Apollo 4

[seagull]

Yes. I'm excited for this version.

[James HE]

Originally Posted by lampshade

no, I'll stay here with you :-)

Just for fun... i have done this little raw sketch based on apollo walter code.
the width knob looks not good... only a placeholder for the moment, as some other elements.
still not sure about this thing.
would be someone interested ?

Ok some further comments on this look.

I think the Meter background needs to be less dark, let the lights of the meter delineate where the meter is. I don't need Jack Sparrow's eyeshadow.

As is it the meter background detracts from the fader. This thing I like the most about the default is that you can so easily see the position of the fader. When the fader, all the buttons and switches are all so alike, the fader just sort of dissapears into the buttons.

For the same reason, pull back the contrast on the darker buttons.

[v98235]

Originally Posted by James HE

Ok some further comments on this look.

I think the Meter background needs to be less dark, let the lights of the meter delineate where the meter is. I don't need Jack Sparrow's eyeshadow.

As is it the meter background detracts from the fader. This thing I like the most about the default is that you can so easily see the position of the fader. When the fader, all the buttons and switches are all so alike, the fader just sort of dissapears into the buttons.

For the same reason, pull back the contrast on the darker buttons.

An alternate way to improve separation is to leave all the buttons intact, and make the fader a nice chrome/silver finish much like that of Reaborn's but only brighter/shinier. I personally like the dark and defined buttons.

[henric]

The width controls don't work for me with this theme. Anyone else have this problem?

Great theme though!

[SoulOne82]

Originally Posted by lampshade

no, I'll stay here with you :-)

Just for fun... i have done this little raw sketch based on apollo walter code.
the width knob looks not good... only a placeholder for the moment, as some other elements.
still not sure about this thing.
would be someone interested ?

me like it

but i hear the faders are screaming for drop shadows

[lampshade]

Originally Posted by henric

The width controls don't work for me with this theme. Anyone else have this problem?

Great theme though!

hi henric,

question on this I have already answered on page 1.

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sorry my english is not good but i will try to explain this behaviour.

when you right click on the pan knob in the tcp and change the pan mode it also change the pan mode on the mcp.(green led)

otherwise the width control has no function... even if you see it and the width value change... you can turn the width knob as much as you want, it does not change the width. (the indicator for an active width knob on the tcp in this theme is the width label that you will see when you have enough height... next to the pan label)

in other themes where the width control is allways visible, it is a little bit irritating because you see it, but it does nothing until you change the pan mode.
that`s why in the apollo theme you have the small little green led... i wanted to see the control knob but have a indicator that show me when it`s active. this way it is not irritating anymore.(at least for me)

it`s like a custom implemented feature through some walter code and images. :-) . you can do so much with walter and an intelligent image placement...

we are all standing at the beginning with this tool and it needs some experience from the themers ...you will see in the near future what is all possible what you can not even imagine now.

look at the default theme... you see there is no width control until you change the pan mode.

one thing i notice in other themes is the width control on the master channel... as far as i understand it... the master channel has not any width control... so you don`t need it there.

i hope you understand what i mean... my english is really bad.

bye
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@James HE
I'll try to answer your questions later when I have more time

[Nandhu Kartha]

Originally Posted by lampshade

if you've made ​​changes only with the theme editor, then you don`t need to replace the rtconfig.
if you`ve replaced the rtconfig from beta 2 then you are missing the new layouts.

Bro,

I replaced the rtconfig file of Apollo b2 with that of my tweaked b1. All new b2 layouts are available.

[Billy M]

Excellent work, Lampshade! Is there any way to have a layout/option to hide the child tracks of a folder when "folded" in the TCP? I use a lot of folders, and when the child tracks are "folded up" completely, they take up a lot of space. The Reaction theme does this by default.

Thanks for all the hard work on this great looking theme!

[romik]

How can I view FX parameters in MCP? I can see an option to enable them in TCP, but not in MCP. Cheers!

[kindafishy]

I wasn't so sure when looking at the screenshots because it seemed a little overly busy and colourful for my tastes, but I decided to give it a whirl anyway due to the comments in this thread.

The screenshots don't do this theme justice. It has to be seen in action. Once one is used to the use of colour and the placement of everything, it becomes very easy to quickly glance over many tracks and get an instant understanding of the overall state of the project.

This theme made a positive improvement in my workflow.

Many thanks for this, lampshade. I think it's excellent.

Oh shiznatz. I just noticed that you added new layouts. Beautiful. Downloading now...

[lampshade]

Originally Posted by Billy M

Excellent work, Lampshade! Is there any way to have a layout/option to hide the child tracks of a folder when "folded" in the TCP? I use a lot of folders, and when the child tracks are "folded up" completely, they take up a lot of space. The Reaction theme does this by default.

Thanks for all the hard work on this great looking theme!

hi Billy M,
i will look at it and possibly change it for the final version.

Originally Posted by romik

How can I view FX parameters in MCP? I can see an option to enable them in TCP, but not in MCP. Cheers!

hi romik,
click on the mixer menue on master mcp and tick "show fx parameters when size permits"

Originally Posted by kindafishy

I wasn't so sure when looking at the screenshots because it seemed a little overly busy and colourful for my tastes, but I decided to give it a whirl anyway due to the comments in this thread.

The screenshots don't do this theme justice. It has to be seen in action. Once one is used to the use of colour and the placement of everything, it becomes very easy to quickly glance over many tracks and get an instant understanding of the overall state of the project.

This theme made a positive improvement in my workflow.

Many thanks for this, lampshade. I think it's excellent.

Oh shiznatz. I just noticed that you added new layouts. Beautiful. Downloading now...

hi kindafishy,
there have been several people wrote that the screenshot is not particularly well. i'll change the picture.

thank you.

[flipotto]

Hey -
Thank you so much for the great theme.
I very much enjoy it.
I was reading the manual (pdf from Geoff) and experimenting with the fx routing examples, near the end. Also - cool stuff...

I noticed that the FX windows for js plugins possibly others don't have color for the meter.
I also noticed that when I added a 6 chan track the meters don't have color either. The theme does have color for 4 chan tracks but not 6.

[IMG]http://img221.**************/img221/3577/apolloscreennocolormixe.jpg[/IMG]

Is there any way to have colors for those meters too?
Please.

Thanks.

[jorikello]

Dudes, I`m new on Reaper. How must I install this theme? I mean I launch zip file, But reaper start as classic. What shaould I do with additional folder coming with this theme? Thanks!

[Billy M]

Download the file then drag and drop into Reaper. It's a ReaperThemeZip
file - no need to unzip.

Originally Posted by jorikello

Dudes, I`m new on Reaper. How must I install this theme? I mean I launch zip file, But reaper start as classic. What shaould I do with additional folder coming with this theme? Thanks!

[Superfly76]

Beautiful work lampshade! I especially love the colors and general look of the Arranger Area. I find it really easy to see what's going on with my media items. Beautiful!

Out of curiosity, were you a Samplitude user? The reason I as is that this layout reminds me a lot of Samplitude, especially the Camo skin. I'm coming from Samplitude myself, and I find this theme very comfortable and easy to use. Though it reminds me of Samp, it's a huge step above in terms of form and function. The nice thing is that with this skin, my client's won't even realize that I've switched hosts on them!

I've been using this theme for the last 2 days and I like it so much that I've created a custom color palette for track colors that match with the theme. I'll post a screenshot in a second.

Again, I really like the Arranger Area! So clean and clear.

I also like how easy it is to instantly differentiate between track sends and inserts on the mixer. Love the colors you chose, even the yellow.

Great job!

[romik]

Is it possible to change colour of meters? I tried in theme editor, but it made no change.

[Jorgen]

My favorite so far.

[DarkStar]

Q: is there a way to display plugin parameter knobs in the Master track TCP?

[Smurf]

Is there a was to make the entire Track View one color, like in Pro Tools?

I have been working on really getting organized as I mix, and when coloring the Tracks the only thing that gets color is the Name window, while the rest of the track stays gray.

It would be a lot easier on the old eyes if each track got fully tinted and not just the name window.

And no, this is NOT a complaint at all, just something that would help my workflow. Apollo has been my default them forever, so it is not like I think there is anything wrong with it!

**Got it......**

[Sigilus]

this is STILL my favorite theme by far.

[tls11823]

Originally Posted by Kenneth R.

this is STILL my favorite theme by far.

Same here. I try most of the new stuff that comes out, and always end up going back to this one. It just works for me functionally and it's easy on my eyes. I'm thrilled with the number of controls I have access to on the TCP with a minimal track height. Can't think of anything to gripe about.

[driftingmuppet]

Originally Posted by bennisixx

lampshade I feel like I am at home again

I'll second that! Reaper feels so comfortable with this theme. Excellent work Lampshade. Thanks for making my favourite theme

[Superfly76]

A few months later and I'm still using this theme everyday. This theme really works for me. I love it.

I wonder what happened to Lampshade? I haven't seen him around the forums since January I believe. Anyway, if you are still out there Lampshade, just want to let you know how much I love this theme!

[keys]

Echo Superfly's comment. Apollo V4 has been my default since its first release. Thankyou Lampshade.

[romik]

Hopefully Lampshade won't be mad at me, I did a hybrid modification of the wonderful Apollo, adjusted the colours as in Pro Tools (I really like them that way), changed colours on RMS meter on master fader and borrowed volthumb from the Rado theme (love Gold).

[hotsaucejalapeno]

Thanks a lot lampshade! I can't get any work done now that I'm using your theme.... I keep getting distracted by how beautiful it is Haha, seriously, this is the BEST THEME EVER! I love the attention to detail as well! Maybe make it a little uglier, so I can stop getting so distracted?

^ Haha that was a joke, just in case anyone was wondering

[g8torcliff]

Thanks for the great theme. I've always used your themes and now I have this one which I really like.

I'm having one problem though. When I drag my mouse across empty tracks, it disappears. It will only show up on a track that has something on it. Is there a way to make it show all of the time? I've looked through the theme settings and can't find anything.


tia

cliff

[witti]

Do you see something like this ?



Then that's normal. It has nothing to do with a theme.
You can replace cursors by putting your custom made cursors into the Reaper/Cursors folder.

Some help can be found here
http://www.cockos.com/reaper/sdk/cursors/cursors.php

(Hey, my first post in the original Apollo4 thread ! )

[Jeffsounds]

I really like the meters having -12 and -18 on them! Seems like all other meters have the numbers 10, 16 and 22 but we're supposed to mix to either -12 or -18. So it's a guestimate... unless I'm misunderstanding something...

[witti]

I use my own mod of this (great) theme, so i'm not quite sure, but from what i can see from the screenshots and from what i can remember the color separation is at -6 and -18.

BTW, this is the funniest picture ever posted in these forums.

Originally Posted by lampshade

[g8torcliff]

Thanks....

I guess my gridlines need some adjusting....they are the same as the cursor which must be why it is disappearing.


cliff


p.s. agree on that picture..... ^^^

[EJ James]

Installed this theme + SWS...all I can say is WOW.

Love it!

[VoxNumana]

Great theme. Thank you