Tried browsing from within scaler 3 standalone as well as dropping the files manually in the ProgramData location, wont show in Scaler 3, any ideas?
Thanks
Ryan
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I am also trying import my chord sets from scaler 2. The file format on my windows computer says microsoft html which is technically .xml. Donât know if that is the issue in anyway. But would really like to be able to easily transfer over a ton of scaler 2 presets I made and edit them with the new features in the new version.
Scaler 2 sets are not importing into Scaler 3 on Macbook M1 Max, Ableton 12, Sonoma. File selected, nothing happens. Not a good start. Also, and equally as concerning, it seems Scaler 2 sets have to be imported manually, on-by-one? Please tell me this isnât so. Yikes.
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I think we havenât communicated this well so we need to make a video.
Firstly you have to export from Scaler 2 as âSave Individual Patterns as Chord Setsâ Remembering we donât use multi-patterns in Scaler 3. Next just drag that folder into scaler3/chordsets and it will appear in your user folder.
You can import user chord sets one by one into the user folder. However imperfect it may be, itâs a way better system than Scaler 2 which drove our users crazy!
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Please implement a way to import all chord sets at once - we were years onto scaler 2, and there are hundreds of chord sets on many of our boxes. One at a time, again, is a ghastly waste of time.
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For that reason⌠Iâll continue using Scaler 2 with my old projects, and now Iâm working with Scaler 3 for new themes. Creating a simple button in the preferences that activates a function called âscaler 2 projects directoryâ would be great for importing into Scaler 3.
AnywayâŚI think they have It in mind, but I think they are very bussy with the BugsâŚ
Importing "patternsâ of 8 chords, one-by-one. is an inconsiderate, archaic waste of time for advanced composers to get their work from scaler 2 into scaler 3, After such a long time waiting for this update. Hundreds of compositions (not patterns. Compositions), many with, obviously, dozens of chords in long, developed progressions. not loopy patterns of 8 chords. Very disappointing.
I asked about this in my own post, but didnât get a reply.
I am on Windows 10 Pro, and just tried this and it worked. No tedious One by One saves.
Go to the ProgramData Folder (Unhide if Hidden) - Scaler Music - Scaler 3 - Chordsets - Imported.
Drag your Scaler 2 chord set folders in the Imported Folder, or Copy/Paste the folders, so as to leave the Originals where they are.
You might have to create the Chordset Folder and Imported Folder if you donât see them. Or Import One chordset via Scaler 3, and it should create those Folders
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Hi Studio-dbfx, thank you for the try on this, I appreciate it very much. I am unfortunately on a Mac M1. I also think it speaks very loudly that you didnât get a reply to your original post. Just bad news all around for mac users with many chord sets of large compositions.
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I think looking at @davide post, it should still work with what I described. They looked to have the same folder structure.
This workaround unfprtunately does not work on a mac.
@davide , Blown away. This is bad, bad news. Please fix.
Thatâs a shame, because this is what I see when I use the workaroundâŚmaybe there is a similar method for the MacâŚI mean saving One by One would be a nightmare! 
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Hi @Studio-dbfx 
Thank you very much I really appreciate this. This save me a lot of work. 
I am on Windows 11
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My scaler 3 folder does not have a chordsets folder in it. Iâm on mac
A nightmare is an understatement. Such a massive oversight is hard to digest. @davide please respond, this needs to be addressed.
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Yeah I donât see myself using Scaler 3 until this is resolved.
I just want to import my Scaler 2 chord sets into Scaler 3 to check if the sustain pedal latching issue has been sorted at last - but I am not able to import my Scaler 2 chord sets. It ought to be as simple as it suggests in the Scaler 3 User Guide - but it is far from it. Help.
Oh dear. I will have to ask for my money back if this isnât fixed soon. I tried to follow the instructions given above to import the chords sets manually, but I canât even find the menus or buttons mentioned (is the windows version different from the Mac version)?Sorry, Iâm totally stuck.
Itâs so thoughtlessly implemented, itâs laughable. You have to manually export chords sets one by one from scaler 2, and then manually import them one by one into scaler 3. I donât think Iâve ever seen a matriculation of a feature thatâs as tedious and poorly thought out as this one. Youâre not alone.
I have to agree, it is a remarkably tedious procedure. I had a naive assumption the upgrade would work like a DAW where project info automatically carries over. It is disappointing to have to go about it this way, and exceedingly time consuming. I tended to save chord sets as sessions, so I will have to go back and do this for everything basically.
I think the problem here relates to where the âchordsetâ folder is on Mac.
It is in the hidden User Library, so cannot be found when searching. You need to option-click on the Go menu in the Finder which will reveal the Library as a destination in the drop down.
In that Library if you go to Scaler 3 you can find the chordsets folder. It had me confused but now it works well.
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