# How will scaler 2 handles substitutions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Scaler 2 Feature Requests\ **Created:** [April 20, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/how-will-scaler-2-handles-substitutions/2621 "2020-04-20T12:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flavien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@flavien](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/flavien)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/how-will-scaler-2-handles-substitutions/2621/1 "2020-04-20T12:31:58Z")
i think it’s weird time to ask about new features, as all main discussions are about Scaler 2, which is only available to the beta testers… at least for 1 month 😉 i’ve been asked to add 1 minute in the middle of an already pretty finished track, without changing everything but keeping listeners interested, this for a dance show. ( but this situation can generalize to clients coming with a ref track etc… ) there’s only rhythmic chords and rhythm, no melodic part. my 4 chords progression is something like : CM / Em / Gm / Dm there is many ways to approach that, but i will mainly \> find a “melody” ( top voice leading), than play with inversions and adding tension to match it using always same 4 chords. maybe playing with a few substitutions to add interest at some point ( if pertinent ) or just laying out all sort of options and do trial-and-error to find what sounds good… but usually this is a long process, as my harmonic beginning and end are already there, there is a lot of possibility, but only a few will work … So my question is \> is there a way to show all possible subs / replacement for a chord ( including borrowing possibilities, modal interchange, chromatic mediants, tritone subs… ) on one page ( pad view ) ? And to sort them, for exemple by common notes / closeness to the original, but also by top or bass note ? ---
**Author:** ![davide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/davide/32/824_2.png) [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/how-will-scaler-2-handles-substitutions/2621/2 "2020-04-20T20:49:45Z")
There are so many ways Scaler 2 can help you. It can show you your chord prog in a new key and suggest ways to get there. It can offer you modal subs, it can show you secondary dominants to any degree of a new scale, it can even suggest chords based on presets. Finally it can show you scales that share the same chord or chords! I take it you have seen the new tutorial video? (see links below) I am making a new one in the next week based purely on modulation. Stay tuned to the SOS or our Scaler YT Channel: > **[School of Synthesis](https://www.youtube.com/c/schoolofsynthesis)** > > School of Synthesis is an Ableton and Native Instruments certified music technology school that also features Certified by Apple professionals in Logic Pro X. Our courses are online and in class and cover Music Production, Music theory, Synthesis... > **[Scaler Music](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalY1MVygB3kWz5O6EZr1xA)** > > Share your videos with friends, family, and the world ---
**Author:** ![flavien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@flavien](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/flavien)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/how-will-scaler-2-handles-substitutions/2621/3 "2020-04-21T15:57:14Z")
hello, thanks for answering me ! the forum looks pretty alive, and your team is very present. thanks for making the effort ! i looked at the video before posting, looking forward to the next one ! as i haven’t been able to try the beta, i am sorry if i didn’t get it right and i’m talking rubbish 😉 the features you implemented in the modulation pages are top notch and i am impatient to give them a go, but i am not sure they’ll fit my need in this case broadly speaking, my question is not so much about modulation as in writing from A to B as you would do with an empty page, but more about tweaking something that’s already there. like example in my first post, expanding a part without changing / adding too much movement but keep interest, or clients coming with a ref track and build from there, not too close, but not too far 😉 i would love to have as much possibilities of substitutions laid-out in one place then sort them out if possible … instead of having to use many pages ( which offer a lot more ) in a way they may not be designed for ( ? ) again i hope i didn’t misunderstood something and that i’m not wasting your time !