This functionality is really needed. I use Studio One, and not having the ability to send MIDI to external instrument tracks is a little aggravating. I don’t know why this isn’t included. It’s a pretty standard functionality.
It’d be great if you could incorporate 16-channel MIDI out into Scaler 2.
Other than that, I absolutely love Scaler 2!!
Hi @esk8Jeffy
Welcome to the forum.
You can use Scaler to send midi to external instruments. Not only that, it does support sending midi on multiple channels although at present this is limited to four channels (see Scaler 2.7 Multi Out, how to guide and information for various DAWs and Using Multi Voice Output with Scaler driving multiple Scalers in Studio One - Incredible! and Basic Introduction to Multi Out.
Hopefully this will be expanded in the future.
Hope this helps
Right on!! I’ll set that up this morning!
Thanks
Also, a more capable DAW like bitwig will allow you to have separate instrument chains on a multi-out midi producer like Scaler2. I used to use Studio ONE a lot, but since switching to bitwig, I use that for all my creative production. I stull use Studio ONE for recording and mixing bands due to S1’s superior tempo mapping but Bitwig takes the cake for creative beatmaking. Lots of “why I switched to bitwig” videos on youtube. The routing (for both midi and audio) is unmatched. The MIDI processor tools are unmatched, and there is no competition for the modifiers (little tools which modify any plugin parameters). Bitwig is really the ultimate DAW for Scaler 2 fiends. You can even construct your own midi processing instrument with the midi “grid”. BW has racks for everything - including midi tools. You could have a rack of several scaler instances - each with multi-out. Scaler’s sync thing negates the need for that, but that workflow is an option. Good for other tools that don’t support sync.
Interesting 
Ive been debating trying out Cubase because there are some things in S1 i dont like. However, S1’s folder packing is superb, and its difficult giving that up. Im also a longtime Cakewalk user, and there are things i really miss about that as well. Im able to route the midi out to my instrument tracks, but i always have to remember to turn the monitoring on for those tracks, giving up the “audio follows track” functionality.
As someone who switched from Cubase to Bitwig, unless you’re planning to make large orchestral templates or studio recordings, you might find the remaining feature set a bit uninspiring and definitely limiting routing wise.
Have a good look at Bitwig first.
As Ben alluded to, different types of projects are best served with different DAWs sometimes. Personally, I have to have the best of both worlds. I will never uninstall S1. It’s near perfect for recording for my workflow and needs. I will most likely upgrade my v5.5 to v7. I will also most likely upgrade to the latest BW too. I feel as though BW lends itself to experimentation and novelty. It still is pretty capable if I wanted to record bands, for instance, it has comping which is not an amazing feature, but it’s fairly recent to BW - revealing that it’s focus has never really been for multitrack recording sessions. For instance, I don’t think you can select a bunch of drum tracks, group them, and then use stretch markers to manipulate all the tracks at once. It’s not that kind of DAW. Everyone who gets into BW knows this. Nobody who has switched to BW regrets it though. this guy Dash Glitch is a brilliant psy-trance producer and he used cubase for many many years and only switched to BW about 2 years ago I think. He couldn’t stop yammering on about it since. Have a skim through some of his reviews and thoughts on it. He does a better job explaining it. Scaler 2 is specifically a creative creation tool so it’s a perfect match for BW.
BW is deep. The depth of it never ceases to surprise me. After years of usage, I still probably know less than half of it’s capabilities but that hasn’t stopped me from enjoying it to my own full potential. It’s vanilla looking stock instruments and FX are unbelievably deep. Don’t let looks fool you. DG digs really deep into some of them. He makes a great channel. BW has some amazing harmonics processors which allows you to route various properties of the harmonic series to different plugin chains. They are amazing. Just mind blowing. BW has pedigree. Surely it has the most capable set of stock plugins for sheer depth and breadth, but they all look vanilla. on the outside. They don’t really on fancy photoshopped user interface design. BW also has comprehensive support for MPE. Anyway, I will shut up now.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dash+glitch+bitwig
Oh oh…DAW wars again…
Anyhow, the best part of the MIDI answer is one can quickly generate many MIDI patterns , save them from Scaler then in a folder and try em out quikly with different arrangements or instruments in ANY DAW.
Another great reason to use Scaler.
Also you can just sync multiple instances of Scaler. And then route each instance to your heart’s content.
But personally, I follow the method of generate what I need in scaler, drag the MIDI into my DAW, close Scaler and turn the track off so it doesn’t do anything but is still there to go back to if I need it.