SHAKE and FCP keyboard question

Hi Forum, I went to creative cow, but thought I'd ask here too.
I've just got SHAKE (and a box-load of tutorials) and I see I'm supposed to use a 3 button mouse. I was thinking of getting the bella keyboard with jog/shuttle FCP shortcuts. Can that Jog/shuttle be used like the mouse? Or is the "mighty mouse" or any other recommendation better? I know a lot of you use SHAKE and your opinions matter before I drop the 180 bucks on the keyboard!
thanks
Mark

Hey there,
While I'm sure the bella is pretty sweet, a mighty mouse will do the job. I have a logitech thumb ball and it works fine. Occasionally I'll use a wacom for roto.
Hope it saves a couple o' bills ^^

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