TourBox Elite is a Bluetooth Editing Controller Engineered for Digital Content Producers
TourBox Tech released the original TourBox Bluetooth controller aimed at creators in 2018, and today the company is back with its follow-up: the TourBox Elite. This compact Bluetooth controller is designed to provide better control over editing tasks than can be done with a keyboard alone.
The TourBox Elite is a dual-channel Bluetooth controller that features a pinpoint, lag-free, control algorithm, customizable user interface, and macro commands to give editors more control over software without needing to move their hands from a single position.
The TourBox Elite is designed for a wide range of digital content creators, including photographers, digital artists, video editors, graphic designers, and audio editors. The TourBox Elite is cross-platform and compatible with numerous applications like Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and more. You can use TourBox Elite as a standalone device or in conjunction with a mouse and drawing tablet.
“This Bluetooth LE 5.1 technology provides seamless, instant connection to your devices with perfectly consistent and strong pairing ability,” the company says. “As a dual-channel Bluetooth controller, featuring presets auto switch, TourBox Elite allows you to switch seamlessly among various devices and programs. That means you can literally handle multiple programs, projects, and professions all well at the same time.”
“TourBox Elite incorporates the first wide-band motor in the industry, bringing a simulated touch that is immersive and subtle,” the company claims. “Traditional motors feature a low damp, high elasticity, and slow response. By contrast, the innovative wide-band vibration motor is characterized by rapid start and stop with accurate and timely response, making it perfect to simulate the haptic touch.”
The company touts the TourBox Elite as able to completely replace a keyboard when editing and removes what it describes as “unnatural” movements. Instead of clunky keyboard commands, the TourBox uses a series of scroll wheels, dials, and buttons to activate various commands within editing applications. The TourBox Elite allows editors to make adjustments with a single hand.
“You can just focus on the images, hit the buttons, turn the knob and get the work done,” the company says. “No more searching in the parameter bar.”
The TourBox Elite is available to back on Kickstarter and has nearly quintupled its goal at the time of writing. Backing options start at just under $200 and the first batch of TourBox Elite Bluetooth controllers are expected to ship by February 2022.
More info on TourBox’s website.
