# SCALER 3 -- can now HOST any VST instrument of your choosing **URL:** \ **Category:** Scaler 3 General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-3-can-now-host-any-vst-instrument-of-your-choosing/18654 "2025-01-15T22:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Straker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Straker](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Straker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-3-can-now-host-any-vst-instrument-of-your-choosing/18654/4 "2025-02-14T14:25:22Z")
> [@etyrnal](#): > > nobody else sees the usefulness? This enhancement was confirmed by davide a few months ago, it will be in v3. > [@Enhance Scaler VST to host a VSTi plugin](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/enhance-scaler-vst-to-host-a-vsti-plugin/17910): > > As far as I’m aware in most DAWs, and certainly in Studio One, you have to create a track for Scaler and then a parallel track for the VSTi that you want Scaler to drive, then you have to route Scaler’s midi output to the VSTi midi input. You have to repeat this for every Scaler instance and it gets a bit messy. It would be really neat if Scaler could host a VSTi itself so that only one track is needed per Scaler instance and the combo could be saved as a preset. Maybe this is going to be part… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-3-can-now-host-any-vst-instrument-of-your-choosing/18654)._