Yep, I love those oval faders. I lost em when I loaded on 8.3.1 and had to "repatch" em. Now...I've got my color scheme (It's called Cafe Latte...tres chic, or is that cheap?) but I haven't the foggiest how to get the "clr" file here. Help a brotha out, will ya?

Don't understand your question 'olpal!

but I haven't the foggiest how to get the "clr" file here

Do you want to get a .clr file that's here somewhere or do you want to post a clr file that you have for us to get access to? If its the latter then you need to host it somewhere and then just post the link to it. YOu can use free sites like MegaUpload to upload your file to, then place the link for it in a post.

I was messing around with my color scheme and found out I could use the Sherwin Williams Color Visualizer to create nice color groups for the audio and midi tracks. When you open the color visualizer on the Sherwin Williams website you can click on a color and and see it's red, green, and blue properties in numerical form. It just so happens that these figures create almost an identicle color in Sonar when entered in the custom color appet. I thought that was pretty cool and came up with a color palette I like and feel is not a strain on my eyes. Also I painted my house using Sherwin Williams pain so if I really wanted to geek out I could match the color palate in Sonar to the color palette of my home's interior. However, I chose to refrain from such an indulgence.

You can find the Sherwin Williams Color Visualilzer here:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I like Earthy tones for my colors. I also like to make it clear and easy to see track name and track number information. Most of the default color schemes in Sonar do not do a good job of keeping the basic aspects of the screen reasonable. Here are some screen shots of my first attempt at using the Sherwin Williams colors:

Download the Schemes HERE


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Track View - Shades of Blue

Hey all

Just a quick note to let you know that Evan's latest little mindblowing scheme is now available at: http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com/darktemplates (thanks Ev, I still can't get my head around how these schemes enable you to make the lovely, peaceful, sounds you do but I ain't going to knock it!)

Yorolpal, you got mail - Sorry about the delay getting back to you, my studio is dismantled at the moment :-( as I'm about to move house :-) so I've not been round these parts much of late. (although I've got it downloaded I've not even been able to play with 8.3.1 yet! :-( x2!)

As ever my offer is still ongoing, if you have a colour scheme you would like to share with the Cakewalk Community just mail it to popworks@gmail.com and I'll get it posted on the site at http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com


Cheers
Child

CHILD YOU ARE THE MAN

Thank you for what you do.

I just got 2 26" Visio High-def monitors and thought you all might get a kick out of the concept- I'll try to post some photos etc but i highly recommend dual mode large monitors! 26" isn't huge but it seems pretty practical when you're sitting in front of it. The glass-face Visio's are pretty nice, too.

hope I can figure out how to post photos in any way...

http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com/EvSonarColorsNew.JPG/EvSonarColorsNew-full.JPG

This may seem dumb, but are these schemes safe for any version of Sonar? Some appear to be pretty old.

Yea, I got your message Rothchild and I've forwarded both a couple of screen shots and the "clr" file to you for the site. For anyone interested (it's called Cafe Latte...very easy on the eyes) it will be at http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com/home

Hi Yorolpal

Yup got your scheme this morning and just posted it up.

You can get Yorolpal's Cafe Latte Scheme here: http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com/lighttemplates

@Twisted6s - My completely unqualified reaction to your question is that there shouldn't be any issues with using older schemes. They are very simple text scripts (try opening one in notepad) I'm guessing that the worst thing that could happen is that Cake could rename colour elements internally so that some schemes may not work. Does anyone with any real insight know?

If anyone does find a broken or damaged scheme on the site please let me know so I can take remedial measures.

Cheers
Child

Hi all

Jon Con's 'Dark London' colour scheme now available for download at: http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com/darktemplates

Thanks for getting in touch Jon.

Cheers
Child

Here is another scheme I worked on last night:

Download HERE

Rothchild, feel free to add any of these to your page.

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