Customization - Colors (Advanced)

Figure 611. The Colors section.

The Colors section lets you customize colors of various screen elements.

The Colors section contains the following settings:

Color Scheme

Select your favorite color scheme.

Presets

You can create lots of different color schemes and save each one as a preset. After you create a color scheme that you like, type a name for it in the Presets window, and then click the floppy disk icon to save the preset. When you want to load the preset, just select it in the Presets window. To delete a preset, select it and then click the Delete button .

The Colors section has the following fields:

Color Category

This list shows different areas where color can be adjusted. Choosing one of these categories helps filter out screen elements you may not want to deal with at the moment. The categories also provide a convenient way to adjust brightness, hue, and saturation of a related collection of screen elements without hunting through a long list.

Search

The search filter allows you to only show screen elements that include a specific text string in the name.

Note: The search filter is applied to the current Color Category. Select the All Colors color category if you want to search all available screen elements.

Screen Element

This list shows all the items in Sonar you can set the color of. Highlight the one you want to change. You can change multiple Elements simultaneously by CTRL-clicking or CTRL-dragging. Click Select All to select all screen elements in the current color category.

Import Colors button

This button opens the Import Color Set dialog box, which allows you to import a color arrangement, or a group of presets.

Export Colors button

This button opens the Export Color Set dialog box, which allows you to export a color arrangement, or a group of presets.

Choose Color

The Choose Color button allows you to pick a specific color for the highlighted item in the Screen Element list. Click the Choose Color button to open the Color dialog box, click the color you want, and click OK. The highlighted item in the Screen Element list changes to the color you chose.

Brightness slider

This control increases or decreases the luminance of the selected color, making it either more bright or more dull in appearance.

Hue slider

This control determines the color type, such as red, green or blue.

Saturation slider

This control increases or decreases the vibrancy of the selected color. A lower saturation value will input more “grayness” to the color, making it appear more faded.

Reset Spectrum button

Pressing the Reset button resets the Brightness, Hue, and Saturation sliders to default values.

Select All button

Pressing the Select All button selects all screen elements in the current Color Category.

Defaults button

Clicking this button restores the selected screen elements to their original values.

Track Defaults button

Clicking this button opens a color palette that lets you specify the default color for new tracks. The color palette also contains the following options:

Default. Track strips are not colored, and tracks do not inherit the color of the bus they are assigned to.

Follow Bus. Tracks inherit the color of the bus they are assigned to.

Note: You can change the color of existing tracks by clicking a track’s Track Color bar. For details, see Customizing track/bus colors.

Bus Defaults button

Clicking this button opens a color palette that lets you specify the default color for new buses.

Note: You can change the color of existing buses by clicking a bus’ Track Color bar. For details, see Customizing track/bus colors.

Show strip colors

The Show strip colors option allows you to tint track and bus strips in the Track view, Console view and Inspector when you assign a custom track color. Disable this option if you only want to color clips (waveform or MIDI data).

If Show strip colors is disabled, the current track is always highlighted.

Saturation

When Show strip colors is enabled, the Saturation control lets you adjust the color saturation of channel strips.

Save Changes for Next Session

Select this check box if you want Sonar to use any new color assignments the next time you open Sonar.

Wallpaper

The options in this field allow you to set the color and design of Sonar’s background area. The options are:

Default. Choosing this option causes Sonar to use its original color and design for the background.

Custom. Choosing this option opens the Wallpaper Bitmap dialog box, which allows you to choose a graphics file (bitmap) to use as the background.

The following table identifies each of the screen elements in Sonar.

 

Table 101. Screen elements 

Screen element	Explanation
Clip Gain Envelope	Color of the Gain envelopes in clips
Clip Pan Envelope	Color of the Pan envelopes in clips
Clip Velocity Envelope	Color of velocity envelopes in clips
Audio Tracks 1, 11, 21...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “1” (1, 11, 21, etc.)
Audio Tracks 1, 11, 21...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “1” (1, 11, 21, etc.)
Audio Tracks 2, 12, 22...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “2” (2, 12, 22, etc.)
Audio Tracks 2, 12, 22...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “2” (2, 12, 22, etc.)
Audio Tracks 3, 13, 23...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “3” (3, 13, 23, etc.)
Audio Tracks 3, 13, 23...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “3” (3, 13, 23, etc.)
Audio Tracks 4, 14, 24...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “4” (4, 14, 24, etc.)
Audio Tracks 4, 14, 24...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “4” (4, 14, 24, etc.)
Audio Tracks 5, 15, 25...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “5” (5, 15, 25, etc.)
Audio Tracks 5, 15, 25...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “5” (5, 15, 25, etc.)
Audio Tracks 6, 16, 26...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “6” (6, 16, 26, etc.)
Audio Tracks 6, 16, 26...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “6” (6, 16, 26, etc.)
Audio Tracks 7, 17, 27...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “7” (7, 17, 27, etc.)
Audio Tracks 7, 17, 27...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “7” (7, 17, 27, etc.)
Audio Tracks 8, 18, 28...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “8” (8, 18, 28, etc.)
Audio Tracks 8, 18, 28...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “8” (8, 18, 28, etc.)
Audio Tracks 9, 19, 29...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “9” (9, 19, 29, etc.)
Audio Tracks 9, 19, 29...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “9” (9, 19, 29, etc.)
Audio Tracks 10, 20, 30...Foreground	Foreground color of all audio tracks that end in the number “0” (10, 20, 30, etc.)
Audio Tracks 10, 20, 30...Background	Background color of all audio tracks that end in the number “0” (10, 20, 30, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 1, 11, 21...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “1” (1, 11, 21, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 1, 11, 21...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “1” (1, 11, 21, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 2, 12, 22...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “2” (2, 12, 22, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 2, 12, 22...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “2” (2, 12, 22, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 3, 13, 23...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “3” (3, 13, 23, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 3, 13, 23...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “3” (3, 13, 23, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 4, 14, 24...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “4” (4, 14, 24, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 4, 14, 24...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “4” (4, 14, 24, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 5, 15, 25...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “5” (5, 15, 25, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 5, 15, 25...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “5” (5, 15, 25, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 6, 16, 26...Foreground.	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “6” (6, 16, 26, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 6, 16, 26...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “6” (6, 16, 26, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 7, 17, 27...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “7” (7, 17, 27, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 7, 17, 27...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “7” (7, 17, 27, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 8, 18, 28...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “8” (8, 18, 28, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 8, 18, 28...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “8” (8, 18, 28, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 9, 19, 29...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “9” (9, 19, 29, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 9, 19, 29...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “9” (9, 19, 29, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 10, 20, 30...Foreground	Foreground color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “0” (10, 20, 30, etc.)
MIDI Tracks 10, 20, 30...Background	Background color of all MIDI tracks that end in the number “0” (10, 20, 30, etc.)
First controller/surface color choice	Highlight color of any Sonar controls being controlled by the first control surface listed in Edit >Preferences > MIDI - Control Surfaces.
Second controller/surface color choice	Highlight color of any Sonar controls being controlled by the second control surface listed in Edit >Preferences > MIDI - Control Surfaces.
Third controller/surface color choice	Highlight color of any Sonar controls being controlled by the third control surface listed in Edit >Preferences > MIDI - Control Surfaces.
Fourth controller/surface color choice	Highlight color of any Sonar controls being controlled by the fourth control surface listed in Edit >Preferences > MIDI - Control Surfaces.
Track View Volume Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Pan Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View MIDI Chorus Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View MIDI Reverb Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Mute Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Surround Angle Envelope	Color of automation envelope for surround angle
Surround Focus Envelope	Color of automation envelope for surround focus
Surround LFE Send Control/Envelope	Color of automation envelope for LFE send control
Surround Width Envelope	Color of automation envelope for surround width
Front/Rear Balance Envelope	Color of automation envelope for surround front/rear balance
Track View Bus Send Level 1, 9 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Level 2, 10 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Level 3, 11 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send 4, 12 Level Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Level 5, 13 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Level 6, 14 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Level 7, 15 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Level 8, 16 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 1, 9 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 2, 10 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 3, 11 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 4, 12 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 5, 13 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 6, 14 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 7, 15 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Track View Bus Send Pan 8, 16 Control / Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 1, 9 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 2, 10 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 3, 11 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 4, 12 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 5, 13 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 6, 14 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 7, 15 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Angle 8, 16 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus1, 9 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 2, 10 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 3, 11 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 4, 12 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 5, 13 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 6, 14 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 7, 15 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Focus 8, 16 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 1, 9 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 2, 10 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 3, 11 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 4, 12 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 5, 13 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 6, 14 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 7, 15 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send LFE 8, 16 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 1, 9 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 2, 10 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 3, 11 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 4, 12 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 5, 13 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 6, 14 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 7, 15 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Width 8, 16 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 1, 9 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 2, 10 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 3, 11 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 4, 12 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 5, 13 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 6, 14 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 7, 15 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Bus Send Front/Rear Balance 8, 16 Envelope	Sets the color of this parameter’s automation envelope
Continuous Event 1	The color of the first type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 2	The color of the second type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 3	The color of the third type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 4	The color of the fourth type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 5	The color of the fifth type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 6	The color of the sixth type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 7	The color of the seventh type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view
Continuous Event 8	The color of the eighth type of continuous event entered into the Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll view

 

For more information, see:

Screen colors and wallpaper

 

See also:

Preferences dialog

Customization - Display

Customization - Nudge (Advanced)

Customization - Snap to Grid (Advanced)

Customization - Editing (Advanced)

Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts (Advanced)

Customization - Audio Meter (Advanced)

Customization - Analytics

Customization - Backup/Restore Settings