Bro .. Bro!!! I have been playing by ear for YEARS and at 52 years old, I am too damn stubborn, lazy stubborn to take a class. This has changed everything for me as a song writer. Great video! Just subscribed!
No lie, other than the age, this verbatim was gonna be my comment. Thanks for the great tutorial. The website has a lot of resources but you put it in the terms I needed to hear it in. Have you figured out detect mode yet?
6/4 IS THE INVERSION or order of notes from top to bottom. since G is the new bass note the E, or 3rd becomes a 6th above the G and the C becomes a 4th above the G, hence iii 6/4
Seriously Bro! You’ve just changed my life with this tutorial. I downloaded Scaler 3 days ago wondering WTH I was doing...Another VST I don’t need, but man!! You open up my eyes on something that I dreamed of doing 25 years ago...Thank you so much, and God bless.
every video you have is a masterclass of its own. I feel like this scaler plugin could accelerate learning how to actually play piano as well. thanks for your hard work man.
I have watched many videos of producers and beatmakers explaining VST(s) and I have been enjoying yours the most. Thanks for breaking down Serato samples, Scalers, Cableguy vst, and Captain Chords. Blessed!
I really appreciate the time you take to go into the depth of working with this. I've spent my entire life in music and am just blown away by how good the tools keep getting. Love your videos. .
We sent MG out to find water, he not only found it he killed the enemy and lead us to the spoils Damn you're changing music even if you never play a note Mad respect....
MG The Future....WOW.... Thank you so much for this Video....I bought Scaler after watching one of your earlier Vids. but this one explains a creative workflow for writing chords that is simply amazing !!! I'll probably stay in the house all summer just writing music !!!
WOW! New subbie for sure! This is going to change everything! I have been struggling to translate what I hear to actual music. I can finally take my music in my own hands instead of waiting or pleading with folks who play to help. Thanks so much! Now I gotta go watch all your vids to see what else I've missed. Blessed Be!
@33:24 I feel the same way about all these chord/scale tools. When I messed around with music production back in 2007 without any training I just had no clue and got hopeless when randomly messing with keys didn't work. Now all these resources are just spilling all over the place.
Dope video! Very in-depth on the features & building advanced chords. Appreciate this man! Most likely I'm getting this plugin as well to add to the arsenal. Peace bro, def subbed!
Yo my man!!! That was a dope tut! That plugin is somethin seious. For guys like us who are'nt that piano savvy, this opens the door to professional sounding capabilities! I've been using FL for years and you showed me something i have'nt known until now about the articulation modes.Thanks my dude!
Yeah its a powerful helper indeed. The FL piano roll tools are typically covered in different contexts. As far as i know - I'm the only one that i use them that way (until now). LOL - but the rest of them add different options too. When i stop being lazy - imma just make my own "score files" for "known good" articulations for the ARP or Other Features. FL even has a "generator" thats very powerful...i just gotta sit down and commit to it. In theory, you can save all your Scaler chord progressions as midi / score files - and let FL's generator "flip" it for you.
Just got this and came across your video after looking tutorials other than the official ones. superb video bud, definitely one of the best out there. I've been making music for nearly 30 years and self taught for the most part but this has brought a new side to my music. I have basic music theory as i took music at school but this has added to that. Don't listen to those telling you to learn theory. This is educational and will teach you.
Seriously thanks for this bro. If you’ve been making beats then you know this pretty much brings a feeling comparable to “the kid in the candy store” FL piano roll is just bonkers
Man scaler so dope it's ridiculous! Even though I can play a bit it really helps you come up with stuff you would normally take a lot longer to come up with. Great vid MG as always!
Wow.. this has to be the dopest vst I've ever seen for people trying to piece together music theory, they've laid out everything in one interface. Out of the many times you've explained the circle of fifths chart I believe I finally understand it now, thanks for keep going back to it. I think you should do more scaler videos not just "how to" but actually applying it to creating songs, it seems there are many techniques/variations of what this can do.
MG this is tight man! As always you bring some serious absolutes to the table! I will be getting this tomorrow, and so glad you brought up the circle of 5 chart as well. I had one, but not interactive like you pulled up! Thanks again bro!!
the cm means Cminor and the /G means the bass note for chord the 6 4 shows that it is an inversion of the Cminor I don't read those type charts well but I think its the 2nd inversion
Thank you for the video. Really great overview and to the point! I recently bought the Komplete Kontrol 25 (on sale right now, btw). Not for its chord features or "easy mode" but as a general master keyboard, its bundled software and for learning(seeing) scales. That light-guide already elevated my skills by 100% as i was only going by ear for years - Now i stumble over this piece of software and your video and .... just wow! This gonna help me writing so freaking much. Great stuff!
Wow man you just have open my eyes and help me out a lot damn good looking Fam I have been trying over 20 years to do this and you just made it easy and for me to understand what I have been trying to learn thank you so much can’t wait to get home and try it out
Great reveal on something I've been wondering about getting since Christmas. (I just might!) I really liked how open you were about your thinking and what you showed. Thanks a ton. You seemed to be thrown by chords that showed up as iii6/4 in Don't Kill My Vibe. Here's the secret - the 6/4 is telling you how to spell the inversion of the chord, it has both a 6th and a 4th above the root note of the chord. So the iii6/4 (in the key of Ab Major) would be C minor with a G in the bass position. There's a little more to it than that, but that should help you wrap your head around it when you see it and get you where you wanna go. (Took me forever to figure out that it wasn't some crazy 6sus4 chord or something!)
Wow. Thank you - What you put in Parenthesis is exactly what I was dealing with. Now I have to make sense of what THAT means...LOL (why they change Root notes and chord positioning). Luckily i can do that "intuitively" more so than logically with Piano Roll. STILL...would be a good day once i can translate it into "musician speak".
Picture each note in a chord as a person singing one note. Now make it easy on them, don't make the next note they have to sing be very far away from the one they are singing...that's usually how to think about it. Each "voice" of a chord should only move 2 or 3 notes distance up or down at a time. Try a I - IV in C... C-E-G to F-A-C right? If you use the first inversion for the F chord ( C-F-A ), then the dude singing the C in the first chord keeps singing the same note and the other two make small moves ( E to F and G to A ). Make sense? The rules came from church singing before anything else and just got applied to other instruments cause they already made sense. Now if you bump into a choir director you can see what they do and get some insights there too. (Sorry for preachin, just tryin to spread the knowledge!)
Werzel d'Amage no..thats super valuable and makes common sense. Thats exactly why i use piano roll to invert keys. My Captain Chords video shows that captain can do this by default. Thats crazy.
MG FROM DA FUTURRRRRRE! I just got the demo and have been looking at videos. I had instachord but I feel this is a better step forward. The only thing instachord has on this is the ability to individually play the notes from each chord. If Scaler had this as well you could do some stupidly good plucks, whole chords, delayed chords, basslines etc. all in one go
Hey, I needed to tell you, I really enjoyed this tutorial. It was really helpful. I now really have a great idea how to use Scaler and you really spelled it out so well,clearly and all the way into the hooktheory site! Great job!! I don't leave public comments very much, bot you definitely deserve ti!!! Thank you!!!
Plug In Boutique needs to hire you to do the tutorials. Way more interesting and relatable than those cinematic soundscape score tutorials they provide.
Nice tips man, I just got scaler on sale yesterday, using it with bitwig which I think also doesn't have the routing. The 6\4 means it's in second inversion with the G note on the bottom. But you probably figured this out by now haha. That's old school notation from bachs day.
So the 6 over 4 is an indication of inversion. I recommend reading Hook Theory as they explain it well there. Scaler doesn't seem to display inversions that way so you kinda have to know a bit about inversions. Great video!
I just sent Propellerheads a message on Twitter asking them to implement every FL Piano roll feature. They usually reply back to me. I'll keep you other reason heads in the loop. lol
i hear that aggravation and relate to it...you have put me on to multiple tools that makes shit that i struggled with for years a breeze. It's kinda cruel and unfair...I take it as a sign that it's time to take it up a few notches because comfort ability is right around the corner...
oh yeah, wanted to ask scaler vs. melodic flow vs. ableton midi chords etc. why not just use ableton midi tools (scale / chords together)? probably scaler is quicker i know. and whats the differences between melodic flow and scaler? if you chose one, which one and why? maybe you could do a video about it.
Hi. I bought this back on black Friday when I was gearing up. I had high expectations but this doesn't sit in my workflow well at all. It's most likely because I don't have a very trained ear. It all starts to sound the same to me. If I used Ableton and I routed the MIDI to a VST it might be more useful. I try to use Scaler about once a week but it hasn't caught for me. In reason, the chords and scale player is really hitting the right balance for my skill level. Bang some progressions on the keys. Record Automate the switches to give that color or that low.... I've never even needed to send the midi to track to really start moving around like that.... When I get into the large chords I just lose all orientation. But I'm going to keep opening it up once a week to see if I've gotten good enough to use it. 1 Thing that I have successfully used it for is making batches of MIDI files for resources later.
ive always thought ,still do think that I could play by ear all by myself ,its been over 20 some years now .i never had the will or the time to take classes and its been hurting my creativity but now my wish has been granted .
you beat me to the punch bro.. this plug is super dope for all displayed above and so much more. you didn't touch on feeding scaler through any vst of choice. I think that alone is a great feature for those of us not trained and experiment by the ear. your super fast on the draw tho. Pause.. Respect Da Process #Keepbangin!
There's a work around to make it feed thru in FL, but it's so tedious, I'd rather use it in ableton, however Ableton doesn't have strum. But they are planning to add strum in a future update of scaler
Yo! On point bro. Thanks! Tried scrolling through comments...don't know if you figured it out yet or if it was mentioned but around the 20 min mark your iii chord (cm/G) is an inversion of the chord. The G is in the bass. That would be a 2nd Inversion but in Scaler I believe you would go +3 on Inversion. PEACE!
Bro you are more than welcome! I went ahead and copped InstaChord last night. That God Mode video is actually how I found you. Its dope but I'm still used to Scaler. InstaChord also seems to lag a bit. Can't tell if I like Pick mode or Fret mode better. I used it in Logic Pro X. Peace! Keep grinding. You got a new sub here bro.
MG you are the truth! This is awesome. Quick question, at 13:40 what did you press/how did you select both columns of notes? Thanks again for the great tutorials!
MG The Future so I’m sure you know this already, but although you can’t get the midi data out from Cthulhu you can use patchwork’s to route it through whatever VSTi you prefer and if you want the chords you can just manually add each note after. Slows the workflow but still possible to use it in Reason. Cthulhu is definitely a cheat code.
@@abravo8306 - Just download and use FREE Patcher from FL Studio guys: www.image-line.com/plugins/category/all/ It essentially lets you add a Patcher style "rack" to ANY DAW... all for free.
Smh 🤦🏾♂️ 2018 is def gonna be my resurrection.. this is crazy.. part of the reason i took a break from beats was I couldn’t get out what I was hearing in my head becuz of technology issues.. bridges are essential and and this plugin makes it so easy.. this is a top 3 gem mg.. thank u so much..... I don’t think people are understanding the bridge capabilities with this.. I’m gonna kill this with using samples and implementing the Kanye sample hack u taught us with key changing.. might have to do another vid to wake cats up 😂
Hi MG , i liked your video earlier but i skipped it .... because i guess it was too long , honestly speaking im into producing all sorts of music " EDM / Hiphop / Pop ...etc " and i have to say ... even being exposed to music production for 14 years and knowing the scales .. key .. harmonies ... diminished , sus .... your sort of dissected the chord names dilemma , and the cryptic I II IV VII i've always seen on sites and never understood and you attracted me more to scaler , thank you very much for sharing all of this information " a strong player exposes his cards for everybody to see " i hope i'm as strong and dedicated as you , stay positive and keep up the good work , Peace :)
I been paying 20$ a month for online piano lessons .now I just cancelled it ..because of this plug in I can teach my self now... I was trying to learn different scales then major and minor I knew them already but was trying to expand thanks for the info.
Man!!! This is amazing. Please! PLEASE! Teach us how to make bridges, make a video on that. On R&B bridges formulas and that stuff you talked about! Please :D
You can use the inversion button to create inversions. 6/4 Just means the chord is in 2nd inversion (the note are arranged in a different order). For ex. If the chord is Cmaj it would be C E G. In first inversion that would be E G C (C 6) E is now the root with a 6th above the bass. In second inversion it would be G C E (C 6/4) G is now the root and there is a 6th and a 4th above the bass.
Ooooh man! Because of owning a similar utility, I slept on this during the intro sale. I was mistaken to do so. The remedy will come on payday 😅 Thanks for an insightful review 🙏👊
How do you sync Scaler with FL Studio? For some reason i cannot transpose the midi from the plugin to a VST and it doesn’t detect anything when i play chords
MG - I bought this on a deal over Xmas but haven't used it yet. This is a great practical example. Thank you. Have you checked Plugin Boutique's Radio plugin? It's pretty cool too for sampling. Best wishes from Bristol. Time to save some Bill Evans chord sets!
Honestly, I don't hear about a new plugin until people ask me about them - LOL! Thanks for checking me out! 🙏🙏🙏 And Bill Evans? Aye...gotta check him out
I'm not trying to find the key of the song. Im just trying to identify the chords. I though i saw you do that with a sample in one video. You figure out the chords in the sample by running it through some plugin. Then you did your own thing with the chords.
Bro .. Bro!!! I have been playing by ear for YEARS and at 52 years old, I am too damn stubborn, lazy stubborn to take a class. This has changed everything for me as a song writer. Great video! Just subscribed!
Thank you! Im glad it connected! Im 32 - and I'm already that stubborn LOL
No lie, other than the age, this verbatim was gonna be my comment. Thanks for the great tutorial. The website has a lot of resources but you put it in the terms I needed to hear it in. Have you figured out detect mode yet?
me too!
6/4 IS THE INVERSION or order of notes from top to bottom. since G is the new bass note the E, or 3rd becomes a 6th above the G and the C becomes a 4th above the G, hence iii 6/4
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@@MGTheFuture Thanks Bro. Checking out this plugin right now! (It does feel like cheating)
Hey bro that 6/4 thing is the second inversion of the chord. just add fifth note octave below as a bass note and you'll have the mirror.
Wow I really have to use this plugin more, Thanks for the Video 🙏🏾
I love how chill and natural MG is compared to many youtube producers high on affect, gimmicks and drama.
Seriously Bro! You’ve just changed my life with this tutorial. I downloaded Scaler 3 days ago wondering WTH I was doing...Another VST I don’t need, but man!! You open up my eyes on something that I dreamed of doing 25 years ago...Thank you so much, and God bless.
No problem! 🙏
every video you have is a masterclass of its own. I feel like this scaler plugin could accelerate learning how to actually play piano as well. thanks for your hard work man.
I have watched many videos of producers and beatmakers explaining VST(s) and I have been enjoying yours the most. Thanks for breaking down Serato samples, Scalers, Cableguy vst, and Captain Chords. Blessed!
Thanks!
10:53 - found Gmin 7/9 and did purchase this plugin and it helps tremendously. It will help unblock writer's block!!! Thanks MG The Future
I really appreciate the time you take to go into the depth of working with this. I've spent my entire life in music and am just blown away by how good the tools keep getting. Love your videos. .
No problem, and thanks 🙏 I’m glad they connect
Great to see your name in the update! Love it!
We sent MG out to find water, he not only found it he killed the enemy and lead us to the spoils
Damn you're changing music even if you never play a note
Mad respect....
HardKillaz 😂 that's a wild metaphor! Thanks tho 💯🙏
MG The Future I'm just saying you are beyond kind
Thanks for all the knowledge you drop
HardKillaz no problem 🙏
HardKillaz aa
MG The Future....WOW.... Thank you so much for this Video....I bought Scaler after watching one of your earlier Vids. but this one explains a creative workflow for writing chords that is simply amazing !!! I'll probably stay in the house all summer just writing music !!!
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You're awesome, you're someone who serves others and brings value to people.
WOW! New subbie for sure! This is going to change everything! I have been struggling to translate what I hear to actual music. I can finally take my music in my own hands instead of waiting or pleading with folks who play to help. Thanks so much! Now I gotta go watch all your vids to see what else I've missed. Blessed Be!
+Jamilah Simmons thanks 🙏💯
Great video! Thanks for showing me the features of it. Just getting into it.
@33:24 I feel the same way about all these chord/scale tools. When I messed around with music production back in 2007 without any training I just had no clue and got hopeless when randomly messing with keys didn't work. Now all these resources are just spilling all over the place.
Curtis Turner yeah, we need workflows for workflows
Dope video! Very in-depth on the features & building advanced chords. Appreciate this man! Most likely I'm getting this plugin as well to add to the arsenal. Peace bro, def subbed!
Appreciate you
Yo my man!!! That was a dope tut! That plugin is somethin seious. For guys like us who are'nt that piano savvy, this opens the door to professional sounding capabilities! I've been using FL for years and you showed me something i have'nt known until now about the articulation modes.Thanks my dude!
Yeah its a powerful helper indeed. The FL piano roll tools are typically covered in different contexts. As far as i know - I'm the only one that i use them that way (until now). LOL - but the rest of them add different options too. When i stop being lazy - imma just make my own "score files" for "known good" articulations for the ARP or Other Features. FL even has a "generator" thats very powerful...i just gotta sit down and commit to it. In theory, you can save all your Scaler chord progressions as midi / score files - and let FL's generator "flip" it for you.
another one bro. you really hackin' them things man. that melodyne videos really changed my work flow thank you.
No problem! 🙏
Just got this and came across your video after looking tutorials other than the official ones. superb video bud, definitely one of the best out there. I've been making music for nearly 30 years and self taught for the most part but this has brought a new side to my music. I have basic music theory as i took music at school but this has added to that. Don't listen to those telling you to learn theory. This is educational and will teach you.
Appreciate you!
Yo! Thanks for this video, very helpful. I have been playing by ear and just purchased scaler, this vid is a game changer for sure. Well done.
This is one of the best RUclips videos I’ve seen in a while. Great stuff. I just subscribed!
I Am Write Jus 🙏🙏🙏
MG - your presentations are inspirational, much appreciated and thanks.
Pete
that detect and then chord variations.... all the possibilities. CRAZY
osricb1234 Muy 👀🎹🔑
Seriously thanks for this bro. If you’ve been making beats then you know this pretty much brings a feeling comparable to “the kid in the candy store” FL piano roll is just bonkers
Watched, ordered , playing with it right now .. very cool
It's lit 🔥
Man scaler so dope it's ridiculous! Even though I can play a bit it really helps you come up with stuff you would normally take a lot longer to come up with. Great vid MG as always!
Thanks man! yeah its useful for remixing known good chords. For me - i like the drag and drop - to experiment with hooks and intros etc
Best review/tutorial of this plugin I've seen! Thanks for taking time to do this.
Appreciate it 🙏
I wish ableton could do that cool arperggio thingy.
They likely will soon, it has a lot of max for live devices that sorta do too
@@MGTheFuture Ok max for live is pants. Need it to be native like FL.
lol! understood
Ey MG! I Really Appriciate you Man. I like your videos and your mindset behind why your doing what you're doing. I wish you the Best Man.
Wow.. this has to be the dopest vst I've ever seen for people trying to piece together music theory, they've laid out everything in one interface. Out of the many times you've explained the circle of fifths chart I believe I finally understand it now, thanks for keep going back to it. I think you should do more scaler videos not just "how to" but actually applying it to creating songs, it seems there are many techniques/variations of what this can do.
DJ Chosen One 🙏🙏🙏 will do
MG this is tight man! As always you bring some serious absolutes to the table! I will be getting this tomorrow, and so glad you brought up the circle of 5 chart as well. I had one, but not interactive like you pulled up!
Thanks again bro!!
Thank you brother! Great content, very insightful
the cm means Cminor and the /G means the bass note for chord the 6 4 shows that it is an inversion of the Cminor I don't read those type charts well but I think its the 2nd inversion
Ok, thanks - I'll understand it one day 😭
you're coin the most important part already ... hearing and feeling
Thank you for the video. Really great overview and to the point!
I recently bought the Komplete Kontrol 25 (on sale right now, btw). Not for its chord features or "easy mode" but as a general master keyboard, its bundled software and for learning(seeing) scales. That light-guide already elevated my skills by 100% as i was only going by ear for years - Now i stumble over this piece of software and your video and .... just wow! This gonna help me writing so freaking much. Great stuff!
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Best demo & explanations I have found, Thank you ,
Thank you 💯
I like your style of explanining. And especially that you show this in the context of FL Studio! Most VST reviews anchor on Ableton Live.
MG, this is another awesome tutorial! Thank you for all the "Major Keys"!
Thanks! I see what you did there
Very comprehensive bro. Well done. This plugin is a must have.
Appreciate it!
Wow man you just have open my eyes and help me out a lot damn good looking Fam I have been trying over 20 years to do this and you just made it easy and for me to understand what I have been trying to learn thank you so much can’t wait to get home and try it out
luster terry here to help 🙏💯
This Sir, is indeed a god send! I can see the possibilities this opens up. Much appreciated!
No problem 🙏
Man, you've inspired me to download this plug...thanks...great video!
Thanks 🙏
i did everything you did when i first caught wind of this in a ad i seen earlier.
thank you for this video
Yea I use this also. Check out Captain Chords it’s more for a visual learners.
Alright cool
Great reveal on something I've been wondering about getting since Christmas. (I just might!) I really liked how open you were about your thinking and what you showed. Thanks a ton.
You seemed to be thrown by chords that showed up as iii6/4 in Don't Kill My Vibe. Here's the secret - the 6/4 is telling you how to spell the inversion of the chord, it has both a 6th and a 4th above the root note of the chord. So the iii6/4 (in the key of Ab Major) would be C minor with a G in the bass position. There's a little more to it than that, but that should help you wrap your head around it when you see it and get you where you wanna go. (Took me forever to figure out that it wasn't some crazy 6sus4 chord or something!)
Wow. Thank you - What you put in Parenthesis is exactly what I was dealing with. Now I have to make sense of what THAT means...LOL (why they change Root notes and chord positioning). Luckily i can do that "intuitively" more so than logically with Piano Roll. STILL...would be a good day once i can translate it into "musician speak".
Picture each note in a chord as a person singing one note. Now make it easy on them, don't make the next note they have to sing be very far away from the one they are singing...that's usually how to think about it. Each "voice" of a chord should only move 2 or 3 notes distance up or down at a time. Try a I - IV in C... C-E-G to F-A-C right? If you use the first inversion for the F chord ( C-F-A ), then the dude singing the C in the first chord keeps singing the same note and the other two make small moves ( E to F and G to A ). Make sense? The rules came from church singing before anything else and just got applied to other instruments cause they already made sense. Now if you bump into a choir director you can see what they do and get some insights there too.
(Sorry for preachin, just tryin to spread the knowledge!)
Werzel d'Amage no..thats super valuable and makes common sense. Thats exactly why i use piano roll to invert keys.
My Captain Chords video shows that captain can do this by default. Thats crazy.
This is amazing.. Thanx for sharing and for the effort.. Keep up the good work..
I appreciate it 💯
MG FROM DA FUTURRRRRRE! I just got the demo and have been looking at videos. I had instachord but I feel this is a better step forward. The only thing instachord has on this is the ability to individually play the notes from each chord. If Scaler had this as well you could do some stupidly good plucks, whole chords, delayed chords, basslines etc. all in one go
Always good to have both ...I use em for different tasks
Hey, I needed to tell you, I really enjoyed this tutorial. It was really helpful. I now really have a great idea how to use Scaler and you really spelled it out so well,clearly and all the way into the hooktheory site! Great job!! I don't leave public comments very much, bot you definitely deserve ti!!! Thank you!!!
Very welcome 🙏
Plug In Boutique needs to hire you to do the tutorials. Way more interesting and relatable than those cinematic soundscape score tutorials they provide.
MG very well explained helped in the deciding factor of which to choose from? Am sure with this type of knowledge it's just a matter of TIME.
Thanks for checking it out
Nice tips man, I just got scaler on sale yesterday, using it with bitwig which I think also doesn't have the routing. The 6\4 means it's in second inversion with the G note on the bottom. But you probably figured this out by now haha. That's old school notation from bachs day.
Really cool man. Thanks for breaking it down....
So the 6 over 4 is an indication of inversion. I recommend reading Hook Theory as they explain it well there. Scaler doesn't seem to display inversions that way so you kinda have to know a bit about inversions. Great video!
Thanks, I'll peep that. For now I'm just going kamikaze 😂
Man FL has the best piano roll/MIDI tools in the game. That's the single thing I envy about it.
I just sent Propellerheads a message on Twitter asking them to implement every FL Piano roll feature. They usually reply back to me. I'll keep you other reason heads in the loop. lol
They responded asking what features we need. Imma hit U on twitter.
Wow dude glad I've found your channel. I was just a little lost on the music theory talk but you explain things very well
Appreciate you 🙏
Tell PluginBoutique you want your cut of the sales commission. I bought this after watching the video and it is absolutely worth it.
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Thanks MG. This is gonna be in a lot of people's arsenals!
IamVenVile 👀🎹🙏
i hear that aggravation and relate to it...you have put me on to multiple tools that makes shit that i struggled with for years a breeze. It's kinda cruel and unfair...I take it as a sign that it's time to take it up a few notches because comfort ability is right around the corner...
True Enough.
oh yeah, wanted to ask scaler vs. melodic flow vs. ableton midi chords etc. why not just use ableton midi tools (scale / chords together)? probably scaler is quicker i know. and whats the differences between melodic flow and scaler? if you chose one, which one and why? maybe you could do a video about it.
You make up stuff with Ableton (As I do). Scaler helps you analyze existing stuff. Melodic Flow just assists in creating the rest of the parts.
Hi. I bought this back on black Friday when I was gearing up. I had high expectations but this doesn't sit in my workflow well at all. It's most likely because I don't have a very trained ear. It all starts to sound the same to me. If I used Ableton and I routed the MIDI to a VST it might be more useful. I try to use Scaler about once a week but it hasn't caught for me.
In reason, the chords and scale player is really hitting the right balance for my skill level. Bang some progressions on the keys. Record Automate the switches to give that color or that low.... I've never even needed to send the midi to track to really start moving around like that....
When I get into the large chords I just lose all orientation. But I'm going to keep opening it up once a week to see if I've gotten good enough to use it.
1 Thing that I have successfully used it for is making batches of MIDI files for resources later.
Curtis Turner use it with hooktheory...to create a chord progression library. The rest will come later.
Def appreciate that key. Hooktheory, Hit Film Express, Canva, Recycle, Them kicks in that lofi pack, lol. Keep the keys comin!
don't forget melodyne and spectralayers
Yeah need to mess with a demo of those. Haven't gotten hands on with those keys yet.
I always try to kick a song off with scaler. I think I'll try remixing my chords AFTER the fact to something a little saucier using scaler.
Thank you for the video. Well done. Very helpful!
great video, i learnt so much from this. thank you
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ive always thought ,still do think that I could play by ear all by myself ,its been over 20 some years now .i never had the will or the time to take classes and its been hurting my creativity but now my wish has been granted .
What a time to be alive
Im glad you got the plugin. How can you do that strum effect in ableton.
Ableton and the rest of them are "working on it"
I'm two years late but I picked up Scaler today! This was very helpful thank you.
Bout to cop too!
Check out version 2 coming of Scaler! It is AMAZING
Super-great presentation! Subscribed.
Great vid learned something! Thanks
you beat me to the punch bro.. this plug is super dope for all displayed above and so much more. you didn't touch on feeding scaler through any vst of choice. I think that alone is a great feature for those of us not trained and experiment by the ear.
your super fast on the draw tho. Pause.. Respect Da Process #Keepbangin!
Bk Banga fl doesn't support that feed it through or print...as usual 😭
Smh.. MPC doesn't either. or I haven't figured it out as yet. but its effective without it momentarily so its grind time
Bk Banga it's like an all you can create buffet out here man 😂
There's a work around to make it feed thru in FL, but it's so tedious, I'd rather use it in ableton, however Ableton doesn't have strum. But they are planning to add strum in a future update of scaler
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Yo! On point bro. Thanks! Tried scrolling through comments...don't know if you figured it out yet or if it was mentioned but around the 20 min mark your iii chord (cm/G) is an inversion of the chord. The G is in the bass. That would be a 2nd Inversion but in Scaler I believe you would go +3 on Inversion. PEACE!
Thank you so much...makes sense, crazy cuz I was researching this last night 🙏
Bro you are more than welcome! I went ahead and copped InstaChord last night. That God Mode video is actually how I found you. Its dope but I'm still used to Scaler. InstaChord also seems to lag a bit. Can't tell if I like Pick mode or Fret mode better. I used it in Logic Pro X. Peace! Keep grinding. You got a new sub here bro.
And funny how that works bro. The Universe connected us. Ha!
"People don't think the universe be like it is, but it do"
I'm sure you've answered this question before- What's better Captain Chords or Scaler? I want to use either or as tools to create further. Thanks
Sup, I haven't. I don't treat them the same, neither is better... i.e. Spoon vs Knife
MG you are the truth! This is awesome. Quick question, at 13:40 what did you press/how did you select both columns of notes? Thanks again for the great tutorials!
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MG The Future thank you 🤘, appreciate the quickness
Sick man! This was a revolution to my workflow, 5 stars for this VST. Time saver and you sound like a theory nerd musician haha!
I'm just a music hacker at heart 🙏
Thx MG . Keep them coming my brother
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You're a genius lol. I need to watch this video 8 or 9 times to soak it all in lol.
Hey MG? Have you figured out a way to use Cthulhu in reason ?
No sir. Reason a vst now tho...can just use another daw to support both
MG The Future so I’m sure you know this already, but although you can’t get the midi data out from Cthulhu you can use patchwork’s to route it through whatever VSTi you prefer and if you want the chords you can just manually add each note after. Slows the workflow but still possible to use it in Reason. Cthulhu is definitely a cheat code.
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Ok, i see what you mean vs captain and that first half progression is on point. Instant inspiration! I'm already singing to it LOL
Yeah imma do the comparison video and show how you can leverage both
This was super bridge game. Thanks again for breaking that down.
Time to walk over water
Man I’m going to make beats all day off this bro lol. I bought the plugin but this tutorial really shows me how I can get busy with it.
Yeah the wolf is running the scales for epic 🐺 Ness! MGTF you tha big 🐺 man. Never thought about having my own chord library
Yeah Chord Libraries would speed up things tremendous
Smh 🤦🏾♂️ 2018 is def gonna be my resurrection.. this is crazy.. part of the reason i took a break from beats was I couldn’t get out what I was hearing in my head becuz of technology issues.. bridges are essential and and this plugin makes it so easy.. this is a top 3 gem mg.. thank u so much..... I don’t think people are understanding the bridge capabilities with this.. I’m gonna kill this with using samples and implementing the Kanye sample hack u taught us with key changing.. might have to do another vid to wake cats up 😂
Yeah man, this and Serato...scary times when people figure it out and push
MG The Future exactly
which vid you talking bout Kanye sample hack
i cant play a lick but this and serato i'm coming for those big names if i can just find the time
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You are the MANNNNNN for this bro!!.. THANK YOU!!
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Great video man - thanks very much
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Hi MG , i liked your video earlier but i skipped it .... because i guess it was too long , honestly speaking im into producing all sorts of music " EDM / Hiphop / Pop ...etc " and i have to say ... even being exposed to music production for 14 years and knowing the scales .. key .. harmonies ... diminished , sus .... your sort of dissected the chord names dilemma , and the cryptic I II IV VII i've always seen on sites and never understood and you attracted me more to scaler , thank you very much for sharing all of this information " a strong player exposes his cards for everybody to see " i hope i'm as strong and dedicated as you , stay positive and keep up the good work , Peace :)
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I been paying 20$ a month for online piano lessons .now I just cancelled it ..because of this plug in I can teach my self now... I was trying to learn different scales then major and minor I knew them already but was trying to expand thanks for the info.
+RICKEY RO lol! Here to help 💯
in 1.8 version you can now drag midi to a track in studio one.
Man!!! This is amazing. Please! PLEASE! Teach us how to make bridges, make a video on that. On R&B bridges formulas and that stuff you talked about! Please :D
Im still doing my home work - finding the easiest way to explain it. Thanks for checking it out 🙏
Thank you so much man!
would the 6 over 4 be a major 6th suspended 4th?
Not sure tbh
You can use the inversion button to create inversions. 6/4 Just means the chord is in 2nd inversion (the note are arranged in a different order). For ex. If the chord is Cmaj it would be C E G. In first inversion that would be E G C (C 6) E is now the root with a 6th above the bass. In second inversion it would be G C E (C 6/4) G is now the root and there is a 6th and a 4th above the bass.
Ooooh man! Because of owning a similar utility, I slept on this during the intro sale. I was mistaken to do so. The remedy will come on payday 😅 Thanks for an insightful review 🙏👊
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How do you sync Scaler with FL Studio? For some reason i cannot transpose the midi from the plugin to a VST and it doesn’t detect anything when i play chords
Using the midi out of scaler, set to port 1, and then the midi in of your VSTi Set to port 1
How can I drag & drop the midi in the mpc software without it changing the current sequence that Im using Scaler in?
I’m not familiar with this dilemma. I don’t use mpc software.
@@MGTheFuture cool... Now I must go in the Dojo and work it out and post a video... Thanks my dude 💪
Finally! Chords Fundamentals brought to us! GREAT. Thank You."
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Man bro this review was pretty helpful. Dope content man. Just sub’d 💯
Thanks 🙏
still doing research on melody plugins.
I'm not feeling "easy" with this one as I did with Captain.
Hmm...
How to use this plugin in MPC 2.X?
MG - I bought this on a deal over Xmas but haven't used it yet. This is a great practical example. Thank you. Have you checked Plugin Boutique's Radio plugin? It's pretty cool too for sampling. Best wishes from Bristol. Time to save some Bill Evans chord sets!
Honestly, I don't hear about a new plugin until people ask me about them - LOL! Thanks for checking me out! 🙏🙏🙏 And Bill Evans? Aye...gotta check him out
Awesome plugin, I've suggested they add a section showing Secondary Dominant's to offer you Key Change options as you're writing!
B Miller sounds like that would be live indeed 🔥
Bro !! Bro !!!! This is DOPE !! Thanks a ton to make my decision easy :)
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MG The Future could review the damn phone directory and I'd watch it! Love your vids Brother, keep up the great work man \m/
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Hey MG what is that plugin where you can play it audio of chords being played and it will identify the chord from an audio file?
Song hornet
I'm not trying to find the key of the song. Im just trying to identify the chords. I though i saw you do that with a sample in one video. You figure out the chords in the sample by running it through some plugin. Then you did your own thing with the chords.
Yeah, song hornet the only one that does audio