I’ve been running into serious stability issues with Scaler 3 in both Ableton Live (12 and 11) and Studio One Pro 7. The plugin keeps crashing during sessions—and it doesn’t just crash itself; it can also cause my entire DAW to freeze or crash.
The biggest problem is that if I save a project with Scaler 3 loaded, I often can’t reopen that project at all. This has happened in both Ableton and Studio One, and it’s really disruptive to my workflow.
I’ve tried the usual troubleshooting steps—reinstalling Scaler, deleting settings files, and even rolling back to previous versions—but the issue persists with the latest updates.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Has anyone found a reliable workaround, or is the only option to avoid using Scaler 3 in active projects for now? I love the features in Scaler 3, but these crashes are making it unusable for me at the moment.
Thanks in advance for any advice or shared experiences!
Hi @Ali And welcome to the forum. You shouldn’t be having these issues. We use the DAWs and Ableton everyday. Can you provide some more info on your setup (platform, software version, machine etc) and in the meantime are you running the latest version Scaler 3 1.0.7 found in your account at scalermusic.com (install and restart your Mac)?
Try a fresh session (no template) of Ableton 12. Load a new session of Scaler 3. Save and reopen. Is it crashing?
I’m on Mac (M2 Pro, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1), using both Ableton Live 12 Suite (latest) and Studio One Pro 7. I’ve been running Scaler 3 version 1.0.7.
Unfortunately, even with 1.0.7, I still experience frequent crashes. In both Ableton and Studio One.
I wanted to add that if I save a project inside Scaler 3 (for example, saving a chord set or session), and then try to open that file in the standalone version of Scaler 3, it also crashes immediately. So the issue isn’t just limited to the plugin inside Ableton or Studio One—opening the same Scaler 3 project file in the standalone app causes a crash as well.
Try a fresh session (no template) of Ableton 12 <<< I have done that , but still.
Thanks for the additional information. Could you please share the crash reports for Ableton Live 12, Studio One Pro 7, and Scaler 3 standalone? The reports will help our dev team investigate further.