Let me tickle green keys ceaseless

Scaler 2 Feature Requests
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I suspect this was asked already but I cannot find the thread

just now after having composed a nice tune in the EL&P style I am trying to do the guitar solo using the magical-green-keys that, together with chords muted, lets me play notes that are always correct in the keyboard texture but there is a problem

when the chord changes and I am still pushing one green key, the sound stops abrubtly
that is a mess as a guitar solo has long notes, possibly further extended through the pitch reel or some effect, that can go over the end of a musical part

there is a chance this issues can be fixed in the next release?

it could be a big improvement for poor guitarists like me, that love doing soloes as Carlos Eduardo Arellano ones…

well, this is unlikely I can do that with Scaler, but 1/100 of his skills are good enough to me
:grinning:

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Good idea, I think? A “legato” mode for melody creation… I’m still new to the program and don’t know if there’s a way to, perhaps, use another instance of Scaler 2 for melody only. I’ll keep this in mind and see if I’m able to come up with a solution or ideas about this.

Right off the top of my head, I’d suggest getting the pitches right and then going back into your MIDI editor to adjust note duration.

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sure but I hate loosing time with editing :grinning:
I’am not a professional and I compose for fun and relax
editing isn’t

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@1stInversion Yes you can use another instance of Scaler for melody. I use multiple Scalers all the time. One for rhythm, one for held chords, etc.

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interesting, but what’s the advantage compared to using one instance only with the same scaler series of chords for different compositions?

I used this workflow just tonight to compose the 3 parts (guitar, pipe organ and synth) each one with a different expression of a prog tune

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How would you have one Scaler doing held chords with no expressions and also expressions playing rhythms or phrases to multiple synths? And then a lead line that overlaps the pattern change notes? At the same time. The advantage is you can have different things going on that one Scaler can’t do.

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I recorded the 3 parts (chords + notes) into Scaler using the line C on the bottom, then dragged all the 3 in different lanes, with different instruments in Ableton

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Yeah, that’s one way and I’ve done that too. But having a couple or 3 Scalers running live I’m free to make changes and sync the Scalers until I get something I’m happy with before committing to MIDI files.
Of course MIDI files are the best way to make velocity and subtle timing /voicing changes for the finish.
Until Scaler 3 comes around! :grinning:

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do you mean 3 identical copies?
i.e. you find a suitable series of chord in one Scaler instance, then duplicate it X times, then you work in each?
or the X instances are connnected in some way?

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Both. My usual way of working is to get the chords in an order I like and have it loop to the DAW. If I want to play chords manually till I get something right but still want a rhythm or expression on one and just the block chords on another then I make a MIDI yoke that lets e play both or all 3 at the same time.

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thanks
I’ll try ythat