Scaler Music – Scaler 3 v3.3.2 STANDALONE, VST, VST3, AAX for Windows

• Standalone & DAW Operation: Functions as a standalone desktop music lab (SAL) without opening a DAW, or as an integrated MIDI FX / audio-instrument plugin within any major host.
• Internal VST Hosting: Host third-party virtual instruments and audio/MIDI effect plugins directly inside Scaler 3 on chord and phrase lanes.
• Multi-Lane Arrange Timeline: Dedicated, synchronized tracks for Chords, Melodies, Basslines, and Phrasing with independent clip parameters and loop regions.
• Harmonic Discovery & Modulation:
  • Explore Page: Browse compatible and unconventional chord groupings categorized by emotional timbre (Dark, Bright, Neutral) beyond rigid scale limits.
  • Colors Page: Direct access to modal interchange, chord extensions, parallel harmony, and negative harmony voicings.
  • Modulation Pathways: Step-by-step navigational routes including secondary dominants, mediant relationships, and Neo-Riemannian cyclic transformations.
• Motions Engine: Curated expressive phrases, arpeggios, and rhythmic performances tagged by mood and performance intensity.
• Intelligent Voice Leading & Divisi: Automatic voice grouping, guitar/piano fretboard voicings, and divisi polyphonic splitting across different external MIDI outputs or plugins.
• Live Sync Engine: Synchronize chord sequences, scales, and song structures across multiple active instances of Scaler 3 across your project.
• Audio & MIDI Detection: Analyze incoming polyphonic audio files or live MIDI keyboard input to detect chords, root keys, and corresponding modal scales.

1. The Arrange Page (Multi-Track Timeline):

   • Synchronized timeline with dedicated lanes for Chords, Melody, Bass, and Phrases.
   • Independent clip slicing, velocity customization, scale-constrained quantization, and clip rotation.
   • Bass Follow track automatically derives and updates root-note basslines as chords shift.

2. Performance Control & Mapping:

   • Bind to Keyboard: Trigger complex multi-note chord voicings and Motions using single keys.
   • Multi-Bind: Split keyboard zones to trigger chord progressions on the left hand while driving arpeggiated melodic motifs on the right.
   • Keys Lock: Quantizes incoming MIDI keyboard playing to match only valid chord tones, scale notes, or melodic extensions.

3. Built-in Sound Engine:

   • Includes over 50 internal acoustic and synthetic presets (grand pianos, analog synths, orchestral strings) for drafting without loading external samplers.

4. Sketch Pad:

   • Compare and contrast up to 7 distinct chord progression alternatives side-by-side before committing them to the main arrangement.

MIDI Editor & Export Fixes:

• Fixed a display bug in the MIDI editor that caused notes to go missing, chords to render misaligned, or unexpected blank gaps to precede chord blocks.
• Exporting MIDI sequences now automatically trims and suppresses leading empty spaces.

Keys Lock & MIDI Routing:

• Resolved a note-routing defect in Keys Lock ("Chords" and "Chord Extensions" modes) where triggering notes at or below C3 caused the first chord voice to play an octave too low.

Arrangement, Colors & Chord Behaviors:

• Fixed an issue where customized chord modifiers failed to persist across project reload.
• Corrected a bug on the "Colors" page that occasionally rendered inaccurate substitute chord names.
• Resolved an issue where chord coloration failed to update dynamically to match newly selected keys until the plugin was restarted.

Stability & Platform Maintenance:

• Fixed a critical crash under Windows 11 triggered when saving user preset files directly to external hard drives.
• Implemented core memory handling optimizations to prevent unexpected host terminates during intense VST hosting sessions.

• Binary Architecture: Native 64-bit Windows Standalone (.exe), VST2, VST3, and AAX Native
• MIDI Routing: Full internal/external MIDI routing with 16-channel multi-out support
• Audio Resolution: 32-bit / 64-bit floating-point processing up to 192 kHz

Compatible Digital Audio Workstations:

• Ableton Live (All 64-bit versions)
• Image-Line FL Studio
• Steinberg Cubase / Nuendo
• Cockos REAPER
• PreSonus Studio One
• Bitwig Studio
• Avid Pro Tools (AAX Native 64-bit)

Required Dependencies:

• TEAM R2R - R2R System (latest installed version)
• TEAM R2R - TeaLex for LexActivator (latest installed version)

Installation Steps:

1. Install Plugin / Application:

   • Run the provided installer setup as Administrator (Right-click -> Run as administrator).
   • Select your desired formats (Standalone, VST, VST3, AAX) and destination folders. Complete the setup.

2. Verify System Frameworks:

   • Ensure the latest TEAM R2R - R2R System package is deployed on your system.
   • Install the latest TEAM R2R - TeaLex for LexActivator framework.

3. Execute TeaLex Registration:

   • Navigate to the default TeaLex installation path:
     C:\Program Files\TEAM R2R\TeaLex for LexActivator\
   • Run TEALEX.exe as Administrator to hook and generate the required local license responses for LexActivator-based licensing.

4. Launch the Scaler 3 standalone app or insert the plugin on an instrument/MIDI track in your DAW. The software will launch fully licensed and unlocked.