After about 1 year using Scaler I think I drained the trick series with this simple one
I also found that I collected tons of “proof of concepts” that are essentially stuff without rhyme or reason to throw in the rubbish bin (and many were thrown already), and just a few can be used
Moreover, I realized that I must study instruments, instead of just fumbling with them, if I want to improve my keyboard-player skills
On the other hand I want still have fun, so I think I’ll use hybrid workflows from now, and the picture below shows what I mean
Scaler 2.4 handles the “e-fingers” feeding chords, that fall in the blue area using Voice Grouping C3-B4 + MIDI Polysher, while my hands play notes, arpeggios, etc in the red area
More or less the same workflow will be used for the Hammond, with the difference that Scaler will feed the accompaniment, and I’ll exercise my hands on solos just using an Ableton scale
This because the Scaler’s Keys-Lock option still have some issue that I am unable to cope with; for example, a stop on solos notes at the passage from a chord to another that is quite a problem when you want long notes that cover 2 or 3 chords
MIDI Polysher lets you do many interesting things, but I use 2 only
1 - to transpose playable keys one note after the other until I hear some interesting sound
2 - to stop Scaler hitting a wrong key, e.g. the AAS Strum-GS key that stops all sounds, or any of the keys in the red areas that change the patterns; this because the Scaler Voice Grouping C3-B4 is not enough, and some note can fall in the wrong place anyway
The same applies to Broomstick Bass when I use it to stop Scaler hitting any key that change the patterns, so I can have the bass playing just the pattern I prefer
Thanks Claudio. I am using Cubase so it already has midi transpose and range tools as you pass midi from one track to another.
I can’t see how to enable midi out on Strum-GS2 though. When I load the VST Cubase is not giving a midi out from the plugin. Any ideas - I can’t find a reference to midi out in the manual?
Ableton has a transpose tool as well, but MIDI polysher is all WYSIWYG, i.e. simpler for me poor mousier
I can’t see how to enable midi out on Strum-GS2 though. When I load the VST Cubase is not giving a midi out from the plugin. Any ideas - I can’t find a reference to midi out in the manual?
If you mean the “output from Scaler to AAS Strum-GS”, you’ll see following the link I dropped
If not, let me know
No I mean how to get midi out of GS-2 - I saw what you initially posted on using EZBass with Scaler with GS-2 in the middle to “tidy up” the chords, and was trying to do the same.
Last time I tried strum, I wanted to route the midi to a different VST, but I couldn’t get any midi out from Strum. As far as I could tell, it just generates sound and not individual string hits that could be routed to something else.
Claudio and Ben - thanks. I get it now. Claudio has been routing audio from GS-2 into EZBass and EZ Bass is recognising the chords from the audio. I had mistakenly assumed it was midi going from GS-2 to EZ Bass.
You should hear the same series of chords and melody on the other guitar
This guitar is an Ableton basic instrument, so maybe using another plugin the result is better: who knows?
you are welcome
and if you like, search in the forum for “AAS Strum-GS” and other useful tips may jump out, for example:
Scaler feeding both chords and riff in AAS Strum-GS - Part I, II and III