Detent One for video editors 24 detents per turn · 1 frame per detent
Cut on the frame, not near it.
Ratchet steps one frame per click. Spring shuttles. Magnet lands on every marker. Your trackpad goes back to being a trackpad.
One email when the list opens 10.20. Nothing else.
Free. Every friend who confirms earns you a reward.
Fully refundable. Locks the $299 launch price.
$299 until 12.04. Free shipping.
$349. Free shipping, 60-day studio trial.
- Timecode
- 01:00:04:04
- Clip
- Leader
- Shuttle
- Stopped
- In / Out
- Press the dial
- Markers
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- 00:06:00 2-pop
- 00:08:00 First frame
- 00:11:00 Cut
- 00:12:02 Contact 1
- 00:13:19 Contact 2
- 00:15:02 Contact 3
Drag the dial, scroll over it, or focus it and use the arrow keys. Press it to set in and out points.
Where the frames go missing.
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Overshooting the edit point by three frames
Ratchet One frame per click Ratchet puts a detent on every frame: 24 per turn, one frame per click. Your hand stops on the frame, so the playhead does too.
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JKL gymnastics for a simple trim
Spring Push to play, −4× to 4× Turn away from center and Spring plays; turn further and it plays faster, up to 4× either way. Let go and it springs back and stops. J, K and L in one hand.
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Scrubbing a 40-minute timeline with a mouse wheel
Magnet Snaps to every marker Magnet glides until it reaches a marker, then snaps onto it. Mark your selects once and travel the timeline marker to marker, by feel.
In the apps you cut in.
Detent Studio notices which app is in front and loads its profile before your hand gets there. Every other app still gets system controls out of the box: scroll, zoom, undo, volume, brightness and media.
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DaVinci Resolve
Frame-step in Ratchet, shuttle in Spring, snap to markers in Magnet.
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Premiere Pro
Jog the playhead, trim edits frame by frame, ride clip gain.
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Final Cut Pro
Scrub with real inertia; press to set in and out points.
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After Effects
Nudge keyframes; Magnet snaps to every key on the layer.
Native ships in Detent Studio. Plugin is a free extension that installs into the app. Community profiles are open-source, written with the SDK.
All 17 apps“I stopped overshooting edits in the first hour. The Ratchet click is exactly one frame and my hand learned it before my head did.”
Illustrative note from an early-tester persona. Detent is a concept product and has no customers yet.
One knob for the whole edit.
Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut and After Effects. The feel changes when you change apps, in about a millisecond.
Detent One
Launch price $299 Regular price $349
$349
The dial. Every feel, every integration, every update.
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or 4 interest-free payments of $87.25.
Founders Edition
$449 0001 to 2000
Numbered 0001–2000 in Tally red, with a machined walnut plinth.
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One email when the list opens 10.20. Nothing else.
Free. Every friend who confirms earns you a reward.
Fully refundable. Locks the $299 launch price.
$299 until 12.04. Free shipping.
$349. Free shipping, 60-day studio trial.
Detent is a concept product. This site is a design and engineering demonstration; nothing is for sale and no payment or personal data is collected.
- $20 deposit, fully refundable until your Detent ships
- Batch 1 ships February 2027, Batch 2 in April 2027
- 60-day studio trial, prepaid return label
- 3-year warranty, parts and labor
- Free shipping, duties included
- Four Torx screws to open it; battery and foot sold as parts
Questions editors ask.
Every answer, in one placeIs frame-stepping exact at 23.976 and 29.97 drop-frame?
Yes. Each detent asks the host for one frame, exactly like the arrow key does, so fractional and drop-frame rates step cleanly. There is no key repeat to overshoot with.
Does it replace my editing keyboard?
No. It replaces the mouse wheel and the jog you never bought. Keep your keyboard for cuts; Detent does the moving between them.
What is software-defined haptics?
Instead of a mechanical click, a small brushless motor pushes back on your fingers. Firmware decides where the clicks are, how strong they feel, whether it springs back or stops dead, and it can change that per app in about a millisecond.
How does the $20 reservation work?
A $20 deposit holds your place and locks the $299 launch price on Detent One. The Founders Edition is always $449; its $50 deposit holds one numbered serial. When your batch is ready we email a ship date and a link to pay the rest; the deposit comes off the price. Cancel any time before it ships for a full refund, one click, no questions.
What if I do not love it?
Use it for 60 days. If it has not earned its spot on your desk, send it back with the prepaid label for a full refund.