He says that he is not going to go too deep in explaining the plugin.. he proceeds to explain each function in epic detail. Thank you very much I have this plugin for a long time and I was not taking full advantage of it
My dude, I have been trying to watch the official tutorials and could not get a grasp on what he was on about and felt like I made a bad purchase as I felt it was not a beginner-friendly tool. I am not even 5 minutes into your video and I can already see how this tool can help me in the future. Your calm tone of voice, clear pronunciation and beginner friendly lingo make this a superior video (for newbies) compared to the official stuff that's out there.
It really is an amazing tool. Bought it and used it once on a track, and it's probably my favorite thing I've ever made. Just pulling in a bunch of chords that sound good together is amazing. I'm not great at music theory, in fact I am bad.. Structuring chords takes a while for me, I can do it but I'm just super slow at it and it destroys creativity.. If I know I want to make something I have a set amount of time to do so before my brain goes "DONE!" and quits.
One of the most powerful VST's out there for composition and production in general. I have tons of ideas sketched with Scaler, it literally changed the way I produce my music. Thanks for the cool video.
Yeah there's nothing out there quite like it. Well, ORB Producer Suite is somewhat similar but i agree completely. It's both helped me learn music theory in a more hands-on way as well as helping me break out of idea paralysis. I'm suggesting this thing to literally every producer i know because it's truly got something for everybody.
I might not be qualified to say this but I reckon Scaler 2 has done more to enable bedroom producers then any other plugin out there. It may not be the first to assist with chord progressions and compositions, but it's certainly the best at it in terms of ease of use and just the sheer speed of it. Once you have a basic knowledge, you can come up with new musical cues and themes in no time flat and it doesn't matter the genre whether it's hip hob beats or cinematic orchestral. No, I have no affiliation with them, I am just a massive fan.
@@tigress1girlinstacomposer and ezkeys2 but actually scaler2 the most when it comes to sketching a cue. If you learn these thoroughly enough, they provide everything you need. For instance, use scaler 2 modal interchange feature to speed up and assist implementing key changes in your compositions to consciously create an emotional narrative in your cue.
Man, I've had scaler 2 for years.. didn't know how to use it THIS well. Ended up buying other chord apps.. Going back to Scaler.. thanks.. you're a great teacher.
I’m very excited to have brought this from you, plug-in boutique. The Scaler 2! I’m so motivated, am taking the DAW out the bedroom and putting it in the, kitchen. 🎉 I’m now a kitchen producer, because I’m cooking!
Scaler is brilliant , absolutely inspirational . I didn't know that selecting a genre would retain the selected scale , thanks for that. The developers have recorded pretty thorough tutorials with each release.
It's been amazing at making me sound like I know more about music than I actually do. Key changes especially. I know what sounds good, I just don't know how to get there quickly and Scaler has been great for that
as a person who prides themself on playing my songs, this is really insightful. Ive recently started to sample myself and this now takes creating unique chords to a whole new level
had scaler for a Long time now. starting making music with it and this is very very very dangerous anyone that got it you should use this on as many times as possible - I didnt under stand music theory and it helps me find the moods the tones, the melodies & now it has scale detection too!? you got a gem here
I picked this up a while ago and haven't spent enough time getting to know it. This really triggered my interest and gave an excellent overview and explanation of its features. Thank you very much
Dude I bought it months ago and never even authorized it. I shortly bought playbox soon afterwards and got stuck on that. So now my phone is reading my mind because I decided days ago to finally open it up and this was the first TH-cam video I saw one opening it up some fucking VUDU thanks.
scaler is a producers life saviour LOL, thanks for the vid man. the only real way to dive deep into SCALER2 is to use it and experience with the many different options available.
Ok so i know this trick for scaler to get the full potential out of it.. make your set of chords in scaler bind your keyboard to it... set a performance or phrase to play out.. then use that Midi Capture button, so you are recording what you play only within scaler for now... when done drag the midi to your track from the Drag button just under midi capture... the performance you just heard instantly turned to midi.. and you can set that to any track now.. put it on a whole different VST instrument... you can get really creative doing this.
Really good explanation, even better than the creator of scaler and to be honest they would have a lot more customer if they explain it as good as you did here. The potential for orchestral and gaming score is there but we don't know how to use it correctly.
hanks very much!! This is exactly what I need, exactly when I need it. Just starting piano roll after mastering clips. I'm no longer able to physically play drums anymore, and Cakewalk and a few VSTs have opened up my artistic side again. This tool is perfect for me. I'm working with other musicians again. If I can just get my ideas across to them, we can communicate in the same language. This is mine in 2 weeks.
BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST TO LEARN FROM I TRIED EVERYONE AND YOU ARE THE BEST YOU A TRUE BLESSING TO ALL OF US THANK YOU YOU AN AWESOME TEACHER🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Good video bro. School of Synthesis has plenty of good stuff on Scaler. David Carbone does the videos, and he's one of the owners and devs of Scaler, and he's a good dude. Thanks again.
This resource is a great aide in composition ,,,all you really need is an ear in relation to what sounds right for you in a project and the will deliver . As you note it has a different focus from the Captain Chords , which I have and love but if you are into cinematic or other orchestral inspirations Scaler is the way to go. Those who wish to explore Scaler should search Davide Carbone on YT ,,,he is one the developers and has posted extensive detailed tutorials,At the time of writing Scaler is in version 2.6. Do well .
I just wanted to mention that Scaler 2 is now available for iPad as a standalone or AUV3 sound and or midi source. This is an ultra important development in relation to my work flow as priorly I migrated to the IOS / Aum environment for composition after investing in an inventory of instruments and high end processors such as the Fab Filter range and also because of the much faster CPU . With the release of Scaler 2 on IOS I can now spontaneously create coherent musically complex stems for eventual inclusion with stems created with Kontakt libraries and subsequent mix down in my PC DAW. Opinions will differ but my experience is that Scaler 2 is a much more comprehensive creative palette than the aides to composition currently available in the the IOS environment. 👍
I have to agree with Des on this one. Really, if you go through all of David Carbone's tutorials, you will learn it inside out. In terms of how other people use it, a channel called 41 fingers covers a lot, although be prepared for longer format presentations.
@@TerenceKearns Terence good call. As of writing scaler is now available on my iPad for expression the in AUM environment or similar IOS apps …I’m blessed . My iPad has the M1 chip so in terms of cpu efficiency it is super impressive so I am happy 😊👍✨🦄✨
Wow, the Algo knew what I needed. Thanks so much for this video!! I bought this plug-in and I could not make sense of how to use it and put it aside. Yesterday I picked it up again and had the same experience. Now your video show up and for the first time in a year, I created a cool chord progression. Thank you so much!!
BTW, I subbed. You seem to have great content and I like the way you teach here. The official tutorial for Scaler is very confusing. Now If I can make my Maschine Plus or Akai Force control those chords, that would be a dream!
nicely done! i wanted a subjective to the point and ez to understand basic tutorial and this was perfect ....i have been looking at a few others but now i am convinced Scaler 2 is what i would like, thanks for helping me make my final decision to purchase!
I have Captain Chord and their most recent upgrade, Epic. Since it's original release, I've always felt something was lacking. Because of that experience I've been hesitant on "pulling the plug" and purchase Scaler. I think you've convinced me!
I worked on the beta program for Captain Epic. I was shocked when they released it (because it was so not ready), but they are working hard to make it what it should be. It's very different in concept and intent to Scaler even if there is a bit of crossover. As someone who has a little (but not a ton of) theory behind me and who doesn't exclusively work in EDM genres, Scaler is a much better application for me, but it doesn't do melodies, and that's where my concentration with Captain lies. I feel that some of the beta's had a better engine for creating melodies than the current release. In any event, they can both help, and neither are a golden ticket to churning out hits. in terms of UI, Scaler wins hands down.
Hello! Thanks for this. You’ve got another subscriber! Like many in the comments, Ive had Scaler 2 for a month or so and never got past the initial beginner wall of “what do I do with this thing”, and I still felt that way after watching several of the official tutorials… they seemed to go over my head. Your way of explanation seems to work and I’m now excited to dive back in! Any chance youd do another video exploring and explaining the melodic and bass line aspects of scaler? Thanks again!
Recently got this myself. I need to knuckle down and learn what it can do. One thing you can do is when you have the chord progression at the bottom, left click just outside those squares and drag across them and you can then drag the whole lot into your DAW, instead of doing them one at a time. 👍
Dude I’m the same way. I’m a collector and then when I get there thing it’s like “now what…I’ll use it when I need it”, and then I’m after the next thing 😅
Great video, Geoff! The best walkthrough/tutorial videos I have seen for Scaler have been from one of the devs on the School of Synthesis channel. Great showcase of the crazy stuff Scaler can do, and he applies it to multiple musical genres.
I actually spent a few days routing midi in such a way that it would play chords out on single notes like this, but tbh - never got it to work nearly as well as this. Thanks for pointing me in Scaler 2's direction my G, this will have saved me further headache
One of the more helpful Scaler 2 videos I have watched because you went very slow and showed step-by-step on how to implement. Other videos go so fast and attempt to show many many features that I get overwhelmed or lost quickly with regard to how I can use it to make songs. I am a home studio hobbyist making either cover songs with my own spin or general pop/power pop, or classic rock songs. I got S2 to help to quickly explore chord progressions and arrangement ideas to get me beyond just 2-3 guitars, bass, and drums with occasional piano and organ. I know the magic is in S2 but I am still struggling to apply it. I also want to use it to help with melodies if I come up with the chord progressions. Question #1: Are the instruments inside S2 good enough to use in demo recordings or do I need to find substitutes, assumedly of higher quality, from my VSTi collection? Most S2 video show orchestral, cinematic, EDM or House/Trap music. Question #2: Does anyone know of a video demonstrating using S2 for a nice pop, power pop, or rock music? Or, is this tool overkill for that purpose. I need some inspiration to get my music and song writing hobby to the next level. Question #3: If using a chord for lets say 4 beats of a 4/4 time pop song, do most people drag on chord into their DAW and work from there or use S2 tools to build the chord progression? Make sense?
Good post, I understand the points you raised about other videos diving in too deep and too quickly (especilly Scaler's own tutorial videos). Re your questions, I'm not a fan of the stock sounds in Scaler, namely the pianos, so to audition the chords, I route the output to an external vst or hardware synth. (Tip) Don't use complex patches with lots of fx and modulation otherwise you can't hear the voicings clearly. For Pop and rock I would stick with major and minor triads and 7th chords. Complex extensions are the reserve of Jazz and Orchestral music. But I would experiment with chord inversions to make your progression more interesting. In edit mode (I think) Scaler gives you the option to choose how long you want each chord of your progression to play for. 1/2 bar, whole bar, two bars etc. Like you, I'm still finding my way around what scaler is capable of doing.
Great video !! As a non keyboard player (with very little music theory knowledge ) and hobbyist. I use Scaler 2,to help me craft my ambient styles of music. Its a really powerful and creative tool.And very inspirational to use. Ideal for my sketching or when I get the dreaded writers block.Lots of great features including a good selection of on board instruments too
PLEASE make more of these for Scaler!!! I like your pace and how you show what you need to show to get results.... BTW, I do not own it, but Melody Sauce is apparently good for melodies (not scales). Thanks mate.
I’ve had scaler for years on Mac. I had no idea they had an IOS version too. It’s amazing what iPads are capable of now. I’m hoping for Logic on iPad soon
@@MusicalWhiskey no. lol. The menu diving and lack of 3rd party plugins is a mood killer. I had hoped for a literal copy of Logic for iOS. I’m still glad they made it, but disappointed. I guess I should have tempered my expectations
Regarding my comments below about not being intuitive. @14:35 in the video, to remove unwanted chords (a basic operation), you have to right click and scroll down the menu to remove each chord. Also there's no obvious way to copy and paste chords between patterns, and to turn daw sync on/off you have to go into settings.
After os and hardware upgrades what I had stopped working. I’ll have to look into this one to see if it goes wth the m1 cpu. I love what they are doing. I believe it should be used to improve your understanding of chords. Depending on it too much could hamper that development but it’s great.
Have you stried EZ Keys 2? My experience is they do similar things but EZ Keys 2 humanize effects on the MIDI are much more relaistic - especially when you use their Piano sound that come with it. I tried Scalar 2 few months ago but wasn't impressed perhaps because of the stock sound it comes with. I didn't try to use the MIDI with other more oganic sounding VSTs. After watching this - I am just going to buy it and spend more time with it. Thank you!
Scaler 2 is great but not very intuitive to find your way around. I keep returning to youtube videos like yours to refresh my knowledge and find out how to do what should be simple tasks . I don't find the stock sounds that great, but it's very easy to route the output to another plugin. But scaler is a great tool and i'm still just scratching the surface of it's capabilities.
Just thinking how it would be cool if they made it so you could adjust per note the exact duration within the various strumming sequencial settings. They could include a ton more strumming patterns above and beyond the database within some of the guitar based VST's that i have. I am able to import those however, it could be a bonus version update for scaler to make this built in. The midi capture function has been automatically shutting itself off i noticed, and then i try to reestablish the midi capture, those it ends up cutting out, seemingly randomly within 10 notes or less, often after just 1 midi detected note or 2 or 3. Some sort of sensitivity setting for what constitutes midi detection and staying active for listening to further incoming notes following the first or first few. I have been using it mainly within FL Studio, and recently trying ableton live with a push controller. I also run a maschine studio into fl studio as the pads are decent and the menuing is fast and works well for a option to using a mouse.
Interesting, I've captured 10s of thousands of midi notes in individual (automated) sessions and have never been able to get it to act up. There is no sensitivity control unless you are doing an audio detection and not midi capture. If you are on the latest release (2.6) and can consistently repro midi capture failing, it would be really cool of you to head over to the Scaler user community (you can find the link in the Scaler Help screen) and detail your findings. If others have already reported it, you might get some details. There is some great content over there. As for duration, depending on what you are trying to do, you might find what you need using the duration setting under Edit/Playback Timings. You also get some playback timing control adjusting the Chord Duration and Play Quantize To fields in Settings. Good luck
well done please help me. I do not have a good hear and want to start with apple loops, I know is possible to convert audio (the blue apple loops) to chords, is working good? I see on the internet that are supported only wav files, not sure, before to buy need to know this
Hi, How can I enter chords into the scaler from my midi keyboard? I don't want to load them from the lists, I just want to play them by ear on midi keyboard. Please help. I know that I can turn on recording in the scaler, and play chords in my daw, but I prefer to put them from the keyboard, not from my daw. Is there such a possibility?
I've had Scaler for a while but find it quite complicated, so thank you for this video which is a great Get Started (Or Get Started Again) Guide! ps. Please make a video about how you achieve that great voice over sound! I have the same mic but mine sounds nothing like this 🙂 Peace.
@Manchester Music Great thank you, really interesting. I was surprised there was no compression in there. I guess you just have a very even voice! I think you sound better on the Lewitt than the Shure 🙂
He says that he is not going to go too deep in explaining the plugin.. he proceeds to explain each function in epic detail. Thank you very much I have this plugin for a long time and I was not taking full advantage of it
The way you explain it is better then the ones who created it to be honest Thanks for the simplicity.
My dude, I have been trying to watch the official tutorials and could not get a grasp on what he was on about and felt like I made a bad purchase as I felt it was not a beginner-friendly tool. I am not even 5 minutes into your video and I can already see how this tool can help me in the future. Your calm tone of voice, clear pronunciation and beginner friendly lingo make this a superior video (for newbies) compared to the official stuff that's out there.
Thanks man, that’s the goal. Happy music making.
It really is an amazing tool. Bought it and used it once on a track, and it's probably my favorite thing I've ever made. Just pulling in a bunch of chords that sound good together is amazing. I'm not great at music theory, in fact I am bad.. Structuring chords takes a while for me, I can do it but I'm just super slow at it and it destroys creativity.. If I know I want to make something I have a set amount of time to do so before my brain goes "DONE!" and quits.
One of the most powerful VST's out there for composition and production in general. I have tons of ideas sketched with Scaler, it literally changed the way I produce my music. Thanks for the cool video.
And now we have it as an iPad app.
Yeah there's nothing out there quite like it. Well, ORB Producer Suite is somewhat similar but i agree completely. It's both helped me learn music theory in a more hands-on way as well as helping me break out of idea paralysis. I'm suggesting this thing to literally every producer i know because it's truly got something for everybody.
this intro is legendary actually
I might not be qualified to say this but I reckon Scaler 2 has done more to enable bedroom producers then any other plugin out there. It may not be the first to assist with chord progressions and compositions, but it's certainly the best at it in terms of ease of use and just the sheer speed of it. Once you have a basic knowledge, you can come up with new musical cues and themes in no time flat and it doesn't matter the genre whether it's hip hob beats or cinematic orchestral. No, I have no affiliation with them, I am just a massive fan.
do you know any plagin that assist chord progression & composition?
@@tigress1girl he retarded bro LOL as a guitarist this helps with figuring out what chords scales go well together
@@tigress1girlinstacomposer and ezkeys2 but actually scaler2 the most when it comes to sketching a cue. If you learn these thoroughly enough, they provide everything you need. For instance, use scaler 2 modal interchange feature to speed up and assist implementing key changes in your compositions to consciously create an emotional narrative in your cue.
thank you so much for your answer! :)@@TerenceKearns
Man, I've had scaler 2 for years.. didn't know how to use it THIS well. Ended up buying other chord apps.. Going back to Scaler.. thanks.. you're a great teacher.
This is probably one of the best videos of this app.
I like your tone and sense of production.
I’m very excited to have brought this from you, plug-in boutique. The Scaler 2! I’m so motivated, am taking the DAW out the bedroom and putting it in the, kitchen. 🎉 I’m now a kitchen producer, because I’m cooking!
Thanks for this great intro to Scaler 2. Bought it yesterday and your video has been a great help. Glad youtube suggested it.
Scaler is brilliant , absolutely inspirational . I didn't know that selecting a genre would retain the selected scale , thanks for that. The developers have recorded pretty thorough tutorials with each release.
It's been amazing at making me sound like I know more about music than I actually do. Key changes especially. I know what sounds good, I just don't know how to get there quickly and Scaler has been great for that
This was really helpful, and you seem like a chill ass dude
You literally never picked this up for the same reason as me. I thought it was a different product and loved it since getting it.
as a person who prides themself on playing my songs, this is really insightful. Ive recently started to sample myself and this now takes creating unique chords to a whole new level
I literally just bought Scaler 2 a week ago. Such a big time saver.
Excellent. I've had this for ages, didn't realise how good it is.
had scaler for a Long time now. starting making music with it and this is very very very dangerous anyone that got it you should use this on as many times as possible - I didnt under stand music theory and it helps me find the moods the tones, the melodies & now it has scale detection too!? you got a gem here
Thanks for showing scaler in an understandable and inspirational way. Now I'm starting to get it.
You’re welcome
Yes...so am I...great video!
Glad to see this video is getting the attention it deserves! Loving Scaler 2 on iOS, it’s an absolute game changer.
Great tips here! I bought it recently, but haven't done my homework.
By far the BEST tutorial I've seen, and I've had this instrument for months!!! TY!!!
I picked this up a while ago and haven't spent enough time getting to know it. This really triggered my interest and gave an excellent overview and explanation of its features. Thank you very much
You can Programmatically Jump from one Performance Setting to another Via MIDI - this adds a whole other dimension to this instrument
Thanks Geoff! 🙌
Dude I bought it months ago and never even authorized it. I shortly bought playbox soon afterwards and got stuck on that. So now my phone is reading my mind because I decided days ago to finally open it up and this was the first TH-cam video I saw one opening it up some fucking VUDU thanks.
scaler is a producers life saviour LOL, thanks for the vid man. the only real way to dive deep into SCALER2 is to use it and experience with the many different options available.
Ok so i know this trick for scaler to get the full potential out of it.. make your set of chords in scaler bind your keyboard to it... set a performance or phrase to play out.. then use that Midi Capture button, so you are recording what you play only within scaler for now... when done drag the midi to your track from the Drag button just under midi capture... the performance you just heard instantly turned to midi.. and you can set that to any track now.. put it on a whole different VST instrument... you can get really creative doing this.
Fantastic video! Covered a bunch of useful things, learnt a lot and don't quickly and to the point. Perfect!
Really good explanation, even better than the creator of scaler and to be honest they would have a lot more customer if they explain it as good as you did here. The potential for orchestral and gaming score is there but we don't know how to use it correctly.
I have scaler. Now I will start use it. Great video. My go to tutorial!
What can we say😏Cheat codes activated😎
hanks very much!! This is exactly what I need, exactly when I need it. Just starting piano roll after mastering clips. I'm no longer able to physically play drums anymore, and Cakewalk and a few VSTs have opened up my artistic side again. This tool is perfect for me. I'm working with other musicians again. If I can just get my ideas across to them, we can communicate in the same language. This is mine in 2 weeks.
I would assume by now you've heard of the School of Synthesis (SOS) channel on the YT! It's the Scaler heaven of tutorial content!
Great demo. And love the shirt!
Thanks, I'm loving it. Bridges a big missing piece from my music creation
amazing plugin. slept on it for too long until i finally caved in haha
BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST TO LEARN FROM I TRIED EVERYONE AND YOU ARE THE BEST YOU A TRUE BLESSING TO ALL OF US THANK YOU YOU AN AWESOME TEACHER🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Good video bro. School of Synthesis has plenty of good stuff on Scaler. David Carbone does the videos, and he's one of the owners and devs of Scaler, and he's a good dude. Thanks again.
This resource is a great aide in composition ,,,all you really need is an ear in relation to what sounds right for you in a project and the will deliver . As you note it has a different focus from the Captain Chords , which I have and love but if you are into cinematic or other orchestral inspirations Scaler is the way to go. Those who wish to explore Scaler should search Davide Carbone on YT ,,,he is one the developers and has posted extensive detailed tutorials,At the time of writing Scaler is in version 2.6. Do well .
I just wanted to mention that Scaler 2 is now available for iPad as a standalone or AUV3 sound and or midi source. This is an ultra important development in relation to my work flow as priorly I migrated to the IOS / Aum environment for composition after investing in an inventory of instruments and high end processors such as the Fab Filter range and also because of the much faster CPU . With the release of Scaler 2 on IOS I can now spontaneously create coherent musically complex stems for eventual inclusion with stems created with Kontakt libraries and subsequent mix down in my PC DAW.
Opinions will differ but my experience is that Scaler 2 is a much more comprehensive creative palette than the aides to composition currently available in the the IOS environment. 👍
I have to agree with Des on this one. Really, if you go through all of David Carbone's tutorials, you will learn it inside out. In terms of how other people use it, a channel called 41 fingers covers a lot, although be prepared for longer format presentations.
@@desoconnor7445 yeah after 30 years as Windows only (since windows 3.0), I finally ordered a 16gb M1 mac mini. It hasn't arrived yet.
41 fingers is the Mr Spock of automated compositional aids 👍
@@TerenceKearns Terence good call. As of writing scaler is now available on my iPad for expression the in AUM environment or similar IOS apps …I’m blessed . My iPad has the M1 chip so in terms of cpu efficiency it is super impressive so I am happy 😊👍✨🦄✨
Wow, the Algo knew what I needed. Thanks so much for this video!! I bought this plug-in and I could not make sense of how to use it and put it aside. Yesterday I picked it up again and had the same experience. Now your video show up and for the first time in a year, I created a cool chord progression. Thank you so much!!
BTW, I subbed. You seem to have great content and I like the way you teach here. The official tutorial for Scaler is very confusing. Now If I can make my Maschine Plus or Akai Force control those chords, that would be a dream!
nicely done! i wanted a subjective to the point and ez to understand basic tutorial and this was perfect ....i have been looking at a few others but now i am convinced Scaler 2 is what i would like, thanks for helping me make my final decision to purchase!
SoundForMore is an iOS guru on TH-cam and he’s begun a series of tutorials on scaler 2 that’s top notch.
I have Captain Chord and their most recent upgrade, Epic. Since it's original release, I've always felt something was lacking. Because of that experience I've been hesitant on "pulling the plug" and purchase Scaler. I think you've convinced me!
Same boat as me
I worked on the beta program for Captain Epic. I was shocked when they released it (because it was so not ready), but they are working hard to make it what it should be. It's very different in concept and intent to Scaler even if there is a bit of crossover. As someone who has a little (but not a ton of) theory behind me and who doesn't exclusively work in EDM genres, Scaler is a much better application for me, but it doesn't do melodies, and that's where my concentration with Captain lies. I feel that some of the beta's had a better engine for creating melodies than the current release. In any event, they can both help, and neither are a golden ticket to churning out hits. in terms of UI, Scaler wins hands down.
Hello! Thanks for this. You’ve got another subscriber!
Like many in the comments, Ive had Scaler 2 for a month or so and never got past the initial beginner wall of “what do I do with this thing”, and I still felt that way after watching several of the official tutorials… they seemed to go over my head. Your way of explanation seems to work and I’m now excited to dive back in! Any chance youd do another video exploring and explaining the melodic and bass line aspects of scaler? Thanks again!
You never know! :)
Magnífico vídeo, muchas gracias y un fuerte abrazo.
Recently got this myself. I need to knuckle down and learn what it can do. One thing you can do is when you have the chord progression at the bottom, left click just outside those squares and drag across them and you can then drag the whole lot into your DAW, instead of doing them one at a time. 👍
Oh that’s awesome. I KNEW there was a faster way to do that just didn’t know how. Thank you!
Even better, you can record in Scaler your playing of the progression, one finger at a time, at your own rythm, and drag your recording to the DAW.
Super nice vid ! Very informative!!
thanks a bunch for reminding me that this useful tools sits on my hd for a long time without being used properly
Dude I’m the same way. I’m a collector and then when I get there thing it’s like “now what…I’ll use it when I need it”, and then I’m after the next thing 😅
Great video, Geoff! The best walkthrough/tutorial videos I have seen for Scaler have been from one of the devs on the School of Synthesis channel. Great showcase of the crazy stuff Scaler can do, and he applies it to multiple musical genres.
This was great. Thank you. I would also recommend the official walkthroughs by David Carbonne, the brain behind scaler.
I love it for when I want to break out of my usual compositional ruts.
I actually spent a few days routing midi in such a way that it would play chords out on single notes like this, but tbh - never got it to work nearly as well as this. Thanks for pointing me in Scaler 2's direction my G, this will have saved me further headache
One of the more helpful Scaler 2 videos I have watched because you went very slow and showed step-by-step on how to implement. Other videos go so fast and attempt to show many many features that I get overwhelmed or lost quickly with regard to how I can use it to make songs. I am a home studio hobbyist making either cover songs with my own spin or general pop/power pop, or classic rock songs. I got S2 to help to quickly explore chord progressions and arrangement ideas to get me beyond just 2-3 guitars, bass, and drums with occasional piano and organ. I know the magic is in S2 but I am still struggling to apply it. I also want to use it to help with melodies if I come up with the chord progressions. Question #1: Are the instruments inside S2 good enough to use in demo recordings or do I need to find substitutes, assumedly of higher quality, from my VSTi collection? Most S2 video show orchestral, cinematic, EDM or House/Trap music. Question #2: Does anyone know of a video demonstrating using S2 for a nice pop, power pop, or rock music? Or, is this tool overkill for that purpose. I need some inspiration to get my music and song writing hobby to the next level. Question #3: If using a chord for lets say 4 beats of a 4/4 time pop song, do most people drag on chord into their DAW and work from there or use S2 tools to build the chord progression? Make sense?
Good post, I understand the points you raised about other videos diving in too deep and too quickly (especilly Scaler's own tutorial videos). Re your questions, I'm not a fan of the stock sounds in Scaler, namely the pianos, so to audition the chords, I route the output to an external vst or hardware synth.
(Tip) Don't use complex patches with lots of fx and modulation otherwise you can't hear the voicings clearly.
For Pop and rock I would stick with major and minor triads and 7th chords. Complex extensions are the reserve of Jazz and Orchestral music. But I would experiment with chord inversions to make your progression more interesting.
In edit mode (I think) Scaler gives you the option to choose how long you want each chord of your progression to play for. 1/2 bar, whole bar, two bars etc.
Like you, I'm still finding my way around what scaler is capable of doing.
For a beginner making music, this is the number 1 tool by a million miles.
Great video !!
As a non keyboard player (with very little music theory knowledge ) and hobbyist. I use Scaler 2,to help me craft my ambient styles of music.
Its a really powerful and creative tool.And very inspirational to use.
Ideal for my sketching or when I get the dreaded writers block.Lots of great features including a good selection of on board instruments too
Good info. Scaler is awesome. I wish you would have demoed with something other than felt. It's too dark and lacks the detail needed for demos.
Thanks for your comment!
love your shirt
PLEASE make more of these for Scaler!!! I like your pace and how you show what you need to show to get results.... BTW, I do not own it, but Melody Sauce is apparently good for melodies (not scales). Thanks mate.
I like what you have done with the link with your t-shirt. 👌
It is always being improved, which is great.
First 10:25 of video
Me: BLOWN AWAY
At 10:25
Geoff: "So where it get's really interesting..."
Me:
Where did you get that emoji from?
Thanks.
Totally love Scaler 2 with FL Studio. Endless fun. Plenty of tutorials from Davide who is one of the creators.
Nice video very understanding for a beginners level. Thanks and well appreciated
Good work - bless you for making things clearer . All the best
So nice of you
Also. Take a look at Orb Producer. It's amazing to either get new ideas or finish current ones
I had it and never used it . But waooo . Game changer ..
It’s on iPad now too. It’s super helpful.
Manchester music with a Manchester band on his t shirt. I love Joy Division
Scaler is my foundation.
Great t-shirt, man!
Very well explained! Thank you!
"I'm all about sad endings" LOL
Very useful video, thank you for sharing!
Scalers performance tab is worth every penny
This is insane! 🙏🙏🙏
Now we have Ezkeys 2 coming soon.😎
Hi. Great video. What kind of headphones do you use? Thanks!
I’ve had scaler for years on Mac. I had no idea they had an IOS version too. It’s amazing what iPads are capable of now. I’m hoping for Logic on iPad soon
Well, you got your logic on iPad. Been using it?
@@MusicalWhiskey no. lol. The menu diving and lack of 3rd party plugins is a mood killer. I had hoped for a literal copy of Logic for iOS. I’m still glad they made it, but disappointed. I guess I should have tempered my expectations
Yeah. Hopefully it gets better with time. I'm good with my MacBook 🤷♂
Regarding my comments below about not being intuitive. @14:35 in the video, to remove unwanted chords (a basic operation), you have to right click and scroll down the menu to remove each chord. Also there's no obvious way to copy and paste chords between patterns, and to turn daw sync on/off you have to go into settings.
Great Video. Which Mic are you using in this video?
Nice, thank you!
After os and hardware upgrades what I had stopped working. I’ll have to look into this one to see if it goes wth the m1 cpu. I love what they are doing. I believe it should be used to improve your understanding of chords. Depending on it too much could hamper that development but it’s great.
Great plugin !
Have you stried EZ Keys 2? My experience is they do similar things but EZ Keys 2 humanize effects on the MIDI are much more relaistic - especially when you use their Piano sound that come with it. I tried Scalar 2 few months ago but wasn't impressed perhaps because of the stock sound it comes with. I didn't try to use the MIDI with other more oganic sounding VSTs. After watching this - I am just going to buy it and spend more time with it. Thank you!
Scaler 2 is great but not very intuitive to find your way around. I keep returning to youtube videos like yours to refresh my knowledge and find out how to do what should be simple tasks . I don't find the stock sounds that great, but it's very easy to route the output to another plugin. But scaler is a great tool and i'm still just scratching the surface of it's capabilities.
Thank you!!
Thank you~ Great thing~!
You're amazing 💯
powerful tool
Just thinking how it would be cool if they made it so you could adjust per note the exact duration within the various strumming sequencial settings. They could include a ton more strumming patterns above and beyond the database within some of the guitar based VST's that i have. I am able to import those however, it could be a bonus version update for scaler to make this built in. The midi capture function has been automatically shutting itself off i noticed, and then i try to reestablish the midi capture, those it ends up cutting out, seemingly randomly within 10 notes or less, often after just 1 midi detected note or 2 or 3. Some sort of sensitivity setting for what constitutes midi detection and staying active for listening to further incoming notes following the first or first few. I have been using it mainly within FL Studio, and recently trying ableton live with a push controller. I also run a maschine studio into fl studio as the pads are decent and the menuing is fast and works well for a option to using a mouse.
Interesting, I've captured 10s of thousands of midi notes in individual (automated) sessions and have never been able to get it to act up. There is no sensitivity control unless you are doing an audio detection and not midi capture. If you are on the latest release (2.6) and can consistently repro midi capture failing, it would be really cool of you to head over to the Scaler user community (you can find the link in the Scaler Help screen) and detail your findings. If others have already reported it, you might get some details. There is some great content over there. As for duration, depending on what you are trying to do, you might find what you need using the duration setting under Edit/Playback Timings. You also get some playback timing control adjusting the Chord Duration and Play Quantize To fields in Settings. Good luck
well done please help me. I do not have a good hear and want to start with apple loops, I know is possible to convert audio (the blue apple loops) to chords, is working good? I see on the internet that are supported only wav files, not sure, before to buy need to know this
I've been using it wrong this whole time! thanks
Knew everything but Im more interested about modulation part details and and even theory can you do that kind of video. Thx for video.
Great tutorial
Thanks!
Hi, How can I enter chords into the scaler from my midi keyboard? I don't want to load them from the lists, I just want to play them by ear on midi keyboard. Please help. I know that I can turn on recording in the scaler, and play chords in my daw, but I prefer to put them from the keyboard, not from my daw.
Is there such a possibility?
how different is it from chord jam? (besides the ability to play different instruments)
I've had Scaler for a while but find it quite complicated, so thank you for this video which is a great Get Started (Or Get Started Again) Guide! ps. Please make a video about how you achieve that great voice over sound! I have the same mic but mine sounds nothing like this 🙂 Peace.
Hey, maybe this can help you on the voice stuff: th-cam.com/video/IRkrnhAUwDk/w-d-xo.html
@Manchester Music Great thank you, really interesting. I was surprised there was no compression in there. I guess you just have a very even voice! I think you sound better on the Lewitt than the Shure 🙂