The Stream Deck is definitely worth purchasing. Been using one in the studio (Mac Pro) for a year now, and yesterday I bought another one for my office (PC). Compact, solidly built, versatile and fun to program and use.
Looking hard at Stream Deck (Win10 Pro here), but not yet getting a good handle on what specific functions are 'no brainers' for it. I run (2) 27" quality monitors and tons of content down on Taskbar.
No criticism, just wanting to make sure I'm not adding something very close to functionality already in place. What 'key' (15) functions are obvious for you ?
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On the first level, the 15 buttons are set to open various programs including Cubase, go to web sites like this one, create e-mails, stream music etc. When I then click on the Cubase button on that screen, Cubase opens and as well it takes me to another screen level where I have all kinds of commands for Cubase programmed. (e.g. Start, Stop, Record, next Marker, Pencil Tool, Scissors Tool etc. etc.). **** So, Stream Deck is not a 'one-trick pony', and once one gets used to just hitting buttons to do things instead of typing in key commands and clicking around all the time with a mouse, it's value becomes even more apparent. I have the Stream deck on my left and my mouse on the right of my computer keyboard.
Why? Just curious. I've been using Wacom tablets for more than half my life and still only really use them for drawing or playing games like Diablo / Path of Exile where you don't need a high degree of clicking accuracy. For pretty much all else I prefer a mouse. Are you on a Mac maybe?Takes trust, commitment, time, but full DAW usage seems attractive.
Got one as well. Looking forward to customizing the hell out of it.
Why? Just curious. I've been using Wacom tablets for more than half my life and still only really use them for drawing or playing games like Diablo / Path of Exile where you don't need a high degree of clicking accuracy. For pretty much all else I prefer a mouse. Are you on a Mac maybe?
PC /Win10 Pro /Reaper. Bought it for painting with Corel Painter.
Posted mostly to see if others were using something like Wacom for music-related acitvity. Guess not ..........
I'm still amazed by how extensively some Users with demanding accuracy and efficiency are able to use Wacom for almost all daily work .....
I have to questions:
1) Do you know where I could find some icon packs for this?
2) Is there a way to change contextually with a window focus? For example I'd like to change automatically the keys based on the focus in Reaper.
1) There are icon packs floating around somewhere, on the elgato subreddit or somewhere else. I got one, but don't remember where I got it from.
2) Yes, you can define that. It switches automatically on window focus if you want it to.
1) Ok, if someone has that please share!
2) I know that I can switch profile based on active application but can I do this inside an application? I'd like to show different layouts when I focused on the mixer instead of arranger or midi editor and so on....are you sure I can do this?