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TrevsAudio wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:05 pm Aah, PLEASE give us back our beloved Mixcraft 8.

I still use mine to do voice overs on my videos. Really pretty.


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Rolling Estonian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:08 pm All that for, "I don't like the color?"

Many folks over the years have questioned the lack of options regarding customizing and colors, I'd like to see better track coloring for instance but it's gotten better. I think that most folks who wish there were more color options would still say it wasn't worth ditching MC over. Personally I love the dark look and being able to move the mixer.

If I'm not mistaken, there're a few members who have been able to do more with customizing with some simple coding.

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Acoustica Greg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:02 am Hi,

What do you mean by a "simpler" theme, exactly?

Greg

TrevsAudio wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:05 pm Aah, PLEASE give us back our beloved Mixcraft 8.

I still use mine to do voice overs on my videos. Really pretty.


MX 8.png

tfranklinh wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:00 pm Just upgraded from 9. Horrible! Yes, REAPER is sometimes he** to use, but it's ability to be shaped into whatever you want to look at does give it a big edge of MC10 when I know I'm going to be sitting here for a while. This is where I want to be when it comes to workflow. But I really need some contrast.

I'm a Gen X'er who comes from a place where you can touch things. My first major piece, a Yamaha B100II, came with a manual bigger than most synths come with anymore. (Roland-DS with a pamphlet). And you had to get your hands on it if you wanted it to sound good. Circle back around to today, and while I know I can't touch my faders, it gives me comfort if they at least look like they can be touched. As stated above, it does contribute to creativity and workflow to be comfortable. A LOT! I don't do loops or whatever. I grow my beats like I grow my beets; down and dirty, long hours and messy workspace. I have to be able to stand it.

I understand the complexity of development and respect the ability to put something solid and reliable together sometimes hurts form. But it can't just be a black box or a gray one. I would gladly have paid 3 times what I did to get more themes or simpler theming. Mixcraft is an awesome DAW but I'm not going to be able to recommend it because I know this is going to be an issue. It hurts my feelings to say that. Listening to it and playing with it is so much fun but it didn't take long before changing some track colors alerted me to a glaring issue. I can't stand flat and I can't stand flat black hole even more.

Funny how we have evolved to HD & 4k resolutions and yet the UI/UX of these things is paying major insult to graphics cards worldwide. What's the point then? I will try to work on something more pleasant for my newly purchased upgrade; but I do have work to do. Time is whatever it is.

A little pointer to Acoustica from my Comp Science days:

If your UI is not good; people will not return.

Well, 3 versions later, this may be my last version. I can stand a website done in WordPress, but a not a DAW. Fix it!

Love,

Toby

tfranklinh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:08 pm

Acoustica Greg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:02 am Hi,

What do you mean by a "simpler" theme, exactly?

Greg

Hey Greg. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. If some people don't mind, I will expand upon it.

What I meant by "simpler theming" was perhaps more point and click. I don't mind messing with .ini files and the like, and I already have. And to some decent effect. I'm not looking for Harrison Mixbus. (That was a performance nightmare). That was a lesson in how realistic graphics can kill the efficiency of the program.

But having slept on it and cooled down a little (thank you for letting me vent), what would have been more satisfactory out of the box would have been at least something in between the two stock themes.

But just say the ability to take the theme as it is and click a box from some (not all obviously) color choices and get an overall adjustment quickly. Even from black, perhaps something in exponential percents from the black (dark) to the gray (light). That is where I have started editing. But that's about as far as my personal and professional time will allow me to go. If I have to start editing graphics, buttons and the like; it's going to kill my work flow.

Quite frankly, like some others, I would be happy to just get the ability to get the Mixcraft 8 theme back. That's what I've been using through MC9. But I just don't have the time. This is not a hobby for me, so really need to be comfortable. The people paying me don't care if I can't work today because I can't look at my monitor for 6 hours at a time or can't concentrate because of how angry I am. It's been made clear right here that it doesn't matter to everybody. But it does matter to me. And I really don't want to change programs Greg. I love Mixcraft!

I hope that clears it up and sorry for the TL;DR. I want to be helpful.

Toby