Ok, so with that now out of the way… This is an amazing little piece of kit. I definitely recommend spending at least 1-2 weeks re-training your brain and fingers to join the party, before trying to smash out edits at lightning speed. I often found myself during an edit, automatically going for the space bar and J, K & L keys, even when they were right there on the shuttle and much closer together. If like me, you have been editing with keyboard shortcuts for the last 14 years, you will find that it’s pretty hard going at first, getting your hand to stay on the shuttle. Trust us, if you do even the most modest recordings, this’ll be your new best friend in the studio.“Before I begin this post, I feel like I have to preface this by saying that this is not a quick fix option for editing faster. After a short period of time, the biggest problem will be trying to get by without it. Overall it can really do a lot, and it’s really up to the user to program it to their specific needs. You may also find that using the ShuttlePRO instead of the keyboard and mouse becomes a problem when using a computer without it! It makes the user re-think work flow patterns to make common, repetitive actions become more familiar. A good suggestion is to assign a few commands to the buttons that fall exactly at your fingertips, and add a new command to a new button as you get more comfortable using it. The bottlenecks are going through and assigning commands to buttons, thinking of the particular commands, and arranging them across the control surface. Other than the specific software drivers, it can work on a Mac or PC with ease. Trying to find software that it didn’t support was impossible. If it’s a common piece of software, it will work with the ShuttlePRO. It works with a variety of software programs, anything from Pro Tools to GarageBand, Photoshop to MS Paint, iTunes to Microsoft Office. Amazing for repeated commands commonly used during tracking and mixing. Going beyond normal keystrokes and commands, it can execute macro commands, bringing multiple commands and control sequences to a single button. After a little use it can become second nature. The shuttle wheel works great for sliding over a track to get to a specific point. It frees up the non-mouse hand from shifting to enter commands on a keyboard, or having to use a mouse to click through menus and tabs. Your transport is now easily under your fingertips. For example, in your DAW software, set a key for SAVE, another for Cut, or Paste, or any command that has a keystroke. So what can it do? After downloading a driver, each button can be assigned to do a specific keystroke or command, depending upon the software being used.
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