Dial FT – Programmable Knob with Touchscreen, Acacia

One knob for everything on your desk. Dial FT is a programmable USB controller with a glass-covered round touchscreen and an RGB-lit aluminium ring, set in handmade solid acacia wood.

Turn, click and touch to control your volume, scroll long documents, edit video in DaVinci Resolve, retouch in Photoshop and Lightroom, run OBS, control your DAW over MIDI or keep focus with a built-in Pomodoro timer. The screen always shows what the knob controls right now.

Works out of the box, no app needed

• Plug in with USB-C and it works right away on Windows, macOS and Linux, with no drivers
• Connects as a keyboard (HID) and a MIDI device over a single cable
• All logic runs on the device, so you don’t need to install anything
• A built-in fallback profile (volume, scroll, media) keeps the dial working at all times

Customise everything on our website

Open the Dial FT online configurator in your browser, plug in the dial and adjust it to the way you work. No software to install.

• Choose which profiles appear on the home screen and in what order
• Set sensitivity, direction, acceleration and inertia for each profile
• Set Pomodoro work and break times and what happens when a phase ends
• Set MIDI channel, CC numbers and notes
• Choose the RGB colour of the ring to match your desk
• Pick a starter set at first setup (Desk, Studio or Maker) and change it any time
• Settings for each profile are saved on the device, so they work on any computer

Free firmware updates from the website

New features arrive as free firmware updates, installed in the browser with one click. If an update fails, the dial automatically returns to the previous version, and your settings are kept.

Ready-made profiles

• Everyday: Media Control (volume, play/pause, tracks), Smart Scroll and Pomodoro
• Creative: DaVinci Resolve (editing and jog), Photoshop, Lightroom Classic and OBS Studio
• MIDI: control Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Reaper, Cubase, Bitwig and other DAWs
• System: settings and a KiCad profile for electronics designers

MIDI controller for music and lighting

• Turn the knob to send MIDI CC, in absolute (0–127) or relative mode
• Click to send a note or toggle a CC; touch the ring for a second control
• Works with MIDI Learn in your DAW, plugins, and lighting or VJ software
• Class-compliant USB MIDI, no drivers

Smart features

• Smart Scroll: scrolling with acceleration and inertia, vertical or horizontal
• Smart Touch Ring: touch input on the ring with its own settings for each profile
• Pomodoro: the progress ring counts down your focus time while the knob keeps controlling your app, and at the end of a phase it can send a shortcut or MIDI message (for example to mute notifications)

Premium hardware

• 1.28" round IPS display (240 × 240) with capacitive touch, covered with glass
• Rotating ring machined from aluminium, with click and RGB lighting in the colour you choose
• USB-C connection, cable included

Handmade in acacia

The frame is CNC-milled from acacia wood in our workshop in Poland, and the translucent bottom glows softly on the desk. Every piece has its own grain, so no two dials look the same. Dial FT is available in acacia only.

In the box

• Dial FT in an acacia frame
• USB-C cable

Size: 91.5 mm diameter, 40 mm high, weight 120 g.

Coming in free updates

• Your own shortcuts and macros on turn, click and touch
• Colour grading in DaVinci Resolve (Saturation, then Offset and more)
• Automatic profile switching based on the active app
• Community profiles and a Moon-phase screensaver

Launch price: €129. The price goes up to €149 once custom shortcuts and macros arrive. Everyone who buys now gets those updates free.