Can you theme that to make it look decent?īeyond that, the UI in REAPER simply isn't designed with usability in mind. There is only so much theming can do in that DAW - as is the case for many DAWs with a theming engine (SONAR, Samplitude, etc.).Ĭompare the Plugin managers in Cubase and REAPER, for example. Everything beyond that still looks like a throwback to 1996. REAPER looks terrible OOTB and themes only affect the top layer of the user interface. It has a design aesthetic that is acceptable by most without tweaking. You don't have to scour the internet and decide on a skin to use.
The file is located inside the REAPER\ColorThemes folder, if you unpacked the ZIP file directly in your REAPER folder.Click to expand.Thats the problem. We need to load our custom colorset in there. You can use the toolbar, or you can open the Actions list, and search for "SWS manage" to find the command.
~After you loaded the toolbar, save it, and then open the Color Management window by clicking the Palette icon on the toolbar you've just created (the last one on bottom right).
It should be located in your Reaper\MenuSets folder, unless you moved MenuSets folder to your %appdata%/REAPER folder (where menuset files usually reside, on Windows) and load up the Color Toolbar.ReaperMenu file. ~Now go back to REAPER's Customize toolbar. For example, if you have toolbar 4 free, change to. If you have toolbar 2 already taken, then you need to go to the folder in which you installed Reaper, and check inside MenuSets folder, open Color Toolbar.ReaperMenuSet file, and change the number inside the brackets. Bear in mind that I used TOOLBAR 2 for these icons. ~Open Actions list again, then press "Import/Export." button and select "Import." Now navigate to your KeyMaps folder, then load up Color Toolbar Actions.ReaperKeyMap.
~Run Reaper, then go to Options->Show Reaper resource path in explorer/finder and Unzip the color set folder to THIS folder.The icons, key map and menu set file will unpack where they need to be ~Next Download the color set Zip folder(link above). ~Download, and install the latest SWS Extension version from the link above. In order to use the colorset, you must have the latest version of SWS Extension (it's free) here's how to use it: The color set simply allows you to change the color of any track.
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