Quick Sign In:  

Forum: VirtualDJ Skins

Topic: Changing colors of rhythm and CBG waveform possible?

This topic is old and might contain outdated or incorrect information.

Hi - love VDJ8 stability, sound quality, agility to mix, sample etc, also adaptability of features is great. One visibility item I am strugling with is especially the color red in the top rhythm and CBG waveform showing the beats. If the blue deck is playing and on top, I find it hard to see the beat marks especially the 1st beat mark, which is the broader out of the four. Red on top of blue is better but for example yellow and blue would be a much more contrasting colors. I haven been able to find the option configuration item to change that or is it just not possible? Thnx!
 

Posted Sun 16 Nov 14 @ 12:05 am
Sorry to go back so far in time but i also have the same problem
I'd like to change the red to green or yellow
Thanks for the answer :)
 

Posted Wed 28 Oct 15 @ 2:02 am
As far as i looked, i did not find anyway to change it on the options
However it can be modified by editing the xml file in the skins folder.

First of all you will need to backup VirtualDJ 8.zip (inside my documents/virtual dj/skins) in case you do something wrong
-Once the file is backedup, unzip it any where you like.
-Open the Decks.xml (or the one you need to edit) with notepad
-search for the line that starts from
<group name="waveform"
Now, i'm not an expert here so i did many tests and guided my self with this tuto
http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/font_size_change.html
I used the color chart in the tutorial to change colors
Now, once you find <group name="waveform" you find this paragraph

<group name="waveform" x="369" y="47">
<panel id="defaultwave" group="waveform" visible="yes" >
<rhythmzone mirror="false" upsidedown="false" fade="200">
<pos x="+0" y="+0"/>
<size width="1182" height="92"/>
<colors deck1="#008080" deck2="#800080" deck1_active="#00ffff" deck2_active="#ff00ff" />
<rhythm y="+0" height="75"/>
<grid height="6" width="6" maxwidth="10">
<pos y1="+79" y2="+85"/>
</grid>
<cue y="+0" height="92">
<text dx="15" dy="-1" size="14" />
<mask width="12" height="92" x="942" y="1372"/>
</cue>
<overlay>
<size width="2" height="91"/>
<pos x="959" y="47"/>
<background x="1" y="1163"/>
</overlay>
</rhythmzone>
</panel>

The line <colors deck1="#008080" deck2="#800080" deck1_active="#00ffff" deck2_active="#ff00ff" />
is the one i edited to display new colors, i took the #xxxxxx codes from the chart and tried testing about ten times.
I only changed the red to purple, i did not change the blue, its easier to view in the black font.
Seems that many members don't like the red.

So, that is the only line you will need to edit, save as (exemple) customskin.xml
you will need to zip all the files again as VirtualDJ 8.zip, put the file inside the /virtual dj/skins folder inside /my documents.
open virtual dj, go to options, skins, choose custom skin and new colors should show.

Mine are working pretty good.
 

Posted Thu 29 Oct 15 @ 5:18 pm


(Old topics and forums are automatically closed)