# Can Scaler 2 “Drive” EZ Keys?

**URL:** <https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/can-scaler-2-drive-ez-keys/14424>\
**Category:** Scaler 2 Support\
**Tags:** StudioOne, Mac\
**Created:** [September 5, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/can-scaler-2-drive-ez-keys/14424 "2023-09-05T02:16:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoliathGrouper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GoliathGrouper](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/GoliathGrouper)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/can-scaler-2-drive-ez-keys/14424/1 "2023-09-05T02:16:55Z")

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I’ve finally figured out (with help from people here) how to integrate Scaler 2 for chord & melody development with EZ Keys for great piano performances grooves. But I still can’t figure out: Can Scaler 2 drive EZ Keys directly?

With other VST instruments, it’s easy to route Scaler through them. I use it with various Kontakt patches all the time. But the best I’ve been able to manage with EZ Keys is I can get the piano sound, but the grooves don’t sync.

My Scaler-EZ Keys workflow involves dragging the Scaler chord progression onto the EZK timeline, then separately dropping an EZK groove onto the time line. Works great, but if I want to make changes in the progression, it’s kind of laborious. There doesn’t appear to be a way to sync Scaler and EZK so they play together more directly.

PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I’M MISSING SOMETHING!!

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**Author:** ![ClaudioPorcellana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/claudioporcellana/32/14242_2.png) [@ClaudioPorcellana](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/ClaudioPorcellana)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/can-scaler-2-drive-ez-keys/14424/2 "2023-09-05T12:59:16Z")

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> [@GoliathGrouper](#):
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> a way to sync Scaler and EZK so they play together more directly.

I don’t think it is doable because EZKeys is a MIDI based tool and all nuances and articulations are embedded in their MIDIs

The same applies to any other MIDI/Sample-based tool AFAIK: if you send them notes or chords, they just produce notes or chords with a better sound, compared to Scaler stock instruments, but nothing more than that, unless you apply their MIDI patterns

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**Author:** ![fossile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/fossile/32/5572_2.png) [@fossile](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/fossile)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/can-scaler-2-drive-ez-keys/14424/3 "2023-09-05T17:07:50Z")

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conceptually the Scaler MIDI could drive their “play along” type of performance (or even the Scaler audio out using their “Audio Sender”)

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**Author:** ![ClaudioPorcellana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/claudioporcellana/32/14242_2.png) [@ClaudioPorcellana](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/ClaudioPorcellana)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/can-scaler-2-drive-ez-keys/14424/4 "2023-09-05T21:16:37Z")

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Yes, but the piano will sound like a synth, not a piano played by a pianist