He took a sip of coffee, the screen casting his face in sharp, cinematic shadows. Outside, the world was asleep. But in the dark, inside the machine, a broken clock was finally keeping perfect time.

This makes audio waveforms look inverted (peaks become troughs visually). It is jarring, but many engineers in 2016-2018 used this exact trick to survive night sessions.

Check options like "Always Display Marker Colors" and "Bar/Beat Grid Line Color" to high-contrast settings to help elements stand out against custom darker colors.