Just wanted to let you know that Scaler 3.2 is now available!
This is a huge update packed with new features, improvements, and refinements (full changelog below). It’s genuinely lovely to use in so many ways, and we’re really proud of where it’s at.
A massive thank you to all of our users for your continued feedback and support, you’ve helped shape Scaler 3 into what it is today. There’s still plenty of work ahead and lots of exciting new things to come!
The Scaler Team
3.2.0 (Released November 12th, 2025)
New & Improved Features
Browse Page Improvements
Scaler now opens with the Welcome Page upon launch, providing clearer navigation and easier access to onboard tutorials.
Integrated the Scale Search box from Scaler Detector into the Scale Selector in Section B.
Scale Lock on the Browse page now instantly transposes chord sets, matching Explore page behaviour.
Current Scale Voicing Presets from the Colors Page can now be accessed directly from Section B via arrow navigation.
Added “Add to Main Track” option in the Section A menu.
Added Detected Chord Editing from Scaler Detector to Section A - deleting a detected chord now closes the gap automatically.
External MIDI Output (Standalone and Plugin)
Send MIDI directly from each Scaler 3 track in the Arrange Page to any external MIDI device.
Scenes
Added full Scenes functionality for creative arrangement and playback.
Select any chord clips and their associated motion clips to group them into a Scene. Move Scenes freely within your arrangement.
“Create Scene” popup appears when selecting chords in the Arrange Page.
Duplicate, Rename, Delete, or Set Loop Area within the Scenes menu (right-click a Scene to access).
Scenes can be bound in the Browse Page to trigger only Chords within a Scene via MIDI.
User Track Recording
Record Scaler MIDI output directly to the User Track, including Chord Triggers and Keys Lock notes.
Clicking the User Track header now arms input monitoring, allowing you to hear your instrument before recording.
Clicking the User Track record button now arms the track, and a dedicated play button appears to start recording.
User Tracks now default to Quantise 1/16, enabling automatic record quantise.
Recorded MIDI clips auto-crop to the current division setting.
Added 1-bar metronome count-in before recording.
Keyswitches
Added ability to Keyswitch between lanes on all pages outside the Browse Page that feature multiple BIND buttons.
Added Keyswitch On/Off toggle in Settings.
Internal Loop Region Improvements
Enlarged and clarified loop selection area with draggable middle section.
Loop playback now correctly starts from bar 1 when synced to DAW.
Rename and reorder motion tracks for better project organization.
Added Divisi (Note Follow) motion type to distribute notes across tracks for realistic voicings.
Added Double / Half Length options to the right-click clip menu.
Content
Added new 7 New Passages.
Updated onboard tutorial, user guide, and tooltips.
Added option to set current window size as default in Preferences.
Added Preset / Session Loading warning message.
Added New Session and Reset to Default Size options to the Settings Menu dropdown; removed right-click Scaler logo accessibility.
Added option to start with no sounds loaded by default.
Simplified version numbering in the About screen.
Refined computer keyboard note trigger and octave shift in Standalone mode.
Improved highlight/shadow feedback when dragging notes in the MIDI Editor.
Implemented “no small notes” algorithm to prevent tiny note fragments when editing clips.
Renamed “MIDI Channel” to “MIDI Output Channel” for clarity.
Fixes & Stability Improvements
Fixed issue where notes disappeared when cutting or resizing detached clips.
Detached clip resizing no longer shifts or duplicates notes unexpectedly.
Fixed velocity edits in the Circle of Fifths not saving correctly.
Fixed Undo incorrectly toggling Motion or Humanize.
Fixed multi-clip selection drag positioning.
Fixed Explore Page transposition for suspended or unison chords.
Fixed folder structure live updates when importing presets on macOS.
Fixed drag-and-drop to Maschine compatibility.
Fixed Serum 2 VST3 not appearing in plugin list.
Fixed Voice Grouping allowing chord edits when active in the Circle of Fifths Page.
Fixed “Save as Default” in Bind area incorrectly storing Bind On state.
Fixed issue where preset favourites were not saved when added via the header Favourites button.
Fixed artist folder search indexing (Blush, Craftmaster, Jaded, Jason Gibbins, Timothy Cole).
Fixed Loop Region visual glitches and DAW sync issues.
Fixed Chord extension/shortening inconsistencies in the Arrange Page.
Fixed Motion state reset bug when starting new sessions.
Fixed transposition for suspended and unison chords in Explore and Browse Pages.
Fixed multiple minor graphical and workflow inconsistencies across pages.
General Stability & Performance
Improved overall UI responsiveness and graphics refresh rate.
Improved Undo/Redo logic across all MIDI editing operations.
Breaking Change:
Saving/loading state files is no longer supported in the Scaler 3.2 standalone app. If you have saved states you wish to keep, please save them as Presets before updating, as only Presets can be loaded in 3.2.
I’m excited to try the new version but the installer has been stuck for more than 20 minutes on “Scanning for new 64-bit plugins…”
Is this a new addition to the installer? I don’t want to use any plugins inside Scaler. Can we have a cancel button or, better still, an option in the installer to not even try.
As it is I can’t even get 3.2 installed. I’ve not had a problem with installing any of the previous versions.
Hi @boingy Nothing has changed. Just press the ‘Skip’ button and not the ‘Scan’ button. You may need to update your thread party plugins if they are having troubles scanning.
Have you restarted your machine and have you done a clean install? You shouldn’t have any problems and if you continue to do so please provide further info on your setup and crash reports please,
I’m having problems with the 3.2 install for Windows also. I ran the installer and the standalone version was updated sucessfully to 3.2 but when I open it my DAW (Reaper) it still is version 3.1. Anyone else seeing this issue?
Hi @davide , The problem is that there is no skip button. I do remember one from previously but couldn’t remember whether it was in the installer or in the S3 start-up. But today I just have this:
Hi Boingy, have you tried hovering over the scaler icon on the taskbar. If so then two small windows should pop up, the one you’ve screenshot above and another black window. If you click on the black window that pops up, it should return the focus to that window bringing it to the front on your screen.
When installing anything, it’s best to keep the focus on the installation window and not click anything else, such as checking emails or internet.
When installing on Windows 11, I got several stop messages that said Scaler could not overwrite certain files. I had to reboot to make that go away. I had not used Scaler since a previous reboot. Once I rebooted, it installed without issue.
Like usually mentioned, have you tried re-booting your computer after the install? That might help. For reference, I have Studio One on a Windows 11 PC and Scaler is showing as 3.2.0 on mine inserted on an S1 track.
Phenomenal update. I came back for the midi out from standalone and found that quite a bit has improved since I last explored S3. Can’t put my finger on it but everything is snappier and a lot easier to navigate.
Initially, I felt S3 was a lot more complicated than S2 but in reality it isn’t. It’s exponentially deeper and more capable but still dog easy. I’m loving the 7 lanes on Create Page for exploring motion, Midi editor in Arranger mode is a dream come true.
MPC Live 3 is now my DAW of choice so having Scaler 3 with midi out from Standalone is so powerful. Also, being able to host all of my software instruments and fx is ridiculous. I can create really great audio loops fast to feed MpC or send audio file from MpC to s3 to detect what key/scale or chord is in a loop, chop or sample.
@davide, Solved. It was very odd. It was, indeed, another dialog behind the main one but it didn’t appear on the task bar or in the Alt-Tab list. It was directly behind the main dialog and poking out just a few pixels each side but because my wallpaper is quite dark I could barely see it. It felt like one of those hidden object games. Anyhow, now installed and looking great.
My verdict on the update:
Gold medal goes to MIDI out. Excellent.
Sliver goes to Scenes. I’ve only had a quick play but it looks like you’ve hit the sweet spot when it comes to functionality vs complexity. I’ll probably be spending more time in Standalone S3 before moving to the DAW
Bronze comes out of the blue. Divisi. Previously I’ve tried to use Divisimate but it quickly gets messy and complicated. The S3 Divisi is much simpler but hugely useful to me. It will save me splitting notes to separate tracks in Studio One.
The wooden spoon goes to the Studio One blocklist problem. Still there, still intermittent.
It’s great to hear that kind of feedback as that is how we feel very strongly about Scaler 3. Not sure anyone loved Scaler 2 more than me! But as much as I like to reminisce, I just get lost when I load S2. S3 can do 95% (and increasing) of what S2 does but it does so much more and in many more ways. I think we’ve gotten to the maturity that is a pass mark for Scaler 3 and its onward and upward from here.
I can assure you we have put everything we can into resolving this - seems to have done for the vast majority of our Cubase Users and resolved for some of our Studio One users too. It’s getting us, and it’s getting a few other developers too. It’ll happen, hopefully very soon.
I’ve currently got Scaler 3 Audio on the blocklist and nothing else so I’ve turned off scanning in Studio One for now as a workaround. So it will be fine until I get a new VST…
Still crashes Reaper - even faster now. I know many reaper users have had success, but not me. I have 300 plugins that work fine. But scaler continues to shut down the session. My drivers are fine. I’m at a complete loss. Considering getting some free daw just to use with scaler. Any recommendations? I’m serious. G
Thus far 3.2 immediately crashes Live 12.2.7 every time I try load the plugin. The installer ran fine including the plugin scan, but no luck running it in Ableton yet. I’m still on Win 10 (latest update).
Love Scaler… certainly wasn’t expecting any issues with the update, but I’m sure they’ll be resolved quickly.
I have Studio One (Version 7.2.3 now). I have never had an issue with it winding up on the blocklist, that’s strange. Possibly, there could be a registry entry somewhere that’s producing this issue. Have you tried reaching out to Presonus support to see if they might possibly have an idea why it keeps showing up there?
New & Improved Features
UI / UX Improvements
Fixes & Stability Improvements
General Stability & Performance
Breaking Change:
