Wed May 19, 2021 3:12 am
Completely agree! Its disappointing that the Speed Editor is so confined to the Cut page. And I get it, as far as the appeal and usefulness of the Cut page... for certain editing scenarios. But to have a control surface only fully functional in just a portion of the software is a missed opportunity.
That being said, out of curiosity, I went back to my Contour Shuttle V2 and while the editable functionality of that device can't be beat, the build quality of the Speed Editor and that sweet, sweet jog wheel are in a class of their own, far outpacing the Shuttle V2.
But, yeah... all those CAM buttons make me sad when I'm in the Edit page, which is most of the time (being in the Edit page, not being sad. Then again.. ). Blackmagic really should open this thing up to the whole suite. Let us resize the windows, or hit the Timeline button multiple times to shuffle through open timelines and compound clips.
Still, it's nice there's some descent crossover, like with the Trims, Roll, Append, Ripple Overwrite, etc. Though, honestly, I'm so trained with keyboard shortcuts, I don't see the need to get used to a new control surface when the keyboard is still the fastest gun in the West.