Current Version

2.9.0

Content & Playback

• 8 new Arpeggio Patterns (Converge, Diverge, Converge/Diverge, Thumbs Up, Thumbs Up/Down, Pinky Up, Pinky Up/Down, Spanish Tremolo)
• 22 New Song Chordsets (Celtic, Chill, Country, Alternative, Progressive Rock)
• 13 new Bass Expressions in the new Triplet Bass category
• “Progressive” Chordsets category renamed to “Progressive House”

New Live Suggest mode

• Generate chords compatible with your progression based on your currently played chord. Suggestions update in realtime per chord.

New ‘Passages’ Articulation

• 7 New ‘Passages’’ that add movements to chord progressions. Key-switches allow switching passages whilst performing.

New Guitar Features

• Left-handed representation for Fretboard and Chord Chart display

Other Improvements

• Improved automatic chord detection
• General bug fixes and DAW compatibility
• Re-introduced ‘Slap bass’ Internal sound missing in Scaler 2.8

2.8.1

Improvements

• Fixed Modal Interchange chord naming.
• Fixed Japanese scales grouping.
• Prevent host from losing plugin state when changing sample rate.
• Overall performance and stability.

2.8.0

Content

• 66 Song Chordsets: Ambient, Anime, Synth Divisi 4 Part, Latin Jazz, Movie Theme, Reggae, J-Pop, K-Pop
• 14 Artists Chordsets: Lloyd Brown, Pablo Sanchez
• Expressions Patterns: EDM Bass, Melodic Bass, Sidechain Bass, Common Progression Phrases, Common Rhythms, 7/4 Rhythms, 9/4 Rhythms
• 9 Japanese scales
• New Slap Bass sound
• New guitar chord positions
• Group internal instruments by categories in the instrument dropdown menu

Improvements

• Prevent CPU spikes when starting recording or using MIDI Panic
• Improve stability on M1 systems.
• Add compatibility with M1 Native plugins in Pro Tools.
• Prevent OpenGL crash when saving a session from the Save popup
• Ensure performance parameters are correctly reset when switching bind OFF
• Fix playback timings being reset when moving chords to empty slots or reordering slots in Section C
• Prevent NoteOff messages from sharing the same sample number as the next NoteOn event of the sequence
• Ensure notes are named correctly according to the selected scale in the Modal Interchange screen and keys-lock mode

2.7.3

• Prevent a crash when loading an invalid state file
• Maintain timing information on the EDIT page when dragging new chords
• Fix the user chord sets list refresh using the custom user location

2.7.2

Improvements

• Filter SysEx messages from ScalerControl on M1
• Handle bind velocity based on default or custom chord velocity
• Prevent a crash with the next user set selector when the folder is empty
• Fixed a crash when sending too many change scale commands to multiple instances simultaneously
• Fixed an issue causing the auto-play to jump to the scale playback when browsing chord sets

2.7.1

Improvements

• Edit chord velocities now uses the user input instead of the default velocity.
• Prevent hung notes when using multi-voice-output with triggered note on MIDI FX.
• Improve Next/Previous navigation in User chord sets when using Auto-Play.
• Added the ability to Auto-Play while in detect screen.
• Fix Avant-Garde 5 phrase for major chords.
• Improve Daw-Sync playback
• Fix calculation issue causing notes with 0 duration in played MIDI

2.7.0

New Features

• Added Live Sync ability to keep the Progression Builder (Section C) synchronised across other Scaler instances in real time
• Added new modes for Parallel Harmony to generate progressions by thirds, fourths, and fifths
• Added Auto Play in the browser (Section A) to enable quick preview of chord sets
• Added Multi Voice Output (Multi Midi Out) option to split each note of chords onto separate channels
• Added Global UI Velocity controls to change the strength of MIDI notes played through the interface
• Added the ability to consolidate chords from multiple patterns into a single chord set file

New Content

• Scale Based Sequences
• 80s, Classical, HipHop & LoFi Chord Sets
• Fixed Bass Chord Sets (Triad and Extended)
• Divisi 4 Part Chord Sets (Intended to work with Multi Midi Out)
• Avant-Garde Phrases
• Avant-Garde Performances
• Internal Orchestral Bass Instrument
• Internal LoFi Instrument

Improvements

• Made undo/redo buttons always visible in Section C
• Cleared Undo/Redo history when clearing state or when importing a state file
• Fixed Daw-Sync timing causing playback to start early in Cubase
• Fixed Play-Quantize offset calculation
• Functionality to remember the last selected scale on circle of fifths in the Voicing Editor

2.6.0

Content & Playback

• Added new Trap Bass sound
• Added new Trap & Punk chord sets
• Added new multi-stroke strum patterns
• Added more guitar chord charts positions
• Added 'Minimise Movement' option in the suggest chords popup

Other Improvements

• Fixed an issue showing an incorrect number of chord/notes detected
• DAW-Sync setting now properly synchronises to other instances
• Show Bass/Inversion setting now updates the chord names properly
• Fixed an issue when dragging and dropping chords onto themselves
• Prevented the Welcome Screen from reappearing when changing some settings
• Added an option to remove duplicate chords in detect panel
• Improved handling of unison chords & single notes in detect panel
• Added a placeholder for unknown chord chart positions
• Prevented save function from overriding files

2.5.0

Content & Playback

• 4 New Sounds (Steel Acoustic, Electric Guitar, Retro Electric, Vintage Keys).
• New Expression Mode: Strummed Sequences with 30 strumming patterns and variations.
• 20 Synth Sequences.
• New Chord Sets (Pop Rock, Contemporary RnB, Pop Ballads, Deep House).
• New Suggest mode.
• Generate chords compatible with your progression. Follow Tonal or Scale relationships to build complex patterns.
• Generate random progressions and get inspired quickly.
• New Guitar Features.
• Chord Charts: Displays a guitar chord diagram for any chord in your Section C.
• Fretboard Views: New “Scale Degree” and “Scale Interval” views to explore the neck of your instrument.
• 5 New guitar-focused Voice Grouping profiles.

Other Improvements

• Added differentiator for ScalerAudio and ScalerControl.
• Clear state now correctly deletes timing information from the edit matrix.
• Improved Command Mapping state recall.
• Improved Internal Audio Engine.

2.4.1

Content & Playback

• New Common Phrases (Basic, Chordal & Progression).
• New Basic Performances.
• Improve timing precision - Fix timing offset in recorded performance, prevent short notes from being added to recorded MIDI at looping points, and prevent hung notes.
• Added the ability to Quantise and Latch chords with Perform mode OFF.
• Fixed “Chord + Melody” playback to avoid creating overlapping MIDI notes.

MIDI Mapping

• Added the ability to manually select the MIDI CC to map from a dropdown when creating an action.
• Added the ability to map "MIDI Panic" to a command binding.
• Added the ability to bind dropdown menus' "Previous" / "Next" command to a MIDI CC.
• Added new assignable commands for key-switch actions (toggle chord/scale mode, toggle chord mute, switch melody patterns).
• Added the ability to disable key switch (green keys) from the side menu.
• Added the ability to override an existing command mapping.

Other Improvements

• Fixed - Extracted Voicing - Avoid creating an extra gap in octave when re-voicing extended chords
• Include inversions when exporting MIDI markers (slash chords)
• Fixed multi-selection not applying changes when modifying multiple chords in EDIT matrix
• Keys-Lock - “Scale Notes Mapped” profile now prioritize the natural position of each mapped note correctly.
• Forcing a chord set into a scale now refreshes the chord colours and Section B properly.
• Multi-selections of chords are now moved properly when dragged from a Section C pattern into an empty pattern.
• Fixed an issue causing the Keys-Lock settings to be lost when entering/exiting the Chord-Edit view.
• Dragging a single chord with an expression ON now exports the duration of a single chord instead of the duration of the whole pattern.
• Fixed a bug in the generation of modulation pathways creating duplicate suggestions in Modulation Popup.
• Fixed an issue preventing the transposition of "Community" chord sets.
• Fixed an issue causing the "..." button to appear in the wrong location.
• The "MOD" button in the Quick-Navigation menu is now disabled when using an unsupported scale.

 

2.4.0

Content

• New “Common Progressions” Chord Sets.
• New Performances, Bass & Sequences.
• New genre Chord Sets: EDM & Metal.
• 2 new Pluck Sounds.

Modulation

• Progression - Added 'Maintain Voicing' option to adapt the suggested chords to your progression’s voicing.
• Neo-Riemannian - Added 'Minimise Movement' option.
• Mediants - Added “Group Voicing” option to prevent jumps in the octave between distant chords.

Commands

• Added new mappable commands to control Scaler with MIDI CC or keyboard shortcut.

Bind

• Added the ability to bind chords to “All” keys instead of “Only White” keys.
• Added the ability to start the “Bind” area from any note of the keyboard.
• Added the ability to switch between OCT/ST steps when defining the “Bind” area from the side menu.
• Added new binding mode “True Scale” to map chords on notes belonging to the selected scale.

 

2.3.1

• Improved pitch naming to allow only one pitch class per scale.
• Pentatonic scales can now use scale voicings in Section B.
• Improved pentatonic scale navigation (recall the last open panel).
• Circle of Fifths can now preview chords with a click.
• Circle of Fifths can now switch between natural, sharp, and flat naming.
• Prevented a crash when using the arpeggio on older macOS versions.
• Prevented hung notes when using the Windows Audio Driver.
• Prevented hung notes when performing melodies with the “Chord+Melody" profile.
• Prevented a rare crash when reloading sessions with multiple instances of Scaler.
• Improved stability on M1 systems.

2.3.0

Playback

• Added new Riffs to Melody mode.
• New 70’s Funk & Soul chord sets.
• Prevented notes from hanging when triggered by multiple sources at once.
• Prevented overlapping notes from hanging in performance/phrases/rhythms/melody/bass modes.
• Fixed hung notes due to the key switch not resetting properly after being pressed.
• Fixed a playback issue when using alt-click to preview chords.
• Keys-Lock: Improve chord extension handling of altered chords.

UI

• “Undo/Redo” is now accessible from the Scaler Logo - Right-Click menu.
• "Import/Export State” is now accessible from the Scaler Logo - Right-Click menu.
• EDIT panel: labels now refresh properly when changing chord parameters.
• Added bigger “Bind” buttons on all screens.
• Fixed highlight of chords in Pad-View when using multi-pattern selection.
• Added the ability to search by style in the Scales panel.

Other improvements

• Audio detection from a file can now be run multiple times in a row.
• Sync between instances now maintains multi-selection of patterns.
• Prevented a crash when changing parameters on a chord in the EDIT Panel after removing/reordering patterns.
• Prevented unexpected behaviours caused by the UI Keyboard creating notes with no velocity.
• Fixed a calculation error creating notes with a velocity higher than the maximum allowed.
• The installer will now automatically move the sound library when using a custom location.
• Improved stability of the audio detection for sample rates up to 96KHz.
• Prevent a crash when resetting the playback.
• Prevent a crash when changing a chord voicing after deleting the parent pattern.
• Prevent a crash when removing Scaler from a track during playback.
• Fixed a voicing calculation error when extracting/applying a voicing to a chord.
• “Right-Click > Detect” now refreshes the panel properly every time.

2.2.0

Bass mode

• Generate bass lines adapted to your current scale and chords.
• More than 100 bass lines in many genres (Funk, House, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Synthwave, Trance, Urban).
• 7 new bass sounds (Bass Guitar, Chorus Bass, FM Bass, Jazz bass, Retro Bass, Saw Bass, Tight Bass).

Melody mode

• Generate melody lines adapted to your current scale and chords.
• More than 100 melody lines to choose from.
• New key switch for live-switching between melody parts.

Playback

• New re-trigger and follow behaviours when switching chords before the end of an expression pattern.
• Quantize and Swing - Align played notes on a grid or apply a global swing of various note lengths.
• Enhanced Progression Editing.
• Ability to create groups of chords
• Ability to customise all playback parameters per group.
• UI.
• Quick Navigation - Switch between the various screens from the quick navigation menu or use keyboard shortcuts to navigate even faster.
• Updated the expression selectors to accommodate new playback modes.
• Increased the size of copy/move icons when dragging chords.
• Added notifications when dragging chords outside Scaler while bind or perform mode is active.

Other improvements

• Reduced playback interruptions when switching parameters live.
• Sustain MIDI CC message can now be consumed internally or passed through.
• Prevented a crash when loading user chord sets.
• Prevented a crash when using Keys-Lock.
• Prevented a crash when creating a chord from an empty pattern in Pad View.
• Added 16 beats chord duration.
• Syncing between Scaler instances now conserves Humanize settings.
• Prevent notes from being cut off when using Keys-Lock - Chord Notes or Chord Extension profiles.
• Prevent the fretboard view from triggering key switches.
• Overall stability and performance improvements.

2.1.2

• Fixed an issue in the audio detection engine creating instability on the Windows platform and preventing mouse clicks from working correctly in some hosts.
• Fixed a problem causing the chord notes to be held when triggered from Section C.
• Fixed the playthrough of linked patterns; chords now play on the first trigger after switching patterns.
• Rest chords now play properly with the UI closed.
• Fixed notes being cut off on chord change when using Keys-Lock - Scale White Keys.
• Fixed the triads button position in the Modulation panels.
• Fixed a problem when cycling through the phrases list using the arrow keys.

2.1.1

• Fixed an issue causing Scaler to become unresponsive and stop processing MIDI.
• Improved the accuracy of the event scheduler.
• Fixed jitter in the MIDI output when using a large block size.
• Improved the arpeggiator to respond to tempo changes correctly.
• Prevent a crash when clearing the state.
• Duplicating multiple chords now copies all playback parameters.
• The greyed-out expressions in the Edit Playback view are now accessible.
• Maintain playback performances when editing a chord voicing.
• Added the ability to duplicate multiple chords on the Pad View.
• Phrases now follow keyboard velocities like Performances and Rhythms.
• Added the ability to transform chords on click in the Neo-Riemannian modulation panel.
• The transformed chord in the Neo-Riemmanian modulation panel can be selected with the lasso.
• Clicking on an open drop-down menu handle now closes it properly.
• Show Bass/Inversion is now correctly remembered when set as default.
• Added the ability to DAW-Sync a single pattern inside the Pad View.
• Display loading indicators and instance number in the Sync Popup.
• Added a notification when syncing multiple instances successfully.
• Keys-Lock is now refreshed correctly on scale sync.

2.1.0

• New Chord Editor.
• Control individual notes and velocities in each chord.
• Use the circle of fifths to easily create chord progressions.
• Search for any chord in Scaler.
• More than 100 new expressions in triplet feel and across several time signatures.
• Added bass/inversion display in chord names.
• Audio-Detection.
• Improved accuracy of detection.
• Reduce the number of duplicate chords in results.
• Filter-out unlikely chord types to reduce noise.
• Added the ability to detect from a file in the source dropdown.
• New Modulation Preset - Neo-Riemannian.
• Create harmonic transformations from any chord.
• Support custom sounds folder location.
• Support custom chord sets folder location.
• Multi-Select Pattern and Pattern Chaining improvements.
• Added the ability to apply extracted voicing to a multi-selection of chords.
• Ability to export chord names to MIDI markers when dragging to DAW.
• New Arpeggio Octave Range option.
• Added the ability to select the output MIDI channel.
• Keys-Lock - Chord Mute function now works properly when used with DAW-Sync.
• Ability to select and remove multiple notes with lasso-in Detect panel.
• Added the ability to synchronise the selected scale across instances.

Bug fixes

• Fixed “Right-Click → Select All” in Pad View.
• Fixed erratic behaviour when deleting from a multi-selection in Pad View.
• Fixed bind to suggested pathways refreshes issue in Modulation.
• Fixed UI not redrawing correctly after Clear State.
• Fixed lowercase display for minor chords in Modulation panels.
• Fixed empty large clip when dragging from MIDI Capture.
• Other fixes and overall stability improvements.

2.0.9

• Improved lasso selection, patterns can now be multi-selected and chained with ease.
• Improved visual feedback on the keyboard when binding a multi-selection of patterns with empty chords.
• Improved user chord set loading to support renaming & moving session files.
• Added new option to play-quantised to chord duration or on next beat.
• Chord Edit panel now suggests chords at the same octave as the currently edited chord.
• Accessing the Pad View does not stop playback anymore.
• Added the ability to Play/Loop progression from Pad View.
• Added the ability to navigate back to Edit View from the Pad View.
• Improved live expressions behaviour, avoid re-trigger when releasing a note while other keys are being held.
• Fixed an issue causing the import/export state to break when overriding an existing session file.
• Fixed a display issue when reloading the Chord Edit view from a saved state.
• Fixed an issue causing octave jumps when using scale voicings.
• Fixed modulation suggestions to prevent octave jumps between distant scales.
• Fixed an issue when reordering chords causing them to shift to a wrong position.
• Improve overall stability and performances.

2.0.8

• Fixed an issue causing Scaler to start its playback too early when using DAW sync.
• Fixed a resizing issue causing Scaler to display at a wrong position on launch.
• Prevent Scaler from hanging during start-up/validation.
• Prevent bound chords from being stopped when adding arpeggiated notes.
• Add a notification when dropping an unsupported file onto Scaler.
• Fixed display issue in performance names with accent when using Poppins font.
• Updating the arpeggio timing from the side menu now updates properly the live settings panel.
• Prevent a display issue when recalling a saved state with multiple panels open.
• Fixed an issue causing hung notes when using playback and a MIDI Controller.

2.0.7

• Prevent Scaler from hanging when reloading a saved project in Cakewalk - Windows.
• Editing a chord voicing does not reset its custom playback settings anymore.
• Added the ability to Enable/Disable blinking effects.
• All font sizes have been slightly increased.
• Added the ability to select between 3 font sizes (Small, Default, Large).
• Shift-Click on a chord from your progression now opens the Chord Editor.
• Further timing calculation improvement: Scaler 2 is now more accurate and consistent across the different trigger/capture modes: Live triggers, Section Playback, MIDI Capture and MIDI Output.
• Prevent hung notes when dragging chords outside of Scaler in some DAW.
• Prevent hung notes when holding a key not yet bound then activating bind.
• Fixed an issue causing dropped notes when arpeggiating chords with voicing profiles applied.
• Prevent the Settings menu from appearing behind other UI elements.

2.0.6

• Fretboard notes can now be used to create/edit chords.
• Fixed a timing calculation causing Scaler internal tempo to drift.
• Fixed a timing calculation causing Scaler to drift from DAW tempo when using DAW Sync.
• Improve latch and quantise behaviour.
• Prevent crash when voice-grouping chords with non-academic voicings.
• Improve compatibility for users without OpenGL support.
• Prevent crash of 'ScalerAudio 2' in Cubase.

2.0.5

• Fixed crash/hang when using the “Explore common scale” function.
• Side Menu now reopens automatically after closing the UI or changing font.
• Fixed multiple focus issue causing Scaler to steal keystrokes destined to the DAW.
• Windows installer now displays version number on install.
• Fix a playback issue causing some audio clicks on specific samples (Detroit).

2.0.4

• Fixed crash in MIDI detection with single notes.
• Fixed a playback issue causing some audio clicks on specific samples (Housey).
• Audio detection now uses the sample rate of the dropped file every time and switch back automatically to the DAW sample rate for the live detection to continue.
• Multi-select changes can now be reverted in one single undo action.

2.0.3

• Fixed timing of the registration popup in demo mode.
• Fixed (rare) crash when swapping between multiple instances.
• Added FREQ and Bro Beatz chord sets.

2.0.2

• • Initial release.