Bella DV Keyboard 3 with Vegas question at DVinfo.net

Nicolas Gulino · June 8th, 2007, 07:34 PM

Hi,
I know there's been some discussion about Shuttle Pro, but does anyone have experience using the DV keyboard (made by Bella corp.) with Vegas 7? It comes with a jog-shuttle wheel and generally works very nicely; however, recently I've encountered some glitches, and I suspect it has to do with driver (to customize the JSM settings). Sometimes the wheel stops responding, or there's a lag of movement, or worse, the driver disables itself. Is there something I would need to do to Vegas preferences? Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Douglas Spotted Eagle · June 8th, 2007, 07:44 PM

Can't say enough good about the Bella. Perhaps your drivers are corrupted? During the NAB show, we had one of two systems that kept losing "contact" with Vegas, we updated drivers, and all was well. You might contact Lisa or Gard at Bella USA for tech support, they're top-notch, IMO.

Jon McGuffin · June 8th, 2007, 08:32 PM

Ouch... Pretty excited to go buy one of these suckers but $189.95 + S&H. Ouch... Can't stomach $200 for a keyboard. Would have easily gone $80 - $100 though.

Douglas Spotted Eagle · June 8th, 2007, 08:44 PM

Consider that a jog/shuttle is gonna cost you 129.00 by itself, add to that the macros that can be assigned (with the Bella you can assign 12 multicam points, plus two additional macro points, I use one for split and one for cut) and then toss in a *very* high quality keyboard, it's actually very reasonable. Top that off with reminders for keyboard shortcuts... We've purchased at least 2 dozen of these in the past few years.
they do have

Jon McGuffin · June 9th, 2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douglas Spotted Eagle

Consider that a jog/shuttle is gonna cost you 129.00 by itself, add to that the macros that can be assigned (with the Bella you can assign 12 multicam points, plus two additional macro points, I use one for split and one for cut) and then toss in a *very* high quality keyboard, it's actually very reasonable. Top that off with reminders for keyboard shortcuts... We've purchased at least 2 dozen of these in the past few years.
they do have

Douglas, what do you mean by "12 multicam points" I'm shooting with multiple camera's and editing but I typically only go up to about 4 camera's. I bought the InfinitiCam on VAAST. Does this keyboard map the cut buttons? Is that what you mean?

Edward Troxel · June 10th, 2007, 03:42 AM

It *can* map the camera buttons if you program it to do so.

June 8th, 2007, 07:34 PM	#1
Nicolas Gulino New Boot Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 12	Bella DV Keyboard 3 with Vegas question Hi, I know there's been some discussion about Shuttle Pro, but does anyone have experience using the DV keyboard (made by Bella corp.) with Vegas 7? It comes with a jog-shuttle wheel and generally works very nicely; however, recently I've encountered some glitches, and I suspect it has to do with driver (to customize the JSM settings). Sometimes the wheel stops responding, or there's a lag of movement, or worse, the driver disables itself. Is there something I would need to do to Vegas preferences? Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance.

June 8th, 2007, 07:44 PM	#2
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Can't say enough good about the Bella. Perhaps your drivers are corrupted? During the NAB show, we had one of two systems that kept losing "contact" with Vegas, we updated drivers, and all was well. You might contact Lisa or Gard at Bella USA for tech support, they're top-notch, IMO. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

June 8th, 2007, 08:44 PM	#4
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Consider that a jog/shuttle is gonna cost you 129.00 by itself, add to that the macros that can be assigned (with the Bella you can assign 12 multicam points, plus two additional macro points, I use one for split and one for cut) and then toss in a very high quality keyboard, it's actually very reasonable. Top that off with reminders for keyboard shortcuts... We've purchased at least 2 dozen of these in the past few years. they do have __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

June 10th, 2007, 03:42 AM	#6
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	It can map the camera buttons if you program it to do so. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 8th, 2007, 08:32 PM	#3
Jon McGuffin Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Carlsbad, CA Posts: 634	Ouch... Pretty excited to go buy one of these suckers but $189.95 + S&H. Ouch... Can't stomach $200 for a keyboard. Would have easily gone $80 - $100 though.