Just set-up and started with Scaler 3 from Scaler 2.
Mac running 15.3.2, Apollo x6 and AXE FXIII on USB ports.
Been sticking to stand alone version for now.
1/ Scanning for 3rd party plug-ins takes longer than most other apps and results in potentially crowded space as there is no “ignore” or “management” option (Like NI Komplete Kontrol for example). Would be great to enable only desired products, and might be a fix for issue below.
2/ Currently only scanned and using AU versions and experiencing frequent crashes when calling up Arturia instruments. All products up to date. Crashes the app fairly consistently upon changing to a new instrument. As soon as new instrument is selected…crash. Happens about 60% of the time. No pattern that I can spot and does not happen if I use the same instruments from inside my DAW (Ableton Live). Only Scaler environment seems to cause crash. Am I better off with VST3?
3/ Is it possible to get an “input” function (for MIDI) on the extra tracks? Currently only Scaler generated MIDI reaches extra tracks. With an input button you could preview the instrument and sound from the MIDI controller before playing content inside Scaler. Would allow for tweaking of levels which would help with level variance across instruments before playing Scaler content.
4/ Also save menu seems odd. I save a session and if I want to re-save it Scaler asks me to type name again. Why not use the customary Replace or Save As routine?
Nice job on getting this out and looking forward to getting in deeper.
Scaler 3 is not finding plug-ins in standalone or in studio one. all plug-ins upon scan are showing in the scan bar, but they do not appear in the standalone or studio one very puzzled. Computer has been restarted programs have been restarted but no plug ins. Is this a bug? Or to be addressed in update? I do not receive any error messages nor does my computer crash. Plugins have never been an issue and work fine in all my DAW apps and all other applications. Running Windows 10 Pro . Computer is very quick. As mentioned above never has this been a problem.
Thanks Rick
Using Scaler 3 in Reaper. My question is where is Scaler 3 populating the vst effects from? I must admit mine are allover the place which isn’t good but it is only showing 1 effect
Hello and welcome to the community.
I am pretty sure that VST are searched for in some common places like C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3, because I see a lot of mine in this folder. There is also C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\VstPlugins.
There can be other places such as my VST2 and VST3 folders on the external SSD where I have the majority of my plugins. Please check these folders.
During the installation users have the occasion to select the VST2 and VST3 folders, and also they are asked if they wanted to scan for VST2 and VST3 plugins.
Maybe you could uninstall and then reinstall Scaler 3. Be sure that you select at least one of the folders where you know that you have some plugins and accept the scan. This does not take a lot of time but can help.
If you don’t see more plugins in Scaler 3, please return to this thread and let us know.
Hi everyone
I have been trying since launch day to scan with no success, plug-ins and instruments. I don’t understand why this is a problem. I receive no plug-ins found messages though I can clearly see thier names wiz by during scan. I’ve reinstalled scaler three times and pointed it to other folders named VST’s where this time scaler had found the plug-ins but gives me an error message when the scan is complete. I use these plug-ins in Studio One ,Mixbus 10, 9 ,8 even Cakewalk software from 10 years ago finds all my plug-ins and any other program upon installation finds my plug-ins and VI no problem. This has never ever been a problem in the past.I don’t quite know what to do. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I’m running Windows 10 Pro , DAW PC build more than capable don’t quite understand why scaler three cannot find the plug-ins successfully it should not be that difficult and this time consuming . Love Scaler since it was first introduced and will continue to use it . thank you
Hi
No this does not have to do with custom folders. I have been using this computer for 5 years and all my software and plugins are on the C drive. Every DAW or software VI and plugins I purchased over the years have worked flawlessly with each other.. never have I had issues with installing, and having software not be found in every DAWI own. never have I had to figure out what folder my plugin or VI is in . When I first installed Scaler three I Let it install and put things where it wanted upon scanning for plug-ins it told me no plug-ins were found. I since then reinstalled scaler 3. 4 times pointing it to every VST plug-ins folder that is on my C drive in which it does find plug-ins but then produces an error so there’s no winning I’m still puzzled with this it should not be this difficult
Thanks Rick
I believe that the answer to this problem is as @davide has suggested, is linked to custom plugin folder location. The devs at Scaler 3 really need to provide the opportunity for us to select such a location in any future updates, and not have these plugins selected automatically by the programme.
Hi all. Scaler 3.1.0.6 adds support for specifying custom VST folder paths. We’ve also included various stability and performance improvements, which will hopefully address the issues raised in this thread. Let us know how you go, cheers!
Hi @ARF, a belated welcome and thanks for your feedback. I accidentally merged your post into this thread and can’t seem to undo it, so just wanted to acknowledge that in case it seems out of place. That said, I’m curious whether your second point was resolved after a clean install and update to version 1.0.6?
Regarding your other points, which are feature requests, feel free to add them here. As for your first point, there’s a similar request here. Cheers!