Logitech MX Creative Console

Lots of promise, poor delivery

I like the idea of both of these pieces of kit. The construction of them is solid, the buttons are satisfying to press and well-lit. The ability to design your own button logo/text combinations is useful. The presets available are only for a limited set of software, which I knew before purchase, but I'd hoped that I'd be able to build my own customised presets for other software. Technically I can, but the functionality here is very limited compared to the software that is fully supported. These are all minor niggles. The big problem comes from the interaction between the hardware and the software. Options+ is required to be running in the background to benefit from the functions of the Creative Console, and it is both buggy and a massive resource hog. I can't use it with Zoom, because it is so resource-intensive that it prevents my external microphone from working (and I'm on a high-spec music production machine, not a bog-standard desktop). It frequently causes other software to crash (software that is stable when the Creative Console is unplugged). Occasionally it prevents shutdown, necessitating a hard reboot. Very disappointing.

TimothyAllenMusic, 45 - 54, Yorkshire, England