Customer Ratings & Reviews

Simply put, this is an amazing addition to a keyboard and mouse that speeds up productivity in many ways whether that’s launching any app at a push of a button, accessing nearly any function on your computer, or simplifying advanced tasks like video or photo editing. There’s two components with a keypad with quick access keys and another with a jog dial. What’s great is that you can use just one, the other, or both depending on your needs. The secret sauce is the crazy amount of customization with every button and dial where you can assign nearly any function you can think of and the customization can be context sensate based on which program you’re currently working in. With general computing on a Mac, the keypad is set up with common tasks like play/pause/skipping tracks (with whatever is playing - whether that’s Spotify, YouTube, etc… and it doesn’t even need to be an active window!), you can launch the emoji popup, you can launch Finder, and you can even take screenshots on the fly. Love that feature. And of course, you can customize these keys to do many other things throughout. The same thing goes for the dialpad where the dial, up/down roller, as well as the 4 other buttons can be assigned to do many things, but by default the dial and roller are set to adjusting volume and vertical scrolling and the other keys are set to undo/redo, escape, and showing the Action Ring. Oh ya...the action ring! That extends the functionality even more with 8 more actions that you can access on the fly. So if you'd rather keep your hand on the dialpad console and not use the keypad, you can assign functions to the action ring (in addition to the 4 buttons on the dialpad unit) so your hand doesn’t have to move away. It’s fantastic with general productivity but where it shines for me is video editing in Premiere Pro. I can move and zoom throughout the timeline quickly with the dials but it also let’s me access the numerous functions that I normally access using keyboard shortcuts. Being able to quickly switch from a razor/cut tool, to a pen tool, to adding text or adding graphics is a huge time-saver. I almost feel like this was made for video editors based on how much it’s helped my workflow but I have to imagine it increases productivity in many other apps. My only “complaint” is that I wish the control pad was wireless but I can understand the need to be wired due to being backlit. It would likely have a short battery life if it were wireless but I wish they would at least give that option for those of us who would prefer a completely wireless setup. The hardware is built extremely well but the sheer amount of customization is what makes this nearly indispensable if you’re looking for boosting productivity. Huge kudos to Logitech for really thinking this through. Being a long-time fan of their MX Master mouse series, I can’t imagine my desk without these as well as my MX Master.

As someone regularly edits photos and some video, I'm always looking for shortcuts. For many years, that came in the form of the old school Logitech G13. Then I added in one of the more popular macro button pads with LCD buttons. Now, I'm digging the MX Creative Console offering. First and foremost, I can see where Logitech was going. This package is designed with a laptop or some other small form factor in mind. Everything can be taken apart down to small, easy traveling parts. For many, this is a plus, for others, you may find the button pad a bit small. I personally found myself very limited by the 9 active buttons. When I'm doing work flow, I don't want to be going through pages, I just want them within reach. The dial though is outstanding. In fact, if I could change anything about how they sold this, it would be that I would want the dial sold on it's own. I love that it connects to my existing Logi adapter or Bluetooth. The dial is very responsive and once you get used to working with it, it's very intuitive. One thing that I learned is that if you hold down the lower right button to bring up the on screen window and then hover over a action, you can use the job wheel without actually clicking the action. In Lightroom, this allowed me to quickly go through highlight, shadow, contrast, and other adjustments. About my only complaint is that there is no indentation on the top of the dial. It would be a nice to know that I'm moving something as there is no feedback from the jog wheel and sometimes it feels like your finger is just slipping around. This may be a job for my 3d printer in the near future. The real star of the show though is the software. It integrates so easily into Adobe products where before I would have to do custom keyboard shortcuts. Now I can do almost any action or command in a program through the preset settings. I personally did not log in to the Logi+ software as the default commands were more than enough for me needs, but Logitech is promoting additional add-ons for those that do. All in all, this is great hardware for any editor. I do hope that they sell the wheel as a stand alone package in the near future and come out with a bigger button pad. As it stands, I'll still have to keep my other button pad around for all the custom items I've plugged into it that I need at the ready.

In general usage the keypad is not that dissimilar to other macro pads on the market. Logitech is really putting together a fair competitor in the macro pad space. I feel it might be a little limited with only 9 macro buttons I'd like to see at least 3 more to keep it in line with the most well-known macro pad an the market, but dedicated page buttons kind of make up for this omission. The accompanying dial is nice but I would have liked this to either have been attached to the macro pad or have a built-in rechargeable battery and the option to connect it via USB. The Bluetooth on my desktop can be flaky at times and sometimes it just refuses to connect things, or keep them connected, and sometimes just doesn't remember it even has a Bluetooth antenna at all. That's more of a me problem, than an issue with the device itself, but a wired option at all would be a big plus. Functionality wise I have no complaints, if feels right at home in my workspace, I appreciate the plugin availibility for OBS and Discord, as those will end up likely being the softwares I most use this with in the long run, but I really hope for future plugins for other creative software beyond the Adobe Suit, as I cannot justify using their software suit, and personally use a host of alternatives. I would really like to see a Davinci Resolve plugin. Beyond that the Logi Options+ app for managing and customizing everything is easy to work with, let's you setup shortcuts, macros, on the fly settings switches and has a pretty powerful macro setup for doing a whole slew of things with a single button press. There's an included stand in the box and it comes with a pair of duracel batteries for the wireless dial, but I would grab a set of rechargeable AAA batteries for it in the long term if your going to be using it on the daily. The added productivity of customized controls once your used to them is painful to be without because of something dumb like forgetting to keep spare batteries on hand. And finally, Logitech's build quality here feels really premium, the dial and scroll wheel are incredibly smooth, and none of the plastics feel cheap or have unsightly seems or flexibility. Both pieces feel solidly constructed.

Not worth it. Disconnected from Premiere pro once and never worked again. Returned

If you read no other part of this review, read this sentence: This product is a game changer. I work in media, and spend hours every day editing within Audition and Premiere. In each piece of software, the Creative Console has improved my workflow dramatically. The keypad is endlessly customizable, and you can create unique templates for each piece of software individually - as well has shortcuts for when you aren't in a program. The Logi Options software is super intuitive, and lets you manage every step of the customization. In Premiere, I've got the keypad setup to change my tool, quick save and export, and toggle between multi-cam editing. The dialpad lets me jog through my footage with the wheel, zoom in and out, and the buttons are mapped to my mouse clicks. Earlier today, I edited a 45 minute podcast video and only touched my actual mouse and keyboard a few times. In Audition, I've been able to map the keypad to execute audio processing shortcuts and to toggle between multi-track and focused editing. I also love that the keypad is able to be used outside of the Adobe applications. I've got buttons set up to launch some common apps, others to bring Outlook & Teams into focus quickly when I get a notification, and take a quick screenshot. I don't know that I'll ever want to go back to just using my mouse and keyboard again, this product is that good. If you are like me and you spend a lot of time within Adobe applications, you will absolutely love it.

This little thing became an indispensable part of my workflow. If you're an MX3 Master mouse user on Mac, you know how annoying the side scroll button can be when it randomly stops working. The creative console makes scrolling wide content, butter smooth. The macro buttons on the Creative Console have been another welcome feature since one can never have enough shortcut buttons in their peripheral devices. Integration with LogiOptions+ is seamless and just like with other MX devices, you can set application specific macros or keep your settings universal. Combined with the new magnification and spotlight functions- this is a winning combo. The dial uses a AAA battery. Initially I worried that it would need replacing once a week, but I've been using mine all day, everyday, for the last month and haven't had to replace the battery yet. The keypad gets a little less use because it's wired and I don't find it as useful as the dial. There are some CreativeCloud plugins that you have to install for the Adobe-specific macros to work. The dial on the dialed is nicely weighted and feels premium, but the rest of it feels plasticky. Logitech might've done this to keep the device light, but I would've preferred more heft/premium materials.

Logitech makes some of my favorite keyboards and mice, so I was excited to see them offer a new set of peripherals designed to augment standard input devices in new and innovative ways. Dubbed the MX Creative Console, Logitech's paired keypad and control dial promise to enhance creativity and streamline workflows. The MX Creative Console appealed to me for two reasons: the endless flexibility of the programmable buttons and shortcuts, and Logitech's reputation for quality. I use Adobe Creative Cloud in my work, as well as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Spotify, so I was excited to test out the integrations promised for these apps at launch. With a number of Logitech devices on my desk already I was familiar with the Logi Options+ app as well. Logitech often highlights their sustainability efforts and the MX Creative Console furthers their commitment. The devices arrived well-packed in paper and cardboard, with no plastic packaging in sight. Logitech touts a high percentage of recycled plastic used in the manufacture of the Creative Console, another sustainability win in my book. I was able to easily recycle all the packing materials as soon as I set the devices up. I do want to comment on Logitech's decision to use standard alkaline batteries in the dialpad, however. While the batteries should last a long time, I was surprised to see disposable batteries in a product in this price range. Not only do disposable batteries create waste, they add an additional hassle to what could easily have been a rechargeable device. I appreciate the limited lifespan of built-in rechargeable batteries, but I'd rather have seen Logitech take a "rechargeable, but replaceable" approach with the Creative Console. All my other MX devices are USB-C rechargeable, and now the Creative Console stands apart as requiring regular batteries. That said, Logitech has again produced quality devices that look and feel appropriate for their price range. The plastic parts feel durable, the buttons have good tactile response and the metal of the large dial is a nice touch. The screen underneath the buttons of the keypad gets surprisingly bright, and it's easy to read with acceptable graphics performance and color rendering for the purpose. I actually had to turn the button brightness down from the default setting, if that speaks to how bright the keypad can get. Initial pairing and basic setup of the Creative Console is straightforward, with a bluetooth connection for the dialpad and a physical USB-C connection for the keypad. I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of the wired nature of the keypad; it feels a bit archaic to be plugging in one device and connecting another over bluetooth. That said, I understand making something this compact would really impact battery life with a wireless connection (the customizable LCD screen buttons take a fair bit of juice), so I begrudgingly accept the need to wire the keypad to your computer. At this price, though, it would be nice to see some sort of wireless or battery pack option to enhance the overall sense of portability. But one USB-C cable isn't a dealbreaker for me. The dialpad offers wireless freedom and a wonderfully-large dial (and equally-nice roller bar), but unfortunately neither control offers any feedback: they just spin continuously either direction, with no ratcheting or clicking of any sort. Being used to the wonderfully-implemented ratcheting action of Logitech's MX Master mice, I was surprised to find a total lack of feedback on this MX-branded device, with your only controls being speed and scroll direction. I think this was a missed opportunity, especially at this price point. The Logi Options+ app suggests default profiles when you initially connect Creative Console and walks you through the basic functions of each pad. You control all the customizations of the Creative Console through Options+, and thankfully Logitech has made the app pretty straightforward and user-friendly. Tips will pop up when you hover over most options, and you can see real-time previews of your keypad customizations right in the app. Logitech advertises a number of compatible applications at launch, and those applications do in fact show up in Options+. You'll start with a default general profile, but you can then add profiles for each app you'd like to use with the Creative Console. Here's where things start to get complicated: you have to set up profiles separately for the keypad and the dial pad, and within each profile you have unlimited control over the actual actions you map to each button. You can create general profiles (not tied to specific apps) as well as application profiles (specific to each application), but there's no syncing of profiles between the two pads. Create a profile in one and you'll have to exit out of it and open the settings for the other to create the profile there, too. In addition to profiles there are "official" plugins, which are developed by Logitech and/or specific apps and are downloadable from a new "marketplace" within the Options+ software. Plugins offer the ability to map commonly-used functions to Creative Console with a single download and install, and include custom icons and colors to match the application. Profiles, meanwhile, are user-created and can be made for apps with or without official plugin support. As a Creative Cloud user I was excited about the deep integration Logitech promises with Adobe's software, with specific apps like Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator having plugins and profiles already developed. I was hoping by launch there would be support for more of Adobe's core apps... but that's not the case. I spend most of my time in Adobe InDesign, and as of yet there's no official profile or plugin support for this app. What this means is that I'll have to build the integration from scratch, mapping my most-used keyboard shortcuts or application features one-by-one to the keypad and dialpad. Without a plugin, you're limited to core system actions and keyboard shortcuts, which you must record yourself and assign to a key. You'll also have to find your own icons for each key, or you'll get a default picture of a keyboard with the name of the action below it. For the dialpad, you can map shortcuts to the available buttons as well as the dial and roller, which naturally default to horizontal/vertical scrolling or zooming in/out. While useful, these are actions you can often just as easily perform on your mouse or keyboard (especially on an MX Master series mouse). This is where the experience started to fall apart a bit for me. There's so much flexibility and customization possible with the Creative Console, which is good, but without plugins available for more than a handful of apps, you're left to create each and every shortcut yourself, mostly by recording keyboard shortcuts and assigning them to buttons on the keypad or dialpad. These are shortcuts you're likely already familiar with and can probably activate faster with the actual keyboard, rather than lifting your hand and shifting your gaze to the keypad to find the right button. Mind you, the keypad is paginated, so you can have dozens upon dozens of actions recorded. It's easy to go from a few simple commands to pages on pages of actions, which I'd argue does more to interrupt your flow than simplify it. Things are a little better with official plugins, but your experience will vary from app to app. While I was excited to see Spotify offering a plugin at launch, I quickly ran into a few issues. One, and this is true of all apps, the custom Spotify profile activates when Spotify is the active application on your computer. Switch to another app and the keypad will go back to the default profile you've set up. No matter, I figured, as you can add the Spotify plugin's shortcuts to the general profile. I quickly added Spotify's nice green-on-black buttons to my general profile and excitedly started pressing them... only to find nothing was happening. I tried exiting and restarting Spotify, unplugging and replugging the keypad, nada. Through a bit of trial and error I found Spotify's playback controls do not work when you're listening on an external wifi speaker, such as Sonos. Since I rarely use my computer's speakers when I have Sonos set up in every room, this was a big downer for me. Thankfully, Logitech's default playback system actions work just fine, regardless of audio source. This became the theme for me with the other official plugins I tried. Zoom controls work, but only when the app is open and active; despite repeated attempts, I could not get the Microsoft Teams plugin to work at all. With no official plugin support for Microsoft Office applications, Chrome or Adobe InDesign, I'm left to either manually add my favorite keyboard shortcuts one-by-one or wait for plugins to be developed and published on the Options+ marketplace. After continued use, I have pretty mixed feelings on the MX Creative Console. On one hand, these are well-built input devices from a top accessory company, and part of my favorite MX line of peripherals. On the other hand, they feel a bit half-baked, with very limited plugin support and a tedious setup process, especially for unsupported apps that basically turn the keypad into a set of keyboard shortcut buttons. Combined with the mix of physical and wireless connections, the archaic disposable battery tech and the frustrating lack of any sort of ratcheting feedback on the dialpad, I'm left wanting for more from this premium product. However, this is an infinitely-customizable new tool from a respected device manufacturer, which gives me hope that more and more useful plugins for popular apps will become available. My advice would be to wait a while and see how the plugin marketplace develops, with hope that the Creative Console will ultimately become a great workspace companion. It's just not quite there for me yet.

This is an innovative set of control tools that excel in creative applications. The dialpad is really fine tuned for working in audio and video editing, for example. The button pad integrates individual commands so that it saves you mouseclicks and navigation time. Certainly, this setup gives a lot of control to the user and can potentially streamline the editing and creating process. The limitations of this set of controls is, to me, in the software/app right now. Logitech has created an interesting new app called logi options+ for setting up the options on all of your Logitech devices--including the creative console. I happen to have other Logitech devices and when I installed this app, it found them all right away. It’s not something that I really need for my keyboard or mice, but it’s nice to be able to configure options. With the creative console, however, the app is necessary. Once paired with the dialpad and the keypad, the user can setup profiles for these devices for different applications. Logitech has created profiles for several applications that are downloadable. Much of the adobe creative suite (like Photoshop, Audition, Lightroom) has been setup, for example, as well as zoom and some others, and a general profile that is just set to a system (so, it controls screen brightness, volume, etc). For these profiles, the depth can be impressive. The Audition profile has several “pages” of options for the keypad, for example. However, this is also where, right now, this device is falling short and where I wonder about its value to all users. There is a lot of expandability for apps in the future, but at present the profiles can be a bit frustrating. For example, I can use the creative suite at work, and there, I have found the profiles to work well. I admit too that the Zoom controls can be nice to have at your fingertips, too. However, when there is not a profile, the setup is a lot more time consuming. The dialpad can be customized for apps, but some of the pre-programmed options that can be assigned don’t necessarily make sense. What saves the usefulness of the keypad is that you can set most buttons for any keyboard command shortcuts from a particular program. So, if you have a program that has a lot of keyboard shortcuts available, and you are patient, you can assign buttons and tune the keypad to your liking. You can build profiles to your heart's content if that's what you like to do. I was hoping more profiles would be pre-configured, or that the options for applying built-in commands would be more useful. Hopefully more developed profiles will come online, because the ones that are setup are really good. However, I am sure that some probably won’t. I have Adobe Elements software on my home computer, and I figured if this project was Adobe-integrated that it would be great. Except, the Adobe Elements programs are not included in the established profiles, and I am betting they will be slow to come to market if ever. There are number of plug-ins available in the “marketplace” area of the application. I’m not super sure where these plugins come from. It seems like this is open to developers to create and then share new plugins through the marketplace. Why it's a "marketplace" is a little confusing. It’s free—but I’m not sure longterm how this is meant to work, and I couldn’t find a lot of information unless I got into the developer pages. The FAQ for the Logi Marketplace has two topics and says very little. The operation of the keypad and the dialpad are both great—the keypad has nice, bright labels and it’s easy to use and click once it’s setup. The dialpad is very exact and really lets you tune in. It’s great for finding precise locations for audio (and I assume video, I’ve only used audio) editing. As well, the buttons and dials can be customized per the app being used, though again having available profiles makes it easier. Getting used to the buttons can be important. I kept forgetting that a button I had programmed as a mouseclick in one application was the undo button in another. Sometimes the dial is also “contextual”—meaning it will react to the program being used. This did seem to mean that sometimes I wasn’t sure exactly what the dial was going control when I was first maneuvering through an application, and that it can change within the application. This is good and bad. In the end, I think for users already accustomed to these kinds of controls, this will ultimately be a very sleek and well performing unite. The controls themselves are really good and the feel of the unit is good. The question is the software integration. If you’re working with applications that have profiles developed already, and this software continues to be supported, your experiences will be positive once you get used to the setup steps (there are a few more with Mac than with PC—giving permissions and setting up the “control deck” on Mac took a little longer than setting up the PC version of this software). If you’re setting up all your own individual profiles, it might get really aggravating and the full range of use for these devices might not be as evident. Getting used to all of these options and working in a little different configuration is new to me, but to folks who have used similar kinds of consoles I think the learning curve will be much gentler. I am a little uncomfortable with the way that this integrates with online information. This little device has collected a lot of information from my computer—what apps I have, what is available to me, what I’m applying to the controls—and I really need to look a little more carefully at the privacy settings and agreements I’ve been forced to enter into just to use the hardware.

I tested with available plugins. I was hoping to test it with others, but I couldn't get them to work without a plugin. The settings are hugely customisable. Setting the background color, and forecolor of the fonts and text, you can even set entirely different buttons, fully customized, for when it is on and off. The stopwatch widget is pretty useful. I run Music Bingo, so the timer helped me keep track of how long to the next song. It would be nice if there was a countdown one, but I didn't find it. The control center volume mixer is a great feature. When doing any particular gig, I can have so many apps running and sometimes they end up making noise I don't want. Now I just hit the volume mixer, and it opens a page with every device and its state. I can very quickly mute everything I want. There is a bell, I didn't find a use for it but it definitely made me want to set up other sounds, which I found out I could do! I was surprised to see it came with a bunch of sound effects. I may have spent way too much time with this feature. Things I wish it had: I want to add my own icons. For example, switching scenes in one of the plugins is sweet, but I want to make a different icon for each scene, not have to have text. And I would like to put different icons on the different sound effects. Things I don't like: The search for plugins... I know it is silly to complain about but when you search for something you can't just search something else. You have to go and click close results and then you can go type another search. I know it's silly, but it has thrown me off multiple times and I find it incredibly annoying. When setting up the dial pad and keypad, you have to add a profile to each separately in the program and it didn't always switch both profiles when switching apps. And all buttons were not available for both. The things that were missing were usually weird. Like not being able to use the dial for volume in Discord. Though I found a way around that by hooking into the system volume for Discord. When you make a really cool button but want it on a different page, there is no way to move it to another page. So, you have to make it again. When you switch pages. For example, hit task switcher, it opens another page full of the things you can select. When you do, it switches back to the main page, but it also pushes the button on that page that was under the button you just pushed, no matter how briefly you push the button. Which means the front-page buttons get pushed when they should not! This is basically a breaking feature for anyone who wants to use multiple pages. All in all, this is one of the most complicated things I have ever had to review. It is SO customisable, yet some features seem unfinished just enough to be frustrating but not ruin it. I can't entirely rule out user error, as I did find weird loophole ways to do most things that popped in my head.

This creative console has a lot of potential. The apps it supports out of box (e.g. most of Adobe Creative Cloud suite) work well. But, Lightroom is NOT supported (Lightroom Classic is). If an app isn't supported, you're basically limited to manually configuring each of the buttons to the actions available in Logi Options+. I forsee most of the actions you'd be adding are keyboard shortcuts. You can basically make the image on the button whatever you want. You can choose from built in icons (which are rather bland TBH), or add any png, jpg or svg. On the dial you can basically do the same customization options as on the keypad, the only difference being there is no icon to set. The large dial by default attempts to be "contextual", e.g. it tries to guess what it should do based on what is in focus. The smaller roller defaults to scrolling. But both the wheel and roller have a very nice smooth movement and are satisfying to use. The Logi Options+ app is quite slow on an ARM computer (any of the recent CoPilot PCs), but works fine on a regular Windows PC. Overall, I do this this will help with my photo editing workflows, since it supports Lightroom Classic and Photoshop well, but its support for other apps so far is lacking, and will require some manual tinkering to realize the full potential for this.

This is a very innovative and ergonomic solution to editing different media on the computer. The logi MX creative console has a pad with customizable buttons that are compatible to several apps on it's personal app store, including the entire Adobe catalog. Also on the app store are streaming shortcuts like Twitch and Discord to better convenience your streaming experience. These buttons serve as shortcuts to said applications, but they can also be programmed to operate basic computer functions like next page or screenshot. The Logitech MX Creative Console has a separate dial that can be placed anywhere around the keyboard and can be used for precise editing of content on Photoshop Elements or Premiere Pro. Outside of Adobe, the dial can also be customized to operate computer inputs. Both pieces of equipment are big enough for my hand, smooth to the touch and quiet. The customizable pad is powered by a double ended USB-C cable but my PC doesn't have those ports so I had to switch it out with a standard USB to USB-C cable. The dial is powered by included triple A batteries and is connected through Bluetooth. No dongle included or necessary!