Hi yanuka, I just want to say thanks....your advice cured the problem....have a great week.

stefan

ahh....  this was messing me up as well.

Just about the time you think you have it figured out, it changes.  ;-)

There are some really great ideas that have been discussed about skinning Totalmix but the one greatest flaw of Totalmix hasn't been addressed by any of them (maybe because it isn't possible yet?): the ability to color groups of faders separately from others. In all the skins I've seen, all channels are of the same color.

When I look at my HDSP 9652's 26 channels and I need to adjust a fader, I'd like to quickly tell which ADAT group I'm accessing. One of eight is easier to locate than one of twenty six. It's of course nice to have custom lables, but IMO color coding by group would be faster.

Another related issue is differentiating left from right channels. Differentiating channel pairs by some kind of separator, like a different colored line, would help. Other options include making the pan "knob" color a different color, or making the volume "knob" a different color.

I haven't looked at the details: is it already possible to do any of this? Thanks!

I've made a new skin called midnatt designed to be kind to tired eyes late at night. HDSP graphics bitmaps can be found in the HDSP subfolder. (It's got the 0 at the top on the output channels.)

Download: Removed. New version of this skin is found in this thread in post #376.

Sincerely
LarsErik

Yep, nice skin!

my contribution to the community...

liqube sx skin for totalmix

download:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/a3yjc7
-or-
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/file/zzdm2nm4gzo/totalmix liqube sx skin.zip[/url]

original thread:
http://www.chrismilne.com/uadforums/vie … mp;t=10369

feel free to add this to the rme skins download page using the name from the readme.

enjoy.

lqbe, mediafire gives the message:
NOTICE: No servers are currently available with the requested data on them. Please retry your request in a moment.

Sendspace or Yousendit?

Liqube-

I'm not using the graphics but I am using the meter bars.  I also liked the dash board layout for the presets etc.  Thanks

A single TotalMix file will not work. You need to download and install the whole driver.

Very nice work LQBE! 

Your SX skin is very attractive. And, you've brought something new to this forum by incorporating parts of my "version 5" Nuendo skin that was only available at the Nuendo forum until now.

EDIT:
Please check post #331 for latest versions of all my skins.

Cheers,
Terry

That is really cool of you.
Thanks Matthias!

Please forgive me for my ignorance:
FF800 2.94 driver
Win Xp

Instead of having a tea, I have put one of the available bmp folders in the specified Totalmix folder to change its skin.
So I have succeded in changing the mixer skin.
When I replaced the folder with another one to check a different one, nothing changes.
What am I missing here ?
About totalmix version, when I hit the "?" on the taskbar I get a "2.94", is it the totalmix version or the FF driver ?

Thanks, I like the idea of changing my skin ;-)

best,
luca

thanks a lot Jeff !

there it goes.

luca

Great work guys. Loving the Nuendo one.

Here's my preferred custom color GUI skin for ADOBE AUDITION 3:

http://www.heirapparent.com/real/Totalm … kin-v2.gif

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And this for CUBASE 4:

http://www.heirapparent.com/nu3/Totalmi … kin-v4.gif

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And, NUENDO:

http://www.heirapparent.com/nu3/Totalmi … kin-v7.gif

Please click on my signature link for latest skins and information.

Cheers,
Terry Gorle

www.heirapparent.com

Not sure I understand your question, so I'll cover several things and hope the answer is somewhere...

I have the HDSP9652.  I'm not sure there is any difference with the Fireface, never seen it.
The original RME skin has the same level ranges.  The heavier line reads -6 in the Output faders.
OUTPUT faders top out at "0", INPUT/PLAYBACK faders top out at +6. 
Default OUTPUT level in the Totalmix has always been at -6 in my experience in order to be at unity gain in my outboard mixer.
We don't change the numbers, we only change the visual appearance of these skins. 
Nothing we do changes RME's built-in function, ranges, or dB scaling.
At any rate, I've always wondered why the OUTPUT faders show -6 at unity (???)  I've just grown used to it.

One difference in my skins compared to most other skins I've seen here is that my level marks have different spacings to reflect the proper calibration between Input/Playback levels and Output levels. This changes the actual -40/-32/-24 calibration mark positions in those lower fader regions.

You can see on the Nuendo skin that I tried to locate the actual calibrated mark positions of -40/-32/-24/-18/-12/-6/0/+6 with all the fader sections.
The RME level numbers hit most (but not all) of the exact values, and there are pixel size limitations to how accurate it can get visually.

Now I see.... that skin has another set of output faders to read "0" at the top.  Interesting.

Neither Cubase or Nuendo show any numerical text, simply a more pronounced marker at unity.
My skins do the same in order to reflect what they're emulating.

Besides, as I said earlier, the RME Totalmix Output faders read -6 when the HDSP output signal is actually showing unity gain in my digital mixer input.  If I take the output to "0" in the RME output section, my digital mixer is reading +6.

With what I'm experiencing, the solution isn't to change the graphic, it's a matter of RME making sure that the Totalmix actually reads "0" at unity output with the HDSP.

Hey LarsErik,

what about using a better readable font? For example "VIEW" looks like "VIEH" to me. In german this means "Cows"

One this site you can get some free pixel fonts: http://www.fontsforflash.com - maybe there is one which suits better!?

Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback. I'll choose a larger and clearer font in the new skin I'm working on.

Sincerely
LarsErik

Cubase 5:

http://www.heirapparent.com/nu3/Totalmi … 5-skin.gif

Please click on signature link for latest skins and information.

Thanks,
Terry

Thanks zolo for the C5 skin, love it! :-)

They all look really nice, but would be great to see a Logic 8 style skin!

Cheers.

WOW!!!

It's a very good work, zolo!
But now can someone convert this skin for mac rsrc file format please?

Thank you very much.

Ciao,
Marco

I like this. Thanks!!

--Dean