Free VST plugin maps musical scales to your MIDI keyboard

By Ben Rogerson
( Computer Music )
published

Never play a wrong note again

Will this plugin make your keyboard playing sound better?
Will this plugin make your keyboard playing sound better?

CodeFN42 has released a potentially useful new Windows plugin known as Cales. This simple VST tool maps a specified scale to your MIDI keyboard, meaning that bum notes should become things of the past.

More than 20 scales come included, and you can add your own custom scales. There's also an easy mode which enables you to play any scale using only the white keys. With this engaged, C is always the tonic/root note.

You can download Cales as a 32/64-bit Windows VST plugin from the CodeFN42 website.

Ben Rogerson
Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.