El Cid E

[Mark VH]

https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/917/el_...ReaperThemeZip



2012-01-12: Adopted default toolbar icons.

2012-01-10: Removed chamfered corners from MCP panels, other minor icon tweaks.

2012-01-09: Simplified Kontakt Layouts (Kontakt Plugin/Folder Begin/Kontakt MIDI) featuring new graphics.

2012-01-03: Added FX Buss Layout and fixed some bugs.

2011-12-30: Added Battery and Kontakt layouts.

2011-12-29: Selected Backgrounds. Oopsie.

Released 12-27-2011

[gwok]

now that's the way folders should be done!! nice

[krahosk]

Very nice!

[Mark VH]

Oops! Forgot to do selected backgrounds for panels. Fixed now.

[krahosk]

When MCP is narrowed, the volume remains, as it should, but the pan vanishes even though there's quite enough space for another knob or two. Could it be integrated?

[Mark VH]

Do you mean the TCP?

[Win Conway]

I tried to explain to the devs right at the start of V4 that folders needed the ability to use layouts automatically to no avail unfortunately

As this theme shows, it is a very powerful thing

[Mark VH]

Yeah, it would be cool to have them update automatically rather than all the menu-hunting to change the layouts.

[krahosk]

Originally Posted by Mark VH

Do you mean the TCP?

Yes, I meant the TCP, sorry for the inadvertance.

[Mark VH]

Originally Posted by krahosk

Yes, I meant the TCP, sorry for the inadvertance.

At first I thought an exciting new feature got released. That would be pretty cool to stretch a mixer panel sideways. But then I figured you must mean the TCP.

I see your point about showing the pan/width on a minimum TCP. It was not high on the priority list because I never squeeze mine down beyond the with of the default toolbar area (7 buttons wide). So I just put some basic Waltering to make the TCP not look broken if someone squeezed it. So, you have a good point for folks who like to mash it all to the side, but unfortunately it's toward the bottom of the to-do list for this theme.

[SEA]

I just HAD to stop from my production I'm working on in my studio with Reaper (using this awesome theme) and say "WOW! I just LOVE this theme!

And not because it looks cool, but because of it's functionality like... bypassing the VST's on the track, etc. Everything is VERY easy to get around and very well thought out (IMHO)

Way to go MARK!

SEA

[Mark VH]

Thanks! And thanks also to the other commenters. There are still a lot of tweaks, and I may have released it too quickly. There are a lot of little pieces to a theme. At first I thought it would be an easy mod of my Iron Giant, but there was more to it than I thought.

[SEA]

Originally Posted by Mark VH

Thanks! And thanks also to the other commenters. There are still a lot of tweaks, and I may have released it too quickly.

HEY! We are "REAPER HEADS! "We are used to beta testing!

[Mark VH]

2011-12-30: Added Battery and Kontakt layouts. More tweaks to come on these, but I wanted them for the weekend.

[Mark VH]

Updated 2012-01-03: Added FX Buss Layout and fixed some bugs.

[semiquaver]

yep. Graphic ideas that make *functional* difference. awesome.

[airon]

It sure does.

I simply brought together instrument groups for an easier overview(no actual folder action going on), and the improvement in clarity of the overview was astounding.

A shot: https://stash.reaper.fm/11311/theme_example_ElCid.png (128kB)

[Mark VH]

Updated 2012-01-05

New Kontakt Layouts for TCP, for those who are using a similar track template to mine.

1) Kontakt Begin

The Kontakt button is the FX Bypass.
The jack button opens send/receives dialog.
The folder symbol opens the FX chain dialog.

2) Kontakt Instrument, basically like a Folder Begin layout

3) Kontakt MIDI

Keyboard icon is Recarm, allowing MIDI from controller.
Media item icon is mute (bold for mute off) allowing MIDI from the track.

[Mark VH]

Here's a mockup of an update to the Kontakt Layout for MCP which I'm working on.

These are two tracks, actually. A "Folder Begin" on the left side, and what will be a "Kontakt MIDI" on the right, which is just the solid strip that closes the shape, and only has two buttons. The piano keyboard is the Recarm (lit here, for active), and the MIDI button is the mute (lit here for unmuted). Since these two tracks are foldered together (in my template), you'll see the MIDI velocity of the Kontakt MIDI layout track show up in the Folder Begin's VU meter.

[Mark VH]

Update: better screenshot of theme in action. Refresh cache.

[Mark VH]

Updated 2012-01-09: Simplified Kontakt Layouts (Kontakt Plugin/Folder Begin/Kontakt MIDI) featuring new graphics.

This is not a mockup, it's the real thing.

The Kontakt layout system for both TCP and MCP is now:

1) Kontakt Plugin
2) Folder Begin
3) Kontakt MIDI

Folder Begin Layout and Kontakt MIDI Layout are drawn to look like a single track. In the MCP, the Keyboard graphic is the recarm and the "MIDI" button is the mute. In the TCP, the LCD keyboard icon is the recarm, and the graphic keyboard is the FX-Open which appears when the panel has grown to recarm-size.

[Mark VH]

I'm wondering if I should get rid of the chamfered corners and go with a more conventional look like this.

[Mark VH]

2012-01-10: Removed chamfered corners from MCP panels, other minor icon tweaks. Will update screenshots later.

[merdave]

In 4.15rc1: + Mixer: action to show/hide children of selected folder tracks


This should be very helpful in the Mixer for this theme!

Can/will you implement this directly in this theme or will we have to implement it using an action?

[Mark VH]

The little branching symbol to the left of the VU meter does that, unless it's some other kind of thing you're talking about.

[Mark VH]

Update 2012-01-12: Adopted default toolbar icons. New Screenshot (refresh the cache).

[Mark VH]

Update: tweaked underlying toolbar button image and overlay to match subdued look of standard buttons.

[SEA]

Sorry for asking but... where's the Trim button located on this theme?

Thanks!
SEA

[Mark VH]

In the TCP, the trim button slides out when you widen the panels. Now that I think about it, I may not have gotten around to putting one on the MCP. Maybe I'll do that for the next update.