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title: 'How The Elgato Prompter and Stream Deck + Made Me a Better Creator'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=cNo2V2_Lll8'
video_id: 'cNo2V2_Lll8'
date: 2026-06-15
duration_sec: 864
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# How The Elgato Prompter and Stream Deck + Made Me a Better Creator

> Source: [How The Elgato Prompter and Stream Deck + Made Me a Better Creator](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cNo2V2_Lll8)

## Summary

The video discusses how the Elgato Stream Deck + and Elgato Teleprompter have improved the creator's productivity and content quality. The creator shares personal experiences and setup details, highlighting the value of these tools for streamers and content creators.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to gear for creators** [00:00] — The video focuses on two Elgato products that have changed the game for the creator: the Stream Deck + and the Teleprompter.
- **Disclosure and setup** [00:33] — Some products were sent by brands, others bought out of pocket. The creator uses the Facecam Neo to show items without tearing down his setup.
- **Stream Deck + and XLR Dock** [01:19] — The Stream Deck + has four knobs, a touchscreen, and eight buttons. The XLR Dock adds XLR input and headphone output, consolidating control into one device.
- **How the Stream Deck + is used** [03:29] — The creator uses it for audio control (mic gain, PC volume, headphone volumes), monitoring CPU/GPU temps, quick folder access, and scene switching for streaming.
- **Elgato Teleprompter overview** [08:06] — The teleprompter connects via one USB-C cable, displays text or camera feed, and uses voice sync to auto-scroll scripts. It helps the creator maintain eye contact and improve engagement.
- **Cost vs. value discussion** [11:58] — The Stream Deck + ($200) and XLR Dock ($119) and Teleprompter ($300) are expensive, but the creator argues they improve productivity and content quality significantly.
- **Facecam Pro mention** [13:51] — The Facecam Pro ($300) is considered overpriced; the Facecam Mark II is recommended as a better value webcam.

### Conclusion

The Elgato Stream Deck + and Teleprompter are expensive but valuable tools that enhance productivity and content quality for serious creators. The creator recommends them for those who can justify the investment.

## Transcript

when we think about streaming we think
about gear and when I think about gear
specifically I think about what we're
trying to do to make our lives easier
either as streamers or creators or in a
lot of ways just what people who use
everyday applications uh need to use to
simplify their process well today we're
talking about two things that have
literally changed the game for me and
how they've had recent updates to make
them even better and how you should
probably consider picking these up if
you're looking to boost productivity uh
but also to make you a better Creator
let's get into this video just as a
heads up some of these products that
you're about to see brands have sent me
before or have sent me recently but some
of them I bought and paid for out of
pocket it's not changing anything for
this video uh they're not seeing
anything ahead of time and specifically
we're talking about Elgato today we've
got you on the creepy View
today no I've got you on this is
actually the face cam Neo this isn't the
product one of the products we're
talking about but this is a fantastic uh
camera and honestly I've been using it
not so much as a webcam for my stream
which that's actually a pretty good view
minus the like janky broken door behind
me maybe I should just leave this up
here for stream anyway um I'm actually
going to use this to show you the items
because I don't want to tear things down
in my setup just because i' I've got
some other work to do but I feel like I
needed to say this because of some
recent updates so the first one is
actually this this is the stream deck
plus and they also sent along with this
one the XLR dock that goes into the back
and honestly uh I already had a stream
deck plus give me a second as you can
see I already had a stream deck plus and
I love it I actually bought this one out
of pocket right when it released um but
I'm glad they sent this over because I
personally love the white aesthetic and
I could not justify upgrading from this
to this uh but the real thing about this
is just how I use it and how it makes my
day-to-day so much easier uh but I do
want to highlight the XLR dock in the
back so let's go ahead and highlight the
differences between the two this is the
stream deck plus you normally will buy
it it just has a little Bas in the back
nothing crazy it's got a USBC connector
and it's all basically the same it's got
four knobs a touchcreen here where you
can swipe you can see this thing is well
loved uh and it's got four buttons or
eight buttons actually and that's kind
of what the stream deck does well
recently they've released um the XLR
dock where it actually takes basically
the wave XLR and converts it into a
stand that just plugs into the USB port
on the back of here you use one USBC
cable and basically all the same other
connectors you have an ox out for your
headphones as well as an XLR and all of
it controls through one device kind of
freeing up a whole bunch of like room on
your desk but they also have a USB hub
which you can take a look at as well but
that's kind of what we're talking about
sure I use this for my XLR interface now
to be able to control the microphone
which by the way is the wave DX right
now typically most of the time I'm
running uh the shore
sm7b but uh the wave DX is honestly I
really love the microphone for $99 let
me know what your thoughts are here I've
done multiple reviews of this microphone
and comparing it to other ones so you
should go check those out if you're
curious if you want this mic or not uh
but they also sent this one out the
white one I had a black one they sent
out a white one love the aesthetic along
with the Elgato wave Pro arm LP arm I
just did a review on this also really
awesome it's a little expensive for $180
when I say A little I think it's a lot
expensive but now owning it I probably
would justify buying it as well so let's
go and talk about the stream deck and
how I use it specifically I'm just going
to show it to you like this rather than
actually going in the software and
showing you I feel like this is probably
real world example of how it works
anyway looking at this you can see the
stream deck I have eight buttons I have
the four things right here this is
mostly for the wave software and these
are pinned so it doesn't matter what uh
thing I go into they stay even if I
swipe to the next these will stay and
you can do that in software and you can
see I have my mic gain right here I have
my PC volume for and you see little
headphone right there that's for my
headphones and then I have stream same
thing for voice chat headphones and
stream music headphones and stream and
this is how I'm able to control
everything so easily and honestly this
is why I love this there's a reason why
here's my mouse right by the way this
thing is the coolest thing ever uh seven
bucks um anyway there's a reason why my
mouse is here and this is so close is
because I I touch these faders and move
these knobs
constantly I love being able to adjust
my volume if I'm in a call if I jump
into a voice chat with someone if I'm
actually playing music uh I love being
able to just reach up and easily adjust
and make this happen uh this is probably
a game Cher and why I say the stream
deck plus is worth it is just because of
these knobs sure there are cheaper
options there's like PC panel and some
other stuff but holy
crap this is one of the best things ever
let's talk about some of the buttons
that have to make other things easier
CPU GPU temps I'm as you can see I'm a
I'm a little bit of a tech nerd and have
a pretty nice PC whatever the case but I
love building PCS and I love monitoring
the PC at all times so you can see CPU
GPU uh I've got time here just because I
actually hide uh my taskbar here so I
like to have it to where I can reach
down and you can tap it to get date all
these are things that are supported
inside their like Marketplace which is
really cool CU you can just go into
Marketplace and be able to use them I
have my recording folder as well as my
streaming folder so I have recording and
then I have streamlabs which is my
streaming folder and then I also can
swipe and on this page I have quick
opens for specific folders like to open
my OBS folder for videos that's going to
be my OBS recordings my client folder
which I do all uh like all my client
work opens up my Nas screenshots or any
screenshots I've taken it opens up that
folder and then my Nas Just summons up
the general like like home of the actual
Nas folder then I have outputs in GOI
outputs ISS where I want to send my
headphone headset speaker earbuds or the
TV uh which is really cool cuz wave just
lets you kind of readjust where
everything goes goie is all of my stuff
to turn on and off when it comes to like
my little goie plugs so my aam my key
light as well as I can just hit blue and
it'll turn on the blue lights in the
room everything also have a white and a
blue and then I have as you can see here
I do have a key light Neo and this is
where I was messing with key light Neo
adjusting temperatures and stuff but
back to the main page for recording
literally like it's so easy for me to
change I have aam and overhead desktop
cam only PC Cam and desktop Cam and
capture card I even have a start and
stop for me to start and stop recording
I can pause replay buffer and save all
of this right here and if I hit one of
these keys this actually has a timer and
goes back if I hit it now it's going to
mess up maybe I can turn on replay
buffer you can see that it'll actually
like go back to the previous folder
which is what's really cool let me go
back and going turn that off because I
don't really need replay buffer right
now and you can set up that timer on how
long it will go back to the original
page same thing for stream I've got like
camera just chatting intermission Lives
full aam as well as some other things
that are just filters that turned on and
off uh and this is what I use for my
stream and in all honesty the stream
deck plus is one of those things that if
I were to start all over again I think a
stream deck like here's the mark 2
stream deck I'm testing out some stuff
with voice mod right now but here's the
mark 2 stream deck uh that was one of
the first stream decks I ever bought
love it so much uh but the moment wave
software released and I got a wave XLR
and being able to control everything
just with buttons rather than the knobs
stream deck plus not only comes with the
wave software so you can use it with
like USB mics uh just without having the
XLR thing it can you can still get wave
software and control USB mics uh but the
the whole customization of getting
stream deck stuff with buttons but
actual knob adjustments is a game Cher
especially when it comes to this next
product so then next product is kind of
weird for me to try to show you like
this but I'll I'll show it to you anyway
so this is the Elgato teleprompter and I
personally love the Elgato teleprompter
I think it is great Elgato did send it
over um but even in my review I said
that as the cost of it I think it's a
$300 teleprompter and I believe they're
coming out with a larger one maybe a
15inch they showed it at twitchcon this
teleprompter is one of those things that
just makes you a better Creator let me
show you why so what you can see right
here is you're actually looking at me
holding up the face cam Pro uh but what
you can see right now is it's actually
focused on the product and what you see
is how pretty it is right uh but that's
actually my aam that's an that's a Sony
a6700 with a sigma 16 mm lens uh and
it's running out HDMI which maybe I can
show those cables there you go it's
running out HDMI into the computer into
an Elgato 4K 60 Pro because I am running
4K 60 out of the a6700 now the reason
why this is so cool is sure I'm able to
monitor myself and show myself on the
screen uh but to be honest doing scripts
and things like that is what's really
cool but my main use for this is to do
just like this when I'm recording
content I'm looking directly at my face
on this teleprompter so I'm not just
staring at like an empty lens or
anything I'm actually taking the time to
stare at my face to see my facial
expressions to see everything I'm
staring at that and so as a Creator I'm
able to have more interaction more
connection more I don't know Vibrance
with what I'm doing because I can see am
I smiling do I look weird uh and I think
that's why this makes you a better
Creator one of the coolest things is it
all connects via one us BC cable and it
does all of the video out everything
does the display all of that from one
USBC cable and it's really cool so let
me go ahead and show you the software
and show you why this is now one of the
coolest things I could totally do screen
cap but I kind of like carrying this
thing around and looking like this so
what you see right here is the actual uh
camera Hub software for the Elgato
prompter and you can see I've got some
text right here that's preset and this
is I was actually recording a video with
light stream for their Channel um Love
Light stream by the way you you go check
them out out they have a new update
coming they're making it free for
console users you you you got to check
this out anyway what you can see is I
actually have the text over here and the
cool thing about that is this text I can
just scroll right we can just scroll and
and do this sure but what's neat is now
I can go down here and do voice sync you
select your microphone and with the text
it'll actually be on the screen and once
I hit play in the software which I'll do
right here if I look at the screen it
says getting ready and then it says
active you can see that if I read you'll
see the scroll in this video tutorial
we're going to walk through setting up
your PS4 PS5 and PS5 Pro to stream to
light stream where you can add overlays
alerts Salk cast to five platforms do a
multiplayer stream and so much more by
the way did you see I put multipler
multipler stream anyway what you also
get is uh being able to do text you can
just use it as a display which right now
I have it like OBS sharing over to that
then you can also just do twitch chat
and you can see it connects to your
Twitch chat uh right here you can have
multiple um little twitch channels and
go back and forth that's always really
cool and then have it you know pass
through stuff that's coming from the
desktop that's why I think this piece of
software not only for text be able to do
ad reads and stuff like that for sponsor
stuff uh but for me to be able to record
and be more effective as a Creator I
love the prompter for that and I'll be
frank I'm it's not like like lost on me
that these products are expensive a $300
product $200 stream deck plus with $119
XLR dock I mean just between those
things we're talking about 600 bucks I
just built a custom PC over here for 600
bucks what's the better spend well I
mean everything is going to be dependent
on what you're looking for if you're a
person who's just getting into the game
and you don't have a lot of extra funds
you don't want to invest a whole bunch
of money into something getting
something like this NE might not make
any sense but where I am and when I'm
looking at myself on this monitor like
I'm looking at you hey by the way uh but
I'm genuinely looking at myself on this
teleprompter this makes me a better
Creator I'm able to engage able to do
things this makes my job easier and a
lot of people will spend money on gear
that they don't necessarily have to have
that don't improve it like the sh SM
sm7b I love this microphone I use this
microphone I think that it is a great
microphone but I do not think that for
Content creation and streaming you have
to have $400 microphone I don't think it
makes you a
$400 better
Creator this
though I mean it makes it makes me
connect better with the content I'm
creating and I like that and the same
thing for the stream deck plus I love
stream deck sure you could use other
cheaper options there are a bunch of
companies doing things like this uh but
I just I love how seamless this works
not only with wave software working well
but it works on the stream deck plus
they've now made the the dock to kind of
you know cut down the stuff on the table
to make sure it's actually just one
piece there's just a bunch of reasons
and I showed you how I use it and it's
just effective for me now granted there
are people who use a lot more elaborate
setups for this but I use the tool to
make my life easier and it it just it
just works oh and special mentioned the
face cam Pro which I used for like
handheld content this whole time yeah I
mean if you're looking for a 4K 60
webcam uh it's $300 as well it's way too
overpriced I don't think that it's worth
the 300 bucks uh the face cam Mark 2
though I think that that's a great
webcam and you should go take a look at
that you should totally go check out
that review of the face cam Mark II and
the other webcams right here as well as
the review of this mic arm which you'll
see right here thank you so much for
trusting me with your time today I hope
you have a great day and uh make sure
you drop down in the comments let me
know what your thoughts are we'll see
you soon