Mouse Recommendations?

[Dan Stephens]

In need of a good mouse to use within Logic...

Preferably not a roller ball as I use my laptop to produce in all kinds of places, also I would like something with a wheel to optimise zooming in Logic and also any others that allow a quicker workflow...

So please give me some pointers guys...

[Andy Clark]

Hi Dan,

The Apple Magic mouse is good however; it eats batteries - if you get this get the battery charger too.
I recently got the Apple Trackpad - its very good once you get used to it.

Andy

[logicguru]

quote="Andy Clark"]Hi Dan,

The Apple Magic mouse is good however; it eats batteries - if you get this get the battery charger too.
I recently got the Apple Trackpad - its very good once you get used to it.

Andy[/quote]

Hi Andy,

If your Mac has bluetooth, then I have got on really well with the Logitech V470. Batteries last ages and for an Apple biased head like me - to say its better than the Apple mouse - is saying something! I found it dead easy to setup, comfortable to use for long periods of time and its about £26 online

Best regards

Peter Andrew Dudley
Apple Certified Trainer

[Nick B]

It's definitely worth investing in a good mouse as it will improve your workflow no end. Logitech is a very good brand to go for as mentioned above. Bluetooth is handy as it rules out the need for a usb wireless connector, but logitech make a range of wireless mice that come with their usb 'nano reciever' which is small enough to leave in all the time, even when the laptop is in a case.

I use the logitech anywhere mouse. It's a bit pricey (£40) but is definitely worth it. It uses the nano reciever and has laser tracking that will work on any surface so you can use it anywhere you want.

It also has a really usefull scrolling wheel that you can set to 'free spin' which is really handy for fast scrolling around a large project with many tracks in your DAW.

If that is a bit too steep then check out other Logitech mice, but generally I would say that you definitely want to go wireless or bluetooth and don't go for anything really cheap as the tracking on the cheap ones is often pretty rubbish.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-poin ... vices/6536

[G don]

Yeah I agree with above, get a logitech wireless, they are the best around.