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🕹 Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Quick overview of the adjuster
03:15 Track controls
08:16 Envelope Controls
8:40 Mixer Controls
10:36 Transport Controls
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[@TheREAPERBlog]

I agree about the color palettes. Reaper needs an action to apply the random color based on palette.

[@Reapertips]

Exactly! We just need actions for each of the individual colors, also an action to apply a random color from the palette and an action for recolor the whole project. Boom this instantly becomes 1000x more useful. People could easily share their palettes and this would be a fun universal native thing!

[@DrKevGuitar]

Note to everyone: the Theme adjuster can attempt to use these full controls for all themes based on Default 7 theme, you just need to ensure the filename of the theme you want to adjust begins with "Default_7.0_". (I have suggested a simple change to the script file that would allow us to put "Default_7" anywhere in the filename, which would be better for ease of use/management of multiple themes.) Also just be aware that if you have edited your theme's rtconfig it may behave unusually in some places.

[@BlaCkLaBeL2002]

Well observed! Thanks!

[@caleb_tello]

Just picked up reaper like 2 months ago and pretty much know nothing about music production but these videos make me feel like I’m a part of something 😂

[@abhicrax]

it takes time brother you will be making amazing things in no time just keep up the practice 👍❤️

[@vooveks]

Mmm, you’ve chosen one of the more tricky DAWs to get the hang of, but on the other hand, it’s very good once you get your head around it, and a ridiculously low price compared to the main commercial ones, so all in all, good choice! Enjoy the journey.

[@stephencshapiro]

Reaper Mania’s tutorials are great too. Very beginner friendly. Reaper is a journey. All the best!

[@Hexspa]

You're definitely part of something, bro. The more you put in, the more you get out.

[@wereallthinkingit9389]

Welcome to the party!

[@REAPERMania]

Great job as always. :)

[@Windiguana]

The Metal Gear "detected" sfx was the perfect choice for the intro!

[@Reapertips]

hahaha that's how I felt when I saw the update come out 🫠 that changelog is maaassive!

[@CarlosEduardoGuerraCova]

Amazing info! Thanks, Alejandro. Now, if only Cockos did something like this for the UI of their ReaPlugs and the JS plug-ins.

[@abhicrax]

man ui is a nightmare especially on windows

[@ranajoyshil]

Good god, this is way way more flexible and powerful than I thought it would be.

[@slayabouts]

I paid for a Reaper license a few years ago just to pay them back for the year or two that I used it before moving to Studio One because I found it easier to use. S1’s been irritating me lately though and this new function may have just convinced me to move back to Reaper

[@slayabouts]

Holy hell and you can create sends by dragging to the track?

[@Reapertips]

@@slayabouts Yes!! it's been a thing since REAPER 3 I think hahaha, I think it's one of the best features ever!!! almost every other DAW makes it so complicated

[@EricJohnson-fh8zj]

I own studio one also (v5), and tho I like a lot of things...there are main 2 reasons I normally just use Reaper 95% of the time. The first is the navigation behavior/functionality navigating the timeline with a mouse (zoom, scroll, placing play marker, selecting items & item regions, ect.). Its just not nearly as intuitive in S1 as it is Reaper. And honestly the vast majority of my time is spent navigating around the timeline when editing and mixing, so spending extra time simply messing about just trying to move around and zero in on where/what I'm working on gets frustrating. The 2nd is more a plus for Reaper than a mark against Studio One, because most other daws function the same, but having only one kind of track that can be ANY kind of track is huge. A DAW isn't a hardware console, so there's no reason we should have to be locked into a "instrument/midi", or "audio", or "buss" track...ect. Not having set track functions makes things soooo much more flexible and hassle free. And the 3rd reason is I seem to get better cpu performance in Reaper. The sessions can be larger/denser before I start running into cpu problems.

[@ranajoyshil]

@@slayabouts everything is drag n drop in Reaper.

[@turbo__fan4019]

As always great Job Alejandro, thanks! Will you update your lovely Reapertips-Theme to the new Adjuster?

[@Reapertips]

Yes! ❤️ Give me like one month-two months or so 😅 it's a lot of workk

[@VladBornuz]

Awesome video as always!

[@Luwydesigns]

Increíble! Gran tutorial! Gracias Ale, saludos desde Argentina!

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

If only the same thing can be done with the plugins Awesome video sir

[@Z3i0]

This is very helpful, thank you so much!

[@cezarcj9357]

Nice video, Alejandro! The adjuster looks great and I think it's a step forward. It gives us most of the options we might need and it makes the Default theme more enjoyable! Happy cooking!

[@thomasjamesyyz]

Great walkthrough, curious to play around with this. Though I still can't believe the absolutely bizarre direction they've chosen to go with ui, and what features are set as defaults. Your theme is still the cleanest out there.

[@EricDoesMusic]

Great video, thanks!

[@bobless5517]

Super! Super! Super! Finally! Due to the lack of these settings, I used the default theme No. 6. One thing is missing - the ability to change the color of the text in the transport panel, the color of the counter. This text used to be green. Thanks!

[@BlaCkLaBeL2002]

It's very cool! Having options for customizing the MIDI Editor would be great too.

[@dumdubbs2427]

This is awesome! Also, i have a quick question 🙏 I'm writing cc events with my modwheel when I record an instrument, but it's recording in hundreds of steps, and I would like it to just add a linear cc event only at the end of my movements. I could have sworn you had a video on this, but i can't find it! I'd love either a pointer to the video or the name of the action please! 🙏

[@kimearo6035]

Great video! Having multiple columns of inserts and send in the tcp is great. I had to hack Walter to achieve that. It's so convenient to open any plugin in one click.

[@AVDRE]

Alright reaper I see you 🔥

[@THEFUTURESOUNDBEAT]

do you have a video on how to set this theme because i just drag and drop to reaper but i can see some other functions are not activated. thanks

[@marceloharguindey159]

Dude: you rocks

[@waynebaker2452]

Did I miss the adjustments for grids and grid lines?

[@user-yz5zp5vx4v]

I have the latest version of Reaper (7.17) but when I execute - options; themes; Theme Adjuster, I get the old Theme adjuster or am I missing something? Great video by the way explaining this new feature. I changed one of the themes to a Default_7 however, when I select the Theme Adjuster, it says on the top: Defauilt_6.0 theme adjuster. Please help in any way, thank you.

[@bobless5517]

The adjuster 7.0 is unstable. If you select the "Stretch Name " balancing method on the "Track Control" tab, then you have to adjust label length in the "Track Panel" every time.

[@siewierap]

maybe one day I will be able to use Repaer out of the box

[@piscesman54]

Bingo. I wanna make music, not fiddle with knobs.

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

@@piscesman54 make music, it's up to the user what to do with it

Your theme is still the only one I use so this theme adjuster isn't really doing much at all for me (since it only applies to the default theme). Still, cool for people who like to use the default!

[@mattclark7825]

I'm frustrated that quite a few fonts are still not adjustable. Still tiny gray on gray letters that I need to get my face near the monitor to read. :(

[@Otchengazoom]

OMG! 👍☺️🤘

[@frequency_sequencer]

is it possible to make 16 beats light colour and then 16 beats dark colour on the timeline?

At last we have the v7 Theme adjuster ! Seems it was worth waiting ! Thanks for this comprehensive review. Does this work with older versions themes ?

[@freyjaymuerte4234]

No

[@Reapertips]

Thank you for watching and your support

@@Reapertips Thanks !

[@carranen]

How about converting audio drum loops to midi ?

[@jarone9317]

I like these Color theme Upgrades alot however Im still waiting for an integrated Theme colored Clip launcher Ive gone over to Zenbeats this looks good tho

[@thisathema]

For color palette i recommend Chroma!

[@poissonpuerile8897]

Link?

[@eliobascetta7841]

Hi, I installed version 717 but it no longer displayed the VSTs!...I had to reinstall version 716, and everything went back to normal!!...how is this possible??...thanks

[@aplanebagel]

neat!

[@MessingerDAD]

I love reaper! ❤

[@WheezyPro]

Good day sir.. I watched your video of script installation so I decided to try it out.... I am having a problem downloading reapack from the reapack website I am using windows 64bit pc... The download is not working. Please sir can you in any way send me the file.

[@MattStevens9824]

One of the best purchases I ever made keeps getting better --- MONTHLY !!! Sometimes Bi-MONTHLY ! 😎

[@blebiru]

Thanks for the video! I think I've messed up something with my Reaper and although I've just downloaded the latest version (v7.17), the default v7.0 theme is nowhere to be found! Is there something I might have done wrong? Maybe something with the extensions i've downloaded from time to time. Even the layout options I have look different than they look in your videos: mine say "aa---standard", "ab------standard sidebar" etc etc.... Any tips...?

[@Reapertips]

Hello! That's odd 🤔 installing the latest should include the default theme as an option. So when clicking "Default" in your list of themes, does v7 theme not show?

[@blebiru]

@@Reapertips oh it was that simple, I just expected it to say "Default v7" like it says "default v6" etc. Stupid hehe, sorry for wasting your time and thanks for the quick response!

[@Reapertips]

@@blebiru hahaha no worries, happy to help ❤️

[@blebiru]

@@Reapertips now that I was lucky enough to get your attention, and although this is not the right place to ask this (couldn't find a relevant video!), I want to ask you one more thing that I think would be very useful in reaper and doesn't seem to exist: A mix buss! A stereo track where all new tracks are automatically routed to and then this track sends to the master. This would be helpful when using a reference track for example: You could listen to your mix with all your processing and the reference track (sitting outside the mix buss, going straight to the master track) without any additional processing. The only way I've found is by creating a folder and manually putting all tracks in it, but I'm sure there is/could be a more automated way to start/open projects with a default mix buss, other than the master track. Any thoughts?

[@davelocke]

I've got the latest version but my theme adjuster looks nothing like this, it's seemingly the old version still.

[@davelocke]

I'm an idiot. It was because I wasn't using the default skin.

[@aryabanerjee1179]

Make a video on just automations

[@PeteGunnShow]

hey man, any idea how to get the default theme adjuster that shows in the menu to be the version 7 one? i did something at some point and it defaults me to an old theme adjuster when i open it. I can run the version 7 from the actions menu, but i have no idea how to change the default

[@jurgenvogel1150]

I think you have to switch to the default theme!

[@PeteGunnShow]

@jurgenvogel1150 ya I think you might be right. I tried a few custom ones i had and none of them seemed to work outside the default which is too bright for me lol thanks!

[@DeejayAfro]

Well, It's cool to have this kind of options but, knowing myself, this will distract me for a while until I get everything I want ... so, good addition but not for me, I love to keep things simple !

[@TheGARCK]

Still no theme that does it better than WhiteTie Imperial customized by LCS

[@piscesman54]

If you can change the color of envelopes, that alone is a huge plus, because the default ones (especially the dark green volume envelope on a grey background) are very hard to see.

[@Reapertips]

Ahh those you are able to change via the action: "Theme development: Show theme tweak/configuration window" - In the filter, type "Envelope" and you can change the color of any envelope line in there. Remember if you make some changes in here, to use the "Save theme..." button so you don't lose the changes. Another cool thing: you can also map specific colors to specific parameters via Preferences > Envelope colors

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

@@Reapertips you won't lose the changes at least not immediately after quitting REAPER because the new color settings are stored in reaper.ini

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

the Theme Adjuster seems to only be able to customize the color of EVP (envelope control panel), the color of actual envelope has been customizable since the first release of REAPER 7 via the Preferences

[@piscesman54]

@@Reapertips Wow! Didn't know that. Txs for the tip. What a life saver. I'm not a youngster so it's good to know I don't have to use binoculars to see them. 😵‍💫😅

[@Reapertips]

@@piscesman54 Its' totally understandable! They are actually pretty hard to see. Just like a lot of the small fonts all around the interface

[@dashrendar4879]

What's a brother gotta' do to get some fucking API knobs lol 🤣

[@doorsinside]

Still using reaper 6

[@DiscipleW]

To me in v7.17 upon opening the adjuster it opens reaper 6.0 adjuster. Why is that?

[@jurgenvogel1150]

I think you have to switch to the default theme!

[@DiscipleW]

@@jurgenvogel1150 Lol, Thanks! I was using the reaper tips one :D

[@helmanfrow]

Weird. I just installed the update on Windows 10 and still see the 6.0 theme adjuster.

[@jurgenvogel1150]

I think you have to switch to the default theme!

[@foxrobinsonwordpresswebsit6262]

Me too. Running Reaper 7.17 and can only access the version 6 of the theme adjuster

[@helmanfrow]

@@jurgenvogel1150 Whoops! Yeah, that would be why! 😂 I had it on the 6.0 theme.

[@rynabuns]

Sigh… looks like I'm going to spend more time tweaking my setup than doing sound design again 😂

[@banigrisson]

This has some weird things: - When swapping color palettes, yellow from palette #1 should be replaced by yellow of palette #2. Not just randomly. - TCP columns/areas should be transparent. Otherwise you end up with two colored strips and everything else just... gray. Awful. Can't think of a reason why they had it working correctly in 6 and downgraded to this.

[@carnerorecords6607]

En español por favor Alejandro.✌🏻

[@unname-qj2ns]

Maybe the developers would be better to do a piano roll, and for example still make a normal Sampler? Working with ripper piano roll causes pain for thousands and thousands of users, it is absolutely terrible thing in which it is impossible to work quickly and with pleasure. And customization is absolutely not a deadly thing, especially customization of themes.

[@rl4518]

bro please help how to remove vocal noice in REAPER 7?....Please Reply

[@CybreSmee]

My god Reaper is a hot mess. Who has time to mess with all that junk. Just get Bitwig or Reason, it looks amazing right out of the box.

[@Reapertips]

I honestly... agree. REAPER is currently looking pretty bad out of the gate. I even made a whole video addressing that recently. Tho I think once you find a theme or configuration you like, it makes you so happy! It feels like your very own thing, plus with all the amazing REAPER functionalities and performance, is such a blast. Definitely not for everyone, and it's totally cool if Bitwig/Reason is more fitting to you. I love them too!

[@CybreSmee]

@@Reapertips Yeah, I used to get into all that messing around, but it's ridiculous now the amount of customisation you can do, and it never looks right. Reaper has a veneer of clunky Windows 95 about it, no matter the skin. At its core it's a good, basic program with excellent performance.

[@phillippeo]

No one can deny that reaper is rock solid in terms of stability. Think of it like... Wife material. You can go for the girl in the red dress but it's a whole lot of maintenance. Reaper might not be the best looking lady in the room, but you'll have a soul mate for life 🤣

[@CybreSmee]

@@phillippeo Hahaha, love it.

[@CybreSmee]

@@Reapertips Hey, fantastic channel, really nice content. I've had time to watch a bunch of your videos. Your tricks make Reaper much more bearable, keep up the great work.

[@Musiccreationideas]

No piano roll midi editing settup theme editor 😑

[@Panchuel]

But, it doesn't works with your custom theme, why? 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@KolyaKrishkin]

theme based 6.0

[@Reapertips]

Not yet! But I am working on a mod of the default 7 theme, hoping to have it ready in the next month or so ❤️

[@williamoron]

@@Reapertips i'll wait till then 👍