I have a small hand, so I found that the size of the G13 a bit big, because sometimes I have to move too much my hand to reach some of the G-Keys. Of course, there are bad things about this gadget, but I find them pretty minor. ![]() That means that every time you open that program, the Logitech Gaming Software automatically activates the profile related to it, so you don’t need to manually select profiles each time you change DAWs or games. In addition, G13 has a cool feature: you can assign a specific software to a profile. It doesn’t matter that both are different, I don’t have to remember them anymore, I just need to know that both are set to the G11 key (in their respective profiles), and that’s it! For example: I have set the Trim Region shortcut for Logic and Pro Tools for the G11 key. Yes, it may take some days for you to start using the G-Keys shortcuts without having to look all the time to them, but that’s is true with every set of new gadget/gear you add to your studio, right?! But when you do get used to it, well, it really speeds up your sound editing and designing process, by making you focus less on remembering the shortcuts you need to, and also for moving less your hand around: all the shortcuts you need the most are right there, in the distance of moving your fingers.Īnother big advantage of using it is not needing to remember the right shortcut for the same action on the different DAWs you use. The G13 proved to be a very useful and efficient tool if you give yourself the right time to get used to it. You get to understand more the way you think and edit, and that can help you optimize it, understanding where are your flaws and where you can skip some steps.Īfter this painful set-up process, is where the fun begins. Well, the good thing is: this whole process makes you think and evaluate your editing process, which can be good. As you can notice by the photo, there are some keys that are right there, in a very “natural” key pressing position (like G4, G10, G11 and G12) and some others that take a bit more hand movement to reach. ![]() Also, it’s easy to find some others to download.Īn unexpected problem I ended up having during this set-up process: deciding which are the shortcuts I use the most, so you I program them to the easier access G-Keys. If you’re planning on using it for gaming, this can be less of a problem: Logitech has many pre-built profiles that you can download for specific games. I’m starting to use Final Cut Pro either, so that’s another software that I’ll be having to program my G13 to work with. If you, like me, use two DAWs (I rely mostly on Logic and a bit on Pro Tools), it gives you even more work. You gotta get every shortcut key combination, select the G-Key you want it toīe, and program it via the Logitech’s Gaming Software (that you can download on their website). It also has a LCD panel, where you can add some info and applets (that I didn’t find useful so far).Īt first, the process of customizing your G13 with shortcuts and actions is very boring and tedious. In addition, the G13 has an internal memory for 5 profiles, so you can take them wherever you go, if you are going to game or work somewhere else. It supports profiles for different games and programs, and each profile can have 3 different “memory sets” – profiles inside each profile that can have different sets of shortcuts programmed to it. So, I wanted to give it a try…įirst, a little description: the Logitech G13 has 22 G-Keys, one thumb-joystick and two “mouse-alike” click buttons next to it – all of these are programable. Cool, right?Īlthough it wasn’t designed to be used by audio and video producers, googling around you can see many have adopted this little one-hand keyboard as a way of easing the editing process. So, for example, if you use a lot the Command+Shift+T shortcut, you can program it to be executed with a single key press on the G13. ![]() ![]() Well, a couple of weeks ago I borrowed from a colleague something I have been wanting to test for a long time now, that’s supposed to speed up your editing/mixing process: the Logitech G13.įor those who doesn’t know it, it’s a gadget made to speed up your gaming (or, in my case, sound editing and mixing) by replacing the keyboard shortcuts with single pressing keys (G-Keys) that you can program to execute any key /mouse button combination you want.
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