This keyboard is a necessity for any pro tools user. Forget the overlays or stickers for standard keyboards and use a dedicated colour coded Pro Tools keyboard.

The colour coded keys come with a picture on the top of the key which relates to the function on screen and copy precisely the button that you would click with the mouse. On the underside of each key is a description of what the key does i.e. zoom toggle, zoom out, nudge frame forward and back etc. Finally the usual qwerty keyboard layout is written on the key to make standard typing possible.

All usual keyboard function are present and the colour coding/ labelling does not in any way distract from the function of the keys. Pro tools editors should be familiar with all the functions and it takes very little time to establish what short cuts do what. There are several hidden key strokes that can be accessed by using the command button and these can be found in pro-tools itself.

Design wise, the keyboard is a little ugly but I suspect future incarnations will improve upon this. This is a must buy for any pro tools editor as it makes using the program so much easier and quicker.