Loading factory skins:
Icarus3 comes with 27 styles/skins for the GUI you can select them in 'setup'-> 'Select skin'. Then restart the plugin.
Creating your own skins:
Warning! You should only use custom skins this if you're experienced with graphics design and using computers. You should be aware that you can mess up things and there can be technical issues. If you decide to use custom skins do this at your own risk.
You require Icarus 3.1 or newer.
PC:
1) Open Icarus in your DAW and go to 'setup'. Select 'Default' as skin.
2) Close all instances of Icarus in your DAW
3) Find Icarus_data folder inside your VST-Folder. Create a file called Icarus3SkinLarge.png within your Icarus_data directory. The size must be 2505 x 1470 pixels.
You can use one of the default skins as a template:
https://www.tone2.com/mypic/bmp00252.png
https://www.tone2.com/mypic/bmp00255.png
Unistall: To deinstall the skin just delete "Icarus3SkinLarge.png" from the Icarus_data folder.
Mac:
1) Close All instances of Icarus vst used in your Daw of choice.
2) Find Icarus.vst inside your VST-Folder (/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/) and make a backup of it to your desktop or somewhere safe.
3) Right-click on Icarus.vst and choose 'Show Package Contents'. Navigate to Contents/Resources Folder.
4) Replace one of these images:
- bmp00252.png (This one if for the metal design).
- bmp00268.png (This one if for the dark design).
- bmp00255.png (This one if for the plastic design).
The size must be 2505 x 1470 pixels.
You can use one of the default skins as a template:
https://www.tone2.com/mypic/bmp00252.png
https://www.tone2.com/mypic/bmp00255.png
5) Close the Package
6) Open Icarus in your DAW and go to 'setup'. Select the desired skin.
Uninstall: To uninstall the skin just replace Icarus VST with the backup copy on your desktop (or wherever you choose to make that backup copy), or you can run the Icarus3 installer.
Changing the colors of the waveforms and knob-circles:
The color of the waveforms and the circles around the knobs can be altered if you select one of the 'Metal' skins like 'Metal fire' instead of 'Default'. Then restart the synth.
What happens technically is that eveything including the background image is 'hue rotated'.