This is such an amazing video showing the power of technology and music production. I know A.I. is a big push that may eliminate the human "middle man" in music production but this still shows how important the human touch is even with all these amazing tools like Scaler. The human (i.e. Davide) selection of the chord progression, various sounds and software instruments (i.e. Kontakt) and the orchestral song structure coupled with the technology made a great piece of music for that game...in under an hour. WOW!!!!!
HI Matthew thanks for the feedback and good vibes. Yes we agree totally there is a place for AI but alongside it there is also a place for human emotion. Scaler has always tried to help people express the latter. There are some major developments for Scaler in 2024. Exciting times!
Every video I watch that features Davide makes me happy to own Scaler and I try to tell others about it as he and the others who work on this tool deserve our support.
Thank you David for this excellent and informative video. It's great that you explain Scaler2 in different contexts. - Best greetings to the scaler 2 Team.
Hey Davide, thanks so much for your work. I just wanted to share an idea I had for Scaler 3: what about adding a fourth view/mode (so piano, pads, guitar tabs and this) that shows the chords in a grid like an actual DAW? Maybe combining that with the pad view.. I believe some producers will feel more comfortable just looking at chords as if they were in their Daw already inside Scaler. Plus, it would also be educational because we would see the variations, inversions and such in Scaler and we would teach our brain to visually recognize those more quickly when we work with midi of other plugins.
There is a major iteration of Scaler scheduled for 2022. I think you will see some great things and the DEVs have promised us this kind of functionality so we are very excited.
Thanks Davide for making this video. The entire process of composing music using Scaler is informative and inspiring. I particularly liked the suggest feature of Scaler. My best wishes for scaler development and happy New year to you and your team.
I just bought scaler yesterday and I am super excited to start using it. My knowledge of music theory is very limited, but this just seems so intuitive to work with that I feel confident to be able to create some lovely chord progressions.
Glad you've joined the scaler community, there are many of us and we love Scaler dearly. work your way though our playlist and you will learn lots ru-vid.com/group/PLCy2m2n0N8QrslPwt7io36Rs2bU1-oBW-, plus don't forget the manual and the onboard video tutorial links. Finally head over to the wonderful community of scaler users whom are very nice and helpful forum.scalerplugin.com
I'm currently using Synfire for all the composer's chores like reharmonizing melodies and stuff. Might give Scaler 2 a go though. Great video. *Thumbs up*
Hi David: Is the following possible with Scaler 2? For example, on the one hand I have a chord progression in the song key 'A MAJOR' and on the other hand a completely different chord progression in the song key 'A MINOR' . Now I want to create a transition between these two chord progressions. So from 'A major' song key to 'A minor' song key. Is this somehow possible with Scaler 2. (Sorry for my bad English, I'm German)
if you got such job it is supposed that you can create a chord progression without problems, otherwise leave it to whom masters it and learn with them. It will save you way more time than depending on a plug in like this.
Davide, Great videos can’t wait to see the new Scaler this year. I was wondering if you could show us quickly in ProTools, how to properly setup scaler as you do in logic. Just as you do midi FX to control other instruments. thanks again
Davide, Correct me if I am wrong here maybe I am not seeing it. But the major drawback I see in protools routing is the fact that you don’t have MidiFX control like you do in logic tracks. So you can’t just drag and drop midi to another track with a third party plugin to control because you have to make another scaler track then route that to another track in order to control that plug-in sound? I am referencing what you were able to do in your video titled “all the little things”. Where you have one scaler track at the top then a few more tracks under with different third party kontakt instruments and created the main midi theme in scaler at the top. and then copied that bound (one note)midi to the rest of the tracks that also had Scaler on them as a MidiFX to trigger within Scaler. Seems to be a bit more involved because of the way it works in ProTools more tracks to route to control and work in protools to compose as far as routing. Or am I missing a trick to make this easier within protools or similar like in Logic? Thanks again
Hi Bob, enharmonic notes really, Ab Major is enharmonically G# Major, generally in keys lock sharps are shown instead of flats as there is less likely hood of double flats (b) - short answer - same thing. Hope that helps.😀
@@SchoolofSynthesis appreciate that they are the same thing just thought visually the notes would reinforce the key that you are in. Super helpful video though - thanks.
Is it possible, to route the different notes of a chord to different midi channels, so that the notes can be played by different virtual instruments on different tracks without the need of more than one instance of scaler? That would be a great feature to emulate e.g. an ensemble or a big band
Like many things in Scaler they need to be done right so when we include a feature they work and make sense. Divisi / multi channel output is very important and you will see this feature in Scaler planned for Q4 2022. Stay tuned!
Sure thing make sure you upgrade to version 2.5. It's a free upgrade for Scaler 2 owners. Go to your Account at the Plugin Boutique website, select scaler, dropdown menu and them download 2.5. See this vid:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eY6IuToCHaY.html
Hey Davide, Can you make another work flow video that is more orchestral? Curious to see how you build a piece like that with scaler and Kontakt instruments etc. Thanks again for all your videos.
🧐Great program but respectfully...the workflow is not really user friendly. My first impression was, where is the frikkin VOLUME controls??? It does a lot of useful things but for myself who mainly produces electronic/hip hop it is very cumbersome.
Thanks for feedback in a way scaler has become a victim of its own success,. it started as a simple program and has had over 200 features added into the same UI. I think the DEVs admit there has been an element of shoehorning features in and there is a complete redesign on the way! Hopefully with a volume control too!
@@SchoolofSynthesis LOL, that's why Davide was able to type in the chat at the same time he was talking in the video - I was wondering about that, hahaha..
Thanks for this video. I just found out, that I completely missed the Scaler Control Plugin. I just double checked but I can't find it anywhere on my system. I installed the whole package. So what did I do wrong? Or is the Scaler Control exclusive to Mac? I am running a Win10 System.
Yes indeed Scaler Control is a MIDI FX plugin compatible with Logic Pro X. You can still control 3rd party VST's in all other DAWs using routing methods.
It could be a compatibility issue or maybe when you installed it you didn't install the correct plugin format (AAX for Pro Tools, VST for other DAWs). What DAW are you using? It worked fine for me on Cubase Pro 11x (Windows 10) as a VSTi (both VST2 and 3)
There are many ways to do this, I guess you are asking a workflow question. Click on the S top left and reset state on your new instance would be the easiest way. Check the community over at forum.scalerplugin.com for help from our users
Thank you for helping me decide to never get this. I can see a use for it, instant gratification for children to introduce them to music making, but the creative process is ever evolving, and this feels like giving it away to an automaton.
Great for children indeed, I wish my kids would use it! Also good for many of the worlds young and experienced producers and composers who are leaders in their field. You should try it out, I just checked your website and your music and I think you could benefit from scaler.