Dave C

I'm very late responding, but I hear where you are coming from. I agree the programming team found a few themes that are not hideous, and I actually find Sonar quite attractive compared to many DAWs, but to me that still doesn't mean the color combos work well for everyone. For some users, certain colors are not pleasant or can even be hard to see. I've been able to fix that with a few clicks on over a decade of Cakewalk versions until now. I try to ignore cosmetic changes and get to work myself after updates, and I also and don't obsess on customization, but bright oranges, reds, purples, white backgrounds, etc are hard on my eyes. I like dark greys for interface elements and blues/greens/muted yellows for highlights as I can see them easier. None of the canned themes combines all that. I think the views that are substantially bright or dark should be pickable whatever the theme (dark piano roll for example is far easier on my eyes) and the main highlight colors such as sliders on tracks and the toolbar should let us choose the color. No need for a crazy customization, just a few choices.

My first time back in the forums since Sonar X1-2. Been using Cakewalk since Pro Audio 9. I get that the custom themes had to be removed to go to vector graphics. Not an issue. The removal of controls to set some very basic colors on the interface is however, very frustrating. If I cannot customize piano roll background, track names, etc, or the main highlight color in a theme (orange? purple? come on thats not going to work for everyone) it is not just annoying but makes visual use of the software fatiguing and slows workflow. Cakewalk, please step up and put this basic feature back ASAP, or at least provide more default themes like Mercury but with a dark PRV like Tungsten has, and please let the highlight color be set by user. I think most would be happy with some basic control here, and not sure we need another total theme editor, just let us pick major interface colors again! New Sonar coming from CbB should not have been released with this removed in my opinion, especially when it is advertised as the same or better but is not in a couple aspects. I was actually surprised to find this change when I installed and realized this ability was gone, since I am not sure how colors that were not part of theme editor before CbB were not removed. I am not thrilled about the subscription model, but I hope it is worth it to invest in this future for Cakewalk, and that we get some updates in a resonable time, while Next is also likely consuming a lot of resources.