And if you can get your employer to pay for it? Double pressing the transition duration button will set default transitionduration. If the image above with the Apple keyboard wasnt enough, heres a pic of the Resolve Editor Keyboard on my Varidesk. Will it survive a fall from a desk? However adjusting trim out on asingle clip will reposition the out point on the clip. Clear off everything else; youre going to need the room. Thesearch dial is amachined metal design so it has aweighted feel and it can be spun fast to move up and down the timeline quickly. The Auto Track Selectors will help with this, but Ive tended to use the track Locks with the keyboard as I can see exactly what wont move because the track is locked. SLIP SRC will (copying right from the manual here) slip the footage of the clip to the left of the nearest edit point to the playhead, while SLIP DEST will do the same to the clip to the right. Back to the size a minute. The escape key is positioned to the top left so it's easy to locate, as its the most common key for reversing some functions. A Contour Shuttle Pro wont provide this either as its a unique experience that is built into this product. Its awhole new way towork! key operation which is far from ideal. However adjusting trim in on asingle clip will reposition the in point on the clip. Includes everything in the free version plus DaVinci Neural Engine, stereoscopic 3D tools, dozens of extra Resolve FX filters and Fairlight FX audio plugins plus advanced HDR grading and HDRscopes. Designed in collaboration with professional Hollywood colorists, the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel features amassive number of controls for direct access to every DaVinci color correctionfeature. I do realize most editors probably use the SLIP function way more than the SLIDE function in their NLE. It has to be well built. Close up is best for creating two camera angles from the one camera. Ltd. 2022, all rights reserved. The integrated search dial is machined metal with rubber coating so it feels very nice to use and you always feel you have solid control over DaVinci Resolves clips or timeline. Yes, but only with the basic keyboard functions that any keyboard would have. Is that a nod to the priority that BMD places on the Cut page over the Edit page? Ive had hardware jog/shuttle controls in a lot of different editing suites and rarely did I use them for job/shuttle. The dedicated IN and OUT keys are nice but Shift+ those keys doesnt move the playhead to the IN or OUT point like Shift+I/O. Its even big sitting next to an old-school Avid keyboard! It will take some getting used to. Since the arrow keys are placed up in the main part of the keyboard, theyve cut down the size of both the SHIFT and COMMAND keys on the right. On the right is the jog/shuttle wheel (BMD calls this the Scroll Dial). All clips are placed end to end in the viewer. Editors will also have to come to terms withoddinteresting choices the designers have made. The F (function) keys arent defaulted to be function keys in other applications, but they do work when you hold down the function button in the lower left. There's even fold out feet to increase the keyboard tilt! Another odd thing (and something I mentioned when I looked at this keyboard at NAB) is there a dedicated key for SMTH CUT (smooth cut), Resolves answer to Fluid Morph/Morph Cut to make that talking head jump cut edit invisible. Well, nothing beats that. Maybe but it seems silly to make any dedicated button on a $1,000editingkeyboard not function on the Editpage. Dont ask me how I know. Is it successful? There are special functions that we would lose but we know the SCROLL DIAL could be used in other NLEs as we see it with other hardware products. Portable audio control surface includes 12 premium touch sensitive flying faders, channel LCDs for advanced processing, automation and transport controls plus HDMI for an external graphicsdisplay. Thats perfect for using it with alaptop. But it will be different than the editing experience that youre used to. They dont do anything to actually enhance the editing experience by providing new tools or new workflows. Low profile panel features 3high resolution trackballs and 12precision machined knobs to access the primary color correction tools. The DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard is afull sized traditional QWERTY edit keyboard in apremium, all metal design. Includes blank infillpanels. Or my favorite would be to zoom the timeline in and out perhaps with a modifier key. This keyboard dedicated to craft editing can change the way you work with footage. Privacy Policy. That's much faster as you can just keep throwing clips into thetimeline! Ifyou press and hold the transition button you'll see the pallet appear allowing selection of the one youwant. Thein and out points can also be used to focus the source tape. Empty 3 bay Fairlight studio console chassis that can be populated with various faders, channel controls, edit and LCDmonitors. That would be nice. Traditional edit software uses thousands of clips to organize your media, so you need to constantly click and drag clips to edit. You can opt out at any time by changing cookie settings. Side arm kit mounts into Fairlight console mounting bar and holds each fader, channel control and LCD monitormodule. MSRP includes duties, but excludes sales tax and shipping costs. Complete Fairlight studio console with 4 channel faders, 4 channel controls, 1 audio editor, 5 LCD monitors and 5 bay chassis. The key should be labeled RMV TRANS (remove transition) instead of CUT IMHO. Complete Fairlight studio console with 1 channel fader, 1 channel control, 1 audio editor, 2 LCD monitors and 2 bay chassis. Plus its much faster too! Snapping on the speed editor is different, as its not magnetic so its more subtle! Allthe standard edit modes are included on the main keyboard. Thats debatable. Its like what happens in the Logitech Craft keyboard. As a freelancer, I dont always have a choice of what NLE I edit with. It was quite a surprise to many, at NAB 2019, when Blackmagic Design introduced the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard. Simply shoot your subject with awide or mid shot, and then when close up is applied, it will create aslightly zoomed in version of the same camera shot and place it on top of thetimeline. As far as regular keyboard use, I mentioned what a great surface it is to type on. And they work the same both on the Cut and Edit page. Allowing an editor to map keys in other tools as they see fit; it could easily be adapted and useful. Hardware control panels are perfect for fast playback control! Double pressing the key lets you add amarker, and double pressing and holding allows you to set the markercolor! And lots of it. Compared with the Apple Pro Display XDR, all but one DreamColor models, Sony multisystem consumer HDTV sets I have For diehard Mac users, the Mac Studio might be the ultimate machine for a lot of what we do 2022 ProVideo Coalition, a Filmtools Company. seems to work fine for me, Joey DAnna (@joeydanna) October 21, 2019. Do you want your NLE timeline navigation to feel like an old tape deck? Blank panel to fill in the LCD monitor area of the Fairlight studio console when you're not using the standard Fairlight LCDmonitor. TheF/TC button allows switching between timecode or frames. Heck, itd be nice to be able to use the Scroll Dial in day to day applications outside of Resolve to just scroll down a web page or word document! If its a simple edit, then its pretty straight forward. But at a price. I tried different modifiers with the HOME key, but it doesnt move the playhead to the end of the timeline. And there are times when it cant seem to figure out what it wants to Slip if you have many clips stacked up. Add up to 2,000 tracks with real time processing ofEQ, dynamics, 6plugins per track, plus MADI for extra 64inputs andoutputs. Italso has Bluetooth with internal battery for connecting wirelessly, or you can connect via USB-C. That means it's more portable than afull sizedkeyboard! Not really, but it is a different way to, Editors will also have to come to terms with. Use alternative HDMI or SDI televisions and monitors when building aFairlight studioconsole. Empty 5 bay Fairlight studio console chassis that can be populated with various faders, channel controls, edit and LCDmonitors. Youwill see amultiview and you can just cut from camera to camera! Allof this means DaVinci Resolve is the next generation ofediting! I had to move the trackball out of the way for it to fit. Adedicated duration entry button allows you to numerically define the duration of aclip. Featuring ametal search dial with clutch, plus extra edit, trim and timecode keys. While it might not bother as much with the CMD key, I found myself accidentally hitting the UP arrow many times when I was going for the SHIFT. But more than that, I would have expected a SLIP key and a SLIDE key, keeping more in line with traditional editing paradigms. Resolve seems to want to trim the audio over the video. Adds analog and digital connections, preamps for mics and instruments, sample rate conversion and sync at any standard framerate. All items on this website are copyright Blackmagic Design Pty. Some of the enhanced function keys on the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor are not even available on the full sized editor keyboard! Featuring amachined metal search dial with clutch, it also includes extra edit, trim and timecode entry keys. The Auto Track Selectors will help with this, but Ive tended to use the track Locks with the keyboard as I can see exactly what wont move because the track is locked. While this is a great transition to have available, it doesnt work invisibly very often in any NLE and, more often than not, editors try to. Thesubtle edge created between the top keyboard surface and the lower chassis has astreamlined feel to the design that allows the keyboard to look good on adesktop. Thekeys are in aseparate group so you can find the key you need by feel and operate faster than aregularkeyboard. Even if I had my own, I would not cut a hole in my desk for it as I like to move things around too much. Overall itfeelslike the Resolve Editor Keyboard was designed more with the Cut page in mind. Plus, you get JKL trimming when you want to do playback and trimming via the keyboard and not the search dial. The Scroll Dial works very, very well so if it takes the size to get such a well made mechanical device then so be it. Includes LCD screen, touch sensitive control knobs, built in search dial and full keyboard with multi functionkeys. Mounting bar with locating pins to allow correct alignment of bay modules when building acustom 3bay Fairlightconsole. interesting choices the designers have made. Apple Studio Display: limited to a single framerate? However you still get all the traditional editing features for both the cut and edit pages in DaVinci Resolve, so the core QWERTY part of the keyboard still operates in afamiliar way. Is this a big deal for audio mixing? The full sized DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard is more traditional and has many features of the speed editor as well as afull sized traditional QWERTY editing optimized keyboard. When shooting with multiple cameras and sync timecode, source overwrite lets you browse shots and add cutaways to your timeline. Better yet, let the editor define their own custom transition to a key. While this is a great transition to have available, it doesnt work invisibly very often in any NLE and, more often than not, editors try toavoidit! An overview of codecs in Adobe Premiere Pro, Review: The H&Y REVORING Swift System Magnetic Filter System, Candy DP Simon Dennis, BSC // Frame & Reference, Some NAB 2022 thoughts, videos, pictures, interviews and more, CommandPost adds support for the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor. I think this is a huge pipe dream, but here we go. It does, but it depends on how much you want to go all-in on what the Resolve Editor Keyboard has to offer. Yes. Press the in and out keys to select any range of clips for theedit. The DaVinci Resolve keyboards have been designed in conjunction with the cut page to make editing dramatically faster. modifier key on the lower left. No, but this unit has to go back to BMD when Im done with this review. There's even ahand rest with asoft feel to help reducefatigue! If Resolve is your one and only NLE, then I think its worth the price. I mentioned being able to map my own keys like changing theSmooth Cut button above. Just move along the timeline and live trim edits. That lets you find cutaways using a familiar multiview interface! Features HDMI, SDI inputs for video and computer monitoring and Ethernet for graphics display of channel status andmeters. These important editorial keyboard shortcuts for working with tracks will still work; you just have to add in the Fn key when using the Resolve Editor Keyboard. Themoment one of the bin sort buttons is selected, the source tape will be regenerated in that bins sort order. There are certain editing operations that the keyboard can make for a different editing experience that youre probably used to. Slip destination affects the clip to the right of the edit and it will slide the shot up and down within the current clips in and out point positions in the timeline. All Rights Reserved. Full sized traditional QWERTY editor keyboard in apremium metal design. Hold TRANS DUR (transition duration) and spin the wheel again to change it or hit CUT to remove the transition, Park your playhead where you want to trim a clip, Hold the appropriate TRIM IN or TRIM OUT button depending on where your playhead sits, be it are you trimming the OUT point of a clip or the IN point of another, The playhead will stay put indicating where you want to trim TO and the entire edit will then ripple trim to you, But thats just on the Cut page as the behavior is different on the Edit page, Is this method of trimming with the Resolve Editor Keyboard any faster than just hitting a keyboard combo of SHIFT+CMD+BRACKET to make that same trim? We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. There are special functions that we would lose but we know the SCROLL DIAL could be used in other NLEs as we see it with other hardware products. Smart insert is similar to the traditional insert edit function, however its smarter as it eliminates the need to switch to the timeline and place an in point. The new DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard also includes arevised QWERTY key layout thats been updated using feedback from professional editors. Its just a keyboard, and the keys are clearly marked, so how much of a learning curve can there be? I well realized many high-end suites that would spring for this keyboard arent doing a lot of web surfing but there are other applications you must use outside of Resolve and those apps need to scroll. Thats the real question many people are asking. Its first important to note that these keys default to Resolve editing commands any NOT standard function keys, so to use them in another application requires adding in theFnmodifier key on the lower left. But I have to say this keyboard seals it I hate an old VTR like SHUTTLE controller with an NLE. An internal mechanism changes the wheel from a free-spinning jog to a geared shuttle like an old videotape deck used to feel. There are many keys and functions from the Cut/Edit page that doesnt have an equivalent in Fusion, Color or Fairlight there are others that do. The sync bin is anew style of multi-cam and it allows you to find shots that are sync'd to the current shot in the timeline. Because slip destination moves the clip within the same duration, it won't affect the overall timelineduration. Entering in and out points is the most used function in editing, so the speed editor keyboard includes large in and out point buttons that you can easily locate by feel. But if youre all in on Resolve for your entire post-production workflow, then I think its an investment worth the cash. Perhaps its seen that hardware tools really cant add much to the editing experience beyond the keyboard and mouse. Its really fast as you can scroll down the timeline adding or removing effects! Why have there not been more hardware things made just for the editor? For that matter, some of the function keys dont seem to work right yet. Includes large search dial in adesign that includes only the specific keys needed for editing. However old tape based linear editing had the advantage of all media being played from avideotape, so you could simply fast forward and rewind to see all your shots! Those more specialized markets would seem to have a smaller potential audience than editing, but they make controllers for them. The full sized keyboard also features sorting keys to allow the source tape to be rearranged into different sort orders at the press of abutton. Id much rather have a dip to black transition, edge wipe, push, just about anything else. Slip source affects the clip to the left of the edit and it will slide the shot up and down within the current clips in and out point positions in the timeline. hat is what I would always want and expect. The work will come to understand how the TRIM KEYS/SCROLL DIAL interacts with your timeline. Itfeels just like holding the timeline in your hand! However the flange has afunctional benefit as you can install the keyboard in acutout of adesk or console. So what was a three key operation like OPTION+SHIFT+F1 to lock/unlock Audio Track 1 just became afourkey operation which is far from ideal. Youcan even sort by duration and the clipname! That keyboard is pricey as well, so that type of mechanism mustnt be cheap to produce. Plus, it will also reduce your timelineduration. Simply select an in and out point on the clip and then append to end will add the clip to the end of the timeline. It does as expected on the Edit page. What is the learning curve for the Resolve Editor Keyboard? Place on top is similar to traditional edit functions and this edit mode will place the clip on top of the background layer thats already in the timeline. Theres so much room in the big wrist rest it seems like these arrow keys could have gone there. A lot of that will come as Resolve is updated, and I would fully expect the Resolve application to continue to grow into the Resolve Editor Keyboard. The z ZOOM key will zoom the Viewer back to 100% but why not have it zoom the timeline to fit the screen when you have the timeline active. Blank panel to fill in the channel control area of the Fairlight studioconsole. Hollywoods most popular solution for editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production, all in asingle software tool for Mac, Windows andLinux! Sort by timecode to see all the bin media sorted by time, which is perfect for content shot in time order, such as live events. Thats precisely what Blackmagic has done with the $995 DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard. If you only occasionally edit with Resolve, then it isnt going to be worth the cost unless you want a tax write-off for the year. When entering edit points and durations numerically, there's akeypad specifically designed for timecode entry. When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. But what bothers me most about this implementation is that when Im editing in the zone and I go to made a slip trim on a clip with this Resolve Editor Keyboard it might not make that slip trim on the clip that is. Very big compared to the standard Macintosh chiclet extended keyboard that ships with your Mac. Plus, if you press acamera number while turning the search dial, the selected camera will be applied to the timeline in real time as you jog forward. Agood example is the sync bin and if you select acamera, you can go back to the multiview by selecting this escape key. One of the most critical things on a keyboard is the typing feel, and thats a place where the Resolve Editor Keyboard excels. However, with the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor, you can just press abutton to switch them on and off! Unlike modern keyboards with flat keys, the keys have atiered profile so its easy to feel your way around. I do realize most editors probably use the SLIP function way more than the SLIDE function in their NLE. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. This website uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to our site. Youcan also use the keyboard via USB if required and the USB connection will also charge the internal battery. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. Plus each time you edit, the cut page won't waste time switching over to the timeline, allowing you to stay in the source tape and visually browse, placing clips continuously. You must spend some time reading over that both before you purchase and after. Ifyou're positioned on asplit in aclip, then pressing the split button will remove the split. This keyboard is big. Namely, the SYNC BIN, TRANS (transition), and PIC IN PIC (picture in picture) keys. Another little nugget of quality trimming that I noticed was while using the Cut page: Is this method of trimming with the Resolve Editor Keyboard any faster than just hitting a keyboard combo of SHIFT+CMD+BRACKET to make that same trim? This model includes the features of the micro panel model plus twoLCDs with menus and buttons for switching tools, adding color corrector nodes, applying secondary grades and using PowerWindows. Read on below to find out. This experience reminds me a bit of the. Across the top are the FUNCTION keys, and this is where things might get controversial. Orif you press and hold, the search dial will let you adjust the viewersize. So what was a three key operation like OPTION+SHIFT+F1 to lock/unlock. You cant get that trimming using the jog/shuttle interaction with anything except this keyboard. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. It will take some getting used to. Instantly start and stop playback using the "space bar" style button that's positioned so it can be pressed with your thumb! Of note, here are the SOURCE/TIMELINE buttons, which are quick access to switch between the source viewer and source clips and the timeline/Viewer. Youre going to have to account for the size of the thing if you have anything smaller than a rather large desk. That thing was different (and expensive) enough that I applauded Contours trial program where they would ship you one to try out (after credit card info, of course), and if it didnt fit, you could return it. They should be consistent with I and O. Yes, it is. Once you've experienced trimming with the search dial, it's virtually impossible to go back toamouse! But the Resolve Editor Keyboard jog/shuttle is great. Hold TRANS DUR (transition duration) and spin the wheel to set a duration, Need to adjust? Resolve seems to want to trim the audio over the video. Youcan also sort by camera which is great for multi camera shoots where you need to find cut aways on specific cameras. The jog\shuttle wheel Scroll Dial feels very sturdy and is well-weighted as you spin it. Mounting bar with locating pins to allow correct alignment of bay modules when building acustom 4bay Fairlightconsole. Thats debatable. This feature is called live override and on the speed editor panel you can do it momentarily by holding the camera button, or you can latch it on using the live override button. All adjustments will ripple the timelineduration. I sure know that Ive tried to adopt different tools for editing, but rarely are they more useful than a keyboard. This model is constructed from machined metal because its been designed for professional editors who spend hours each day editing and demand atraditional full sized premium keyboard solution. Youcan simply scroll along with the search dial and place in and out points anywhere you want! @editblog hey i just got my BMD keyboard for me fn+home is end? For example: why doesnt the CUT key add an edit when youre not parked on a transition. For example: When your playhead is close to an edit point (it doesnt have to be right on a cut), these operations will work without being right on the edit. Complete Fairlight studio console with 2 channel faders, 2 channel controls, 1 audio editor, 3 LCD monitors and 3 bay chassis. Editing and trimming with the search dial is awhole new way to work! Theedit functions are intelligent and use the "smart indicator" in the timeline to work out where to insert, so most of the time you don't need to place in or out points in the timeline to do an edit! Ripple overwrite is apopular edit function and it lets you replace shots extremely quickly. On the Edit page trimming is pretty straight forward until you have unlinked video and audio clips at your playhead. But then again, we have seen a lot of hardware controllers for audio mixing and color correction. Youget physical controls that you can feel in your hands, making the experience much better than software only editing. UPDATE 10/21/19. Another odd thing (and something I mentioned when I looked at this keyboard at NAB) is there a dedicated key for SMTH CUT (smooth cut), Resolves answer to Fluid Morph/Morph Cut to make that talking head jump cut edit invisible. If you havent heard, NAB happened again this year. All the better. That would be nice. at NAB 2019, when Blackmagic Design introduced the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard, https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/Resolve-Editor-Keyboard-sounds.mp3, https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/Resolve-Editor-Keyboard-sounds-shuttle-MP3.mp3, Burning questions about the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard article from NAB, Color Management Part 4: Maxwells Spinning Discs. Required for all Fairlight StudioConsoles. The Resolve Editor Keyboard (especially in the Cut page) will often perform trim operations on edit pointscloseto the playhead. Do you want your NLE timeline navigation to feel like an old tape deck? Not really, but it is a different way to feel the trim that a keyboard shortcut doesnt offer. When working with the new Source Tape view on the Cut page the keyboard feels like it really hits its stride with a combination of the Scroll Dial and the different editing functions. These arrow keys will wreak havoc with your muscle memory while typing if you use your right pinky finger for the shift key. A much, much better feel that clicking and dragging with a mouse. Once the in and out points are set, just reach your fingers up to the edit function buttons to perform the edit. Or what about adjusting clip audio levels? Allows mounting standard 19 inch rack mount equipment in the channel control area of the Fairlight studioconsole. Did you cut a hole in your desk to accommodate theResolve Editor Keyboard? Plus it doesn't affect the timelineduration. But it will be different than the editing experience that youre used to. Perhaps its seen that hardware tools really cant add much to the editing experience beyond the keyboard and mouse. It will take some work to figure out how everything works. As a freelancer, I dont always have a choice of what NLE I edit with. If they spend the money on the keyboard, theyll expect many of the features to work all across the application. With multiple roller bearings, the search dial is very smooth and it can be spun in jog mode to allow anatural timeline scroll. The transition button is similar to the cut and smooth cut buttons, however it will add acustom transition of your choice from apallet of all the available DaVinci Resolve transitions. The DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor features amachined metal search dial in adesign that includes only the specific keys needed for editing. This creates an amazing consolelook! What would you add to the keyboard as it exists now? Itautomatically matches the clip timecode to the timecode of the timeline and places the clip in sync on the layer above. Ifyou press and hold, you can use the search dial to move the current clip up and down thetimeline! The jog/shuttle behavior isnt consistent through the different pages with a timeline for example. Mounting bar with locating pins to allow correct alignment of bay modules when building acustom 5bay Fairlightconsole. The dedicated IN and OUT buttons mean you can keep two hands on the keyboard for a lot of your logging, The SCROLL DIAL makes a pleasant way to skim through heavy DJI drone footage. Empty 4 bay Fairlight studio console chassis that can be populated with various faders, channel controls, edit and LCDmonitors. And there are times when it cant seem to figure out what it wants to Slip if you have many clips stacked up. The split button will instantly cut the clip in the timeline at the current playback point. It was mentioned in the BMD keynote that the keyboard was designed with a lip around it so it could be recessed into a desk. SLIP SRC will (copying right from the manual here) slip the footage of the clip to the left of the nearest edit point to the playhead, while SLIP DEST will do the same to the clip to the right. Maybe but it seems silly to make any dedicated button on a $1,000, Actual Editing with the Resolve Editor Keyboard, IMHO, Its the trimming buttons on the left side of the keyboard that is, to getting your moneys worth out of the Resolve Editor Keyboard. Double pressing will change its function to slide. Forexample, if you need to set a100 frame duration on aclip, just press DUR, F/TC and100! This means you can select various trim modes with your left hand while adjusting the trim with your right. Its a silly waste of time.