dappa1
Yeah the control bar is pretty ugly...I always liked a certain competitors control bar better this one is a mess...I use it quickly then try to get away from it.

 
Maybe because you haven't experienced the resizable and lockable modules in SONAR 2015?
 
I personally find SONAR's CB most beautiful looking among all DAWs. Opinions differ, of course...

It seems to me the means for people to get what they want already exists in the form of Duckbar. It's well-maintained by an actual SONAR user, and has lots of skins if you don't want to make your own. Most importantly, the fact that Panup is doing it means SONAR's dev team can continue doing fixes and additional development...division of labor, and all that.

I think Billy Joel said it best..........Don't Go Changing........Happy Thanksgiving everyone..........

Anderton
It seems to me the means for people to get what they want already exists in the form of Duckbar. It's well-maintained by an actual SONAR user, and has lots of skins if you don't want to make your own. Most importantly, the fact that Panup is doing it means SONAR's dev team can continue doing fixes and additional development...division of labor, and all that.

Hello, Craig!
I don't like idea of mods. Maybe it is solution for somebody, but... I don't know if I 'm doing something wrong, but I get error messages when I try to install Duckbar. It installed somehow anyway, but when I tried to do something, it hangs. Maybe it is possible to make it work, but it is obvious for me that it is big additional complexity level, that is unnecessary for me, if Sonar just could do what it should do. It is so basic and core functionality. I absolutely can't agree. It is obvious that people need more control of colors and GUI. It can't be a question. So customers can expect that Cakewalk do some steps in that direction. But, no. Absolutely nothing. Dead silence.

Duckbar user for years through various iterations of Sonar.


Never had a problem with it - literally never.

but we shouldnt NEED it!  Why have a 3rd party involved?

 
 I highly suspect Cake is MORE than aware and when it hits their priority level, you'll see it happen.  SO MUCH was newly implanted thruout 2015, that I would highly expect color options to occur now soon as well.   Being optimistic...but I truly feel.....in fact, I'd be shocked if it didn't happen by mid 2016.  But we'll see, I guess.

mixmkr
 
 I highly suspect Cake is MORE than aware and when it hits their priority level, you'll see it happen.  SO MUCH was newly implanted thruout 2015, that I would highly expect color options to occur now soon as well.   Being optimistic...but I truly feel.....in fact, I'd be shocked if it didn't happen by mid 2016.  But we'll see, I guess.

I disagree as actually since X1 they have been REMOVING color options ON PURPOSE (see clip background color).  It was once in the color preferences.. not anymore. 

Can Duckbar do auto-color clip background?

SilverBlueMedallion
I disagree as actually since X1 they have been REMOVING color options ON PURPOSE (see clip background color).  It was once in the color preferences.. not anymore. 

Different people triaging now maybe. Cakewalk now Gibson not Roland.