Feature List
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100s of Chord Sets and Scales
categorised by mood, artist and genre. Scaler 3 greatly expands the number of chord sets and makes them easier to work with.
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Build Chord Progressions
using the sequencer and get suggestions based on your currently selected chords.
Γ£ô Play your favourite instruments with
VST/AU Plugin Hosting
, including effects too.
Γ£ô With powerful
Detection of MIDI and audio
, Scaler can determine what key and scale you're in and suggest chords that match your music.
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Standalone mode
for working on your desktop computer without needing a DAW.
Γ£ô Huge library of Motions lets you
play chords as melodies, arpeggios, basslines and strums
, and to modify them using the piano roll editor and global Note Properties..
Γ£ô Check the
Circle of Fifths
to find nearby chord substitutions and their extensions.
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Solve your modulation puzzles
in five ways: Progression, Secondary Scale, Modal Interchange, Mediants, Neo-Riemannian.
Γ£ô Experiment with
Voice Grouping
to keep your chords within a certain range or apply drop voicings, guitar voicing and more.
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50 Internal Sounds
to play your inputs, chords and progressions, or load VST/AU instrument plugins.
Γ£ô Use
Bind to Keyboard
to control chord playback with notes, for one-finger chords, arpeggios and more.
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Discover new chord expressions
– chord substitutions, inversions, variations, voicings and extensions – in the Colors page.
Γ£ô Line up seven progressions with different motions to compare in the
Sketch Pad page
.
Supported Operation System:
macOS 10.14 or later
Apple Silicon or Intel Core processor
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