Scaler Music has unveiled a complete redesign of its music theory plugin, making it easier to take new directions, solve musical puzzles, and improve your works-in-progress in completely new ways.
The upcoming Scaler 3 comes with a redesigned interface and various new features and improvements to browse chord sets, find scales, and create chord progressions.
Scaler 2 revolutionized how you create chords, key changes, and modulations. In Scaler 3, these tools are even more accessible, with new pages like ‘Explore’ and ‘Colors’ designed to make crafting harmony effortless and enjoyable.
Scaler 3 also brings multi-track functionality, allowing you to sync multiple parts with your main chords. Edit notes, fine-tune density, adjust range, and more—all seamlessly integrated into your workflow. And the Arrange Page has been supercharged with powerful new features and surprises we can’t wait to share.
New in Scaler 3
- 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.
Available in March, 2025, new customers can purchase Scaler 2 at a discounted price of $49 USD and receive Scaler 3 for free upon its release. Existing users of Scaler version 1 or 2 will be eligible to purchase the upgrade upon release.
