JanneUniverse2014 now available

[Janne83]

v 1.114 in the stash:

v 114 is in the stash:

Dark: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1422/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Light: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1423/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added:

- Envelope Panel horizontal fader layout

Fixed few minor things



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V 1.13 Available:

Link: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1387/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added:

- MCP Large layout(with color options)*
- Master MCP Large layout*

* Please note that this is a large layout and will work best if mixer is undocked

Fixed:

- better stretch marker visibility
- beter unselected item bg visibility



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V 1.12 Available:

Link:https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1384/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added:

-MCP Master layout with dB meter scale
-Transport panel with larger text layout

Fixed:
-few minor glitches


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V 1.11 Available:

Link: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1383/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added layouts:

- MCP Thin (With color fader options)
- MCP Fx Return


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V 1.1 Available:

Link: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1381/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added layouts:

- MCP Narrow (with color fader options)
- MCP Sidebar (with color fader options)
- MCP Separator
- TCP Big Meter
- TCP Separator






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This is the v 1.00 of Universe 2014:
Link:https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1378/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Layouts:

-MCP Default with colored volume faders
-TCP Default with knobs
-TCP Volume fader with colored options



Due to a compromise (other windows use the same color parameter in the theme editor &!%%!!*) I had to lighten up the midi editor because other windows were too dark and almost unreadable(wish we had a dedicated midi editor bg color)




J

[BeatPsychic]

Very clean, usable, beautiful design as always Janne... Thank you!!

[henge1]

New default for me!! Beautiful. Btw how do I get the item backgrounds to be blue? Right now they are dark grey.

[Jan.Zborovjan]

Fantastic ! Default for me now !

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by henge1

New default for me!! Beautiful. Btw how do I get the item backgrounds to be blue? Right now they are dark grey.

The default color of items is grey yes.
Its track/item color tint. Set it up in the preferences/appearance/peaks/waveforms section

J

[vanhaze]

New default Theme for me too, thank you so much, it's awesome !

[henge1]

Originally Posted by Janne83

The default color of items is grey yes.
Its track/item color tint. Set it up in the preferences/appearance/peaks/waveforms section

J

Hmm still not getting that lovely blue item background! Not a big deal.
This theme is pretty much perfect imo.
Can I get the MCP db numbers back if I delete these lines like i did in Janne 2014?
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.unlit.top [0 0 0 0]
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.unlit.bottom [0 0 0 0]
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.lit.top [0 0 0 0]
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.lit.bottom [0 0 0 0]

[timothys_monster]

Nice!!! Will you add narrow MCP layouts as well?

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by henge1

Hmm still not getting that lovely blue item background! Not a big deal.
This theme is pretty much perfect imo.
Can I get the MCP db numbers back if I delete these lines like i did in Janne 2014?
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.unlit.top [0 0 0 0]
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.unlit.bottom [0 0 0 0]
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.lit.top [0 0 0 0]
set master.mcp.meter.scale.color.lit.bottom [0 0 0 0]

This are my settings for waveform and item display:


Yes youll get the scale back if you remove those lines in this theme as well.

J

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by timothys_monster

Nice!!! Will you add narrow MCP layouts as well?

Yep. Ill add them in one of future updates. I think itll have similar layouts like in 2014 theme.

J

[henge1]

Originally Posted by Janne83

This are my settings for waveform and item display:


Yes youll get the scale back if you remove those lines in this theme as well.

J

Thanks Janne. I know what the problem is ( I think ) I have pretty dark colours for all my track groups ( eg. drums are red, vox are green ) so the items get those track colors. I guess If I wanted the blue background the track itself would have to be blue. Not a big deal! ;-)
So I got the db markings on the MCP, got the tcp text to turn yellow when selected and now I'm thrilled!
This theme kills imo. I feel that I now have the perfect theme.

[Gates of Horn & Ivory]

A lot of my buttons now don't seem to have any extra frame for "switched on"? (Like the nice blue-tinted buttons in the screenshots). Is that to be expected?

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by Gates of Horn & Ivory

A lot of my buttons now don't seem to have any extra frame for "switched on"? (Like the nice blue-tinted buttons in the screenshots). Is that to be expected?

Only main toolbar icons lit blue. custom toolbars vary from theme to theme, Unfortunately there is no universal option to directly incorporate custon icons. (you can import the toolbar icon images by hand into the theme images folder.)

J

[krahosk]

Thank you Janne. WOW. My new default.

[Mivo]

This is an incredible theme that perfectly matches my preferences. Thank you, you are very awesome!

[Sorts]

Good eye candy. Lets start campaign - JanneUniverse2014 for official Reaper 5 skin .

[jedstar2000]

Originally Posted by Janne83

Due to a compromise (other windows use the same color parameter in the theme editor &!%%!!*) I had to lighten up the midi editor because other windows were too dark and almost unreadable(wish we had a dedicated midi editor bg color)


J

Hi J Great work as allways

Its a real shame there's still these associations as 90% of dark themes look shocking when docking the midi editor. I think yours is a good compremise.

Thanks for a great theme !

Jed

p.s. any thoughts on a slim transport like in the default theme?

[Gerry]

You have done it again thanks so much for your magnificent work.

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by jedstar2000

Hi J Great work as allways

Its a real shame there's still these associations as 90% of dark themes look shocking when docking the midi editor. I think yours is a good compremise.

Thanks for a great theme !

Jed

p.s. any thoughts on a slim transport like in the default theme?

I could add it in one of future updates,no problem. J

[henge1]

Hi Janne. How would I make the Mute and Recording buttons color more vivid?
I'm colour blind and have a bit of a hard time telling when the mute and recording buttons are engaged in the tcp,mcp. Thanks again.

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by henge1

Hi Janne. How would I make the Mute and Recording buttons color more vivid?
I'm colour blind and have a bit of a hard time telling when the mute and recording buttons are engaged in the tcp,mcp. Thanks again.

Oh dear.

I can change the color(or saturation of them) of reddish pngs and send them to you separatelly if you wish.

Edit: Ive made you custom buttons that used red color- theyre more orangy now and have much higher saturation.(please find the zip attached here) Hopefuččy youll be able to distinguish on/off states more easilly. Please let me know if they are better.

J

[Janne83]

Link: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1381/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added layouts:

- MCP Narrow (with color fader options)
- MCP Sidebar (with color fader options)
- MCP Separator
- TCP Big Meter
- TCP Separator





J

[henge1]

Originally Posted by Janne83

Oh dear.

I can change the color(or saturation of them) of reddish pngs and send them to you separatelly if you wish.

Edit: Ive made you custom buttons that used red color- theyre more orangy now and have much higher saturation.(please find the zip attached here) Hopefuččy youll be able to distinguish on/off states more easilly. Please let me know if they are better.

J

You sir, ARE A GOD!!LOL Thank you so much for this Janne. Incredibly nice of you. Do I just plop these in the Universe folder or do I have to delete the other mute and record buttons. ( sorry for my walter ignorance!)

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by henge1

You sir, ARE A GOD!!LOL Thank you so much for this Janne. Incredibly nice of you. Do I just plop these in the Universe folder or do I have to delete the other mute and record buttons. ( sorry for my walter ignorance!)

No prob. Just drop the images in the theme images folder and replace the old ones- no additional work needed.

J

[henge1]

Originally Posted by Janne83

No prob. Just drop the images in the theme images folder and replace the old ones- no additional work needed.

J

PERFECT! Thank you so much Janne. Worked perfectly.
I'm a happy guy...lol

[vanhaze]

Hi Janne, thank you for your awesome Theme !

However, i have one question (look at attached picture)

I see no clear plugin insert slots above the sends area of a channelstrip.
Is this normal ?
Would like to see for example horizontal divider lines so i can see the plugin slots.

Cheers,

Robbie

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by vanhaze

Hi Janne, thank you for your awesome Theme !

However, i have one question (look at attached picture)

I see no clear plugin insert slots above the sends area of a channelstrip.
Is this normal ?
Would like to see for example horizontal divider lines so i can see the plugin slots.

Cheers,

Robbie

Thats quite normal. I dont see the need(and also dont like visualy- making this look good and align perfectly is a royal P.I.T.A) for lines because Reaper auto genereates and scales the insert area, therefore wherever you click in the insert area the plugin will be inserted at the topmost insert slot and the next one beneath it. You cannot leave empty slots inbetween two plugins like in ex. Cubase.

J

[Susan G]

Hi Janne83-

Very, very nice, and thank you!

-Susan

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by Janne83

Thats quite normal. I dont see the need(and also dont like visualy- making this look good and align perfectly is a royal P.I.T.A) for lines because Reaper auto genereates and scales the insert area, therefore wherever you click in the insert area the plugin will be inserted at the topmost insert slot and the next one beneath it. You cannot leave empty slots inbetween two plugins like in ex. Cubase.

J

I diidnt know that, thanx for the info !

[WyattRice]

Very Nice! Thanks for all your hard work and sharing.

Would it be possible for you to add bigger fonts for the transport?
I know it can be done with walter, but I can't seem to get it right. I also like using the transport undocked sometimes, and it's hard for me to get the right walter coordinates to have everything flow right when I resize it.
Anyway, many thanks again for all your work. Well done!

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by WyattRice

Very Nice! Thanks for all your hard work and sharing.

Would it be possible for you to add bigger fonts for the transport?
I know it can be done with walter, but I can't seem to get it right. I also like using the transport undocked sometimes, and it's hard for me to get the right walter coordinates to have everything flow right when I resize it.
Anyway, many thanks again for all your work. Well done!

I can add a layout with bigger text in one of the next updates.
Yeah I know what you mean- undocked transport walter is a bit messy.

J

[XITE-1/4LIVE]

I was just stealing parts of your XL TCP and Master/MCP before but have now dl'd and applied my favorite toolbar icons and actions.
Very happy, and thanks so much for sharing this noble theme.

[pcmusicpro]

This theme is really nice but, to my taste, a narrower layout for the MCP would be great.

Also the toolbars need to be worked better and have more than the basics. That by itself it´s a lot of work indeed.

Dual pan in narrow could be improved with the knobs side by side (as in normal layout) and the numbers below them. The same in the TCP.

What I find nice about this theme is it´s simplicity and cleaness but regarding to pans I see room for improvement.

Great job, looking forward to some improvements.

[TMA]

Thought the same regarding the MCP Narrow layout, must only be about 10 pixels thinner than the normal one.

Lovely theme though

[Janne83]

Originally Posted by pcmusicpro

This theme is really nice but, to my taste, a narrower layout for the MCP would be great.

Also the toolbars need to be worked better and have more than the basics. That by itself it´s a lot of work indeed.

Great job, looking forward to some improvements.

Thanks for the headsup mate,

I have a thin layout planned for the MCP already, but itll need a rework of most of the graphics so itll take some time.

Could you define your "toolbars need to be worked better" assesment in a bit more detail.

Maybe Ill add some of additional toolbars(all the main and MIDI toolbar ones are included), however other things in the theme have higher priority at the moment.The list of possible actions is endless and as you said it takes a lot of time.


REgards J

[airon]

Thanks. Giving this a go for my late night sessions.

That's the second dark theme to come out this week. Spoiled we are. This looks so clean. One has to wonder what any new default theme can do to top these new clean themes.

[vanhaze]

If only Reaper had this as it's default theme, i think Reaper's looks would attract far more DAW users and it will problaby be the number One used DAW all over the world. (LOL)

[Janne83]

Link: https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1383/Ja...ReaperThemeZip

Added layouts:

- MCP Thin (With color fader options)
- MCP Fx Return



J

[WyattRice]

Originally Posted by Janne83

I can add a layout with bigger text in one of the next updates.
Yeah I know what you mean- undocked transport walter is a bit messy.

J

Thanks. For a test, I think the current size in reaper's theme editor is 7 or 8? For a reference, I can see it a whole lot better at size 10, and bold.
Thanks, Wyatt

[pcmusicpro]

Great, those thin tracks are what I need in my laptop.

Regarding toolbar the problem was mine. I had to reset Reaper to defaults in order to have the toolbar icons working ok... I wonder if I will have to redo my toolbars :/

I have another request. Could it be possible to have the meter to the right side of the fader in the MCP? it´s kind of a standard way of looking at software mixers.

Thanks, your work is much appreciated.