How and Why You Should Customize Track Colors in Studio One | PreSonus

While custom coloring your tracks in your DAW makes zero difference in the audio quality, it can add an element of organization and creative flair to your project.

In this video, Joe shows us exactly the how-to and thought process behind coloring tracks in his Studio One sessions.

How and Why You Should Customize Track Colors in Studio One | PreSonus
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[juergensuessmaier]

You probably might want to take a look at the "Color Toolbar" addon. This one doesn't only allow you to mess with the colors. It also provides a pattern matching engine that allows you to automatically colorize the tracks based on their names according to rules that you define.

[chriscapaudio]

Right at the open I was going to leave, and you said "before you leave" ... and I stayed and watched the whole video! 🤣🤣🤣

[audioglenngineer]

This was actually a pretty meaningful feature for me. I set up my template with the tracks right before their respective bus, i.e. bass track - bass bus, drum tracks -drum bus, etc. This feature enabled me to make my busses a dark hue, and the respective tracks a lighter version of the bus color. This speeds up my workflow through a stronger visual cue and makes waveform editing easier, with the lighter track colors.

[JohnPaulHare]

I figured out that desaturating the colors would turn the waveforms to a light shade from the standard black. Against a dark background it looks really clean, so I figured I'd give it a whirl this way for a little while to see how I like it. So far I'm happy with the results. If you want to try it, setting the Luminance value of a color to anything less than 15% will retain the hue but darken the tracks enough to switch the waveform color.

[daaamn]

Thx joe! I will customise my template:)

[michaeltablet]

I love being able to organize by colors. When I do my own vocals I put them on track 2 and color it brown. Thanks again Joe! You are awesome!

[brucekai]

Here's what drives me mad about colors.... The color of the track I chose is only "that actual color" when its highlighted. As soon as I deselect a track and go to another its a darker version of itself which makes no sense.
Why not make the track selected have a thin white border around it or something so colors remain the same tone I've

[stupidusername]

Can we please have a Filter Tracks By Colour option

[casade]

I'm curious if there's a setting in Studio One that allows for a much more pronounced visual distinction when a track is selected on the timeline and corresponds to a track in the mixer and left side channel ONLY. Currently, it slightly brightens, but when dealing with numerous tracks, each with distinct colors, it's often challenging to discern which one is selected without having to click on the track in the timeline and then navigate to the mix window. I'm hopeful that there's a way to significantly enhance this visual indication or make it exceptionally clear which track is selected in the mix window. Perhaps a thicker frame outline for the active channel only?

[chrisdunnettmusic]

Joe, you said the color you choose won't affect the sound but that's not correct...Black is the absence of color therefore if you choose Black it won't color your sound ;). When we doing a Nashville meet up?

[silasgarrett]

I am color blind, so I have always ignored advice to change colors of things. This video might have persuaded me to give it a try, because there are enough options to be able to choose something I can actually see. I doubt it would be what other people might choose, but it could perhaps be helpful

[terrytimberlake]

Quick question can you change the color in the metering section.

[joserios]

When I change track color it only changes the track name text box and not the complete track. I have the latest version 6 . What could be wrong?

[ArthurKlisiewicz]

this is nice, but it is a shame that after so many iterations STUDIO ONE HAS NO FONT CUSTOMIZATION OF ANY KIND 😞 There are parts of GUI which are completely unreadable )on my 4K screeens).

[PTFWWDB]

Load Preset is not working for me and all of the sudden Studio One 6 Professional is CRASHING nonstop for me lately :/

[CJ_Wolesz]

Is there a way to have any currently selected track be one specific color, then revert back to the original color once deselected?

[TheNewTechnology]

Appreciate you have to shift units but this should be a free update.

[byronsanto]

There’s also the psychological effects that color has on multiple aspects of our life.