Plugin Boutique Scaler v1.8.1

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Scaler is a unique and inspirational MIDI effect that makes finding chords and progressions intuitive and fun! With note detection, scale selection and chord suggestions, Scaler is a comprehensive but easy-to-use toolbox that will help anyone make better music.

A first of its kind, Scaler can determine what key and scale youre in and suggest chords that match your music, or it can inspire a tune from scratch by providing a set of initial chords in an unexplored key. With the onboard bank of 1,728 scales and modes including genre and artist presets, theres more than enough to keep the juices flowing.

Once youve determined a scale, Scaler lays out basic diatonic chords for you to audition, and lets you take things further with dozens of chord variations and voicings to try out. Theory buffs can also get an insight into each chords harmonic function.

Ready to put together a progression? Simply drag and drop chords into Scalers sequencer, change up octaves and inversions, and record or drag the progression into your DAW.

Benefits

Discover your musics key and explore alternative scales and chord setsChoose from hundreds of keys, and get the harmonic flavours of pro artistsEasily audition chords and find alternative voicings and common substitutionsQuickly build intelligent progressions by dragging chords into Scalers chord sequencerDrag chords and progressions from anywhere in the plugin out to your DAW

Detect

Discover your tracks current scale with MIDI keyboard or piano roll note detectionGet an insight into the emotional content of matching scales12 keys across 12 scales and modes giving you a total of 144 options to choose from 12 unique voicing types giving you a potential 1,728 Scales and modes Over 50 artist chord sets from the likes of Carl Cox, MJ Cole, CeCe Rogers and Mike HuckabyOver 50 genre and mood-based chord sets such as Chill, Drum & Bass, Jazz, Soundtrack, EDM?Check how closely a given scale matches your detected input

Keyboard

Keep an eye on notes and chords going through Scaler with real-time visual feedback Visualise the chosen scale as highlighted notes on Scalers piano keyboardAudition chords from your chosen scale with a choice of four soundsPlay and record one-finger chords using Scalers Bind MIDI functionAssign any VST / AU instrument to Scaler to control your favourite synths

Explore

See the basic diatonic chords that can be built from your chosen scaleBrowse Chord Variations for each note to get suspended chords, extended chords, dominant sevenths and jazz chordsQuickly get a sense of each chords harmonic function in progressionsDiscover chord substitutions that lend variety to your progressionsExperiment with different chord voicings to spread notes across the keyboardMix and match from hundreds of artist and genre-based chord sets

Build

Drag and drop chords from your palette into Scalers Progression BuilderTranspose and invert chords for even more voicing stylesAudition your progressions and make changes with drag-and-dropSave your own chord sets to the preset bank for later useExport MIDI to your DAW simply by dragging and dropping

New Features in Version 1.8.1

New Scales: Added support for Double Harmonic Major scale and its modes.6 New Tunings: Added support for baritone guitar tunings.State Export/Import: Save the state of Scaler to a file and import your session in another instance easily.Improvements & Bug fixes:Scaler now correctly recalls the sound output on/off value from the saved state.Fix a crash when updating the playback octave of the chords of a pentatonic scale.Virtual keyboard now gets keyboard focus when entering chord edit mode.Alt-click on the Scaler logo now resizes Scaler to its smallest supported size.