Software

The software for the R1 is Tesoro 360, and it definitely looks great in my opinion. However, it's not the handiest software I've tried for sure, and I'll soon explain why.

Once launched, you get to the main screen. Here, you can choose between the five default profiles. There's no option to add or remove profiles, unfortunately. The Settings button opens a window where you can check for software and firmware updates, as well as adjust the main color theme and language.

There are two big buttons at the bottom of this screen, and according to their names, one should bring you to a quick setup window, while the other should bring up more complex settings. Now, this is not the case as the Quick Start button instantly navigates you to the sensor performance settings. Pressing the Advanced button takes you to a sub-screen where you can either access the button mapping and macro menus or lighting options. I don't get the logic behind this, but everything at least works as intended. I encountered no bugs whatsoever, and the software runs smoothly.

Tesoro 360 is very lightweight, only consuming about 4 MB of memory while running in the background, while taking up less than 100 MB of disk space on my configuration. You can also delete the software after you finish tweaking the settings as the mouse has 512 KB of on-board memory, which is enough to save all five profiles.

Lighting

When it comes to RGB lighting, the Control R1 is very well-endowed. I counted 24 individual RGB LEDs on the bottom alone, and this doesn't include those beneath the rear logo and scroll wheel. Needless to say, there are a ton of effects and customization options. All three lighting zones can be adjusted individually, with an option called Action in each that is basically a trigger effect when a button is pressed. This means you can set up any lighting scheme, and upon pressing a button, it will light up in a different color, which is quite unique as I don't recall seeing such an option from anyone else (except for ROCCAT, perhaps, but their AIMO works in a different way).

I also made a video in order to demonstrate the effects, but my camera cannot capture them well as they look way better in real life.