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I need that black theme so can you share it?
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Why not?
These are fully customized mods of the original and fabulous White Tie's Imperial theme just for my personal use, tastes and needs trying to fit my own workflow as much as I can. So definitely, not themes for everyone or intended to be shared with the community due to those “limitations”... but here they are.
The Whiteface
The Blackface
Didn't designed any single element, just grabbed WT Imperial and merged it with my favorite editing environment; The old Rado 4 Daily by Nick Moritz. I and also borrowed his toolbar buttons and overlays, the ruler, etc... Then stole some of the Imperial mods and tweaks out there by Reno.thestraws, Kenny Gioia, Pyerbass and Starter plus the cool fader caps by WynD and Hopi and put everything together. Then thinned it out removing the stuff I didn't wanted, tried different layouts and background panels, then thinned it all again and split it in two versions with the purpose of having a version for full light (TheBlackface) and another one when working under dimmed light (TheWhiteface). The idea was making them fully compatible to switch them on the fly without changing any layout.
My own personal versions only have a single transport, a single TCP (big meter and track name without any buttons). And three MCP layouts (mix, tracking #1, tracking #2) the mix panel has a number of selected fader caps and that's it. I don't need anything else. For the sake of sharing them I put back in all the original Imperial TCP layouts plus the added fader caps. Regarding the MCP I put the separators in again and the narrow strips. My TCP is just for editing. Never mix on it. Got the habit in my ProTools days and still work that way. An edit window and a mixing window I know that many folks live on the TCP... I guess these themes are not for them. Also currently many themes and Reaper users like to have different layouts for folders, folder parents, folder ends, DCAs, separators of different sizes, busses, groups, instruments, track inspector, etc... I don't need that. Different color faders caps do the job perfectly well for me. Like they always did for me on consoles for some twenty years... Imperial was inspired by a iconic analog console after all, and it feels all right to me, so I keep that spirit going. Have a look.
I made two new MCP master layouts. For some time I stuck to the Master-of-the-Universe but finally modded it to make some more room for the extmixer and replacing the fader for a knob. I don't really need it, but looks cooler having one more knob there. Currently I only use these two. The Slim for mixing and the Wide for mastering. I want a big meter always there, but I'll keep the legacy default in for you guys.
Like the original WT Imperial these themes are intended to be used on big monitor screens, better two of them, with the MCP undocked.
My recommendations for the faders and VUmeters:
Use whatever you like, but these work just fine for these themes. The fader graticules match the values.
For those with smaller screens I also made a few fast tweaks to the White Tie's Deadringer Colonial. Just changed the master and added the fader caps and a separator. Oh, and merged the Rado 4 edit window too. I'm not happy with the meters. They get screwed up when resized. Maybe I'll give them a go, but I don't think so. I don't use this theme.
The Lappy
I find myself using the Blackface much more than the white one even for dimmed light, so I started to work on TheGrayface to make it a bit darker and milder to the eye. But right in the very first steps I changed my mind. Enough of SSL. The gray thing will be inspired in the Soundcraft Vienna II console instead. Don't know how long will it take. Hope to get it complete anytime soon as part of this series of WT Imperial meets Rado 4 tweaks. I also plan a Neve 8014 theme as the final step of this series. Stay tuned.
Oh, if I happen to sound rude, English is not my mother language.