TourBox Elite Editing Controller, Wireless Pro Creative Console, Black

I've been editing, doing motion gfx in both After Effects and Cinema 4D for 15-20 years now. I've bought a ridiculous amounts of gadgets to "speed up" my workflow. While all fun to toy with at first, I quickly realized how my muscle memory of keyboard and mouse greatly trumped the speed I thought that was giving me. (Looking at you Loupedeck, 3DConnexion Mouse etc). That was, until I got the Tourbox. While difficult at first to train my brain, I found that I very quickly acclimated to the button shortcuts. I can also quickly jump between Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere etc and the new presets instantly pop up for that respective program. I do wish they had an english preset "pack" for After Effects on Mac. So I had to create one from scratch. A bit annoying, but luckily only had to do once. Its extremely well built and feels solid. Every button has its own sound AND feel, so you get multiple levels of feedback to know what you're pressing without looking down. I thought the TourBox looked sort of silly at first - almost like one of those fidget gadgets, but realized after using it that having every button look AND feel different was purposeful. But I gotta say, it's quite satisfying to click the buttons. Downside is the unbelievable decision to use AA batteries. Beyond me why they don't use a rechargeable Li-ion battery. So I end up just keeping it plugged in and not even using the Bluetooth. I feel like I could very easily walk away at night, leaving it switched on, to come back the next day with the expensive batteries drained. I would still get the Elite version for the haptic feedback which you can really feel. Other thing I found odd - the TourBox console does NOT show up as an open program when switching programs on my mac. So if I wanted to quickly Cmd+Tab to the Tourbox console program as I was setting up the profile, it did not show up and I had to manually minimize windows to find the TourBox console. Strange and pretty annoying - Attached photo of what I meant. Everyone's different, but for me, it was WELL worth it. It's simple, easy to set up, and just works great.

I'm working on a documentary series, Poquinca. I have edited most of it prior to the tourbox and only recently started using it (about 4-5 months). I can say now that the tourbox definitely isn't a necessary addition to the editing bay for a home editing setup and at the same time, I feel that it helps me stay in the flow a lot more. It is so so satisfying to feel the haptic feedback from this thing while working and it's also really nice to be able to move from this to keyboard shortcuts and back for me because my hand seems to get less tired after an editing session. Pricey for what's essentially a toy. Easy to use with presets and the app is straight forward. Went through one set of batteries in maybe 2 months or so, pretty good battery life. Bluetooth hooks up no problem, and the size is small enough for any desk while still heavy enough not to feel cheap. Good construction. Hopefully it lasts me for years and becomes and indispensable part of the editing bay!

Full disclosure: This is a great device but I returned it. Why? Because as much as I would like to take and edit pictures all the time, the reality is that I don’t do so weekly so the learning curve and muscle memory is more difficult. Is this an amazing device that makes your editing workflow easier? Absolutely! Is it customizable? Absolutely! Then why did I return it? Only because I’m not using it weekly so I’m not able to remember all of the programmed functions without thinking about it and without repeated use I can’t get the muscle memory down. However, if you edit photos all the time rather than every few weeks, you will be able to use this device without thinking. I’m a gadget guy but this is more than a gadget - it really does make the workflow easier with fewer mouse clicks/movements. So, if you edit all the time or spend hours during each editing session even if you don’t edit all the time, this device is highly recommended. Perhaps when i retire in a few years and spend more time taking photos (my passion and zen), I’ll get the latest version of it!

This is not a replacement for Mouse. But a must for photographer. I wanted to cull thru all my 800mm pictures in lightroom, it was about 35K pictures, i went thru it in a day. and Using it in lightroom, DxO photolab was breeze.

The TourBox Pro is a great tool for video editing. Or really — if it’s not the TourBox, you’re probably going to want something similar, and chances are it’ll be more expensive. It’s a handy little controller that works well with most editing software. The included software is straightforward, and setting up custom profiles for apps like Camtasia was simple enough. It does take a little time to get used to if you’ve only ever worked with a mouse and keyboard, but once you do, it’s a noticeable time-saver. That said, it’s not perfect: Bluetooth on Windows is rough. I gave up on it pretty quickly because the connection would drop or the device wouldn’t get recognized. I just leave it wired in now. To be fair, Bluetooth on Windows has never been great, so your mileage may vary — especially if you’re on a Mac. The battery compartment on mine broke almost immediately. It’s purely cosmetic, and everything still works fine, but it’s a little frustrating when you like to keep your gear in good shape. Occasionally, the software stops working and needs a restart to reconnect with my editor. It’s rare, but it happens. Even with those quirks, I really like this thing. It’s well-built, has a good weight to it, and the controls feel great. Once you get used to it, it makes editing noticeably smoother. For the price, I think it’s worth it.

I purchased the TourBox Elite for video editing in Premiere Pro and photo editing in Lightroom. As a professional videographer, I'm eager to adopt any tool or process which simplifies and speeds my work flow. The TourBox doesn't do everything, but has many features which would otherwise require multiple operations or keystrokes. Furthermore, the keys can be customized to meet particular needs. The construction is substantial, and key operations are firm and positive. The weight is substantial, and probably deliberately so. It will take time for operation to be reflexive, but I'm improving daily. I ordered the black unit, and the keys are difficult to distinguish visually. I would choose another option had I known.

This thing takes so long to configure and get just right, it really isn't worth it at all. The whole point is to save you time, but you will spend an insane amount of time messing with it, and the interface is lacking so many obvious quality of life features, from Undo/Redo, to rearranging the order of Custom Actions. I don't even know why so many obvious button combinations are missing by default. I tried adding them in a similar order to the default ones so they'd be easier to find and manage, but they make it so easy to accidentally delete a custom action, causing it to disappear from the list. Now it can only be added back to the bottom, and due to the lack of an Undo option, your custom actions will now forever be out of order, or you will have to delete and reassign them one by one. Assigning commands is also needlessly tedious, there are so many extra clicks, especially if you don't know the original keyboard shortcut off the top of your head and need to search it. This gets so tiring when all you're trying to do is test the commands in FCP real quick to see if you like them or not. Why don't they have a drag and drop option, to move/copy commands from one button combination to another? You know how video game studios have to hire a whole team of developers who then spend months or even years slowly figuring out the best control schemes using first principles, and then even though you are just the user it can still take you a ton of time to learn and get your own personal configuration of those controls just right once you have the game in your hands? Well, with this device, you are basically in charge of both of those jobs. You have to work through all of the following learning curves: 1) Learn how to replicate your Final Cut Pro workflows using only shortcuts 2) Learn the Tourbox device and interface (including how to program macros) 3) Learn the best ways to map the device's controls to Final Cut Pro shortcuts 4) Learn the best configurations of those controls for your particular editing style 5) Learn how to actually use the control scheme (aka slowly build muscle memory for each shortcut while editing) If you get to number 5 and then realize it's not working, you basically have to start the whole process of assigning everything over, which as I mentioned is a huge hassle since they offer no quality of life features for quickly moving or copying commands. The product just demands way too much of the work from the user when they aren't even willing to do extremely obvious work to help make it easier for you. Imagine you spent 30+ hours getting it just right and editing your first video with it, only to think of a better way to arrange the controls for the next video. You aren't just going to have to go through the process of figuring out how to program it all again, you will also have to RELEARN ALL OF THE CONTROLS while editing again. It will feel like when you've put 100 hours into a game using one controller, then play the same game on a completely different console and controller. It takes time to change your muscle memory. The difference with buying a game is at least there are typically multiple "Default" control options built in that are all well thought out. How has this product and company existed for this long and they've never hired anyone to simply do this work for the customer and build out multiple useful configurations for each popular app? Then you could just tweak them from there. Why am I the one having to figure out how to map the controls? I'm not even doing anything unique in terms of editing, I literally just wanted an interface that operates roughly the same as the keyboard/mouse but with better ergonomics like game controller so I don't have to constantly use these awkward crab-hand keyboard shortcuts every 3 seconds. That's what the product was advertised as to me, but instead I just got an extremely expensive & time consuming ThinkGeek style nerd gadget for people with unlimited free time

I shoot and edit video and photos for my job and before I got this I would get tingles in my hand every day while working and when I went to sleep. This is ergonomic compared to constantly holding shortcuts. I love the way the presets already work for the Adobe apps I use. I have also made some custom presets and it was pretty straightforward. It fits just right in my hand. It’s heavy enough to feel substantial and to stay in place on a desk, but I did once forget that it was in my backpack because it is that light. I dropped mine straight on the ground, in my backpack. It survived the hard fall, such a relief. This might seem like a frivolous purchase, but it has really streamlined my workflow and saved my left hand. It looks slick and I love the haptic feedback. The clicking is very satisfying for me, but my coworkers don’t like it. Fortunately, you can mute the clicks if you want. I love it, such a good purchase.

Es un dispositivo super útil para el flujo de trabajo en videos. Estoy muy contento con el producto y vale la pena la inversión. Es un dispositivo pesado, se siente de buena calidad y los botones vienen con pre ajustes que te facilita todo.

But it’s incredible. I have an Elgato Streamdeck XL and I’ve stopped using that in favour of this. I use this as a software developer and to go through my emails and MS Teams messages in no time. Feels like a cheat code at life. I even hooked up PowerPoint and now I’m a slide ninja.

I friggin love this thing and so will you, but be warned that buying it and then going to he website to download the software will somehow convince every other app on your computer to force feed you non stop ads for it AFTER IT’S ALREADY BEEN FULL PURCHASED, DELIVERED AND INSTALLED.

iPadでも対応できるものは別モデルなので注意。パソコン作業はとても捗ります。使って思ったのが、結局手元を見ないで作業できるアイテムが強いということでした。

I like this so much that this is my second unit