Hi everyone,
Scaler 3.3 is now available.
Overview video:
Important note for existing users: Scaler 3.3 includes our new self-managed licensing system, giving you more control over your activations. After updating, you will be asked to authorise once using your new License Code, which can be retrieved from your Scaler Music account here: My Products - Scaler Music
This is one of the biggest Scaler 3 updates yet, with new creative features, major workflow improvements, new content and an updated self-managed activation system.
The headline feature is Multi-Bind, which allows you to perform and loop multiple lanes at once. This makes it much easier to jam with chords and Motions together, build performance ideas, and create fuller arrangements directly inside Scaler.
We have also made big improvements to the Motion workflow. You can now create, load and perform different Motion types across different tracks, drag Motions between tracks, audition Motions using the selected track sound, and replace Motions while retaining Mixer settings.
Scaler 3.3 also includes a major workflow refresh across Browse, Create and Arrange, including visible timelines, improved chord synchronisation, better playhead behaviour, more consistent chord editing, and a refreshed Detector-style Detection workflow with Detection History.
We have also added new content, including new chord sets, new Bass Motions, expanded Cinematic content, new preset templates, and updates to the User Manual and onboard tutorial.
New in Scaler 3.3
New Motion workflow
- Multiple tracks can now be bound simultaneously with Multi-Bind, allowing users to perform and loop multiple lanes at once.
- Create, load and perform different Motion types across different tracks.
- Drag Motions between tracks.
- Motion auditioning from the sidebar now uses the sound from the selected child track, rather than always using the Main Track sound.
- Motion categories are now shown in the selected clip header, including Phrase, Performance and Articulation.
- Replacing a Motion on an existing track retains the Mixer settings for that track.
- Double-click track names in either Track Headers or Mixer Headers to rename them.
- “User” has been renamed User Track throughout the track headers and Motion Browser, to distinguish it from incoming User Motions.
- Create User Track is now available in the parent Motion Browser menu as a dedicated non-Motion track option.
Timeline, chords and scenes
- A visible timeline is now available across Browse, Create and Arrange.
- The playhead is now draggable, and clicking in the Browse Page timeline moves it directly to that position.
- The Main Track position remains synchronised across all three pages.
- Browse now shows bar position, bar lines and timeline feedback when working in Section C.
- Selected-chord behaviour has been made consistent across Browse, Create and Arrange.
- Shift-click now selects all Scenes and Chords between the first and second selection.
- Right-click options now support:
- Insert at Playhead Position
- Replace at Playhead Position
- Chords can now be replaced correctly at divisions shorter than one bar and when working with chord lengths other than one bar.
- Removed Shift-click mute behaviour, freeing Shift-click for multi-selection.
- Main Track chord display now retains correct sizing on the Modulation page when using non-four-beat preview durations.
Detect and capture
- Scaler 3.3 adopts the updated Detector-style Detect workflow.
- Added a dedicated Detect category in the ChordSet menu.
- Detected results are now saved in a dedicated Detection History list.
- Updated Detect and Capture MIDI interface and behaviour.
- Starting a New Session now correctly resets Capture MIDI.
- Detect MIDI can now respond to the internal Scaler keyboard in Scaler 3 Desktop.
Voicing, scales and musical tools
- Voice Grouping now retains the chord root for inversions and slash chords.
- Added Extracted as a Voice Grouping option in the Main Track right-click menu, including multi-chord use.
- Updated the Extracted workflow.
- Updated Open voicings, including new Voice Grouping profiles and refreshed Colors / Section B menus.
- Scale tooltips no longer show unnecessary repeated notes and now follow the active chord-scale notes more accurately.
Presets, settings and interface
- Added horizontal GUI resizing: drag the window wider or narrower, and reduce its vertical height to zoom the interface in.
- Updated preset Save As and Overwrite behaviour.
- Added preset import support.
- Added preset export functionality, aligned with the iPad workflow.
- Settings saved as defaults now apply correctly when starting a New Session.
- Added Disable external MIDI output option to preferences.
- MIDI FX Instrument Slots are now labelled MIDI FX for clearer identification.
- Added the Help Page to the Hamburger Menu.
- Removed the Help Page route from Settings.
- In standalone mode, Audio and MIDI Settings have moved to the Hamburger Menu.
- Clicking the background of a Track Header or a track in Mixer now automatically armsthat channel for MIDI input.
- Removed unnecessary scrollbars from Main and Colors pages.
- Zoom handles are no longer shown in sections that cannot be zoomed.
Playback, sync and fixes
- Updated swing behaviour so swing moves notes forward as expected.
- Improved loop performance at lower buffer sizes, reducing the risk of stuck notes.
- DAW Sync Stop control is now active.
- Linked the Section C Play button to the main transport.
- Updated the self-managed licensing system.
- Scaler 3 now automatically checks for available updates.
Content
- Added new chord sets: Baroque, Bluegrass, Dubstep, Dancehall, Trip Hop, UK Garage, and Dream Pop.
- Expanded the Cinematic category with additional Action chord sets.
- Added new Bass Motions: Contemporary Funk, Reggaeton, and Drum & Bass.
- Added new Preset Templates.
- Updated User Manual and Onboard Tutorial.
Thanks again to everyone who has sent feedback since the launch of Scaler 3. A lot of this update has been shaped directly by user comments, requests and workflow suggestions, so we really appreciate the ongoing support.
Regardless, much appreciated.
thankful
