Scaler 3: user feedback to help refine workflow & functionality

Scaler 3 General Discussion
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Browse Page:

  • Key Switching Would Be Nice So You Can Switch Between Section A / B And C
  • Extracting Voice From User Presets And Applying Them In Section B & C

Section A:

  • Adjustment Area Of The Semitones Is Very Small, Making It Very Hard To See Without Having Making The Plugin Window Bigger
  • Scrolling Up And Down Semitones Scrolls In Increments Of 2 Making It Sticky For Laptop Users.

Section C:

  • Exploring Scale Families (With Key Switching Without Losing Current Voicing)
  • Apply Voicing After Extracting (Like In Scaler 2)
  • Midi Capture (Like In Scaler 2)
  • Virtual Piano Keyboard & Semitone Buttons Are Too Small For Efficient Editing.

Create Page:

  • Circle Of Fifths: Loses The Current Voicing While Using The Circle Of Fifths

  • Modulation: Loses The Current Voicing While Using Modulation

  • Colors: Key Switching Would Be Great

  • Sketch: Key Switching Would Be Great

Arrange Page:

  • Main Track: Adjust Chord Length Moves In Increments Of Beats Making It Difficult For Precision Editing

  • Midi Editor: Can’t Adjust Chord / Note Length At All In PIano Roll

SUMMARY

  1. Extract Voicing Exists, But There’s No Apply Voicing Like Scaler 2, Limiting Fluid Workflow.
  2. Exploring Scale Families Remains Clunky (Also True In Scaler 2) And Needs Better Fluidity.
  3. Capture Midi Is Absent, Which Was Highly Useful In Scaler 2.
  4. Editing Midi In Scaler 3’s Piano Roll Is Impractical (Difficult Note Manipulation, Poor Visibility, Can’t Drag Lengths Precisely, No Fine Control In 1/6ths In Section C).
  5. Scale Highlighting On The Virtual Keyboard Is Insufficient When Editing Clusters And Intervals, Making Scale Context Unclear.
  6. Midi Editor Lacks Flexibility: Cannot Drag Individual Note Lengths Easily, Can Only Resize Chords In Fixed Beat Chunks.

CORE ISSUE: NAVIGATING SCALE FAMILY & CHORD FUNCTION

  • My Ear-First Workflow Means I Often Find A Chord I Like, But Don’t Know Which Scale Family It Belongs To.

  • Scaler 3’s Current System Makes Scale Exploration Slow And Disjointed, Requiring Manual Browsing And Trial/Error That Breaks Creative Momentum.

  • This Is Especially Hard When Working With Extended And Colored Chords, Which Often Don’t Appear In Suggested Scales.

FURTHERMORE:

Thank You Scaler Music Team, Scaler Has Been Central To My Workflow For Building Advanced And Sophisticated Progressions In Hip-Hop, R&B, Lo-Fi, And Soul For A While Now. We Appreciate You All.

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