# Scaler 3 Official Announcement and Teaser **URL:** \ **Category:** Scaler 3 General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-3-official-announcement-and-teaser/18633 "2025-01-15T00:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![StudioCompyfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@StudioCompyfox](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/StudioCompyfox)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-3-official-announcement-and-teaser/18633/20 "2025-01-15T18:19:46Z")
> [@davide](#): > > Thanks for the feedback and I get it. We do have a newsletter, you will be able to sign up for it and we do have an active latest version thread [here](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-2-latest-version-updates/3542). All good and fine… I already have the changelog bookmarked _(the thread actually doesn’t show up anymore once you’re signed into the Discourse forum engine - had to really jump some hoops to always find that)_. But where does one sign up to the newsletter?! I legit can’t find anything about that on your page. . > [@davide](#): > > Also Scaler 2 on PIB and Scaler Music are the same version an we do work exclusively and closely together although we can’t dictate how their site works. That is not the point to me. The point is, and I’ve read this myself via their customer support and also here on the Discourse forum, PIB says “got questions, reach out to ScalerDevs”, and here on Discourse with severe technical issues, “if you bought via PIB, please contact PIB’s support”. However, you folks are the developers, are you not? Since we’re talking v3, and finally a more unified page, this needs to be addressed as well IMO. So yes, I am for improvements on communication/conveying updates to your userbase. This is long overdue and would stop the hoop-jumping. . And speaking of upgrades: > [@davide](#): > > You’ll be able to upgrade on S3 release for less than that. > [@mbrowne](#): > > Great news! Could you please offer a means to get an upgrade price by purchasing from ScalerMusic? Providing a serial# to qualify for the discount maybe? This adds to my question above… can we PIB users just… move over to ScalerMusic? Again, to unify things? Heck, I’ll gladly spend 5 USD more for this move. . . And I got three more technical questions that are **really** important to me. 1 - Considering that there will now be a standalone version as well, can we still just use a VSTi variant? 2 - Will we be able to **not** install bundled sounds? I am really only using Scaler to trigger other VSTi, I don’t need an internal sound engine and would like to have an engine that is “bloat-free”. 3 - The most important question to me – will we need a license manager for Scaler 3? Especially one that runs in the background that checks randomly every 2-4 days if my license is still “legit”? _(see the Beatport Access drama – which stopped me from cross-grading tools from formerly Soundspot – I really dislike being punished for nothing as legit user)_. . Thank you for your time. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/scaler-3-official-announcement-and-teaser/18633)._