Colin Nicholls

@John Nelson, I use Paint.NET. Paint.NET works great except for the way it messes up the title bar of the main window (sorry, pet peeve of mine). The website is rife with "DOwNloAd nOW!" ads that should be set on fire. Perhaps you clicked on the wrong link. This is the latest URL: https://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.2.13.install.zip

It seems to me that you need a reference tone on another track. V-Vocal does not come with Cakewalk By Bandlab, but it will be detected and available if you install CbB alongside your SONAR 8.5 install. You can choose to use either application. (This assumes that your SONAR 8.5 install is 64-bit on Windows 64 Bit)

OK, I've updated the ZIP (See URL in top post) and I'm calling it. This is version 1.0. I've left the clip colors as-is, even though head and tail fade curves are possibly on the hard-to-see side. Updated top post description and preview images

The @Lord Tim modification:

Do folks really use the "small size" Transport module?

@Brian Nixon, do you mean you want different colors for different notes in a single MIDI track?

Refreshed the ZIP. Still at version 1.0, but includes the following changes: New Control Bar Transport Module "Record" buttons Revised Input/Output icons for drop-down menus:

It's page 63, and Global/Alternative Text #1 is in fact the correct element for specifying the text color for a SELECTED ProChannel module. No points awarded. Good catch on "present", I'll fix it. Of course it is "preset". You get one point.

@Brian Nixon, interesting. I'm glad you are finding the theme useful. I have not finalized the clip colors yet but by default I am definitely aiming for a dark waveform/MIDI on a light clip background. I'm not sure why you're having trouble with this: >> it forces all of the MIDI notes in the drum-kit clips to be a black foreground color and does not allow me to change the black foreground color. Are you talking about Clips in the Track View/Clip Pane, or are you talking about the Piano Roll View? If I use the Mercury or Tungsten themes, and create a new project and add an instance of, say, SessionDrummer, then when I open the MIDI track in the Piano Roll View I see orange/brown notes on either a white or black background, but the notes are perfectly legible. Even if I then assign a drum map and view the notes in the Drum Pane, they are still visible. I'm not sure why my theme would make a difference to this.

Who doesn't enjoy a nice flat white in the morning? I know I do. It's about the only type of espresso coffee drink I can make on my machine. However this theme doesn't really have anything to do with coffee, except maybe if you look at the "select/focus/OLED" displays and say, yeah, I have a desire to lick the crema out of an espresso cup right about now... I've been chasing the goal of the perfect non-3D "light" theme for some time and this is my latest effort. I want a theme that is clear, un-distracting. If you don't like grey, this probably isn't the theme for you. FLAT_WHITE.ZIP Previews: Updated 2021.12: refreshed Folder Archive button

It's working for me when I open in from the URL in FireFox. Also when downloaded and opened in Foxit Reader. Can you try in other browsers, or let me know what your configuration is? EDIT: Note that I updated the document twice yesterday, the second time was to fix some links. So it's possible you're looking at an older revision? They'll be at least one more update before I take a break from it for a while.

I've been working on a new theme and in the process I found some aspects of the latest Theming Primer to be, well, less convenient than I expected. Also, LibreOffice kept crashing as I tried to update and maintain the document. So, um, I've kind of returned to the original format, but without losing the handy ability to cross-reference places where a theming element is used for more than one purpose. I've removed Section C and integrated the information back into Section A. Also there's a lot more content. At the same time I've corrected the name of the PDF so that it actually matches the title of the document. The new URL is: https://prodigalsounds.com/sonar/themes/Young Lady's Illustrated Primer to Creating Cakewalk Themes.pdf Version 2020.10.17 I've updated the first post in this thread with the new information.

It looks like the Steinberg USB driver supports ASIO. Make sure that Cakewalk is set to use ASIO. What do you see under Preferences > Audio devices?

Is it possible your MIDI tracks are in a folder, and the folder isn't expanded to show the contents?

Are you editing drums/percussion hits?

See: http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sonar-and-boot-camp-on-a-Mac-m3146220.aspx

Cakewalk By Bandlab has been updated regularly since it was released as a free download. There is no set update schedule but past history shows that every 2 or 3 months there has been an update. The last one was at the beginning of September. I would look out for another sometime next month, but I'm just guessing. The last version was 2020.09, and although the .EXE file has a version stamp of 26.9.0.6, this does not mean that a release with an EXE version of 27.x is any more significant. Numbers like 26 and 27 have very little meaning although they correspond roughly to annual rollovers.

I have just uploaded v.2020.10.11 of the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer on Creating Cakewalk Themes. See URL link in the top post.

1.9 Dialog Headings banner text/background adjusted for theme Control Bar Transport Module Small Record button now themed Control Bar Transport Buttons border now lighter shade Control Bar Mix Module border removed on active buttons (Large) Control Bar Module Backgrounds now match toolbar color Control Bar Custom Module unassigned Button background now matches toolbar color Control Bar Transport Metronome Settings (button revised) All "fit and finish" type stuff.

>> are you still running Windows 2000 or XP ? @Steev, as per my signature, I'm running Windows 10 1803. Until 1903 I never had any issues with the Echo Layla drivers on Windows 10. I don't even know that I'd have problems with the latest Windows (2004?), but I just got frustrated with the shitty disruptive update process and froze my system at 1803. Prior to the ECHO Layla3G, I had M-Audio Delta 66. Another very nice interface in its day, for the $$.

Alt+MouseWheel zoom in Track View isn't working consistently for me. I have the options set to "Zoom Horizontal At Cursor" but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Of course, having written this out and gone back to Cakewalk to make sure I can reproduce, well, now it's working as expected. But i know as soon as I post this and go back to actual work in the Track View, it will happen again. I will report back here if it does.

Ah, I see. Independent from theming but still customizable. Thanks, @scook. I recommend taking a break from reading the docs and go for a walk outside or something like that ?

I don't think the background of the FX Chain window or the background of the FX Chain name (similar to the Synth Rack Name Bezel) can be changed by a theme. Any themer out there managed to figure this out? I'm stumped.

I assume you are talking about the clips? There are reasons why they are colored dark by default, but you have the ability to change these yourself.

Yup it happened to me again and this was totally it. Thanks.