Scaler Music releases Carbon Electra 2 (VST3/AU/AAX)

Scaler Music has announced the release of Carbon Electra 2, a synthesizer plugin featuring wave terrain synthesis and musically meaningful controls.

Switch on Scale Lock and select a scale, and certain parameters respond in a more musical way. Oscillator tuning is done in scale degrees, fitting in major, minor or diminished chords. Carbon Electra's Filter 2 also locks to your scale, giving filter responses based on your scale, chord or a single interval. The onboard sequencer lets you program notes chromatically, as scale notes, or whole chords with programmed inversions and substitutions.

Features

Scale Lock and Musical Control

• Oscillators can lock to musical scale degrees instead of only traditional pitch values.
• Sequencer can lock to diatonic notes and chords within the selected scale.
• Musical filter can lock to scale notes, incoming chord tones or interval relationships.
• Designed to keep sound design, sequencing and modulation musically connected.

Wave terrain Oscillators

• All-new Wave terrain oscillator mode based on topographic terrain-style sound generation.
• Upload your own terrain images in .png format to create custom oscillator behaviour.
• Control how the sound interacts with terrain edges in 3D aspect.
• Adjust terrain size and movement for different tonal results.
• A new alternative to wavetable synthesis, with its own movement, texture and character.
• Also includes classic analogue waveforms and wavetable oscillator modes.

Four-Oscillator Synth Engine

• Four independent oscillators.
• Classic, wavetable and wave terrain oscillator options.
• Per-oscillator pitch, tune, width, cascading FM and position-style controls depending on oscillator type.
• Unison support across oscillators.
• Flexible oscillator blending through the central mixer.

Note and Chord Sequencer

• Scale-based note and chord sequencer.
• Write freely in chromatic mode or stay locked to the chosen scale.
• Chord mode allows diatonic chord programming.
• Supports chord extensions and inversions.
• Ideal for musical riffs, basslines, arps, chord patterns and evolving harmonic sequences.

Multi-Shape Step Sequencer

• Multi-shape modulation step sequencer.
• Assignable to multiple parameters.
• Can run independently from the note/chord sequencer.
• Timing can be divided or multiplied against the main sequencer rate.
• Useful for rhythmic movement, filter patterns, pitch modulation, wavetable movement and FX automation.

Musical Filter System

• New musical filter modes including interval, chord and scale-based behaviour.
• Filter movement can follow musical relationships rather than only static cutoff values.
• Designed for harmonic filtering, resonant movement and scale-aware sound shaping.
• Includes traditional filter controls such as cutoff/offset, resonance, focus/window and keytracking.

Flexible Mixer and Routing

• Four-channel oscillator mixer.
• Per-oscillator level and panning.
• Re-routable oscillator/filter paths.
• Optional gain boost mode.
• Designed for complex layering and movement between oscillator sources.

Reorderable FX Stack

• Powerful onboard effects section.
• Includes delay, distortion, chorus, EQ and reverb.
• Effects can be reordered.
• FX parameters can be modulated.
• Designed for creating finished sounds directly inside the instrument.

New Assignable Modulation System

• Flexible modulation assignment workflow.
• Assign modulation sources to multiple destinations.
• Clear visual destination lists per modulation source.
• Supports LFOs, envelopes, sequencer modulation and performance controls.

Multiple LFOs and Envelopes

• Three dedicated LFOs.
• Amp envelope and modulation envelope.
• LFO sync, trigger and mono modes.
• Adjustable LFO waveforms and destinations.
• Velocity control for envelope behaviour.

Performance and Voice Controls

• Main output section with level control.
• Mono, retrigger, legato and limiter options.
• Unison voice controls.
• Detune, width, tune, pitch bend range and glide controls.
• Mod wheel assignment support.

Advanced Preset and Sequence System

• User sequence area with visual waveform/shape display.

• Save and recall musical sequences and arps.

• Designed for both sound design and musical phrase creation.

• Stronger link between preset design, harmony and performance.

• Includes 362 presets in total, with artist presets from producers including Carl Cox, Timo Garcia, Faze Action and Christian Laffitte.

Pricing & Availability

Carbon Electra 2 is available now in VST3, AU and AAX formats, for the introductory price of $79 (rising to $99 after July 13th).

Carbon Electra 1 users can upgrade for $39 at the same vendor they bought their original license from.