I always switch up the color scheme. Does depend on my mood. I like blue. It's purdy.

the project template I use in logic is set up so every audio track records black and every midi region records black. I hate colors when I'm working on shit it confuses the senses. Sounds have their own color and I don't want a region representing that sound clashing with how it 'looks'. If I could I'd even change the loop/cycle bar from green to black just cause it's distracting. For a while I was just putting the display to grayscale in the universal access system preferences but that got old.

I love using the Adobe stuff because of this there are no colors anywhere in their GUI

I have a friend who uses Reaper exclusively and meticulously color-codes every little thing and the projects end up looking like a fucking rainbow, I'd never be able to do that

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Originally posted by meriter the project template I use in logic is set up so every audio track records black and every midi region records black. I hate colors when I'm working on shit it confuses the senses. Sounds have their own color and I don't want a region representing that sound clashing with how it 'looks'. If I could I'd even change the loop/cycle bar from green to black just cause it's distracting. For a while I was just putting the display to grayscale in the universal access system preferences but that got old. I love using the Adobe stuff because of this there are no colors anywhere in their GUI I have a friend who uses Reaper exclusively and meticulously color-codes every little thing and the projects end up looking like a fucking rainbow, I'd never be able to do that

I color code based off of instrument so kicks are white, percussion is yellow, synths are green, basslines are brown, acid is purple, vocals pink, and SFX are red.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

just like myself i like cool music. i dont think the colors in your daw is important other than dark/bright for night/day.

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Originally posted by clay just like myself i like cool music. i dont think the colors in your daw is important other than dark/bright for night/day.

spot on

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the colors do matter. anyone who thinks differently is not in touch with themselves.

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Originally posted by jayxthekoolest the colors do matter. anyone who thinks differently is not in touch with themselves.

personally i think the gui and the color theme can make a difference depending on your frame off mined when making tunes.

the problem with DAWs that allow customization is people customize it, and when you have to work somewhere else, it is annoying when people have these weird colour schemes. I suppose it is easily rectified by saving your preset and bringing it with you, but what if you don't own that particular daw, and expect what you've used in other instances.

But labelling and icons i'm a fan of. I really do like to keep everything meticulous with pretty icons.

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I personally don't notice much difference in mood or inspiration when it comes to color schemes, but I don't doubt that it has some effect for others. Well, with one exception - Ableton's bright fugly GUI puts me a bad mood after just 5 minutes of looking at it (no offense to Live users). My beautiful blue eyes like the darker GUIs.

Other than that, I'm not too particular about colors and I don't typically spend much time setting up color schemes, other than a little bit for organization. Like L4C, I like having icons and good labeling for visual cues, cuz I'm a bit Nazi-like when it comes to keeping my projects organized. I use different track/clip colors to keep me organized as well, but to a much lesser extent.

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