I use various custom themes create by fellow sonarites. I change them on each project just to try them out. Hasn't seemed to make my music any better but it is a nice to have feature.

Klaus
The Console View is my main view during mixing and these little changes already improved my workflow because now I can see faster i.e. which plug-in is enabled, disabled or in focus/selected or which channel is muted, soloed, etc..

 
I really, really like what you did with the FX Racks. Any chance you could upload your theme for those of us who want to "reverse engineer" what you did?

I am using "Tungsten Yellow" from outland144k exclusively, but I'm also very interested in Caa2's
"8.5 Producer" variant when it is released.

I have several alternative themes downloaded from generous forumites, but Tungsten Yellow flicks my whiskers.

Anyone who has perused the Reaper Color & Icon forum for any length of time understands that good theme design is challenging and time consuming.

Klaus
I didn't creat a whole theme but changed a lot of items, like MSR buttons, FX Rack, Pro Channel pre / post, etc. to make them more distinguishable for me and easier to catch the different states of a button at a glance.

Here is an example of what works really well for me:
 

 

Hey Klaus, that's really nice! Um... any chance of sharing your theme so that others may enjoy?

I typically stick with my own Green Glow theme.  I made it originally because I didn't think Tungsten was dark enough and I really like the contrast of the Lime green.  For me, personally, it looks electronic based which helps get me inspired for making music, which I pretty much exclusively make electronic music.  
 
However when I'm working on a new theme I do switch it up until I'm done with the new theme.
 
Here's a preview of the next one I'm working on
 
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TranceCanada
I typically stick with my own Green Glow theme.

I've been digging your Green Glow theme also. Thanks for sharing!

I am just using the tungsten theme. I have not downloaded the theme editor and I am not likely too. I have not looked into any of the user created themes.

Custom theme here - based on the Dark Theme, but more dark purple.
It's unfinished because when creating 3D buttons, some come out sketchy - which means needing multiple layers in PS to get them to look right. Trial and error for a rainy day project.
 
...and some of the areas are non-customizable, so there some off patches of color that don't match the theme. 

I built may themes, never use them... I work faster if my tracks can be categorized with color. Running around 30 tracks for a mix right now with narrow strips, it's just to puttzy to read each track. I have to use Mercury. I would prefer a dark Mercury theme…

Anderton

Klaus
The Console View is my main view during mixing and these little changes already improved my workflow because now I can see faster i.e. which plug-in is enabled, disabled or in focus/selected or which channel is muted, soloed, etc..

 
I really, really like what you did with the FX Racks. Any chance you could upload your theme for those of us who want to "reverse engineer" what you did?

stickman393
 



Hey Klaus, that's really nice! Um... any chance of sharing your theme so that others may enjoy?

Sure!

The reason why I didn't share it before, is - well, it's not a complete "Theme" like those contributed by other forum members.

But if someone wants to use elements from my "theme" - feel free, I'm glad to share! 

Here's the link:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17710706/Jukebox.sth
 
Best,
Klaus