diff --git a/data/themes/default/knob03.png b/data/themes/default/knob03.png
index 9a0193d1d..015319486 100755
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diff --git a/data/themes/default/shadow_p.png b/data/themes/default/shadow_p.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38b2c58cc
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diff --git a/data/themes/default/style.css b/data/themes/default/style.css
index f269d7a76..4fe8124a0 100755
--- a/data/themes/default/style.css
+++ b/data/themes/default/style.css
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ QLabel, QTreeWidget, QListWidget, QGroupBox, QMenuBar {
 }
 
 QMdiArea {
-	background-color: #121314;
+	background-color: #111314;
 }
 
 AutomationEditor {
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ TrackContainerView QFrame{
 	background-color: #262b30;
 }
 
+/* background for track controls */
+TrackView > QWidget{
+	background-color: #3B424A;
+}
+
+
 /* autoscroll, loop, stop behaviour toggle buttons */
 
 /* track background colors */
@@ -408,23 +414,22 @@ QToolButton:checked  {
 	border-top: 1px solid #1b1f22;
 	border-bottom: 1px solid #4a515e;
 	background: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #1b1f22, stop:1 #13161a);
-	background-image: url(resources:shadow_c.png);
+	background-image: url(resources:shadow_p.png);
 }
 
 /* track label buttons - the part that contains the icon and track title */
 
 TrackLabelButton {
-	border: 1px solid #262b30;
-	background-color: #262b30;
-	border-radius: none;
+	background-color: #3B424A;
+	border: 1px solid #3B424A;
 	font-size: 11px;
 	font-weight: normal;
 	padding: 2px 1px;
 }
 
 TrackLabelButton:hover {
-	background: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #333940, stop:1 #262b30);
-	border: 1px solid #262b30;
+	background: #3B424A;
+	border: 1px solid #515B66;
 	border-radius: none;
 	font-size: 11px;
 	font-weight: normal;
@@ -432,16 +437,18 @@ TrackLabelButton:hover {
 }
 
 TrackLabelButton:pressed {
-	background: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #262B30, stop:1 #1E2326);
+	background: #262B30;
+	border-radius: none;
 	font-size: 11px;
 	font-weight: normal;
 	padding: 2px 1px;
 }
 
 TrackLabelButton:checked {
-	border: 1px solid #2f353b;
-	background: #14171a;
-	background-image: url(resources:track_shadow_c.png);
+	border: 1px solid #485059;
+	background: #1C1F24;
+	background-image: url(resources:track_shadow_p.png);
+	border-radius: none;
 	font-size: 11px;
 	font-weight: normal;
 	padding: 2px 1px;
@@ -450,7 +457,7 @@ TrackLabelButton:checked {
 TrackLabelButton:checked:pressed {
 	border: 1px solid #2f353b;
 	background: #0e1012;
-	background-image: url(resources:track_shadow_c.png);
+	background-image: url(resources:track_shadow_p.png);
 	font-size: 11px;
 	padding: 2px 1px;
 	font-weight: solid;
@@ -460,7 +467,7 @@ TrackLabelButton:checked:pressed {
 
 SideBar {
 	subcontrol-position: center;
-	background: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #1D2122,  stop:1 #111314);
+	background: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #1D2122,  stop:1 #262B30);
 }
 
 SideBar QToolButton {
@@ -494,17 +501,17 @@ PluginDescList {
 }
 
 PluginDescWidget {
-	border-top: 1px solid #323940;
+	border-top: 1px solid #3E474F;
 	border-bottom: 1px solid #101314;
 	border-radius: 2px;
-	background-color: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #262B30, stop:1 #1E2326);
+	background-color: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #2E343B, stop:1 #1E2326);
 	color: #d1d8e4;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	margin: 0px;
 }
 
 PluginDescWidget:hover {
-	background-color: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #262B30, stop:1 #1E2326);
+	background-color: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #2E343B, stop:1 #1E2326);
 	color: #d1d8e4;
 }
 
@@ -523,7 +530,7 @@ FxMixerView QPushButton, EffectRackView QPushButton, ControllerRackView QPushBut
 FxLine {
 	background: #14161A;
 	color: #d1d8e4;
-	qproperty-backgroundActive: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x2:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #21242B, stop:1 #14161A);
+	qproperty-backgroundActive: #3B424A;
 	qproperty-strokeOuterActive: #262B30;
 	qproperty-strokeOuterInactive: #262B30;
 	qproperty-strokeInnerActive: #0C0D0F;
@@ -615,10 +622,10 @@ BBTCOView {
 
 /* Subwindows in MDI-Area */
 SubWindow {
-	color: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #3D454F, stop:1 #262B30);
-	qproperty-activeColor: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #202329, stop:1 #14171A);
+	color: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #090909, stop:0.05 #3D454F, stop:1 #262B30);
+	qproperty-activeColor: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1 stop:0 #090909, stop:0.05 #636c7a, stop:1 #343840);
 	qproperty-textShadowColor: #000;
-	qproperty-borderColor: #323940;
+	qproperty-borderColor: #5c6b7a;
 }
 
 /* Subwindow title text */
diff --git a/data/themes/default/track_shadow_p.png b/data/themes/default/track_shadow_p.png
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