Scaler 2+ Bundle

Scaler 2 makes finding chords and progressions intuitive and fun! It’s a comprehensive but easy to use toolbox that will help anyone make better music. In this bundle, along with Scaler 2, you will also get the Scaler 2 Official Course. This definitive guide walks you through the entirety of Scaler 2, providing everything you need to master your brand new music theory workstation.

The Scaler 2+ Bundle is exclusive to Plugin Boutique and available for a limited time only.

Empower the Composer Within

Scaler 2 is an inspirational and powerful music theory workstation that gives you access to a world of new ideas, expressions and melodies. With powerful detection of MIDI and audio, Scaler 2 can determine what key and scale you’re in and suggest chords that match your music. The plugin helps you discover the perfect melody with performance expressions, and can even suggest ways to change from one key to another.

Benefits

• Discover your music’s key and explore alternative scales, modes and chord sets
• Choose from hundreds of keys and modes, quickly build progressions in the sequencer
• Play melodic expressions, phrases, performances, sequences, basslines, melodies and rhythms written by professional musicians across various time signatures
• Establish your musical key and scale with audio detection as well as MIDI detection
• Create unique chords by searching & selecting from the circle of fifths or by entering note by note on your keyboard in Chord Create / Editor mode
• Chord Charts displays a guitar chord diagram for any chord and Fretboard Views allows you to explore the neck of your guitar
• Suggest Mode helps you add complexity and artistry to your chord progressions
• Discover chord substitutions that lend variety to your progressions and browse chord variations to get suspended, extended, dominant sevenths and jazz chords
• Experiment with Voice Grouping to spread notes across the keyboard and keep your chords within a certain range for voice leading
• Keys Lock helps you create emotive melodies by locking keys to your chords
• Modulation suggestions give you new ways to reach musical destinations
• Export MIDI to your DAW simply by dragging and dropping
• MIDI Capture lets you perform inside Scaler 2 and then export the results as MIDI
• Assign any VST / AU instrument to Scaler 2 to control your favourite synths or use over 45 internal electronic, acoustic and orchestral sounds
• Play and record one-finger chords and melodies using Scaler 2’s Bind MIDI function
• Generate bass lines adapted to your current scale and chords with Bass Mode
• Generate melody lines adapted to your current scale and chords with Melody Mode and Sequence Mode
• Change keys, performances, melodies and basslines on the fly by MIDI Mapping to your computer keyboard or MIDI Controller
• Get more natural-sounding melodies and expressions with the humanise and quantise function
• Navigate between modes and pages using keyboard commands or UI buttons
• Edit Modes for adjusting length, velocity, inversion, octave, timing and performances more per chord in a pattern
• Pad View helps you to arrange and play through multiple patterns and key switch between them
• Audition new progressions in context with DAW Sync playback and Auto Play
• Use the arpeggio or strum features to perform in real-time and synced to your DAW
• Chord editing and moving tools include lasso, drag-n-drop, replace and insert

Content

• Over 200 artist chord sets from the likes of Carl Cox, MJ Cole, The Temper Trap, Mitekiss, CeCe Rogers and Mike Huckaby
• Over 400 unique genre, common and mood-based chord sets such as Chill, Drum & Bass, Jazz, Cinematic, EDM, Metal
• Over 600 chord sets and hundreds of unique scales
• Over 500 phrases, performances, sequences, basslines, melodies and rhythms by professional musicians across various time signatures
• 45 internal electronic, acoustic and orchestral instruments created by award-winning producers
• Over one hundred artist created modulation pathways to get you from one key to another
• Over one hundred chord substitutions that lend variety to your progressions

Learn more about Scaler 2.

Scaler 2 Official Course

In this comprehensive and up to date Scaler 2 course, developer Davide Carbone and producers Tristan Malloch and James Hewson take you through every feature and function of Scaler 2. This course includes step by step instructional videos, all new creative summaries by Davide Carbone, music theory tips and multiple choice assessments and exercises to make it easy to integrate Scaler 2's award winning power into your music.

Step by Step Video Tutorials and Music Theory Tips

Technical tutoring from Tristan Malloch, James Hewson and Davide Carbone covering every feature in a step by step demonstration.

Creative Summaries by Scaler Developer Davide Carbone

Never before seen footage of Davide creating entire tracks from scratch whilst summarising each of the modules.

Multiple Choice Assessments to Help You Implement Your Training

100+ Multiple Choice Questions for Each Module Encouraging you to get a Pass Mark before Moving on to the next module.

Course Overview

Module 1 - A Scaler 2 Introduction and Overview

In this module we cover the main page of Scaler 2 including scale detection, browsing scales, chord sets, creating chord progressions, and using keys lock.

Module 2 - Creating Chord Progressions and Patterns

This module covers creating chord progressions and patterns in the Progression Builder using Detect Mode, Chord Variations and Suggest Mode.

Module 3 - Chord Editing and Playback Modes in Scaler 2

Module 2 covers DAW Sync, the CHORD and EDIT Pages, Voice Grouping, creating and editing Patterns and chord editing and exploration.

Module 4 - Exploring Articulations and Expressions

Module 4 covers Articulations and Expressions including Performances, Phrases, Melodies, Basslines, Sequences, Strumming, Arpeggios, Humanizations and Playback Performances.

Module 5 - Scaler 2 Modulation Presets In Depth

In this module we explore all the different Modulation Presets in Scaler 2 to demonstrate the many ways to change key and scale and borrow chords using modal interchange.

Module 6 - Building Songs and Using Scaler with your DAW

Learn how to build songs in PAD Mode and how to use control mappings, Multi Voice Output, Sync Mode, Guitar Features and recording within your DAW.

Module 7 - Working with iPAD OS and Desktop Scaler 2

This module covers using Scaler iPad OS with midi and bluetooth devices, Audiobus, AUM, Cubasis, GarageBand and exchanging sessions between Scaler 2 iOS and Desktop versions.

Module 8 - Scaler 2.8 New Content and Features

Module 8 covers the new features and content in the Scaler 2.8 update including Japanese Scales, Bass Performances, Common and Odd Time Signature Rhythms, and more.

Features

• Continually Updated

• Covers every Scaler 2 Update

• Covers Desktop and iOS Platform

• Compatible with all DAWs

• Full Access for Life

System Requirements

Mac

• OS X 10.14 and later (macOS Ventura compatible) 
• 64-bit compatible only
• Apple Silicon Native

Formats

• AAX
• Audio Units (AU)
• VST2
• VST3

Windows

• Windows 8 and later
• 64-bit compatible only

Formats

• AAX
• VST2
• VST3

Scaler 2 DAW Compatibility

• Ableton Live 9 - Ableton Live 11
• Bitwig Studio 2 - Bitwig Studio 4
• Cubase 9.5 - Cubase 12
• FL Studio 12 - FL Studio 20 (VST, not VST3, MIDI routing available
• from VST2 only)
• Logic Pro X - Logic Pro 10.7.5
• Pro Tools 12.8 - Pro Tools 2022.6
• REAPER
• Studio One 3 - Studio One 6
• REAPER

MIDI Routing Notes:

• Maschine 2 (No MIDI Routing: Use Blue Cat Audio Patchwork for MIDI Routing)
• Reason (No MIDI Routing: Use Blue Cat Audio Patchwork for MIDI Routing)

Important Note:

• Scaler 2 is only 64-bit compatible.
• The online courses included in this bundle can be streamed within the COURSES section of your account area and are not available to download.