I am sure this is simple and I have just missed a setting, but … If I want to solo along with Keys Lock to an arrangement, how can I do this (presumably on the Main track) without that track also trying to play the chords on the solo instrument (as block chords or motions)? Thanks, Brian

Hi Brian see if this post I made helps you [image] Problems with Keys Lock in Scaler 3 Scaler 3 General Discussion Not sure if I am understanding correctly. But if I am!: Try turning on ‘Keys Lock Chord Mute’ in settings. You can also mute the track or Shift Click to mut…

Thanks Davide. I think you did understand. The first (minor) issue was the discoverability of the ‘Keys Lock Chord Mute’ setting - I simply didn’t notice that there was a scroll bar and further settings below those displayed. But by it’s name, this was the setting that I had been looking for and …

Coming back to my point 2. I now have a reproducible case of where the ‘Keys Lock Chord Mute’ setting is being ignored. I have demonstrated it on a screen recording which you can view at https://youtu.be/MT9qe6PMkbM Further experimentation shows that the chords are muted only if the Keys Lock is se…

As I had found that 3.0.1 seemed to fix a couple of other Keys Lock issues I had, I retried this recipe with that updated version. Unfortunately it makes no difference: Setting Keys Lock to one of the three “Scale” values does not honour the ‘Keys Lock Chord Mute’ setting Any note being played whe…

No idea if this will suit you, but this is how I play solos: create one instance of Scaler 3 with “everything” i.e. Main track, bass whatever else I need set DAW sync on, if not already copy this instance to another track renove everything on the Arranger page leave scale on the browse page secti…

Yep it took me a lot of time to realize that… but as other people mentioned jamming in scale just need another instance with the same scale…

Hi guys this may help. And also confirming the following as way to mute a chord trigger (particularly for the ‘Chord’ profiles). Turn Keys Lock Mute Chords ON in the settings menu Shift Click the Chords to mute them Mute the channel in Arrange [Scaler 3 - Keys Lock Tutorial]

How can I solo (jam) on the main track without that track playing the chords

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davide March 27, 2025, 7:31pm 2

Hi Brian see if this post I made helps you

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How can I solo (jam) on the main track without that track playing the chords

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