Change color of record arm for monitoring inputs?

[ChristopherT]

Is it possible to change the color of record arm for monitoring inputs?

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=215786

I would like one simple change to the behavior.

Change the red light to a green light for "Record: disable (input monitoring only)"

I have many sessions where when I open them I have lots of external audio and midi returns that I don't want to record (yet).
So red record light is on on multiple tracks.
If I suddenly have a new idea for an overdub, I need to go and check all armed tracks to make sure that they will not be recording

Or as Syncatron said in the other thread
"I might want to record one MIDI track while monitoring others. Or I might want to monitor some MIDI tracks and record guitar or some non-MIDI synth hardware"

Possible?

[Coachz]

Great idea. I would go for blue for me the green is fine

[ChristopherT]

Any color BUT red!

[synkrotron]

This gets the thumbs up from me

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

I don't think it is possible, as the recordarm-buttons are parts of the theme and as far as I know, there's only that one type of buttons available for RecordArm.

Though I hope, that the new theme-setting-functions that are only in pre-releases yet, can do something about that.
Though I absolutely don't understand, how they work...


In the meantime, would coloring the tracks be an option? Coloring it red for recording, coloring it green for monitoring?

[ChristopherT]

Maybe this should be a feature request?
Even the track manager window shows tracks that say "Record Armed" - even if they are record disabled?
There is no indication of monitor input or record disabled in track manager

[ChristopherT]

I made this a feature request:

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread....96#post2081296

[Triode]

I think this has been implemented in a recent pre possibly even because of this very thread so possibly thank you.....

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=215927

[Coachz]

It has been. I colored my pngs and it works great.



track_recarm_norec.png
track_recarm_auto_norec.png
mcp_recarm_norec.png
mcp_recarm_auto_norec.png

[hopi]

my main theme is a mod of a version 4 theme

there are no such png's in there... but I can create them

so wondering what changes to the rtconfig might be needed?

PS never mind... testing shows just adding the needed png file DOES work... nice

just a little tedious cuz I have various mcp layouts that use diff png's so they all had to be fixed as well... but hey, it works fine now