Adjacent to the subject of the macro suite is that handy dial up there in the top-left corner. The usefulness of the Command Dial cannot be understated. This 30-step dial controls eight default modes — keyboard brightness, windows zoom, switch applications, track jogging, track selector, vertical scrolling, horizontal scrolling, and switch browser tabs — and can recall up to 100 custom modes created in Synapse, according to Razer's BlackWidow V4 Pro product listing. And over on the other side of the keyboard, the media keys are pretty what-you-see-is-what-you-get; they can be remapped to whatever you want but because they're labeled with media controls I left them so as not to confuse myself.

The large roller in the top right brings even more customization. This roller defaults to volume but can be customized to control the microphone, windows or office zoom, and scrolling. Overall, it took some time to get used to the different form factors and key presses. I had fully integrated myself into using the keyboard without many mis-inputs after maybe three or four hours. Typing can be challenging at times as you get used to the pressure, but it's still very manageable.

I do have to make one note: Despite Razer's claim about the 100 customizations available for the Command Dial, my Synapse application told me that it was not a customizable dial. I don't know if this is a software issue for the new keyboard or if it's some sort of paid add-on, which wasn't mentioned on Razer's site.