Contour Design ShuttlePRO v2 USB Multimedia Controller for Windows and Mac (Black, Old Version) Bundle with Blucoil Mini USB Type-A Hub with 4 USB Ports, and 5-Pack of Reusable Cable Ties

I'm a digital artist (and comic/graphic novel writer). I use a drawing tablet w/ display on a tilted drawing desk, and I needed a way to manage keyboard shortcuts without using a bulky keyboard (desk real estate is tight). This thing fit the bill!I originally purchased the ShuttleXpress, thinking it would suffice. I quickly realized that, although a good product, it did not suit my needs, so I upgraded to the Pro V2. I'm very glad I did.PROs:- Easy to install and configure. All this needs is the free driver, and you're off. If you can accomplish a task with a keyboard stroke or a spin of the mouse wheel, you can set up that task on the Shuttle. The software comes with presets for many major creative programs. Clip Studio Paint was not one of them, but Contour's website offers many downloadable libraries. I found one for CSP, installed it, and even tweaked it to suit my own needs. You can also create your own presets for any software that uses keyboard shortcuts. Be advised that I use this with Windows, not Mac.- Ergonomic. This thing has a pretty large footprint, but it's not so large as to be in the way. It's relatively flat, and it matches my hand well. It's design is symmetric, so it should be suitable for lefties and righties. The outer jog wheel snaps back to center nicely. It does not feel cheap at all.- Build quality. The Pro V2 is made of plastic, rubber, and metal. The inner wheel is metal and has three finger indentations, which make finding the wheel easy without taking your eyes from your work. I tried the ShuttleXpress as well, which was plastic and had only one indent (harder to find the wheel by touch, but not THAT hard). So, I feel like the Pro V2 excels here. The metal feels great, and using it is easier than the cheaper Xpress. The Pro V2's outer jog wheel is also nice.- Stays in place. Both the Pro V2 and the Xpress have small rubber grips underneath, which keep both models in place while working. I use a tilting drawing desk, and neither product slipped down at my typical 30 degree working angle. Any tilt past 45 degrees taxes the grip (but 45 is quite an extreme working angle in my opinion).- Extras. The extra USB hub is nice. The Velcro coil wraps are fine too. Who doesn't need more cable warps, right?CONs:- The Pro V2 might be too large for people with small hands. My wife tried it. Her hands are smaller than mine, and she felt it was a bit of a reach to handle all the buttons.- Not necessarily a con, but something to consider. This thing has 15 programmable buttons. 15! That sounds great, but that is a lot of presets to remember. You can, however, add small labels to many of these buttons to help you remember your setup.Compared to it's little brother, the ShuttleXpress:The ShuttleXpress cut a few corners for cost here, which is understandable. For light work and people who don't need many presets, the Xpress is a good product, although the spinner and jog wheel materials provide less of a quality feel when using. The additional finger indentations, metal spinner and rubberized jog wheel on the Pro V2 are big pluses for me. The Pro V2 is easier to use in the sense that it provides a better ergonomic feel. Is that alone worth twice the price of the Xpress? Maybe not that alone, but you go from five programmable buttons to 15. Five did not cut it for me, so I returned the Xpress and upgraded. I'm happy I did.

I use this with HitfilmExpress. Works quite well. I used the hitfilm assingment in the list and then modified some keys. The software to assign functions and keys worked easily and was quite simple to understand and use. If you can manage any sort of editing software you can make this work for your program no problem. From out of the box, installing driver, going into Hitfilm and finding the keystrokes for the functions I wanted to assign to the shuttlepro's buttons took under 15 minutes The only problem I had at all was assigning the + key to a ket on the keyboard, hitting 'shift' registered as a key, so I just used the + key from the number pad if you don't have a numberpad this could be a nuisance. Not sure about the reviews that said if felt flimsy or cheap.It sits firmly on the desk and the knobs have a nice feel. The sheet of labels and covers you use to label the keys are not super high end, and are a little bit fussy to work with but the results are just fine. Sure it does not look as sweet as some of the video controllers that cost 3-5 times as much, but what do you want. I mean if you spend 100+ hours a month editing you might want to spend the extra $400, or maybe not, this thing is pretty fine. Now if they made one of these with a little trackball mouse or the like that would be over the top.

I'm a middle-aged engineer and my fingers are wearing out from years of CAD. I make my living on a computer and cannot just quit. I had to switch to a joystick-shaped mouse from 3M which is a nice product, but it has no scroll wheel; so I bought this. After a couple of days, this became even better than my old mouse scroll wheel. Zooming in and out of a drawing is a snap and since I use my left hand on this, my right hand is improving and mostly functional for non-computer activities.It is a pain to program some of the features. The wheel doesn't scroll through some documents like I'd prefer. I use different operating systems and it behaves differently depending on the operating system.Overall, this will extend my productive career many years and is an invaluable tool. I have bought several and have them at all of my different development computers and CAD systems. Don't expect software perfection, but it's good and makes all the difference!

Contour controller arrived in Australia from the US quick, well packed. Everything works. Using on Resolve.