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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 09:48:52
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☄ Helpfulby jshep0102 2016/05/28 09:46:12
Hire Panu to make themes.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 09:49:26
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My initial impressions are that I like it.
I also like that I can go back to the old color scheme if I wanted to.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 10:07:43
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Dave000
This is how I see the meter default.
Though I sit at least 5 feet away...
Carry on...
My meters are green
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 10:08:30
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Really? Maybe the bakers should consider getting an artist who understands pallets! It's apparent to me that a programmer is trying to get SpLat to look good... Yea! That's NOT going to work! Orange and black... Halloween!?
and nothing else looks right together... lol
Maybe you should start over with a basic UI in black, white and levels for grey as the default then the user can chose a base color/s to fill in the greys. Cakewalk, you want the best!? it needs to look the best and the person you have messing it up now cannot get it done! YOU NEED an ARTIST!
I can't believe there are 2 pages of follow-up comments legitimizing this post. . .
Everyone has that need to bash the TROLL.... even you.  lol
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a troll post... but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's not a troll post either 
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 10:27:54
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I'm actually enjoying Mercury now that we have an extended choice of colors.
I really like Tungsten, but will be glad to have some ability to tweak colors for contrast. I'm allergic to orange too, but it has grown on me a bit.
All things considered, I think this is a huge move in the correct direction.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 10:40:29
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How about a multi-colored console theme 
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 11:04:27
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☄ Helpfulby dwardzala 2016/05/28 16:56:40
Dave000
Really? Maybe the bakers should consider getting an artist who understands pallets! It's apparent to me that a programmer is trying to get SpLat to look good... Yea! That's NOT going to work! Orange and black... Halloween!?
and nothing else looks right together... lol
Maybe you should start over with a basic UI in black, white and levels for grey as the default then the user can chose a base color/s to fill in the greys. Cakewalk, you want the best!? it needs to look the best and the person you have messing it up now cannot get it done! YOU NEED an ARTIST!
All this by someone who has the ugliest avatar you can imagine. I like the new theme very much.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 11:14:29
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His avatar is good in its own way. Its better to move ahead with constuctive posts.  My meters are green too. Why do some users have grey meters. Is there an option to change that. I love the green meters though. Would never want to change it. But just wondering why some have it grey.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 11:27:06
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Dave000
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i don't think and wouldn't say it looks like crap, i wasn't sure about some of the color choices myself, but hey, i still think it looks quite good. it reminds me very much of a couple of reaper custom themes. the only time people will ever be 100% pleased by something is when they have the ability to change the bits they don't like to be how they want them. if you are like me and couldn't really be bothered nor have the desire to be learning to do that and would prefer to be playing and recording you take what you get, get use to it and carry on. sonar isn't even my main daw and i don't use it much any longer, but i do think the lifetime membership is pretty awesome (i jumped on that straight away), and this latest release seems pretty good (although i haven't installed the final official yet, just the early release), the first time i have updated since manchester. i still stay with my other daw and keep an eye on sonar, after all in for life now with no added extra cost (extras excluded)
Hey, yea just let me work! but when I booted 2016. 5... man what I see was mush... I reset the meters myself and that fine, and I will fish though the weeds and be happy creating! :) so that makes me happy. but sometime CW needs to know what people other then the peanut gallery things... BTW, I have been really happy with lots of stuff coming out... :) but I don't normally waste my days here telling the world... CW is so close now to perfection in my view for my needs that, I want to push at them and poke them to get the UI to ROCK! as I am just hanging at home, multi tasking on here and with other stuff... more just for fun then anything... got a busy few weeks of nothing going on but fun! and it started here! lol
Ok- I for one am tired of this. What is with the "Just what the peanut gallery likes," who the hell are you? we are the customer base-can you SEE that? ego much....Please don't respond...
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 11:39:15
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Dave000
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i don't think and wouldn't say it looks like crap, i wasn't sure about some of the color choices myself, but hey, i still think it looks quite good. it reminds me very much of a couple of reaper custom themes. the only time people will ever be 100% pleased by something is when they have the ability to change the bits they don't like to be how they want them. if you are like me and couldn't really be bothered nor have the desire to be learning to do that and would prefer to be playing and recording you take what you get, get use to it and carry on. sonar isn't even my main daw and i don't use it much any longer, but i do think the lifetime membership is pretty awesome (i jumped on that straight away), and this latest release seems pretty good (although i haven't installed the final official yet, just the early release), the first time i have updated since manchester. i still stay with my other daw and keep an eye on sonar, after all in for life now with no added extra cost (extras excluded)
Hey, yea just let me work! but when I booted 2016. 5... man what I see was mush... I reset the meters myself and that fine, and I will fish though the weeds and be happy creating! :) so that makes me happy. but sometime CW needs to know what people other then the peanut gallery things... BTW, I have been really happy with lots of stuff coming out... :) but I don't normally waste my days here telling the world... CW is so close now to perfection in my view for my needs that, I want to push at them and poke them to get the UI to ROCK! as I am just hanging at home, multi tasking on here and with other stuff... more just for fun then anything... got a busy few weeks of nothing going on but fun! and it started here! lol
Sorry you didn't like it. From what I have seen, most of the comments have been positive. Colors are always subjective. I don't think we can definitively say, for a fact, that one color is better than another because all you need is one person to say it's not true. Good news is you aren't forced to use it and soon enough you can make your own. Definitely looking forward to seeing what you come up with for themes.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 12:44:37
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I love the new theme.... It will only get better from here.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 14:16:06
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sonarman1
His avatar is good in its own way. Its better to move ahead with constuctive posts.
How the topic was started, was everything but constructive. I think his avatar is very ugly. This to prove that it is all a matter of taste. I don't like the way he stated his opinion. Peace.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 14:31:34
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sonarman1My meters are green too. Why do some users have grey meters. Is there an option to change that. I love the green meters though. Would never want to change it. But just wondering why some have it grey.
Audio Meter customization in Preferences will change that (no segmented meters)
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 15:26:09
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Apart from perhaps a slight toning-down of the orange/gold, I think it's nigh-on perfect. Well done Cakewalk.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 15:37:50
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stratman70
Hmmm-This is weird because I just logged in to comment on the UI when I saw this post. What I was going to say is-
Thank You Cake--For this old guy-Everything just seems much, much clearer-almost akin to a mix where everything sits well and can be heard. I see better than I have in a while. I am not so much talking colors-but the default-even the orange -everything seems much sharper - more defined. I guess maybe this only helps old guys like me but I love it. Lots of definition. Just my 2 cents
Exactly. My 63 year old eyes love The Dark.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 15:53:02
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stratman70
Hmmm-This is weird because I just logged in to comment on the UI when I saw this post. What I was going to say is-
Thank You Cake--For this old guy-Everything just seems much, much clearer-almost akin to a mix where everything sits well and can be heard. I see better than I have in a while. I am not so much talking colors-but the default-even the orange -everything seems much sharper - more defined. I guess maybe this only helps old guys like me but I love it. Lots of definition. Just my 2 cents
Exactly. My 63 year old eyes love The Dark.
62 here - and loving it 
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 16:41:18
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I just updated my S-Plat to 2016.05 and am very impressed. "Tungsten" looks awesome. I love it. Some color changes could be made with external applications. Its a tedious process though. I just tried one change to modify the meter color from black to a sort of dark maroon shade in the console view. Here's how it looks : 
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 16:41:59
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Message for Davy...Bruce asked me to pass this along...we could have used a little more pumpkin...need more pumpkin...I gotta have more pumpkin!
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 17:35:05
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Put it this way, there's no way I'm going back to Mercury......
Hi there Jonesey! Say man, I think the new Tungsten theme is really cool and all, but I'd like Mercury to stay around, too. And bring on more themes, Cake? I enjoy me some eye candy!
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 17:44:09
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Good evening Mr Barnes! Yep, looking forward to more themes as and when they're rolled out. Really loving Tungsten - just wish I could get into the studio more
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 17:49:41
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I really like this! I can't wait till we can get theme tools out to you all! ramscapri
I just updated my S-Plat to 2016.05 and am very impressed. "Tungsten" looks awesome. I love it.
Some color changes could be made with external applications. Its a tedious process though. I just tried one change to modify the meter color from black to a sort of dark maroon shade in the console view. Here's how it looks :
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 18:12:47
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Over the years I have seen a lot of themes in Sonar.
and this one is by far the nicest!
Love tungsten!!!!
Suits my old eyes
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 18:17:34
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Dave000
This is how I see the meter default.
Though I sit at least 5 feet away...
Carry on...
It seems Davey perhaps needs to complain a little less and learn a little more - choose Segmented Meters or change the colors of your current non-Segmented Meters. It's really not all that difficult...
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 18:24:49
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☄ Helpfulby FCCfirstclass 2016/05/28 17:11:16
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I'm using the segmented meters which are clear and easy to see. I'm not sure that's how the solid meters are supposed to look. Someone using solid meters will have to comment.
Read "Friday's Tip of the Week" for week #41 to find out how to make your meters look really cool. And check out the tip for week #1 to get the most out of them.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 18:47:48
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I really like Tungsten, but what would be really cool would be Tungsten with the "robin-egg blue" buttons from Mercury (I'm not a big "orange-gold" person most of the year).
They can call it "Merc-sten". ("Tung-cury"?) Or maybe an even deeper blue on the buttons?
Like: this color, both bright and deep. This would be hyper-cool for me.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 19:14:02
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When I updated, all my customized SPLAT Dark settings I created were plugged into Tungsten - track colors, meters, etc. ( Ilike the stripe identifier) If the fx bin plugin color is customizable to follow track color (clips already do), I'd be a 2 thumbs upper. Note the custom UAD Control Panel - my own touch. Thanks to UAD it fits perfectly there. lol 
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 19:15:49
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Jim Kalinowski
I'm using the segmented meters which are clear and easy to see. I'm not sure that's how the solid meters are supposed to look. Someone using solid meters will have to comment.
Read "Friday's Tip of the Week" for week #41 to find out how to make your meters look really cool. And check out the tip for week #1 to get the most out of them.
Forgive my ignorance, Craig: where exactly are the "Tips of the Week" for the various weeks kept and how may I access them? Thank you much, sir.
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 19:21:33
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☄ Helpfulby outland144k 2016/05/30 14:50:52
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 19:43:22
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In France we say "Les gouts et les couleurs ne se discutent pas". Translation:" Tastes and colors shouldn't be debated".. Food for thought..
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Re: UGLY UI... SpLat 2016.5
2016/05/27 21:03:06
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The Grim
in the stickies at the top of the 'sonar' forum page, first page will give you an index type thing
or just click this i guess :)
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Fridays-Tip-of-the-Week-95-Humanizing-Drum-Sounds-m3074655.aspx
You know, I found this one. I can't find the one Craig mentions, but I'll try clicking the link. Who knows, maybe it'll lead to the others.... Thanks. Later edit: whoa, all of the tips are at the bottom of the page. Cool. Thanks much, Grim!
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