Suggestions for Improved U.I.

[aleo]

I've been working with Sonar for about a month now and have tried several of the new themes, but decided to stick with Classic Mercury as the darker themes make it difficult to see features and details in both clips and console strips.  I'm using an HP monitor with 1920 x 1080 resolution and have seen only a slight improvement in sharpness of Sonar over CbB.  However, there are several fields of data in the Sonar U.I. that are definitely more difficult to read.

In the time block within the Transport Module (Classic Mercury theme) the data appears almost black against a light cyan background.  The colors are fine, but the data in the rate/beats per min. field and the data in the beats per measure field is difficult to read and needs a larger, black font.  The MIDI Reset symbol is far too faint, please darken and make easier to identify.   Also, the font used for the time display on the left, above the track headers is too small and appears slightly fuzzy on my screen.  The font used in the original Mercury theme in CbB was larger and sharper.

When switching from Clip to Volume automation in Track View, the lighter colors of the notes in a clip become much darker and more difficult to see against the black background of the clip.  Notes should retain their light color to be easily seen against the dark background of the clip when switching to automation.

In the meters in both track headers and console strips, the colors for background, the green indicator bars, and meter markings are very muted and difficult to read.

Giving users the option of changing colors of various data and background fields is not just for esthetics.  Making the U.I. more attractive will certainly attract potential customers; however, from a practical standpoint, being able to alter colors it makes data and information much easier to read reducing errors and user fatigue.   Please take steps to improve the above-mentioned parts of the U.I., it will make my work easier and potential customers will spot these improvements immediately.  It's bound to improve sales/subscriptions.