Contour Multimedia Controller PRO v2 | Ergonomic Jog Dial for Video Music Image Editor | USB Multimedia controller for PC and Mac | 15 Buttons | 7 Speed Alloy Jog Ring

The shuttle was delivered on time and in good condition. I do a lot of wedding video work and this in the short time I have had it, has proved to be well worth the money. It makes both movie and slideshow editing much easier and quicker to perform. I use it in conjunction with a wireless scroll mouse and find for the most part, my keyboard has become almost redundant. I say almost as I still need the keyboard for titling and naming files, etc; My preferred choice of editing software is Sony Vegas, along with Sony DVD Architect and Sony Sound Forge Audio. The control works well with these programs. Would highly recommend this shuttle to others who need a good editing tool, but cant afford the more expensive deck type editing controllers. Its very slim and fits nicely under my left hand while editing. Like other reviewers, I have customized the buttons to suit my own style of editing.Update! 23.02.2013Just recently I noticed the ShuttlePro was cutting on and off which I eventually discovered was down to the connecting cable. Today it has packed in completely! Question now is, would Contour supply me with a replacement cable which I could fit myself, as the cable terminates in a small plug to fit the circuit board. If not it would mean having to shell out for a new ShuttlePro! The unit it self is still in good condition and seems a waist to have to throw it away. Moving this unit into place each time for use has for me shown up the only weak point and that is the cable. Otherwise has been a damn good unit, which over time has helped to speed up the editing process. Would still recommend to others!

I bought this for use with Final Cut Pro X . And I am very pleased with the way the shuttle pro integrates seamlessly with it.the product came with a cd , but the software on it was out of date and I recommend going to their web site and downloading the latest drivers and instruction book.The thing that surprised me was just how many different template settings for other software come with the latest update,it cover many media creation apps like logic, Ableton live etc. but I had not expected it to have any use in things like safari, mail ,contacts , chrome etc.etc.. But it does, and the very clever aspect is you do not have do any switching to make it work with each app, it does it automatically, so if you have several programs open at the same time it automatically adapts to which ever window you have live at that moment....very neat!It is also very easy to modify any of the button's actions to suit your own preferences.

A friend of mine initially gave me the smaller ShuttleXpress, and it didn't grab me much at first. It takes a while to adjust and adapt your workflow to new things but once you have them setup it's very efficient. Eventually I upgraded to the ShuttlePro v2 and it's a big increase in quality over the plasticky Xpress. If you're on the fence about which to get, go for this one. The extra number of buttons is great (you can put a small included printed icon under each one to highlight the function, but as each app can have different functions I wouldn't bother), they feel tactile and have a satisfying click and the middle wheel is actual, proper metal (shock horror) and feels heavy and is lovely to rotate with a finger. It costs 50% more than the Xpress but the quality is 2-3x as good. Spinning it round to scroll up/down or zoom in/out never gets old. It would be nice if it was a little more responsive (you have to turn it quite a way to register a movement) but I appreciate that this limitation is more because it would react to things too fast with the default Windows setup and not a design issue with the device itself. There's also a collar around the wheel you can grab and rotate - again it moves in quite large steps but you can bind a specific action to each step of this movement which is useful.The software however is very old and I'm concerned by the lack of updates it receives. The application detection works fine for most things, but with newer (and stupid) UWP apps you can expect some issues as they don't have a standalone .exe executable file which the Contour software needs to be pointed at. UWP apps (mostly things you download from the MS store) use a wrapper process that the software can't detect on a per-app basis. Blame Microsoft for that, but I'm sure there is a workaround and I don't see any movement from Contour on fixing it. Setting up specific settings for every single app you use is a pain, but once it's done it's done. For example, opening/closing/switching tabs in Chrome, jumping to the search box etc. is all a breeze once you take the time to set it up (and you don't even need to look down at the keyboard like you would with hotkeys), and while the software does have default setups for popular apps there's no onscreen display or anything so you're best off setting it up yourself in a way that makes sense to you, instead of learning someone else's profile. It is *effort* to get this thing working for you, and a certain amount of muscle memory has to be built up before it becomes truly useful.TLDR;If you need something to streamline workflow and that feels pretty damn nice to use (and kinda futuristic) then go for it. If you can't think of a use for 15 extra keys/macros you can use instantly without looking at your keyboard, a spinny wheel and a rotatey thing, you don't need it. But it will still make your desk look cool. It's quite an old device now and software updates seem few and far between, I don't know if a v3 is coming but be warned, this may be as good as it gets.Price paid, £89.99. It has been around since 2015 but has maintained approx. the same price throughout. I'm happy enough.