First of all, the big question: when (and if so, when) will you release a possible new Scaler version? Will it be Scaler 3?
Now, here’s a bunch of feature requests that may seem unpopular or bizarre:
Apart from the Olivier Messiaen’s modes request I made in another post, I’m interested in everything related to atonal harmony (in contemporary classical music/jazz realms). So, a direct proposal could be to introduce tools to manage serial music (dodecaphony) or any other way to blend atonal/dissonant chords (outside of a predefined scale) with the common tonal harmony, where Scaler 2 already excels.
Additionally, I would love to see Scaler cover more classical and jazz music—in terms of composers, scales, and “songs.”
What do you think, community? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Did you know you can set up your own dodecaphonic scales in Scaler?
You can do this by simply opening any major scale and duplicating each block in Section C so that there are two Cmaj chords then two Dmin chords, two Emin chords… Then raise the second block of each pair by a semi tone on the CHORD page. If you then save the consolidated patterns as a single chord set you have your dodecaphonic scale.
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Can you explain this a in a bit more detail. please?
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I think this can again be done easily on the CHORD page or on the MOD page using Neo-Reimanninan modulation or modulating MEDIANTS, or indeed any of the modulation options.
Having said this, I am sure that the team would welcome your ideas on further developments in this area.
So, I understand you suggest creating two “patterns”, but how can I create that single chord set? Maybe it’s just me not being familiar with Scaler 2.
Anyway, this seems more like a clever workaround. I would prefer to have the chromatic scale as just another scale, with the essential option to “randomize” the order of the 12 notes, allowing me to create my “series” (in terms of dodecaphony). Afterward, I would need the engine (Scaler 2) to present the “next” chord by using all the notes already employed, following a rule of serial music.
You are right. That’s a valid possible “atonal” context. I’ll try to reformulate my wish, and maybe you could say that what I’m suggesting is already feasible:
Let’s say I’m in a certain key/scale. I want to introduce an “out-of-scale” chord (a dissonant chord). I would like a way to “resolve” that divergence by bringing it back to the original scale. And yes, maybe this is already feasible, right?
A bit of theory, as I understand it, may help answer this. When you introduce your dissonant chord you are effectively modulating to a new key, which contains the new chord. To resolve this back to the original key is simply a modulation from the new key to the original key so I suggest trying the tools on the MOD page.
I am not sure if this is totally correct, but it is my understanding, and seems to work for me.
Thanks for your explanation. I’m now better understanding how you suggest creating a new dodecaphonic scale. If I understand correctly, you propose building a 12-note scale by adding chords in a sequence and then freezing that sequence for later use. That’s a smart approach, but you need to be careful not to duplicate notes, which can be tricky.
I’d prefer a way to set my own seed sequence of 12 notes and have Scaler (or another tool) handle all subsequent elaborations (including chord progressions) for me. So, that’s my feature request.
By the way, if you or anyone here knows of any software/plugin that helps with creating serial music, please let me know.
On the second point (using Scaler 2 to resolve dissonant chords), you are right and I have to make some tests!
