Colors X1c: Obliged to take 1 last shot at this...

Hi all,

And hopefully some CW'ers.  Forgive me but I must take one last shot at this.  Looking at Panu Mods it would seem it doesn't take very long to manipulate "Colors" in X1.  He's on the ball when an update comes out.  Now I suspect it may be a different level when done by the bakers but here goes...

How about 1 further quick fix that would just give us back color options and indents?  Lets call it a cosmetic update... and any1 not interested and happy as is can ignore it.


With over 35 pages of responses for Panup Mods, I submit that tells its own story.  


Respect & thanks as always 2 CW as I know you do listen at the very least.

Is it that Panup's color changes don't/can't go far enough that you ask this of Cakewalk?

It's not going to happend until X2, I'm sure.

The long awaited update X1c did have that as priority.

I'm mostly concerned on stability and what is there already really works. Some threads indicate it almost is as a fresh release of a rookie product.

Cake is learning a lot from user input now - I got two surveys from doing the trial so everybody would say what's important to them I guess.

I think X2 will be a killer app.

John T


http://www.cakewalk.com/support/contact/featurerequest.aspx

Done.

I wish they would bring back our colors as well. I did not use X1 until the color mods came. The mods made Sonar usable.

John T


http://www.cakewalk.com/support/contact/featurerequest.aspx

Thanks for the link. Entered a plea.
 
Mahlon

Mostly for colours, but a couple of buttons help too (especially when their on/off differential is small or confusing with other areas of the screen).

Good idea... EVERYONE who is freaking out about the lack of colors and customization should speak up. Really, if changing the color scheme is important to you... speak up!! Someone start a petition and everyone sign it. I am sure Panup or Benstat.. (I get them mixed up) have a wondeful color scheme mod... but, as for me, I would prefer to use only CW.
The color scheme is not that important to me but I will sign on in support of those to whom the sun rises and sets on an X1 color scheme.
 
 
Good luk with this, I hope you get exactly what you want... I see no reason why you shouldn't and if there is a reason why they cannot provide this functionality then the mothership should say so and explain why they cannot do it or if they just do not want to do it... explain why not.
 
This has been a regular ongoing request and it hould at least be addressed... perhaps it has and I missed it because I was not interested.
 
Julien

  I think you may be tangling his Mods with Sonar Plus (benstat's button util)... Panu does some great work modifying buttons as well as colors, but Ben's util gives us the toolbar/buttons as we had in earlier versions of Sonar (and then some)... Keni

Yeah, thanks for reminding me about the feature request John T. I'm one of the ones that has been crying about the colors as well as having "customize" brought back for the control bar. I loved it when I could put what *I* wanted in my tool bars.

I love everything that Panu and Ben have done, but I sincerely feel some of these options should exist by default in X1. The skin thing they have looks great, but I really don't want to go that far. I just want the ability to adjust the colors on everything so Sonar looks the way I want it to and I'd love to be able to have the tool bar set up for me and what I use all the time. I really don't think that's too much to ask and hope that it gets implemented without having to buy X2.

Though X1 has worked pretty well for me and a few others, I have to confess that without these mods that have been given to us, I'd probably not use X1 as much due to how I just don't like how it looks. I know that sounds lame....but it would be like having a Ferarri that was willed to me that was the ugliest color brown you could dream up. I'd drive it and enjoy it, but that color would make me cringe each time I got into it and I sure would feel a better about it if it were a color I really loved.

I don't know about you, but when I have to look at something for hours and hours that just doesn't appeal to me, it sort of puts me in an uninspiring mood. Would ya date or marry a chick you weren't physically attracted to? That's kinda how I feel about Sonar. If I have to wake up with a face for the rest of my life that I'm not crazy about, it's definitely going to be a problem for me. I work with Sonar for over 12 hours per day most of the time. I'd really like it to look the way *I* want it to look as well as have the options I've grown fond of over the years. :)

-Danny

No malice intended but how often do we paint our outboard gear? I think we have to focus on the software for  what it is designed for, to create and record pro quality music with minimal glitches. this is IMHO.

anniedog


No malice intended but how often do we paint our outboard gear? I think we have to focus on the software for  what it is designed for, to create and record pro quality music with minimal glitches. this is IMHO.

Not really the same thing there, annie. You don't stare at your outboard gear for hours....you glance at it, set it and move on, ya know? There are some incredible recording consoles out there today. Some, incredibly UGLY and no matter how good they are, I'd not buy one for that reason. Orange amps and cabs to me are ugly....I'd never buy one no matter how good they sound. Parker Fly guitars are hideous to me...I'd never buy one no matter how great they supposedly sound.
 
You also have to keep in mind that for many years, Sonar/Cakewalk allowed for loads of customized options. When you take that away from those that welcome that stuff, it can really bother those individuals. Though quality recording and minimal glitches are of the utmost importance, the last thing I want to do is look at something all day that is not appealing to me when in the past, I had the options to make the changes I so desired.
 
-Danny

You can still of course Import a colour scheme from previous Sonar versions.

But in order to do this you need to Export said colour scheme from 8.5 or whatever.

It won't replace everything in X1 but goes a long way towards it.

Bristol_Jonesey


You can still of course Import a colour scheme from previous Sonar versions.

But in order to do this you need to Export said colour scheme from 8.5 or whatever.

It won't replace everything in X1 but goes a long way towards it.

That's exactly what I did man, but it didn't correct console view which is where I spend a majority of my mixing. I got it where I need it for editing, but that bright silver console just doesn't sit well with me when I can change it in 8.5 to whatever I want, ya know? :)
 
-Danny

Yeah...without Panup's Mods I'd be lost in my DAW. My eyesight is such that really dark on dark GUI's just make it more difficult for me to see what I am doing..I'm usually working about a foot or so from my flatscreen as it is..the reason? I cannot read the font as it is sometimes a little too blurry...when I use my DAW I like a more brighter( OK..more 'neutral') colour. I like me a little more contrast in the background/font mix...

The other FR I place in the mix is one for full customization...this way the bellowfests about the keyboard vs mouse will be voided...