reARK 6.73

January 2023 / Reaper Theme

reARK is a custom Reaper skin based on Reaper's Default 6.0 skin architecture. It uses the original WALTER and image sizes. 1080p & hiDPI (100/150/200%). Affinity Designer was used for its creation.

I started using Reaper in March 2019, on version 5.972. Since then, I've been through many skins, my favorites have been b0se's Smooth 6, Mordi's FL Studio Theme, albertxxxx's Pro X-TOOLS Gold ED. V3 and Blankfiles's iLogic just to cite a few. With reARK I wanted to have something that mixed many of the great ideas from previous skins designers while having full compatibility with Reaper Default 6.0 since I didn't want to mess around with WALTER and I wanted it to be future-proof for Reaper's updates.

Platform

REAPER

Tools

Affinity Designer

Resolution

1080p & hiDPI (100/150/200%)

Architecture

Default 6.0 / WALTER

Changelog

6.73b / January 27, 2023

  • Added 150% support
  • Fixed dpi_translate for colored faders
  • Added support for TCP FX/Sends on the left/right sides
  • Minor color adjustments (sends/offline fx)

6.73a / January 22, 2023

  • 1080p/hiDPI support
  • Overhauled MCP, TCP, EnvCP, Transport, Items, Piano Roll, Colormap, and Table
  • Few WALTER adjustments for Meters and colors (noted as "reARKMOD" on .rtconfig)

Known Issues

  • MCP Folders borders are broken due to some WALTER changes made to the VU meters
  • At 150% the TCP solo button has a background issue (_ol files) that couldn't be resolved

4K Screenshots

reARK 4K screenshot 1 reARK 4K screenshot 2 reARK 4K screenshot 3

Colored Faders

reARK colored faders

You can use the colored faders for the Mixer by right-clicking on a Track and selecting a Track Layout for the Mixer Panel. The recommended workflow is to use the SWS Extension "Autocolor/Icon/Layout" to assign the colored fader layout automatically to important tracks and folders.

TCP FX / Sends

TCP FX left side Left side
TCP FX right side Right side

Added this feature to have FX on Left or Right side of the TCP (if "Show FX inserts on TCP" is enabled) instead of below it.

Piano Roll / Table / TCP / Media Items

reARK piano roll Piano Roll
reARK table view Table
reARK TCP TCP
reARK media items Media Items