I’ve been wrapping Scaler 3 in Element using this Reddit solution so I can send the various Scaler MIDI channels to different Ableton tracks via Mac’s IAC Bus 1. This isn’t a great solution, though, because:
- You have to save not only the Ableton project but also the Element session or you lose everything
- Element steals keyboard focus from Ableton so you can’t play keyboard or even start/stop the track with the space bar
- You have to click through Element to get to Scaler
Could we cut out the middle man? Can Scaler – like Element – output to an alternative MIDI Port (instead of the track’s MIDI) as well as a channel? For example, Mac’s IAC Bus 1, Channel 2, then we could send MIDI to an Ableton track receiving only on the IAC Bus 1 port*, Channel 2. That way Scaler continues to get the host’s keystrokes and Scaler sessions are saved with the project – and I won’t have to go back to Sync’d Scaler 2 hosts!
*for Windows, loopMIDI would work
Fundamentally, I’d like this next screenshot to include Scaler 3 instead of Element wrapping Scaler 3!
