KVR Audio

txl · Post by **txl** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:22 am

Live Theme for Ableton Live 10. A dark UI version with variation of blue & green highlight color scheme. An alternative to the default gray UI with orange highlight color scheme.

It's free, hope you find the theme fun to use. Installation instructions are included in the read me text file with this download.

https://gumroad.com/l/MXfJQ

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:09 pm

I like it, great theme. Thanks!

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:19 pm

Thanx

txl · Post by **txl** » Sat Apr 27, 2019 2:46 am

Sweat, glad you guys like it. Sorry, I am on PC so it's not tested for Mac, but the file should work the same.
Mac Installation:
Right Click on Ableton app icon and select Show Package Contents then go to Contents/App-Resources/Themes
- Then place TXL_Night_Runner.ask into Themes folder

Let me know if everything is working for Mac.

Thanks.

--

Update: Been confirmed, works on the Mac.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri May 10, 2019 8:29 pm

This is now my default skin for Live 10. Really easy on the eyes. Thanks again

txl · Post by **txl** » Sat May 11, 2019 1:31 am

That's great to hear. Thanks for letting me know

That was my intention, some more color into the UI but easy to look at. I made some fine adjustment: The Sampler Waveform and Loop Start/End selector colors are leaning toward blue for better match with the rest of the theme. Sample Editor window is a little brighter and the waveform is a dark gray, less contrast. I tried to put some green highlight/indicator color back into the instruments & effects but then it also effect other selecting elements so it's a mid blue.

8-echos · Post by **8-echos** » Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:03 am

Love it!

atya · Post by **atya** » Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:04 am

Loving it ... thanks.

tuzemec · Post by **tuzemec** » Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:49 am

Lovely!

txl · Post by **txl** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:19 am

Thanks 8-echos, atya, & tuzemec! Always good to hear you guys are enjoying using the theme

Lets hope the next version of Live allows more custom ui color changes.

MaF · Post by **MaF** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:46 am

I installed the theme because I thought it looked great. Unfortunately, I realized that in my configuration bright fonts on dark background are a bit harder to read than when it's the other way around. Especially in contrast to the Live 10 theme with middle brightness, which I used before. Maybe things will change when I switch to a 4k monitor. This on macOS 10.14.6.

jonljacobi · Post by **jonljacobi** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:04 pm

Abletonthemes.com

inkwarp · Post by **inkwarp** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:18 pm

thanks for this. Always looking for a decent skin for Ableton.
This suits me very well, so kudos for the hard work...

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:33 pm

jonljacobi wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:04 pm Abletonthemes.com

nice

txl · Post by **txl** » Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:52 pm

MaF wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:46 am I installed the theme because I thought it looked great. Unfortunately, I realized that in my configuration bright fonts on dark background are a bit harder to read than when it's the other way around. Especially in contrast to the Live 10 theme with middle brightness, which I used before. Maybe things will change when I switch to a 4k monitor. This on macOS 10.14.6.

Sorry, I am on PC. You are welcome to edit the text parameter to match better to your system environment. I kept main text default. The text parameters that I can find are:
Control Foreground = overall main text color
Control OffForeground = top menu, solo, -inf, etc text color

* For further editing if you want:
ArrangementRulerMarkings = Arrangement Bar text color
DetailViewRulerMarkings = Detail View Ruler Markings text color

I made the theme back in January and at the time, I use Live Theme Editor for PC:
https://masters-of-music.com/ableton-li ... l-windows/

I use Sonic Bloom tutorial:
https://sonicbloom.net/en/how-to-create ... ing-guide/

According to Sonic Bloom you can use Mac theme editor, Pelt:
https://github.com/eviathan/Pelt/releases
I am sure there are other Mac Live theme editor out there by now.

As jonljacobi mention: https://www.abletonthemes.com/
It is easy and quick to create your theme. When it came out, I remembered there were some missing parameters, not sure about it now.

Also the theme is just xml file so you can hunt down those parameters and change them with any text editor software.

Hope that helps.

Ableton Live 10 Dark Theme - TXL Night Runner