Comments on: Two-Handed Software Control: Logitech’s New NuLOOQ Navigator Hardware

By: Conny

Conny — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:42:43 +0000

it doesnt work on CS3, therefore useless for me, accept those little blue lights :) expensive toy!

By: Jaymis Loveday

Jaymis Loveday — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:47:53 +0000

Thanks for that contact Paul. I’ve had some replies from one of the guys at Logitech, and they’re very happy to hear from people at that email address.

Here are the most interesting (for Australians) parts of the reply I received:

As for having our product available in Australia, I have received numerous requests from folks all over the world from UK to Canada and Australia and more. It’s definitely good to see the excitement, but also, I’m sure a little frustrating as the product can’t be bought.

The main limitation we have on the product is that it works on English O/S only for some of the features of the product. However obviously for places like UK and Australia, that’s not a problem.

Can’t promise that they’ll decide to take on the product, but will contact them and see if we can set something up.

However in the mean time, for what its worth, we’ve setup B&H Photo Video here in the US with the ability to sell the product overseas. It’s not the most optimum setup, but a start for now.

Good to see that the nulooq_mananger email alias is being promoted. I definitely want to hear from folks and will try and respond to most requests within a business day. So, please do feel free to let others know of the email alias.

By: Paul Smythe

Paul Smythe — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 05:12:54 +0000

A week ago I found a posting on NAPP’s forum about an email account to send feedback on NuLOOQ directly to Logitech. I gave it a try a few days ago with some suggestions on the product, fully expecting to not hear anything, but surprisingly I got a real response back in a day. After some email exchanges, I asked if it was okay to post the email address on this forum. He said go ahead – nulooq_manager@logitech.com.

Give it a try. For those folks from Australia, I’d say complain about the product not available there. I don’t see why it shouldn’t be. When I sent my email I actually got a response back from a VP. Not bad.

By the way I’m still liking the product.

By: Marty Daley

Marty Daley — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:48:05 +0000

It is a pity that the NuLooq is not on Australian shores as yet. One way to get around it is to do what I have just done. Get a friend in the US to buy it from amazon.com (US$79) and have them freight it over. I should have it in 7-10 days and I honestly can’t wait for it to arrive. My productivity on BITMAP to VECTOR redraws will be 10 times faster. And having a WACOM tablet pen in my right hand speeds my work time by 3.

I will post another comment once I get it.

By: Nasir

Nasir — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:02:54 +0000

Just saw this in action at an NYC designer’s group meeting last night. The Logitech guy only showed it with Photoshop (looks Adobe CS2-centric). You can nudge the ring left, right, up and down to “nudge” your project to your cursor, then twist left and right to zoom in and out. Still no news on how it might work with music/audio, but I could see this making arrangements and navigating/editing piano rolls much easier.

Also, the Logitech guy announced a price drop as of yesterday morning: they got off their “droogs” and dropped it to $79.

I’d buy one now if they had PC drivers (coming “by the end of the year”).

By: arendownie

arendownie — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:53:51 +0000

Check out the Shuttle Pro from Countour:

http://www.contourdesign.com/shuttlepro/index.htm

Mostly a jog/shuttle controller for video editing, but works great with Pro Tools (my use), and has support for Logic and others. Great Mac interface for programing buttons (13 of em). It’s about 100 bucks. There is a “light” version as well, around 60 USD.

By: Paul Smythe

Paul Smythe — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:54:05 +0000

The ring in the center has no detents. It’s actually a smooth feeling ring that twists just a few degrees, maybe +/- 5 degrees at most. Very small movement, but smooth over the entire movement.

The ring is probably plastic, but has a rough feel to it, to help maintain grip on the ring. Initially I thought the grip wasn’t strong enough, but the device is fairly heavy, so the device doesn’t move all too much when I use the ring.

Haven’t had much time over the past few days to do more customization, but hopefully more time this week.

By: Create Digital Motion » 3Dconnexion’s 3D Controllers, Logitech NuLOOQ: 2D and 3D Graphics Input

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:50:08 +0000

[...] 3Dconnexion is behind the NuLOOQ hardware released under the Logitech brand, as featured on Create Digital Music. They weren’t intended for music applications, but a reader immediately suggested they could be useful for that. The tasks for which they were intended should be immediately compelling to readers of this site. Adobe collaborated with Logitech on the design and Tooldial shortcut sets for Creative Suite CS. Also nice: they’ve included steps for assigning the Tooldial to your Wacom stylus. You can even buy the software separately, though a NuLOOQ and a Wacom tablet could be nice. I don’t see any shortcuts yet for Premiere or After Effects, or Apple’s Final Cut Studio, though — stay tuned, and I’ll see what I can do about that. (Shortcuts for ActionScript programming? Sure, why not?) [...]

By: Tim Moore

Tim Moore — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:59:54 +0000

I never thought of using the device with music editing untill now, hmmmm i’ll pass this along to the engineers

By: Tim Moore

Tim Moore — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:57:37 +0000

U know I’ve never really thought of music uses for the device until reading all these comments…hmmm I’ll pass this along to the engineers