Plugin Boutique Scaler 2.8.2 + macOS

Content:

- 66 Song Chordsets: Ambient, Anime, Synth Divisi 4 Part, Latin Jazz, Movie Theme, Reggae, J-Pop, K-Pop.
- 14 Artists Chordsets: Lloyd Brown, Pablo Sanchez.
- Expressions Patterns: EDM Bass, Melodic Bass, Sidechain Bass, Common Progression Phrases, Common Rhythms, 7/4 Rhythms, 9/4 Rhythms.
- 9 Japanese scales.
- New Slap Bass sound.
- New guitar chord positions.
- Group internal instruments by categories in the instrument dropdown menu.

Improvements:

- Prevent CPU spikes when starting recording or using MIDI Panic.
- Improve stability on M1 systems.
- Add compatibility with M1 Native plugins in Pro Tools.
- Prevent OpenGL crash when saving a session from the Save popup.
- Ensure performance parameters are reset properly when switching bind OFF.
- Fix playback timings being reset when moving chords to empty slots or reordering slots in Section C.
- Prevent NoteOff messages from sharing the same sample number as the next NoteOn event of the sequence.
- Ensure notes are named correctly according to the selected scale in Modal Interchange screen and keys-lock mode.

New Features

Added Live Sync ability to keep the Progression Builder (Section C) synchronised across other Scaler instances in real time
Added new modes for Parallel Harmony to generate progressions by thirds, fourths, and fifths
Added Auto Play in the browser (Section A) to enable quick preview of chord sets
Added Multi Voice Output (Multi Midi Out) option to split each note of chords onto separate channels
Added Global UI Velocity controls to change the strength of MIDI notes played through the interface
Added the ability to consolidate chords from multiple patterns into a single chord set file
New Content

Scale Based Sequences
80s, Classical, HipHop & LoFi Chord Sets
Fixed Bass Chord Sets (Triad and Extended)
Divisi 4 Part Chord Sets (Intended to work with Multi Midi Out)
Avant-Garde Phrases
Avant-Garde Performances
Internal Orchestral Bass Instrument
Internal LoFi Instrument
Improvements

Made undo/redo buttons always visible in Section C
Cleared Undo/Redo history when clearing state or when importing a state file
Fixed Daw-Sync timing causing playback to start early in Cubase
Fixed Play-Quantize offset calculation
Functionality to remember the last selected scale on circle of fifths in the Voicing Editor

Redesigned from the ground up with over 200 new chord sets, hundreds of new scales, and 30 new instruments
Play melodic expressions with over 200 phrases, performances and rhythms by professional musicians
Establish your scale with audio detection as well as MIDI detection
Keys Lock helps you create emotive melodies by locking keys to your chords
MIDI Capture lets you perform inside scaler and then export the results as MIDI
Modulation suggestions give you new ways to reach musical destinations
Get more natural-sounding melodies and expressions with the humanise function
Edit Mode for adjusting length, inversion, octave and more per chord in a pattern
Pad View helps you to arrange multiple patterns and key switch between them
Audition new progressions in context with DAW Sync playback
Voice Grouping can keep your chords within a certain range for voice leading
Chord editing and moving tools include lasso, drag n drop, replace and insert

Content & Playback

4 New Sounds (Steel Acoustic, Electric Guitar, Retro Electric, Vintage Keys).
New Expression Mode: Strummed Sequences with 30 strumming patterns and variations.
20 Synth Sequences.
New Chord Sets (Pop Rock, Contemporary RnB, Pop Ballads, Deep House).
New Suggest mode.
Generate chords compatible with your progression. Follow Tonal or Scale relationships to build complex patterns.
Generate random progressions and get inspired quickly.
New Guitar Features.
Chord Charts: Displays a guitar chord diagram for any chord in your Section C.
Fretboard Views: New “Scale Degree” and “Scale Interval” views to explore the neck of your instrument.
5 New guitar-focused Voice Grouping profiles.

Other Improvements

Add differentiator for ScalerAudio and ScalerControl.
Clear state now correctly delete timing information from the edit matrix.
Improves Command Mapping state recall.
Improved Internal Audio Engine.

Содержание и воспроизведение
Новые общие фразы (базовые, аккордовые и прогрессивные)
Новые базовые исполнения
Улучшение точности синхронизации - исправление смещения синхронизации в записанном исполнении, предотвращение добавления коротких нот в записанный MIDI в точках зацикливания и предотвращение зависания нот.
Добавлена возможность квантизировать и фиксировать аккорды в режиме исполнения OFF.
Исправьте воспроизведение "аккорд+мелодия", чтобы избежать создания перекрывающихся MIDI-нот.
MIDI Mapping
Добавьте возможность вручную выбирать MIDI CC для отображения из выпадающего списка при создании действия.
Добавить возможность привязки команды "MIDI Panic" к команде.
Добавить возможность привязки команды "Предыдущий" / "Следующий" выпадающего меню к MIDI CC.
Добавьте новые назначаемые команды для действий переключателя клавиш (переключение режима аккорда/шкалы, переключение приглушения аккорда, переключение паттернов мелодии).
Добавлена возможность отключения переключения клавиш (зеленые клавиши) из бокового меню.
Добавлена возможность переопределения существующего отображения команд.
Другие улучшения

Fix - Extracted Voicing - избегайте создания дополнительного пробела в октаву при повторном озвучивании расширенных аккордов.
Включение инверсий при экспорте MIDI-маркеров (слэш-аккордов)
Исправление мультивыбора, не применяющего изменения при модификации нескольких аккордов в матрице EDIT
Keys-Lock - профиль "Scale Notes Mapped" теперь правильно определяет приоритет натуральной позиции каждой сопоставленной ноты.
При принудительной установке аккорда в шкалу теперь правильно обновляются цвета аккордов и секция B.
Мультивыборы аккордов теперь правильно перемещаются при перетаскивании из паттерна Section C в пустой паттерн.
Исправлена проблема, приводившая к потере настроек Keys-Lock при входе/выходе из режима редактирования аккордов.
При перетаскивании одного аккорда с выражением ON теперь экспортируется длительность одного аккорда вместо длительности всего паттерна.
Исправлена ошибка в генерации путей модуляции, создающая дублирующие предложения в Modulation Popup.
Исправление проблемы, препятствующей транспонированию наборов аккордов "Community".
Устранена ошибка, из-за которой кнопка "..." появлялась в неправильном месте.
Кнопка "MOD" в меню быстрой навигации теперь отключена при использовании неподдерживаемой шкалы.

• Improve pitch naming to allow only one pitch-class per scale.
• Pentatonic scales can now use scale voicings in Section B.
• Improve pentatonic scale navigation (recall last open panel).
• Circle of Fifths can now preview chords on click.
• Circle of Fifths can now switch between natural, sharp, and flat naming.
• Prevent a crash when using the arpeggio on older macOS versions.
• Prevent hung notes when using the Windows Audio Driver.
• Prevent hung notes when performing melodies with the “Chord+Melody" profile.
• Prevent a rare crash when reloading sessions with multiple instances of Scaler.
• Improve stability on M1 systems.

Playback
• Add new Riffs to Melody mode
• New 70’s Funk & Soul chordsets
• Prevent notes from hanging when triggered from multiple sources at once.
• Prevent overlapping notes from hanging in performance/phrases/rhythms/melody/bass modes.
• Fix hung notes due to keyswitch not resetting properly after being pressed.
• Fix a playback issue when using alt-click to preview chords.
• Keys-Lock: Improve chord extension handling of altered chords.

UI
• “Undo/Redo” is now accessible from the Scaler Logo - Right-Click menu.
• "Import/Export State” is now accessible from the Scaler Logo - Right-Click menu.
• EDIT panel: labels now refresh properly when changing chord parameters.
• Add bigger “Bind” buttons on all screens.
• Fix highlight of chords in Pad-View when using multi-pattern selection.
• Add ability to search by style in the Scales panel.

Other improvements
• Audio detection from a file can now be run multiple times in a row
• Sync between instances now maintains multi-selection of patterns.
• Prevent a crash when changing parameters on a chord in the EDIT Panel after removing/reordering patterns.
• Prevent unexpected behaviors caused by the UI Keyboard creating notes with no velocity.
• Fix a calculation error creating notes with a velocity higher than the maximum allowed.
• The installer will now automatically move the sound library when using a custom location.
• Improve stability of the audio detection for samplerates up to 96KHz.
• Prevent a crash when resetting the playback.
• Prevent a crash when changing a chord voicing after deleting the parent pattern.
• Prevent a crash when removing Scaler from a track during playback.
• Fix a voicing calculation error when extracting/applying a voicing to a chord.
• “Right-Click > Detect” now refreshes the panel properly every time.

? Bass mode
• More than 100 bass lines in many genres (Funk, House, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Synthwave, Trance, Urban)
• 7 new bass sounds (Bass Guitar, Chorus Bass, FM Bass, Jazz bass, Retro Bass, Saw Bass, Tight Bass)
? Melody mode
• More than 100 melody lines to choose from.
• New keyswitch for live-switching between melody parts.
? Playback
• New re-trigger and follow behaviours when switching chords before the end of an expression pattern.
• Quantize and Swing - Align played notes on a grid or apply a global swing of various note lengths.
• Enhanced Progression Editing
• Ability to create groups of chords
• Ability to customise all playback parameters per group
? UI Update
• Quick Navigation - Switch between the various screens from the quick navigation menu or use keyboard shortcuts to navigate even faster.
• Update the expression selectors to accommodate new playback modes.
• Increase the size of copy/move icons when dragging chords.
• Add notifications when dragging chords outside Scaler while bind or perform mode are active.
? Other Improvements
• Reduce playback interruptions when switching parameters live.
• Sustain MIDI CC message can now be consumed internally or passed through.
• Prevent a crash when loading user chordsets.
• Prevent a crash when using Keys-Lock.
• Prevent a crash when creating a chord from an empty pattern in Pad View.
• Add 16 beats chord duration.
• Syncing between Scaler instances now conserves Humanize settings.
• Prevent notes from being cut-off when using Keys-Lock - Chord Notes or Chord Extension profiles.
• Prevent the fretboard view from triggering keyswitch.
• Overall stability and performances improvements.

Redesigned from the ground up with over 200 new chord sets, hundreds of new scales, and 30 new instruments
Play melodic expressions with over 200 phrases, performances and rhythms by professional musicians
Establish your scale with audio detection as well as MIDI detection
Keys Lock helps you create emotive melodies by locking keys to your chords
MIDI Capture lets you perform inside scaler and then export the results as MIDI
Modulation suggestions give you new ways to reach musical destinations
Get more natural-sounding melodies and expressions with the humanise function
Edit Mode for adjusting length, inversion, octave and more per chord in a pattern
Pad View helps you to arrange multiple patterns and key switch between them
Audition new progressions in context with DAW Sync playback
Voice Grouping can keep your chords within a certain range for voice leading
Chord editing and moving tools include lasso, drag n drop, replace and inserto in full, half and quarter notes to emulate a staccato effect
Bug fixes and performance improvements

New Scales: Added support for Double Harmonic Major scale and its modes.
6 New Tunings: Added support for baritone guitar tunings.
State Export/Import: Save the state of Scaler to a file and import your session in another instance easily.
Improvements & Bug fixes:
Scaler now correctly recalls the sound output on/off value from the saved state.
Fix a crash when updating the playback octave of the chords of a pentatonic scale.
Virtual keyboard now gets keyboard focus when entering chord edit mode.
Alt-click on the Scaler logo now resizes Scaler to its smallest supported size.

40 New Chord Sets: R&B, Synthwave & New Artists Chord Sets
3 New Synth Sounds: Dusty Nostalgia, HeavyHitter & SqSaw
3 New Pads Sounds: DreamOn, SteelyEssence & WidePad
5 New Arpeggio modes: Up/Down Repeat, Down/Up, Down/Up Repeat, Doubled Up, Doubled Down
“Random” strumming mode: Randomly switch between strumming up and down.
Copy/Paste Voicing: Extract the voicing of any chord and apply it onto another chord to match the number of voices and octave at which it will playback.
Voicing Lock: Preview any chord using one of 2 modes:
Dynamic Grouping: Play chords within the same area of the keyboard to maximise compatibility by automatically choosing voices and inversions.
Extracted Voicing: Preview any chord in Scaler with the last voicing you extracted.
New Arpeggio Note Length: Perform Arpeggio in full, half and quarter notes to emulate a staccato effect
Bug fixes and performance improvements