@matimori asked for a tutorial and here it is
sorry, no video involvedI: I am unable to do it properly
Now, I usually start from a guitar accompaniment, then add drums and bass, and only after I (try to) add some solo, but this time I had a tune that echoed in my mind so I started with a flute intro
Flute - intro.mid (350 Bytes)
This intro was on a A maj blues exatonic mode 3 that seemed fine for a folk-blues tune, so I set Scaler in Keys-Lock to audit chords, then I dragged all chords in Section C to see what chords worked best with my flute
As you see I selected triads inverted that are a new finding for me, so I wanted to test them
After auditing all chords I realized that I liked just the 1st one, so I removed all the others, then I clicked on the SUGGEST button…
And 8 matched chords jumped out
Then I clicked on the first and it seemed OK
Note: to audit you have to click on a chord with the mouse, and with the other hand you must click on those green keys that you see on top of the Artists button
Now, as far as you move the new chord (E min in this case) in Section C, the series of matching chords above changes and so on: you find a proper chord and move it in Section C, then another matching series of chords jumps out, you select the following chord, move it in Section C, then another matching series of chords jumps out, etc. ad libitum
In the screenshot below you see that B7 is yellow circled, and the “-” button on the left of OCTAVE is red circled; this is why the notes on B7 were too high in pitch, so I lovered the chords by 1 octave
Here is the starting routing: I renamed all tracks and I have 1 Scaler instance for flute and one for the guitar; using one Scaler for each instrument is considered the best practice among the Scaler’s forumians
Note: the 1st Scaler is linked to my PC keyboard so that the flute can loop (if needed) without being disturbed by my piano keyboard that is needed to audit chords for the guitar
And now you see the MIDI Polisher: it is used to stop Scaler chords falling in the AAS Strum-GS 2 area dedicated to Loops; just the Chords area can be hit by Scaler chords, and you undertand it is happening looking those green keys in the white area surrounded by red keys (red keys don’t leave the sound enter)
And here is the 2nd routing, where the 2nd Scaler feeds MIDI Polisher and 2 identical AAS Strum-GS 2 guitars; I use 2 guitars here to make their patterns more interesting and I’ll explain how
I set the Loop in guitar 1 to half speed, then I search for and select a light arpeggio, or a strumming that leaves some empty space; for guitar 2 instead I use the normal speed and I select a strumming; all the process is made by ear so I cannot explain it deeper: just try yourselves and you’ll understand what happens
To audit the guitar loops, I need that Scaler for guitar is untouched so I linked it to my PC keyboard, while the flute is linked to the piano keyboard so I can start doing what I love more, that is jamming with the flute over the accompaniment
Now, if you jam and are happy with the result, you can go on jamming forever (in my case at least)
But if you are unhappy with the limited choice of notes for solos delivered by Scaler, you have to look at the scale used by Scaler, a B Phrygian Dominant scale in this case
Mmmm, I started with A maj blues exatonic mode 3, and now I have a B Phrygian Dominant scale… YUK!
This is a problem of mine: my workflow is too much impulsive, so I often forget how I created something
Well, doesn’t matter: even if the scale changed, the solo was still in tune with the accompaniment
And now change the routing as showed below
And eventually put the same Ableton scale on the flute
Doing that you’ll realize than the playable notes for the solos are more than the ones suggested by Scaler, and above all the notes are all sequential, without gaps or ups and downs between the groups of notes, why?
I don’t know why there is so much difference between DAW and Scaler scales, but I hope that the future release will fix what I consider a flaw, but at the moment I must say that very often I prefer Ableton scales for solos
That’s all and I hope this photonovel tutorial is useful for somebody
I close with a series of Scaler’s states I exported during the process: unfortunately I don’t remember in what exact moment I exported them , but I put here anyway, just in case
Scaler-State - A.xml (10.6 KB)
Scaler-State - B.xml (16.2 KB)
Scaler-State - C.xml (16.1 KB)