I would suggest an additional mode to the “Fit to Chord” in the “Keys Lock” section.
Maybe “Quantize to Chord” which simply fits every incoming Note (not only a fiew like in “Fit to Chord”) to the nearest chord note.
That would be a very mighty feature, because then you can quantize every midi track in your DAW to your progression!
I was looking for that for a long time and many people in different forums want such a feature. At the moment only Synfire provides this kind of possibilitys (costs 800 bugs!)
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Agree it will be awesome! I was asking for the same thing in my latest post
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Yes, to me that feature will be something like a game changer. I think it’s relatively easy to implement.
Synfire seems like an interesting program. Ten times more advanced than Scaler, but so does the price. Far too expensive. It feels like Scaler’s development has been stalled for years, or at least there hasn’t been any groundbreaking updates in a while.
Sure it can seem that way, we have been updating Scaler 2 with many new features over its lifetime whilst reinterpreting what Scaler can become in its next form. So we have been in perpetual development over the past few years. Keep an eye on the forum for some big announcements soon! 
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We are just trying to understand this. What you guys are suggesting is that Scaler acts as a MIDI FX in which every incoming note gets mapped to only the notes of a chord relative to its nearest position? So you trigger an F Maj triad (F,A,C) and if you play a E it plays an F, play a B moves to a C?
So hypothetically if you could play the current Scaler 2 Chord Notes Keys Lock profile across all the white keys but not have a fixed starting position (like C is the root of the chord) then that would do it? Does seem a tad restrictive to have all incoming notes move to just three notes in my above example.
What if It selected a scale based on the chord (so F Maj would select an F Major scale)? This would stop potentially hearing multiple repeated notes and give you something similar whilst being a broader use case. Interested to get everyone’s thoughts.
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Thank you for your answer! Yes, it can seem a little restrictive having notes quantized to just three notes (maybe having the option to enable chord extensions as well?) BUT it opens up a whole world of possibilities.
At least in my specific case, which is live performing with a hybrid hardware-software setup, where I use many instances of Scaler 2 in live sync to change chord to multiple instruments at the same time (I usually chose a scale and then have all the 7 chords in the C section). Let’s say I have an external sequencer with an arpeggio or a simple melody line and I run it through Scaler 2 to quantize the notes: with the actual keys lock scale mode I could surely make sure all the notes are in tune, but the sequence is always the same, and with the current Chord Notes Keys Lock profile it gets all messed up.
Instead, with a “Scaler 2 Chord Notes Keys Lock profile across all the white keys without a fixed starting position” the sequence will change every time I change chord, following the harmonic movement of the music. The arpeggio will adapt to the tonality and the current chord, following the harmony and adding movement to the music. (Yes maybe there will be some repeated notes but it’s something I can live with).
I know this is a very specific user-case but I’m sure other people will find this feature very useful
I’m not sure I get what you mean here, this will be interesting if I can choose a different scale for the chord (like for example having the F Maj chord and still choose the C Maj or Bb Maj scale)
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Yes! to me it’s just that simple. It works when you have a melody in your incoming midi track that has a wider range. (or an arpeggio like “standalone” said) And when you choose some chords with extensions it works even better. I tested it with synfire. Of cause it will be still necessary to preserve some white keys for chord triggerring, but yes, thats it.
I get what you mean. Good idea! That will be very interesing to test! (for an additional option) Maybe it will lead to some fascinating results, also.
Thank you all for this interesting discussion!
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