Changing the "look" of Protools?

StrykeBack · 24th September 2006, 10:22 PM

So now that I've been mixing in protools for about 8 months I've noticed something. The entire screen layout and coloring scheme give me a real headache! I mixed in Cubase SX2 and 3 for a few years and never had a problem watching the screen for 8 to 10 hours at a time. I think it was the darker grays and blacks and blues that make up its layout compared to all the bright white light and gray that makes up PT.

Anybody know of a way to mod or change the coloring scheme? I know theres a trick to do to mac OSX to invert all the colors and I've even used this for a while but it gets oddly annoying after a while as well.

Faderjockey · 26th September 2006, 09:24 AM

Wow! Really?

I track in PT mix plus system...I still love looking at PT new and old versions.
I mix on a PC with SX3 and I love it's sounds but I change the look to be more PT's looking. To me SX default starts to hurt my eyes after a while.

There is no way that I know of to change the colors in PT's. With out coding stuff.

stevep · 26th September 2006, 09:32 AM

stop looking at the monitor ....?

sorry, but i hate it when someone says ,... play that i want to SEE how that sounds

another way to fix the problem is to switch to the mix window

and..................

Listen

StrykeBack · 26th September 2006, 11:05 AM

Listen!? no way really? I thought it was just there for looks!

But in all seriousness I do love the sound of Cubase SX much better.

When i'm busy recording or "hearing" the mix i'm not normally looking at the monitor. However when i'm doing a lot of editing of people's stuff they send me or having to sit there and sequence out drum patterns to entire songs....well i'm forced to sit and stare at the monitor.

I'm not completely retarded u know....

olzzon · 26th September 2006, 04:17 PM

This should help

Real ProTools

Jenre · 26th September 2006, 06:55 PM

Complete opposite for me. Cubase looks too much like a toy, I quite like the simple, clean look of Pro Tools.

Let's hope Digidesign don't think that making PT look space-age and modern will stop people complaining about it's lack of features.

halfguard · 26th September 2006, 08:18 PM

i wouldnt mind some different colors in pt....

by-tor · 26th September 2006, 08:56 PM

control + option + apple + 8

enjoy evil pro-tools.

in fact do it now and enjoy evil gearslutz

OKden · 26th September 2006, 09:34 PM

I was goofin' around with that and found that within gearslutz:

control + 1 is home

control + 2 is get new posts

control + 4 is search

control + 5 is the FAQ

by-tor · 26th September 2006, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OKden

I was goofin' around with that and found that within gearslutz:

control + 1 is home

control + 2 is get new posts

control + 4 is search

control + 5 is the FAQ

NICE!!!!!!!! I love quick keys!

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24th September 2006, 10:22 PM	#1
StrykeBack Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 507	Changing the "look" of Protools? So now that I've been mixing in protools for about 8 months I've noticed something. The entire screen layout and coloring scheme give me a real headache! I mixed in Cubase SX2 and 3 for a few years and never had a problem watching the screen for 8 to 10 hours at a time. I think it was the darker grays and blacks and blues that make up its layout compared to all the bright white light and gray that makes up PT. Anybody know of a way to mod or change the coloring scheme? I know theres a trick to do to mac OSX to invert all the colors and I've even used this for a while but it gets oddly annoying after a while as well.

26th September 2006, 09:24 AM	#2
Faderjockey Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B-more Posts: 939	Wow! Really? I track in PT mix plus system...I still love looking at PT new and old versions. I mix on a PC with SX3 and I love it's sounds but I change the look to be more PT's looking. To me SX default starts to hurt my eyes after a while. There is no way that I know of to change the colors in PT's. With out coding stuff. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/bigbangstudios www.barberelectronics.com

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stevep Lives for Jesus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca. Posts: 2,938	stop looking at the monitor ....? sorry, but i hate it when someone says ,... play that i want to SEE how that sounds another way to fix the problem is to switch to the mix window and.................. Listen __________________ Steve Perkins Creation Recording Studios .com Take a Kid Fishing Outreach John 3:16

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26th September 2006, 11:05 AM	#4
StrykeBack Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 507	Listen!? no way really? I thought it was just there for looks! But in all seriousness I do love the sound of Cubase SX much better. When i'm busy recording or "hearing" the mix i'm not normally looking at the monitor. However when i'm doing a lot of editing of people's stuff they send me or having to sit there and sequence out drum patterns to entire songs....well i'm forced to sit and stare at the monitor. I'm not completely retarded u know....

26th September 2006, 04:17 PM	#5
olzzon Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 32	This should help Real ProTools

26th September 2006, 06:55 PM	#6
Jenre Gear maniac Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 221	Complete opposite for me. Cubase looks too much like a toy, I quite like the simple, clean look of Pro Tools. Let's hope Digidesign don't think that making PT look space-age and modern will stop people complaining about it's lack of features.

26th September 2006, 08:18 PM	#7
halfguard Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: south fla Posts: 1,007	i wouldnt mind some different colors in pt....

26th September 2006, 08:56 PM	#8
by-tor Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 447	control + option + apple + 8 enjoy evil pro-tools. in fact do it now and enjoy evil gearslutz

26th September 2006, 09:34 PM	#9
OKden Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Nashville Posts: 273	I was goofin' around with that and found that within gearslutz: control + 1 is home control + 2 is get new posts control + 4 is search control + 5 is the FAQ