And just a reminder:

When you take the (much appreciated) time to create a SONAR Colo(u)r Scheme, please contact Rothchild so he can put it on his page.

It helps new users and those just getting into color schemes find them more easily.


(Thanks again to Marc for being the gatekeeper and organizer of the repository.)

The original theme was posted previously by Rothchild...
dark themes / Harolds greys with orange
http://sonartemplates.googlepages.com/graysworange.clr

However , I have no experience with creating an executable file so I've attached a rar with the TTSRes17.dll.
Also included are the theme, resource numbers, and new bitmaps.
This was edited in S8.3.1

Thanks to all for the positive comments.
Perhaps I will pursue this further.

http://www.bolderav.com/Sonar bmps custom.rar

ORIGINAL: Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk]

And just a reminder:

When you take the (much appreciated) time to create a SONAR Colo(u)r Scheme, please contact Rothchild so he can put it on his page.

It helps new users and those just getting into color schemes find them more easily.


(Thanks again to Marc for being the gatekeeper and organizer of the repository.)

Hi Brandon!



I love Buddy's faders like many else do!

Can we please get an overall update of the GUI of SONAR so it gets a fresh look of 2009 / 2010?
Like example Buddy's faders with the next update or release of SONAR 8 or SONAR 9?


Regards
Freddie

I like the current faders... jus' sayin'

Yeah, it's not that hard to swap em out if ya want.

Mike

ORIGINAL: chefmike8888

Yeah, it's not that hard to swap em out if ya want.

Mike

Clarification on this please: do I just swap out the new ttsres17.dll file for the old one?
And a question: how do I unpack a rar file on a pc?

do I just swap out the new ttsres17.dll file for the old one?

Yes you can just swap but I'd backup the original first.

how do I unpack a rar file on a pc?

Winrar
or Winzip

ORIGINAL: hbb

do I just swap out the new ttsres17.dll file for the old one?

Yes you can just swap but I'd backup the original first.

how do I unpack a rar file on a pc?

Winrar
or Winzip

Okay:
Thanks for the reply. I ended up downloading the file on my Mac, unpacking it there, and moving it over to my pc daw. BTW, WinZip on the pc will NOT unpack the file; it said it was not a valid archive. This is Winzip 9.xx
Understood about backing up the ttsres17.dll file. What I don't understand is how to make use of the .bmp files. Where do they go? I used the Search function on my pc daw and the only instances of the files that was found was on the cd I sneaker-netted over from my Mac. This thread has gotten so convoluted that searching through it is very misleading. Step-by-step instructions would be nice.
Thanks for any help, as this is far beyond what I've been doing with Sonar all these years.

ORIGINAL: Buddy110

Hey Guys,

here are some custom rounded ('curved') faders I made for sonar 7 and 8

I've changed the meters colours slightly also (and changed the "red" close button on the large transport toolbar)



NB: there's a button when you open the patcher called "Read instructions" that will give more details on using it

Sonar 7
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 7 (32-bit)
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 7 (64-bit)

Sonar 8
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 8.3 (32-bit)
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 8.3 (64-bit)

and here's my "Goobase" Colour Set (as seen in the screengrab) if anyone wants to try it.

Enjoy!
- Buddy110

WinZip 11 worked for me. Also see the red highlighted part in the post quoted above.

PS. You've got to have the file in the Sonar directory before you run it.

Mike

ORIGINAL: chefmike8888

ORIGINAL: Buddy110

Hey Guys,

here are some custom rounded ('curved') faders I made for sonar 7 and 8

I've changed the meters colours slightly also (and changed the "red" close button on the large transport toolbar)



NB: there's a button when you open the patcher called "Read instructions" that will give more details on using it

Sonar 7
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 7 (32-bit)
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 7 (64-bit)

Sonar 8
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 8.3 (32-bit)
- Rounded Faders for Sonar 8.3 (64-bit)

and here's my "Goobase" Colour Set (as seen in the screengrab) if anyone wants to try it.

Enjoy!
- Buddy110

WinZip 11 worked for me. Also see the red highlighted part in the post quoted above.

PS. You've got to have the file in the Sonar directory before you run it.

Mike

Mike:
I'm not sure if you're responding to me or what, but thanks. Specifically what I was asking about was hbb's mods which include Buddy's rounded faders, a ttsres17.dll file, and a bunch of bitmaps. I know hbb said he didn't know how to write an installer file which is okay. What he didn't explain is what to do with the bitmaps in his rar file (or anything else for that matter). What I need is a step-by step process - do I do the Buddy's faders change first, when do I swap out the ttsres17.dll file, and what do I do with the bitmaps? There are some of us that while we may be wizards at using Sonar for it's intended purpose, we may not know all the ins and outs of changing the graphics, for which there are NO written instructions anywheres, except for some bits and pieces scattered about that are nigh on impossible to find without getting a headache. Perhaps a tutorial or something as a sticky here would be great.