Scaler Music‘s celebrated Scaler plugin is now in its third iteration, and you can grab 20 per cent off for a limited time only.
Originally launched back in 2018, the plugin has been praised by the likes of Carl Cox and Jean-Michel Jarre, and is a tool for musicians, producers and composers looking to try interesting scales and different chord patterns in their work.
Its second edition, launched in 2020, received a whopping 10/10 from MusicTech in our review. Normally priced at £99, Scaler 3 is retailing for just £79 from Plugin Boutique until 30 April. Existing owners of Scaler 1 and 2 can upgrade for even less, at just £29 (list price £39).
So, what’s new in Scaler 3? Plugin Boutique says it’s been “re-imagined and powered up”, now making it easier to “take new directions, solve musical puzzles, and improve your works-in-progress in completely new ways”. Essentially, it now runs as a standalone app and doesn’t even require a DAW.
The launch also improves on its UI, which is now more intuitive and quicker to use, and it also introduces the ability to host third-party VST and AU instruments and effects, all directly within the software.
Users can simply load any third-party instrument from their plugin collection, directly from the preset browser in Scaler. This means you can hear how certain chord voicings or progressions sound when played on your favourite synths or a sample instrument, and no MIDI routing or exporting is needed.
Scaler 3 hosts three main work pages: Browse, Arrange, and Create – the latter of which offers an Explore Page, where users can experiment with Chord Constellations; these are collections of chords organised by genre and mood. Over in the Arrange Page you’ll find pre-made chord sets and progressions, and can edit multiple layers of MIDI instruments, allowing for detailed composition without leaving Scaler.
Check out more in the video below:
Find out more about Scaler 3’s new features, or purchase now directly from Plugin Boutique.
