- CONTOUR SHUTTLE PRO V2 AND MAC PRO PDF
- CONTOUR SHUTTLE PRO V2 AND MAC PRO INSTALL
- CONTOUR SHUTTLE PRO V2 AND MAC PRO PC
One difference I did notice between the Xpress and the Pro V2 in use, the Xpress slides a bit too easily around the desk on its small hard plastic feet.
CONTOUR SHUTTLE PRO V2 AND MAC PRO PDF
I still have to look at the buttons and occasionally check my printout of the button assignments (nicely done by the software itself either as a ‘you label it’ PDF file or a slightly misaligned labelled HTML file) but it is all improving with continued use. However, while I don’t claim to move about it with the dexterity of a concert pianist, it did not take me long to have my left hand on the ShuttlePro playing a nice duet with my right on the mouse. Initially I thought it might be difficult to get used to all the buttons an all their possible options. Given that I had been using the ShuttleXpress for more than a year and not worked this out myself this revelation was not good for my ego.
I really hate ‘D’oh!’ moments, but this was one. It is a bit embarrassing to say, but as I was coming to grips with the SP2, I happened to notice in my reading that most users operated the shuttle with one hand and their mouse with the other.
Setup of the V2 is very much a personal matter and determined by the way you work and your own idiosyncratic preferences. Being always available in the background, easy access to the controller setup is via an icon placed in the System Tray. If you need assistance, there is an extensive Users Guide on the accompanying CD.
CONTOUR SHUTTLE PRO V2 AND MAC PRO INSTALL
The software is really easy to install and use, and intuitive once you have had a look around its options.
CONTOUR SHUTTLE PRO V2 AND MAC PRO PC
By the way, the Contour Shuttle range is compatible with both Windows PC and Macintosh systems.Īll of these arrangements, as mentioned, can be altered to suit the individual user and the target application can be changed at will. When recognised software is activated, that program immediately gains the ShuttlePro’s attention. This range is extensive, for both Mac and PC, and can be seen at the Contour Design website. There are basically two ways to use apply this software – either use the presets, unmodified, or reassign the various buttons to suit yourself.Ĭontour has obligingly provided a large number of preset configurations which dictate the function of each button when working within a particular software application. While some devices might be able to do something with only generic software supplied by the OS, this little gem “takes ya nowhere ‘n tells ya nuttin” without the provided software. More or less completing this circular arrangement are two pairs of elongated silver buttons, again bowing around the ShuttlePro?s centre point but this time closer to the sides of its body, leaving a clear section of ‘deck’ in the middle. Further down, on either side of that control, are two elongated black buttons, also curving parallel to the jog/shuttle perimeter, but this time aligned with the long axis of the body. Near the top, two rows of four and five clear buttons respectively, are arrayed in a curved fashion not quite parallel to the top end of the body and arcing around the jog/shuttle control. The jog/shuttle is surrounded in an almost circular arrangement by 15 programmable buttons. Both these circular controls work in forward and reverse. (The ShuttleXpress has only one of these fingertip hollows and that is not as convenient.) Around this is the shuttle ring, for larger movements through the timeline. The middle alloy dial is the jog wheel and it has three indentations on its surface for easy manipulation and fine control by a fingertip. At 30 mm above the desk, and at the highest point on the back of the Shuttle, is the two-part jog/shuttle controller. The wider end faces away from the user and the USB cord extends out from its centre. The V2 is a low-profile, almost flat, desk-hugging accessory with a blunt egg-shaped, footprint that narrows (waist-like) towards the sharper end. If enough is great, then surely a whole lot more of the same must be exquisite? Features I love my ShuttleXpress, but when the idea arose that I might review its much more sophisticated relative, the ShuttlePro V2, I jumped at the chance.
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