Xencelabs Quick Keys

The Xencelabs Quick Keys device is extremely well designed and works seamlessly across my setup. The buttons are responsive, the dial is smooth, and the overall build quality feels premium. It adds a lot of efficiency to my workflow, especially for creative software where shortcuts matter. Setup is simple, installation is quick, and the software is intuitive to customize. Connectivity is stable whether using it wired or wireless, with no lag or dropouts. The device is lightweight but still solid enough to stay in place during use. The display is clear, the customization options are excellent, and the available color themes for the UI are a nice touch. Overall, this is a professional-level shortcut controller that performs reliably and feels great to use.

Bought this Shortcut remote after buying a Wacom drawing tablet and after a couple months of use, its great! First off I never got any issues with drivers so maybe I got lucky but after getting all setup I was good to go. The software is pretty simple and easy to navigate. There were already presets for some of my apps like CSP and adobe so I didn't have to worry about setting up any macros. Onto the feels and usability. For me it worked great, the wheel was spinning smoothly and being able to switch between zooming in and rotating with just a push of a button was great. The screen is also great and is easy to read, hardly any issues with viewing angles and reflections obstructing the view of the text. It is an OLED after all. Battery life works great and last a long time and with a ton of customizable buttons, this thing is very versatile. Now I only really used this thing while I draw or while using adobe so im not sure about using it like a elgato but overall it fit my drawing needs and I highly recommend it

The build quality is excellent. The battery is between good, but not excellent if you use it without the cable. The minimum device sleep setting I found in the software was 30 minutes which I think is way too high. There should be one for 5, 10, or 15 minutes, so this probably a key factor. This brings me to software. The problem with this device is the software interoperability, not the quality of the software itself. In other words, the quality of the software is very good, stable, and very polished, however the functionality it offers you is somewhat flawed in its design. The biggest gripe is that you cannot quickly move macro buttons around in your layout easily. You currently have to set them up individually each time you want to move them to a different button. I reached out to the company and they said that this is already in the works to be addressed. I was very glad to hear this because there are 5 button layouts you can have for any application for a total 40, and you can have any number of app settings in addition to your main OS default settings. There are few other design issues I found but they are much less annoying, but you should know they have a Feedback forum and their support was also prompt and helpful with my complaints. That being said, there are other nice features, like adjusting not just the color of the dial ring but also its brightness for each individual setting, which is very useful for example making red or yellow extra bright while turning a white or blue dial on the dimm side will help you a lot when switching quickly between your dial modes. One last thing I want to say about the software is that you can rename your 5 macro sets for each application. By default they are called Set A, Set B, Set C, up to E, and when you switch applications the device will automatically update the screen to show the last used set for the application. When pressing the set switch button the device, the current app name and the set name will show. You can also disable sets altogether. All these things are very useful to know! You're welcome. Now let me share some experience as a MacOS user. The reasons I wanted a macro pad was because I copy and paste a lot of content and I need to do a lot of "raw pasting" which strips formatting from copied text and the keystroke for this is Command+Option+Shift+V. After doing this hundreds of times I had to find something like this. When I received this product, first was that the default macros that were programmed in had CTRL as the keystroke for buttons like Copy and Paste. On Mac you know that CTRL is not correct, so you have to change them to Command. Not sure why but look out for that. Something important, there are some macros which, if they are also used by macOS must be disabled in System Preferences Keyboard>Shortcuts before applying in Quick Keys because they might get activated while trying to apply them. For example, I was trying to set up a Space Left and Space Right macro for moving between Spaces in macOS which use CTRL+Arrow Left / Right. However, since these activate while trying to add them to the Quick Keys, the software could not add them. Once you disable the macOS shortcuts, you add them in Quick Keys and once you do that, you can go back to System Preferences and re-enable them in shortcuts to work with your regular keyboard. This might not happen for all shortcuts but just something else to look out for. Final thoughts. I definitely recommend this product. The pictures do not show the build quality this device really has, it's definitely premium. The software is a worthy product on all of its own, even with its somewhat inadequate design feature are more of a flaw in human logic than in the quality of the programming used to build the application. It could be that they did not expect this product to be as successful as they thought. Well, the fact that this company maintains a feedback forum, and the support was friendly and responsive, speaks highly of the company behind this fine product. I'm a satisfied customer!

I'm apparently not the target market for this, since all the talk is about compatibility with drawing tablets and usefulness to an artist.. but this thing is great for anyone who needs configurable smartkeys and/or a scroll wheel. I mean, the stupid little one-handed wired keyboards and whatever else you can get cost orders of magnitude more for devices that lack half of these features. To be honest, I only found it looking for something to save my mouse-scrollwheel finger from an early death, and it's not quite a perfect replacement for that (for some reason this wheel's "scroll" function is unable to scroll some things that the mouse wheel can, but it generally works the same in most places.) But it's great for tons of other purposes beyond that. It's wireless. Instead of M1, M2 etc macro buttons, it has an OLED display that has customizable labels for each button, and it lasts about a week on a charge despite that. There can be 6 different sets of buttons with different shortcuts/macros.. for each application you configure settings for. The actions/scroll rate and profile colors of the jog wheel can be customized for each application as well, with 4 different modes available to each different set. So, for example, it can be a forward/rewind, volume up/down, switch captions, and previous/next in playlist selector for your media player, with self-labeled buttons for 36 different other functions like play/pause, and can do all that from on the desk next to the book you're reading, across the room from the computer. Or your most important but easily-automated spreadsheet tasks from handy reach of your outstretched thumb from the mouse hand. - Exceptional versatility and priced in the range of a 6-button mouse. Can't go wrong with that.

Admittedly, I like this a lot more after the firmware update (1.2.x). Before that, I had to go into the install directory and manually uninstall the tablet portion of the drivers for this to work with my HUION - which is a pain if I have to reinstall. But now when you install the software, you can choose which parts you want to install: tablet or remote. Very nice. Overall it’s much easier to use than trying to get another keyboard set up on my desk, especially since a lot of the shortcuts I use for Clip Studio Paint would require multiple fingers - if not two hands - to easily activate. With this remote, you can set obscure key combinations (including modifier keys like Ctrl and Alt) to your heart’s content and be able to hit them with a single button. The biggest issue I have with this remote is how relatively slow it is to move between sets of shortcuts. The screen will flash the set name before moving to the set you want…every time. Same with hitting the center button of the scroll wheel. I really wish there was an option to turn that off. Aside from that, the screen is bright, easy to read, and a blessing for somebody coming from a non-labeled remote (both the one that came with my HUION and the one I had for my old Wacom) since I’m not wasting time having to go back into the configuration software to see what is assigned where. Overall, if you do a lot of digital art and need an easy to use, easy to reach, easy to move shortcut remote, this is the one! Is it pricey? Yes. But I think it’s worth it if you need a streamlined workflow and your tablet doesn’t have shortcut keys on it already.

This review is for the Quick Keys, which I am using in a photography-related workflow on a Mac Studio setup. I am using this in conjunction with Narrative (an application for culling photos), Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and a Huion tablet. Quick Keys is probably the best shortcut pad I've used. What drew me to the Quick Keys is the wireless operation, for the modern "clean" workspace, and the OLED, which allows for quick identification of what keys do what, and also quickly stating what mode the wheel is in when shifting between states. A much better way to work considering the high level of programmability this device has, rather than, for example, putting labels on keys. What really surprised me was the build quality. It's hefty and made from metal. The wheel is solidly mounted, and the turning very smooth. Compared to competitor products, I'd say Quick Keys was designed by a team who have an intimate understanding of how creatives work, and know the value of a great user experience for something that would be used every day. By far my favourite experience is using this with Narrative for culling photos. Sitting back and scrolling through the photos on the wheel, tagging and untagging my selections, is a much more satisfying (and faster) experience than hunching over the keyboard, tapping the arrow keys. I also use this in Lightroom in conjunction with my mouse. I mouse over the adjustment sliders and use the wheel to make the adjustments. Again, the entire Lightroom grading process can be executed without laying a hand on the keyboard. Finally, I use this with Photoshop. Some shortcuts are better suited for the buttons on the tablet itself, but the remote on the side gives access to additional tools and adjustments. For example, I set the wheel to adjust brush size by default on Photoshop, while the touch bar on the tablet is used for zooming. The OLED labelling of the buttons is also invaluable when adjusting workflows.

I adored using this and thought the dial had the exact level of tactile feedback I like without feeling too floaty or too crunchy. The buttons were easy to program and switching between profiles and programs was intuitive and simple. That being said, one day it just stopped working; the launcher said no device was detected even though it showed up in the configurator, and the device itself said it needed to be connected. Well that connection never happened even when I made sure all the drivers were updated both for Xencelabs & my PC, after verifying bluetooth on multiple occasions, AND it no longer worked even when cabled (which is how I was connecting it before without issue). I didn't connect via the dongle but thought maybe that could be the issue, even though I didn't rely on it before, but I had lost the dongle during my move and so purchased a replacement one. Even then nothing would work. I turned every stone but was not able to get it to reconnect through any method. Too bad because I really liked using it while I could, but then yeah it just stopped one day even though nothing had changed. I think the device itself is a 5/5 but the reliability has been a bit shaky from the start and is ultimately what made me stop using it, so I'm giving it a 3/5 since this issue will affect some but not others

Great little piece of hardware. The scroll wheel is VERY free spinning, but I LIKE it! The wheel feels...smooth, very pleasant spin, the action isn't super sensitive so yeah, you might bump it and increment up, INCREMENT BACK lol, its NOT that serious. The buttons feel nice, a pleasant little click that requires a satisfying push, not light, not hard, "Copy-paste-hellyeah"-satisfying little clicks. I am using in conjunction with UE5 and Blender. The program switching seems to not work reliably, hence the 4 stars, but with five tabs, I was able to set myself up for success. Im going to continue to tinker with it, the above could be me, I've noticed it likes to be turned off and on again when you apply settings, but I have no regrets. It's exactly what I needed in a small form factor. Sexy too 😍 The driver and assignment program are very easy to use, no problems with setup. Look in the sweet little case it comes with for the dongle, it has its own tiny little pouch IN the mesh pouch I dont know what this is about "lag". Helpless noobs? No delays or anything, I love it.

I’m using this as a macro keypad and it’s amazing, works on both my Mac and windows. Software would auto switch to my custom shortcut depending of the software. The text makes it super easy to remember what the keys are. After a year the bottom rubber is falling. Which is annoying but a little bit a glue hopefully should fix it

macOS işletim sisteminde kullanıyorum. En çok kullandığım programların kısayollarını, çeşitli web sitelerini ve sistem araçlarını kısayol olarak tanımladım. Çalışma mantığını anladığınızda kolaylıkla programlayabiliyorsunuz. Ayrıca bilgisayardan video ya da film izlerken de uzaktan kumanda olarak programladım, ileri, geri, dur ve başla butonları ile ses ayarı ataması yaptım. Hem işte hem de evde vazgeçilmez bir araç oldu. Uzaktan kontrol işlerinin hepsini yapabiliyor. Sunumları oynatma ve durdurma, video oynatma ve durdurma, programları ve web sitelerini açma, ses ayarı ve daha birçok iş için kullanıyorum. Dilerseniz bilgisayarda yazdığınız betik ya da kestirmeleri de çalıştırıyor. Benzer ürünler içinde en iyisi bu, araştırmalarım ve deneyimim bunu gösteriyor. Almayı düşünenler için tavsiye ederim.

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Excelente produto e bem melhor do que equipamentos da Elgato destinados a streaming deck. Cheguei a esse dispositivo buscando algo em que eu pudesse facilitar a abertura de certas aplicações em meu computador. O suporte ao Linux pesou e muito na decisão e foi determinante. Esse teclado programável vem com o adaptador sem fio e um estojo para transporte. Ponto negativo, que não tira estrela nenhuma, a Microsoft fez o favor de bloquear alguns recursos do Windows, principalmente a abertura do Teams e apps instalados através da loja. Portanto, não é possível add alguns apps como atalho. Outra coisa que me incomodou, mas pode ser contornado, a impossibilidade de controle do volume como atalho no computador usando o lixo do Windows. Em breve estarei migrando para o Linux e será mais fácil realizar certas ações e criação de macros.

Overall a good product but I didnt like the buttons. Hard to press and not responsive as I’d like.