Davinci Resolve Speed Editor TEARDOWN

Davinci Resolve Speed Editor TEARDOWN
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[@Calhym]

I have been really wanting to take my Speed Editor apart, but really didn't want to risk breaking it. Always like watching these teardowns.

[@flubba86]

This is Dave's gateway into mechanical keyboard world. Welcome to the other side, Dave.

[@stheil]

Yeah the switches being clipped into the metal backing plate and then being soldered to the PCB is common with mechanical keyboards. Seems like they just followed the standard procedure there. That jog wheel looks nice, wonder how I could get my hands on just one of those on its own ^^"

[@havarhen]

Yeah, seems to be plate-mounted Cherry MX red switches.

[@00Skyfox]

Very cute fursona in your icon!😃

[@stheil]

@@00Skyfox thanks, you too ^^

[@typxxilps]

339€ incl. VAT and LICENCE - so same price as the licence alone from the manufacturer shop. Looks beautifull crafted and not like they had to cut the cost. I still remember when I held a 3d mouse for CAD for the very first time in my hand with all its weight and functions. Great experience.

[@liaminwales]

Black magic make a bunch of keyboards, they may be sharing the same PCB on a few models which may explain the cables to connect the PCB's. I got mine, the knob is amazing but I hardly use it. Your editing style needs to match the layout or your mostly going to be using a keyboard and mouse anyway, so it's over on the side gathering dust. Still amazing price for what you get.

[@th0m]

looks pretty nicely put together. Mildly curious which mechanical switches (or at least which manufacturer) they went with. Have you seen those projects using a BLDC motor as a software controllable haptic knob? I'm surprised I haven't come across one used as a HID for a pc yet. Not entirely sure how practical it would be, but the novelty is there for being able to do something like simulate a hard stop at the end of a timeline or light detents at each second/minute/etc

[@azyfloof]

Apparently they're Kailh brand switches. Just watched another teardown :)

[@max_kl]

I guess the problem with such a haptic knob would be the high power requirements. The Logitech MX Master mice have electrically controlled detents on the scroll wheel that work magnetically, which seems to require hardly any power at all

[@veryboringname.]

Love that extra support on the USB port. That should cut down on the number of detached ports from abuse. That weighted knob looks like it feels fantastic too!

[@Gameboygenius]

They could also have taken a note from phones/laptops. Place the USB port on its own little board with a cable running over. Reduces the leverage that the plug can put on the solder joints, plus it allows solderless replacement if it does break.

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

Love that the USB support is on crooked.

[@BobHannent]

I'm getting increasingly disenchanted with USB-C for power delivery on laptops, it's doing okay on phones but I've broken one laptop connector on a Dell Latitude laptop and one on a Razor laptop. The most frustrating thing is that, looking in the Dell, it's a nightmare to replace the connector because of the number of pins on it (compared to the old coax cables). I think laptop manufacturers need to think about making the USB-C connectors (especially the PD ones) a separate, field replaceable board.

[@qwertyasdf66]

5:49 This is a normal arrangement for high quality mechanical keyboards. Having the switches clipped into the metal sheet means that the mechanical force from your finger is transferred into the metal, not into the circuit board where it would eventually break solder joints and traces from flexing the board. And the metal plate being heavy dampens the sound of the switches as well as stopping it sliding around. The board is suspended off the pins of the switches so that's a really nice for both construction (no need to screw the board in place) and eliminating stress to the board during use. Also the lack of flexing when pressing keys feels better and more consistent. So it's all really nice although they don't mention what brand/type of switches are used on their website. They just say "switches that egamers use" which could mean anything.

[@MVVblog]

This looks like something from the era of analog video editing. I've been editing videos for 30 years and working with computer graphics, and I've never really found these devices to be truly useful in digital editing. But damn, it's cool as hell! Super cool!

[@azyfloof]

I'm super sad that you didn't show the jog dial in more detail in more detail :O I woulda loved to see how that worked, and I know I'm not the only one here! I'm guessing it's a weighted knob on a bearing assembly so it's silky smooth, but I'd love to see if it's using a slotted wheel and an optical quadrature encoder, like an old style ball mouse, or if it's using hall effect sensors or something else. Please show us more!

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

There are other teardown videos on YT that show how it works.

[@azyfloof]

Indeed, I managed to find a really good one by DeepNothing which went in to a ton more detail :D

[@bwest6275]

Excellent tear down 👍 Does it use a standard JST connector for the battery cable?

[@ScottGrammer]

Thank you for this! Please consider doing a tutorial on the use of the Speed Editor once you get settled in with it. I just bought one last week and have not had time to learn to use it yet.

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

Why don't you learn how to use it and make a tutorial video yourself?

[@DExUS5]

I am unable to use the editor with the software, it is working fine but the workflow is not for me. Is there any app that can re-map the keys to do something else? I was unable to find one. If not, I was going to create one but got distracted by something else and I just might do it once I have some free time.

[@electrosoundaust]

I have the full keyboard with the jog wheel etc. I imagine the boards are modular and some can be used in each. My jog wheel has lasted years, it's a pro unit used in TV studios and film production, schools etc,. Interesting to see inside, thanks for showing. 🙃

[@MrMersh-ts7jl]

For people in the US, a brick dunny is a brick S**t house

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

A brick Salt house?

[@eliotmansfield]

modern ham radios have nice weighted jog wheels on them and also have a slip ring on them so you can adjust the braking from zero friction (spins like crazy) to almost solid

[@gamerpaddy]

ICOM ic211 even got a active brake. you spin it slow, it has friction. but at a certain velocity the brake opens and it keeps spinning for fast jog

[@ZylonFPV]

You didn’t include the link to the resolve studio upgrade in the description 🙂 but enjoyed this video!

[@MC_AU]

If you worked professional/broadcast video through the 70s and 80s, that kind of quality engineering & assembly was fairly common in high end equipment. Yoummy find there’s an adjustment for the friction/resistance on the jig wheel… in the ‘old days’ that was quite common.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

I'll be interested in knowing whether those premium rubbery materials feel like coal tar in a few years.

[@ken830]

Got one last year "free" with a purchase of a Resolve license. Haven't opened it yet, but I don't do a lot of video editing -- just some home videos once or twice a year.

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

Then why don't you use the free version?

[@ken830]

@@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell just haven't gotten around to it yet.

[@OneBiOzZ]

the boards are likely separate to keep things at a proper height, at least the jogging board appears much lower, unsure about the other but interesting use of series strings of resistors

[@steven44799]

The only thing tougher than a brick dunny are those Clem Cummings designed bus shelters.

[@gamerpaddy]

3:52 you got audio issues somewhere. i heard this noise in the last pcb trace video aswell at 2:56

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

You mean the high-pitched squeal?

[@gamerpaddy]

that high volume click / noise

[@Marc_Fuchs_1985]

Been working with this device now for around 12 months. It truely is a nicely crafted device, I don't think anything of it needs to be made better - aside from maybe having a dedicated power off switch. I was a little surprised they got a standard 18650 battery in there, I expected something larger. But then again, you don't need something larger. The battery needs to do very little and it easily lasts 30 hours of editing. And if for some reason that's not enough for somebody, the housing seems to have enough space, so that you could add a few more cells to this one, connect them all in parallel and you might have a device that last you 2 months on a charge at daily editing.

[@adhdengineer]

I have the speed editor myself and the quality of it really comes across as soon as you touch it. I got it cos there was a deal on what if you bought it you got a licence for the studio version of resolve as well.

[@xyzconceptsYT]

Made in Indonesia. "ID" inside the little factory symbol on the back. I made the same comment in my teardown video back in 2021.

[@mmkenny1694]

ive been wanting to tear mine down... thanks dave for saving me the hassle

[@der_pudel]

You missed an opportunity to remove the keycaps and show what type and brand of mechanical switches they use :(

[@r_firefly4292]

06:16 It seems the key caps can't be removed easily

[@der_pudel]

@@r_firefly4292 those switches look like regular Cherry MX type of mechanical switches, and keycaps could be removed from them pretty safely. I'm not talking about desoldering and removing switches themselves, only the keycap.

[@xureality]

@@r_firefly4292 The key caps can be removed simply by pulling them off the switch, it's the switches that can't be easily removed. With that being said, it is most certainly a red switch. Blackmagic has said that they use Cherry reds, but some people have also received speed editors with Kailh reds, not that the feel is much different between the two.

[@LaughingBuffaloes]

@@r_firefly4292 Those keycaps should pop off with a little force. Should be just press fit. They look like German made cherry MX red's to me. The side view at 7:02 shows the side of the casing, which looks like cherry's and I can see the red plunger under the keycap. The pinout on the bottom of the board with the black plastic nub in the center and the 2 pins look like cherry mx style too. I could be wrong, but that's my best guess based on what I can see.

[@ZaphodHarkonnen]

Totally a Cherry compatible key. The moment he described them it had to be a mechanical key of some sort. And the flash of red you see when he rotates it does suggest a Red style.

[@luisdanielmesa]

Awesome review. I don't do video editing but I might, after this...

[@norgerichard]

Wow, are u still here :).. Nice to see u again my friend.

[@adcurtin]

aww, I was just wondering what a brick dunny was and you started to explain, but then you just explained what the saying means, and not why a brick dunny itself is :D

[@ADR69]

it reuses that separate button panel on the larger keyboard version of the editor

[@ZylonFPV]

Hey Dave! What format do your cameras record in? Is it h265/HEVC? I have some ideas for workflow improvements for you!

[@tvandbeermakehomergo]

Got mine as I wanted a pro licence and it only worked out to around £30 extra for the speed editor. Its easily worth it if you are buying them together as a package.

[@00Skyfox]

"Built like a brick dunny" is identical to the US phrase "built like a brick shithouse", for those who didn't know.

[@stevecoatesdotnet]

I vote that Dave shows us some knob pr0n! I recently got Resolve to work on my Linux box and its a nice piece of software. I'd be very tempted to get the speed editor (or similar), but I'd prefer something that will also work in other software like Kdenlive.

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

Linux users are like vegans; they have to tell everybody they are one.

[@KeritechElectronics]

Thing of beauty, joy for ever! Cherry switches, loveliness. I'd try this little gimmick myself, haha - if I wasn't such a cheapskate who runs on free & open source software (Shotcut, maybe Kdenlive) which would make this hardware not so useful :)

[@BMRStudio]

Now do the same with the keyboard version before I buy one! 😂

[@ecospider5]

Brick Dunny is an outhouse built out of bricks. For those that didn’t want to google.

[@PopoRamos]

My girlfriend just spilled some food liquids right on the keyboard 😞 I have it upside down, and gotta figure out how to clean the thing

[@XSpImmaLion]

Oh yeah, I'm not even editing much these days anymore, and I still want this just for the tactile feedback... :P Let's see if Blackmagic releases something budget priced with some motorized responsive levels and those clackity transparent illuminated buttons... xD

[@partial_]

It's built just like a modern mechanical keyboard which have become popular again.

[@HH-xo7fu]

5:20 uhhh is that USB port even soldered?

[@Bob_Burton]

So, it's a box with some switches and a PCB with hardly anything on it that you can't remove anyway What were you expecting to find in there ?

[@Bob_Burton]

@@safiire A review showing its features would have been better. As it was there was nothing to see

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Pretty sure they use the same base board in their larger version.

[@YourMotherSucksCocksInHell]

Pretty sure they don't.

[@MrLunithy]

Dave gets tech he likes instant 70's porno sound track lol.

[@ScottAskins-t3n]

Bobby Dazzler

[@backgammonbacon]

Lol $350 for $20 of keycaps and components, good business to be in.

[@mikewillis1592]

Brick Dunny - solidly made, get filled with..... not the best analogy!

[@kwpctek9190]

Without seeing that encoder (main wear and tear) I'd count this as less than satisfactory. Sorry Dave, now some will think you promised not to show..🤔

[@capybara5494]

I don’t know if he’ll ever recover

[@azyfloof]

I did a hunt around and found another teardown video, a lot more detailed, by DeepNothing The rotary encoder is a custom plastic body holding two bearing races, and the bottom of the shaft has a magnet attached which interfaces with an AS5601 rotary hall effect sensor. I've seen James Bruton use similar sensors (maybe the same ones) in his robotics. They're incredibly versatile :O

[@kwpctek9190]

@@azyfloof Thank you! I was asked for an opinion and was worried it might be the make-break contact type.

[@DeKempster]

To bad they are against repairing your own stuff

[@scotshabalam2432]

$400 for $30 worth of parts. Not jacked up at all!

[@adihafizdotcom]

There's a BMS PCB on the 18650 battery.