Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor

The best purchase of the year

Oh man! Have bought this keyboard mainly for davinci studio but guess what. I am falling in love with it so deeply

DaVinci, no more words

I took it because of the DaVinci access code, only the device is also very convenient when editing,

Cool entry level editing tool

Cool entry level editing tool, suitable for beginner or intermediate video editor. Fairly easy to use and very helpful tool to speed up video editing.

Solid product!

Love DaVinci Resolve, such a creative and powerful piece of software.

So when I wanted the Studio license, I got this controller bundle instead.

I quickly fell in love with this controller.

It's a lot faster and smoother cutting and arranging clips and generally navigating large portions of the software. The wheel and dedicated buttons for key features are always under your fingers.

Multicam edits are a breeze with this.

Build quality is very good, the wheel is incredibly smooth.

Battery lasts a long time on Bluetooth and wireless operation is very practical.

Super Handy

If you are looking some shortcuts and make the editing faster, buy this interface, first it takes some time but later you will be very speedy...

Great for video work

I got this for video editing as I wanted to speed up my workflow. Its great in the cut page, and the scroll wheel is even useful in the edit page. This works particularly well if you have a lot of footage to sort through in Davinci.

Small, well built, and the bluetooth connection seems pretty good.

Incredibly Intuitive

DaVinci is an exceptional piece of software, made by an incredible company. This controller follows suit, spend the time to learn it and it pays off in dividends of time and efficiency!

If you are old school video editor

I started my career with the Liquid Blue system from Fast (pinnacle) and have been waiting on a high quality JOG/Shuttle Controller to come... (for what feels like EONS now) BMD has done it again. Created a rock solid product (that can get better with software updates) - for a truly insane price - basically nothing. The controller for the Blue system was above 1k in price but you needed to buy the Turnkey solution to even have it up and running. Resolve is basically free as it is so I can't do anything but praise BMD for this product. Again, software wise it can get a lot better. Now it's basically made for the cut page which I think was a bit of a mistake. But I have faith in BMD to open the controller up (software wise) so that it can be used for more than just the cut page. But all in all - Love it

Quality materials, nice feel

Very useful device, makes workflow much faster (after some mental paths adjustment, of course).

The build materials are excellent, and the jog wheel has a very nice weight to it. The entire device is quite heavy, no chance of slipping around the desk.

Dual connectivity (USB and Bluetooth) is also nice. But sometimes Resolve "forgets" about the device (USB connected) and you have to restart Resolve to ackowledge it again.

It pays for itself

I bought the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor to facilitate the editing work flow in DaVinci Resolve. You get DaVinci Resolve Studio with it (the professional version for which you normally have to pay).

This Speed Editor pays for itself in no time since it saves you a lot of time; you can work much more efficiently and faster.

PROS

-Timeline scrubbing (navigation) can be done very fast and very precise with the big jog shuttle knob.

-Browsing through source files has become easy and fast.

-It is easy to make a selection within a selection.

-The multi-cam editing and other options are very handy, too.

-The hardware is of good quality and the speed editor is nice and small (but no too small).

-Free DaVinci Resolve Studio (with life-time free updates).

CONS

-It would be nice if it had more functionality outside of the cut-page and if it could be used in other programs altogether, as well.

-It would be good if scrolling/browsing through the source files bin could be done in all directions without having to scroll through each video.

-Every time I start up Windows, I have to disconnect and restart the bluetooth connection between the speed editor and the computer for it to recognise the hardware. This might be due to settings within my own workstation, though...

IN CONCLUSION

Just for the jog shuttle knob and the different add buttons, this speed editor is worth purchasing. It will facilitate and therefore speed up your workflow considerably. I'd recommend it.