Contour Design Shuttle Xpress, 5 Button Jog & Shuttle Multimedia Control, for Mac & Windows. Black

This is the gadget you need if you wanna add a programmable wheel, +-7 step shuttle, and 5 buttons to your input layout. Particularly well-suited to video editing, but also handy in most other programs as well. The app for programming it is nice and works well enough, though you can spend a few hours customizing it to all your favorite applications. It uses different settings depending on which window has the focus, so you can customize it to do different things in different software. It comes with a bunch of presets for various software (mostly video editors), but you'll likely end up making your own presets.I see no bugs at all with it, running W7x64. It just works.Mechanically, it seems pretty well-made, and the right size at about 4.3 inches across. The knob in the middle rolls around with a finger dimple that's a bit too shallow, and on my copy, the #5 button doesn't make contact when it clicks unless you press just a bit harder. It's otherwise perfect and does what I bought it for, which is moving through video frames and setting markers for editing. It has 5 tacky-rubber feet and is heavy enough to stay still as you use it.Don't make it compete with your mouse for space -- put it on the left, use it there, and get used to it. You'll be glad you did."Will it work with my software?" Well, what it does is, it sends keyboard and mouse commands. If, for example, you can move frame by frame in your software with arrow keys, then yes, it will work. And if it doesn't have a preset for your software, it's easy to make one. It took me a little while to set it up for Cyberlink PowerDirector 10 Ultra, and if you have PD set to arrow-move by frames, the Shuttle will move it by frames. If you set PD to arrow-move by seconds, then the Shuttle moves it by seconds, etc. Anything you can control with keyboard keys or mouse buttons, you can control with the Shuttle. You can set the jog knob to send repeated commands left and right, and you can set the shuttle knob to send keys, 7 positions left and right. Then you can send keys (or mouse buttons) with each of the 5 buttons. What you can't do is add functionality to software that doesn't already have said functionality as keyboard commands -- although you can add custom macros by using AutoHotKey and then assign AHK macros to some key combination, then assign that to some action on the Shuttle. Beyond that, well, you're gonna need to install a digital jack in your head!Is it perfect? Well, it can actually send keyboard signals faster than your computer, or software, can eat them, and thus may present undesirable behavior. Your software doesn't expect you to send 60 left-arrows per second, which the Shuttle can do, so just don't get upset if you program it to out-run your software. Keep your repeat rates reasonable (like 30 or less) and it'll work fine.The only minor negative I'd give it is that it's just a little too expensive at $45 -- $25 would be more in line with what it is, as there's really nothing in it more complex than a wired wheel-mouse. But if you need this type of control, it's the thing to get. I'd recommend it for anyone doing video editing, as it save you a bunch of time, and the more you use it, the better you'll like it.--kv5r

I got this to use for graphic work. Brush size, screen rotation, etc. It works fine and is good quality but the software didnt come with any presets for graphic software so its a bit of some work to set up.

I purchased this to review video of animal behavior trials in which time-lapsed video had to be stepped through frame-by-frame and the viewer had to record the behavior of the subject in excel. This device is simply a different interface than using the keyboard. We used powerdvd and windows media player to review the video and just had to program the buttons of the shuttle express to act as the keyboard keys corresponding to their functions in each of the programs. The jog shuttle in the middle is much more comfortable to scroll frame-by-frame than repeatedly hitting the step forward key on a keyboard repeatedly for hours, causing arm pain. The outside ring of the jog shuttle could be programmed to fast forward. It is pretty easy to program, but don't toss it at your grandmother and say "here you go." There are pre-programmed functions for each button for popular programs like excel. I even programmed one button to hit ALT+Tab once so that I could rapidly switch between the video review software and excel. When the focus shifted to excel, the scroll functioned as the normal scroll wheel. You can program different button functions for different programs or make them universal. You can even specify how you want the buttons to act when you hold them down. For example, I set one to repeatedly enter the "F" key as long as I am holding it down. This is a wonderful device that could help to make repetitive computer tasks much easier. My only criticism is that the software does not allow for a sequence of keyboard inputs to be sent to the computer when pressing the button only once. For example, you can't set it to input "down arrow, left arrow, left arrow" by simply pressing one button once. Manufacturer seems to have two completely different websites and neither had this item listed.

This thing would be cool if the software wasnt so bad. I DID have it working a while back on my windows 8.1 / Premiere pro CC setup and I have no idea what happened but the buttons aren't programmable anymore. I change the presets and they just don't stick. So just a minute ago I tried messing with it again and of course... it didn't work. So I tried shutting the software down and guess what... You have to go into task manager to kill the process. Garbage. Then I tried to fire up the program again and guess what... it wont start. About a month or so ago I contacted customer support through their lame 2-bit cheesy forum and after like 3 weeks someone from the company got back to me with instructions. I followed them to the letter and it still didn't work. So I responded to this person and they never got back to me. It's just a shabby deal the whole way around. The thing is well built and it would be absolutely perfect for my needs if the software wasn't worthless. I'd recommend you spend a little more and get something better and from a company that ACTUALLY has customer support and that cares enough about the customers to respond to them. This is probably the second or third Amazon review I've ever done so needless to say I'm not much of a complainer and if they had at least tried to help me out I never would have even cared enough to leave this review. Unfortunately, the options for purchasing usb shuttles are limited as theres just not many to chose from.

What a great device this is! This is a must have for Final Cut Pro. If you started editing on a standard tape-based editing system using an edit controller with a jog/shuttle wheel, this is a dream come true. It has really made editing much more efficient and fun.I am also using it with VLC and QuickTime Player. The presets work quite well, but it's a snap to edit a preset to customize it to how you want to work.Worth every penny.