Keys lock mode

Scaler 3 General Discussion
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Absolutely, Sanjay. Here’s a polished version of your suggestion that retains your clarity and intent, while making it crisp and user-friendly for communication with developers or fellow musicians:

Chord Sound Toggle in Keys Lock Mode

The Keys Lock feature in Scaler 3 is incredibly helpful—especially for non-keyboard players looking to explore chord notes and scales with ease.

Currently, when a chord is selected or triggered, the full chord sound plays automatically, even while using Chord Notes or Chord Scales modes. However, in many musical contexts—particularly when crafting arpeggios, melodic patterns, or subtle voicings—it’s preferable that the chord itself does not sound upon selection.

For example, Cubase offers a ‘Section’ mode where pressing a chord simply maps the relevant notes, without triggering the chord sound. This allows for more nuanced control and performance flexibility.

Proposed Enhancement: Introduce an option to mute chord playback when selecting or triggering chords in Chord Notes or Chord Scales mode. This would allow users to:

  • Play chord tones or scales without the full chord sounding.

  • Build arpeggios and melodic phrases more cleanly.

  • Avoid overlapping or redundant chord playback during live performance or composition.

This toggle would be especially valuable for users who want to use Scaler as a harmonic guide without automatic chord triggering.

Thanks.

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Welcome to the forum @sanco You can do this in Scaler 3.

In settings there is a ‘Keys Lock Chord Mute’ which mutes the live performance of Chords in Keys Lock Mode. Alternatively if you are using the Arrange Page and sequencing your chords you can ‘Shift>Click’ on any chords to mute them.

Check out this Keys Lock tutorial and be sure to watch the other tutorial videos in that playlist! Hope that all helps.

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Thanks @davide for your timely response. That surely did help.

P.S> Sorry for my late reply.