# Moving/editing chords in various Scaler 3 parts is very slow **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [May 5, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727 "2026-05-05T13:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/1 "2026-05-05T13:25:59Z")
As per title: moving chords in this area, needed if you delete some chord, is so slow that Scaler 3 seems freezed ![Immagine 2026-05-05 152426](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/1/139d96102e900ad758995b97e820948d221e58b1.jpeg) It doesn’t happen always anyway, so maybe there is an interference with another process in my system ---
**Author:** ![Miki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/miki/32/572_2.png) [@Miki](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Miki)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/2 "2026-05-05T20:27:32Z")
Hey, Claudio. Do you mean, when you delete chords and there are gaps? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/3 "2026-05-06T06:49:31Z")
> [@Miki](#): > > when you delete chords and there are gaps? Yes, and when I move the following chord to delete the gap, I have big delays but not always, so I have to investigate is further ---
**Author:** ![Miki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/miki/32/572_2.png) [@Miki](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Miki)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/4 "2026-05-06T12:42:02Z")
This one is easy. When you have gaps, just right-click on ANY of the remaining chords do Select All. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/0/03f976acc80ae9a059183d7d43534623725d9241.png) Then right-click on any selected chord and select Remove Empty Spaces. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/b/ba0c031f709d2e9b3469613e9b4f55aae275d6f7.png) et voilà: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/8/83d26d38b0ea7c31b0edbf1ecb6c62648665ff27.png) There is a tutorial I almost forgot that I did 🙂 > [@Resizing chords and removing empty spaces](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/resizing-chords-and-removing-empty-spaces/23392/2): > > Removing empty spaces In my previous video, I forgot to show how to remove the empty spaces after resizing . So, here it is. [RemoveEmptySpaces] Once you resized the chords you wanted, right-click on any of the remaining chords, “Select All”, then right-click on any chord and select “Remove Empty Spaces”. N.B. You cannot enlarge chord that is surrounded by other chords i.e. that is not the last one, without removing the subsequent chords before enlarging one somewhere in the middle of the p… ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/5 "2026-05-06T12:56:38Z")
Thanks Miki and what about chord replacement? when I D&D over a chord this is not replaced, but just moved further ---
**Author:** ![Miki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/miki/32/572_2.png) [@Miki](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Miki)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/6 "2026-05-06T13:17:01Z")
I’m currently in the office, but I’ll do a video. Not difficult. The cursor shoul not be neither before nor after the chord because this moves the chords. In fact, the replacement chord should ‘shadow’ the o e you need to replace. Left border of the new chord should be somewhere in the middle of the original chord. I’m pretty sure I did a clip about it in one of my replies to someone. ---
**Author:** ![Miki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/miki/32/572_2.png) [@Miki](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Miki)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/7 "2026-05-06T13:20:45Z")
Search for ‘Replace chord by drag and drop’ and there is a clip. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/8 "2026-05-11T19:07:01Z")
Hi @Miki Maybe I found the point where Scaler 3 becomes very slow and crashes The situation in the picture ![Immagine 2026-05-11 203259](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/9/90517894dcb26209a8c5f6e363e30ed1c750b868.jpeg) the 5th chord became faded and I had to kill the audio process losing all that was made in Scaler 3 ---
**Author:** ![Miki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/miki/32/572_2.png) [@Miki](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Miki)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/9 "2026-05-11T20:27:52Z")
If you think about Bmin… because this is the only 5th chord I see in the image. Generally, a chord becomes “faded” when shift+click on it = becomes mute. Unless after that everything freezes. Then this is something new that I did not encounter. Can you give more details? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/10 "2026-05-11T20:45:30Z")
> [@Miki](#): > > when shift+click on it = becomes mute Maybe that I clicked Shift instead of Alt 😁 Anyway, the system was slow adding each chord in that situation, and crashed after a while ---
**Author:** ![Miki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/miki/32/572_2.png) [@Miki](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Miki)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/11 "2026-05-11T22:36:01Z")
Oh, BTW, almost all sub-screens (not sunscreens 😀 ) have right-click/context menu. If you want to add any progression in any screen, you can find Select All, Add to Main Track, etc. Maybe this can help. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/b/b66f8565a5e01e75874593e2e52ba80323dcfcdc.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/0/0e1d1e45cb40e93a801249c65a3abd497d60d76d.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/9/91a98464db023f4c82d6dff8fd90d5b16796aeb8.png) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/12 "2026-05-12T06:58:21Z")
> [@Miki](#): > > If you want to add any progression Thanks pal, but I don’t want “add an entire progression” I want actually “create an entire progression” selecting each chord by myself 😀 ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/moving-editing-chords-in-various-scaler-3-parts-is-very-slow/24727/13 "2026-05-26T09:30:37Z")
I add that it is still very slow when using the square Suggest box it seems faster editing chords in other ways