Matthew White

18 minutes ago, Grebz said:

I hope that we'll still be able to make full customizations as we currently can (with whatever improvements you're adding), because this is something that I really enjoy doing, along with other people. There may not be a lot of us making themes, but we are very dedicated.  Waste of time for some, actual pleasure for me and I sincerely hope I can continue to do so. Changing every single icon and color is satisfying, on top of making music, of course.

Absolutely!

41 minutes ago, Grebz said:

I like making themes.
Will the new Sonar allow us to customize the UI? Will it use the same Theme Editor? Did you fix such issues as one color used in several different places? Get rid of the old unused elements?

16 minutes ago, Jesse Jost said:

Theming capabilities will change and there may be little to no customization in the first release of Sonar. That said, a tremendous amount of thought and effort have gone into this rework and we hope that the need for theming will be greatly diminished moving forward. 

The way that theming works in CbB is tortuous, so we're moving to a simpler, more elegant presentation idiom. The core customization capabilities that are needed most will likely be introduced in the future, but in a far more user friendly way than what's available in the current theme editor. 

I guess what will be, will be, and I respect the decisions of the team, but this doesn't sound so good to someone such as myself (and no doubt you also @Grebz) who likes deeply changing the look of every item, the same goes for those who also like using a Theme which looks entirely different to the originals, this makes it sound like customization will be very limited rather than comprehensive, I do hope not and I know I don't speak for the majority but keeping full customization possibilities would certainly be a great thing! (To some of us at least lol)

3 minutes ago, Markus Balz said:

Thanky you very much for these very appealing Themes, a must have for cakewalk ( also Donation )

Thanks Markus, it's much appreciated.

I know this has been requested before, but I think it was in the UI Themes section of the Forum and I think the Feedback Loop section might be a better place to ask.

Please separate more colors for theming, far too many colors affect other areas making it difficult when using lighter or darker backgrounds for different areas, for example, Console View: Control Text and Values sets the color for not just the Pan and Gain Values, it also affects the console view button text which makes it difficult, if not impossible to use lighter buttons and a darker strip or vice versa, it also affects the 'Inspector', 'Multidock' and 'Browser' Text in track view.

A single color for each single area would be far more desirable and would allow many more options for theme creation, I find the current way very limiting and often find many of my theme ideas thwarted by incompatibility due to one color affecting more than one area, more separation would open up so many more possibilities, Please do this! ❤️

Nope, where did you find those?

Yes indeed! This is something I've been wanting since two years ago. 

'M-Peach' added to the pack, enjoy!

'M-Peach' is a dark flat style Theme with peach colored buttons and text.

Free Download Here.... https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zS9wH3ZeKcG2FHJmdqsLMlrDNmYGNpTV?usp=share_link

A combined total of around 150 hours, sometimes much more, goes in to creating each Theme I make, then there's more time spent to update them whenever BandLab makes changes or additions to the Cakewalk GUI to ensure any changed or new items display correctly and match the Theme, I also don't make all these Themes for myself, it's more of a hobby and to share the end results with the Cakewalk Community for their use and enjoyment at no charge, Any Tips/Donations via the following link for my time and efforts in creating and updating these are greatly appreciated, however small. Thank You! ❤️https://www.paypal.me/MatthewJohnWhite

It's a +1 from me!

I definitely think it would be handy if this could be changed in the same area as you can select the background colors for these on a per clip basis if auto detect isn't possible.

7 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

If your motherboard can take it, I'd be tempted to drop an i7-4770 in there, Also, don't know what graphics you're running.

It's just a 6 year old HP all-in-one (due to available space issues) with processor based graphics, 8GB memory, 1TB spinning disk and 21.5inch screen, so will probably get another all-in-one but with better everything, possibly something else, just going to see what my options are when I have a decent chunk of cash saved up, also planning on spending more on it than I did with this one so should be a massive improvement.

1 hour ago, User 905133 said:

I did not get the bars with the same file on the older PC. Newer PC has a graphics card; older PC uses MoBo chip.  Who knows if that's what makes the difference?

I was wondering if having on board graphics was part of the issue as that's what I currently have, I now know that's not the case now you've said this, weather or not it would make a difference to how often it happens I don't know, but I wouldn't think so. Not a major problem I know, but these little things "bug" me more than they should lol.

2 hours ago, Colin Nicholls said:

Page 137 of the YLIP doc talks about my findings with respect to the viewport image. It isn't directly an answer to your issue, but it might help throw some light on why it suffers from funky rendering on occasion...

Thanks, I must have missed that part somehow, still strange that it does this when the viewport background being used isn't transparent and no other Windows application is in focus as mentioned in the 'Interesting Factoid' on page 137 of YLIP.

46 minutes ago, sjoens said:

Sonar/CbB is known for occasional hiccups like that.

Seems to be quite frequent for me now especially when opening a project, should I try making Cakewalk drink a glass of water whilst upside down? 🤣

9 hours ago, sjoens said:

As it looks like a mask, could be a display setting issue like the one I reported on earlier with the Now Time marker transparency.

No idea, driver is up to date and settings for graphics/display haven't changed in several years, I even went as far as trying an older graphics driver with no change in the issue I'm seeing.

52 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Well done, sir.  I like what you've done in the Mix Module. And of course the rest has the usual M-Excellence. You a truly a Lord of the .STH.

Thanks!

52 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Also, that's a pretty impressive project to be running on 4 cores!

Yes it seems to handle quite a lot for what it is (See link below), Hoping to upgrade within the next year or as soon as possible after though.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/81209/intel-core-i34170t-processor-3m-cache-3-20-ghz/specifications.html

+2 😆

57 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

I just got this (twice) using Tungsten. (2022.09 build 023) 

Good to know I'm not the only one then! I'm on the same version, but it's been happening from time to time possibly even from 2 or more versions ago, I just hadn't been quick enough to grab a screenshot until today, typically, when I got ready to screenshot in the past it never happened, I can't be sure but I think it may be happening more often now.

Also just ruled out antivirus and WIFI.

Well that didn't take long, it still happens using a different color set, I also closed Chrome as I've heard that can cause issues if it's open but it still happens.

I've changed the color set to the 'Bright' preset for now but might take a while to know if it's made a difference as it doesn't do it every time, I'll keep opening the project it seems to happen with the most and report back.

Just now, sjoens said:

Did you close and reopen CbB after changing the Color set?

I did after changing themes but color set has been set as default/normal for a long time. I'll try changing it then changing back to normal.

16 minutes ago, sjoens said:

Check for custom text colors in black or set Colors to Normal and restart CbB to test.

I originally thought it may be to do with custom themes but it also happens in the 'Tungsten' theme included with Cakewalk, my colors in preferences are set as default, it also doesn't happen every time. 

Firstly, I would like to stress this is NOT a custom theme issue, that has been ruled out as it also happens with the 'Tungsten' and 'Mercury' themes included with Cakewalk.

Has anyone else been seeing this? A black mask over the Transport Module area that usually says 'Opening Project' or 'Saving Project' when doing such. It happens on and off and has been happening for a while, I thought it may be an issue with using custom themes but I finally managed to see it do when using the 'Tungsten' theme included with Cakewalk, I also found I have a project where it happens more often so was finally able to get a screenshot.

And another added for your enjoyment! 'M-Blue Glacier'.

'M-Blue Glacier' is a flat style Theme with grey Off/Unselected buttons and mostly bright blue On/Selected buttons, Blue audio meters and slightly larger text in some areas where possible.

This is my first real flat style theme, 'M-Stealth' is sort of flat but the buttons when in the on/selected state aren't and 'M-Tungsten' is just a rework of the 'Tungsten' theme included with Cakewalk, this is why I'm calling this one my first flat style theme, it's taken me so long to make a flat theme from scratch as I usually prefer to make and use the non-flat (3D?-ish?) style themes but I thought I'd finally give it a go, so here is the result. Hope you enjoy!

Free Download Here.... https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vFLxJQ0hC4knMdOfC906G7TZHs3FYO-R?usp=sharing

A combined total of around 150 hours, sometimes much more, goes in to creating each Theme I make, then there's more time spent to update them whenever BandLab makes changes or additions to the Cakewalk GUI to ensure any changed or new items display correctly and match the Theme, I also don't make all these Themes for myself, it's more of a hobby and to share the end results with the Cakewalk Community for their use and enjoyment at no charge, Any Tips/Donations via the following link for my time and efforts in creating and updating these are greatly appreciated, however small. Thank You! ❤️https://www.paypal.me/MatthewJohnWhite