Stream Deck - killer REAL button controller

[Reid Rosefelt]

Is the Stream Deck still being sold by Elgato? The Shop Now button is grayed-out on their webpage. I tried using different browsers and devices, but no luck. Could this be due to COVID-19?

They have them on Amazon.

 

[vrocko]

They have them on Amazon.

Elgato was bought by Corsair, you can buy it Here.

 

[Audio Birdi]

Just found out that the Stream Deck Mobile app is available on android now too! :D

Stream Deck Mobile for iOS

Get 6 keys free forever! Control PC apps and tools with a virtual key press on iPhone & iPad. Unlock up to 64 keys, personal backgrounds, and custom layouts.

www.elgato.com

Amazon Fire HD Tablets end up going for a great price, so may consider a couple to have two 15-button Stream Decks with bigger buttons and font

Which is something that hindered me with the physical-button ones. Not to say they weren't awesome!

 

[Loïc D]

Hi everyone,

FWIW, I did 2 PSD for designing buttons, you can open them in Photoshop or any equivalent (Photopea rules!) :
- One PSD contains colored frames, that can be used with the Stream Deck native button labels
- One PSD contains colored buttons (à la SSL) with labels rendered inside the PSD

Get them here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/xq8zivirehca15x/StreamDeck_Buttons.zip?dl=0

Please use them and modify them as you wish & need.

What I can testify is that it looks good with readable labels (see below on sh*tty picture).


BTW, I am doubtful that some icons pack render so well on the real device (typically grey goes blueish, white bleeds, burgundy goes purple, etc.). It requires a lot of tries to find the right color, font setting, etc.

 

[lucor]

Not sure if this was mentioned here yet, but there is now a free midi addon available in the Streamdeck 'Store' (simply called 'Midi' by Trevliga Spel) which has been working really well for me. There's also a dedicated Cubase addon by the same guy.

 

[Reid Rosefelt]

Hi everyone,

FWIW, I did 2 PSD for designing buttons, you can open them in Photoshop or any equivalent (Photopea rules!) :
- One PSD contains colored frames, that can be used with the Stream Deck native button labels
- One PSD contains colored buttons (à la SSL) with labels rendered inside the PSD

Get them here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/xq8zivirehca15x/StreamDeck_Buttons.zip?dl=0

Please use them and modify them as you wish & need.

What I can testify is that it looks good with readable labels (see below on sh*tty picture).


BTW, I am doubtful that some icons pack render so well on the real device (typically grey goes blueish, white bleeds, burgundy goes purple, etc.). It requires a lot of tries to find the right color, font setting, etc.

Thank you! These are great. I've made some myself, but I don't have a system like this--they are all kind of one-offs. Maybe I will try to collect them at some point.

 

[JeffvR]

Not sure if this was mentioned here yet, but there is now a free midi addon available in the Streamdeck 'Store' (simply called 'Midi' by Trevliga Spel) which has been working really well for me. There's also a dedicated Cubase addon by the same guy.

Yes this is really cool! And ICONS over here: https://trevligaspel.se/streamdeck/cubase/extras/Icons.zip

 

[LudovicVDP]

Hi all,

Can't find any video on Stream Deck and Cubase... Was wondering if you can have the buttons adapting automatically according to the screen you're on.

Ex: You open the midi editor -> it automatically shows you, let's say "transpose +12", "Transpose-12" "quantize", "legato", whatever...
Then you're back to the main screen and it switches back to "Open instrument" "show brass folder","show strings", "cut begin"...

Or if you would have to creates folders to enter to find those functions (meaning some extra pushes)

Thanks

 

[Jdiggity1]

Hi all,

Can't find any video on Stream Deck and Cubase... Was wondering if you can have the buttons adapting automatically according to the screen you're on.

Ex: You open the midi editor -> it automatically shows you, let's say "transpose +12", "Transpose-12" "quantize", "legato", whatever...
Then you're back to the main screen and it switches back to "Open instrument" "show brass folder","show strings", "cut begin"...

Or if you would have to creates folders to enter to find those functions (meaning some extra pushes)

Thanks

It won't change automatically, but you can have multiple levels of folders for categorizing your buttons.

 

[LudovicVDP]

It won't change automatically, but you can have multiple levels of folders for categorizing your buttons.

Would have been great.
Thanks for the reply !

I was considering the 15 but 32 seems a better choice then...

 

[ckett]

I didn't see any info on the Elegato website regarding using multiple StreamDeck units at the same time, although I didn't dig too deep into the documentation or anything.

Are multiple units expressly supported? Anybody doing this (on Mac)?

Charlie,

Multiple Stream Decks have been supported for a while. I had two at one time and now just have the one large Stream Deck.

 

[Simon Schrenk]

Hi all,

Can't find any video on Stream Deck and Cubase... Was wondering if you can have the buttons adapting automatically according to the screen you're on.

Ex: You open the midi editor -> it automatically shows you, let's say "transpose +12", "Transpose-12" "quantize", "legato", whatever...
Then you're back to the main screen and it switches back to "Open instrument" "show brass folder","show strings", "cut begin"...

Or if you would have to creates folders to enter to find those functions (meaning some extra pushes)

Thanks

Basically there would be a simple solution via Keyboard Maestro e.g. to change profiles in the Stream Deck depending on the active window. Stream Deck at this moment doesn't allow to switch profiles from the outside, but I requested this feature some time ago and I was told that it is forwarded to the development team. So, if any of you also think this would be great (and it would totally rock) please contact the Elgato Support with it, so they see that it is a relevant feature.
Having automatically a new set of macros when turning to the piano roll and mixer etc would be sooo awesome!

 

[K. Johnston]

One solution for this would be to trigger the profile switch as part of a multi block that is configured to open or close a window or screen set. I have done this for my midi editor in reaper with a dedicated exit editor button on that midi editor profile which returns it back to the main DAW profile after the editor is closed. So long as you use the stream deck to navigate the windows you won’t run into issues.

 

[Daniel Bailey]

Has anyone figured out how to use Stream Deck XL with a Mac to select a VST Plugin in say Ableton Live 10 and open it up so you can change patches etc.

I use a project template in Ableton live set up so that when I open Live I have:

Track 1 - Omnisphere
Track 2 - Hive 2
Track 3 - Keyscape
Track 4 - Kontakt 6
Track 5 - Diva
Track 6 - Korg Kronos 2 - 61 key external instrument
Track 7 - Korg Kronos 2 - 73 key external instrument
Track 8 - Zebra HZ

Might there be a way to press a button on the Stream Deck and open up a specifc instance of Omnisphere (or toggle through them if I add more)

Just looking for ideas on how to do this.

Thanks,

 

[Vonk]

Has anyone figured out how to use Stream Deck XL with a Mac to select a VST Plugin in say Ableton Live 10 and open it up so you can change patches etc.

You need to work with something like Keyboard Maestro to do this, - then you can use a streamdeck button to invoke the commands. I'm on Windows and do this with AutoHotKey and Streamdeck

 

[Daniel Bailey]

I have Keyboard Maestro, but I don't see within KM how I would do that. Any specific suggestions?

 

[Pietro]

I'm on PC, but can say that it comes down to writing a macro that would open a certain window, mouse click in a specific field and that with a specific delay between actions.

Autohotkey does this and can also figure out if a specific object is visible on the screen. For example if a certain window is open or if you need to open it first. Or if a plugin is already loaded. Or if a certain vst slot is free.

I figured that our for Cubase.

- Piotr

 

[Marko Zirkovich]

For anybody who does not have Keyboard Maestro or Autohotkey - there's a StreamDeck action that can be installed from the "More Actions" area at the lower right hand corner of the Stream Deck Editor. Simply search for SuperMacro by BarRaider and install.

Here's a page with the changelog, the various commands that are available and some use cases:

streamdeck-supermacro/README.md at master · BarRaider/streamdeck-supermacro

Create sophisticated macros easily and run them through your Stream Deck - BarRaider/streamdeck-supermacro

github.com

I can't vouch for it in regards to super complex stuff because I haven't gone there yet with my StreamDeck. But I've used it for non-music stuff like automating repetitive keystroke actions with mouse clicks in specific areas, waiting a few milliseconds and replacing text etc. It worked really well for that.

 

[Daniel Bailey]

I am hoping there is a better way to do it than click in the window at a certain pixel location, because when the window size changes, it often breaks the macro. That might be the only option.

You would think that a VST plugin would spawn a named window that could easily be opened and manipulated.

 

[davidson]

I'm wondering when using streamdeck with logic, is it possible to have a single key which will first add a new track and then add a particular instrument preset from your logic library?