How The Elgato Prompter and Stream Deck + Made Me a Better Creator

[00:00] when we think about streaming we think

[00:01] about gear and when I think about gear

[00:03] specifically I think about what we're

[00:05] trying to do to make our lives easier

[00:07] either as streamers or creators or in a

[00:09] lot of ways just what people who use

[00:11] everyday applications uh need to use to

[00:14] simplify their process well today we're

[00:17] talking about two things that have

[00:18] literally changed the game for me and

[00:21] how they've had recent updates to make

[00:23] them even better and how you should

[00:25] probably consider picking these up if

[00:26] you're looking to boost productivity uh

[00:29] but also to make you a better Creator

[00:31] let's get into this video just as a

[00:33] heads up some of these products that

[00:34] you're about to see brands have sent me

[00:36] before or have sent me recently but some

[00:38] of them I bought and paid for out of

[00:40] pocket it's not changing anything for

[00:42] this video uh they're not seeing

[00:43] anything ahead of time and specifically

[00:45] we're talking about Elgato today we've

[00:47] got you on the creepy View

[00:49] today no I've got you on this is

[00:51] actually the face cam Neo this isn't the

[00:53] product one of the products we're

[00:54] talking about but this is a fantastic uh

[00:56] camera and honestly I've been using it

[00:59] not so much as a webcam for my stream

[01:01] which that's actually a pretty good view

[01:04] minus the like janky broken door behind

[01:06] me maybe I should just leave this up

[01:08] here for stream anyway um I'm actually

[01:10] going to use this to show you the items

[01:12] because I don't want to tear things down

[01:13] in my setup just because i' I've got

[01:14] some other work to do but I feel like I

[01:16] needed to say this because of some

[01:18] recent updates so the first one is

[01:19] actually this this is the stream deck

[01:21] plus and they also sent along with this

[01:24] one the XLR dock that goes into the back

[01:27] and honestly uh I already had a stream

[01:30] deck plus give me a second as you can

[01:31] see I already had a stream deck plus and

[01:33] I love it I actually bought this one out

[01:35] of pocket right when it released um but

[01:38] I'm glad they sent this over because I

[01:39] personally love the white aesthetic and

[01:41] I could not justify upgrading from this

[01:43] to this uh but the real thing about this

[01:45] is just how I use it and how it makes my

[01:48] day-to-day so much easier uh but I do

[01:50] want to highlight the XLR dock in the

[01:52] back so let's go ahead and highlight the

[01:54] differences between the two this is the

[01:56] stream deck plus you normally will buy

[01:59] it it just has a little Bas in the back

[02:00] nothing crazy it's got a USBC connector

[02:03] and it's all basically the same it's got

[02:05] four knobs a touchcreen here where you

[02:06] can swipe you can see this thing is well

[02:08] loved uh and it's got four buttons or

[02:10] eight buttons actually and that's kind

[02:12] of what the stream deck does well

[02:14] recently they've released um the XLR

[02:16] dock where it actually takes basically

[02:18] the wave XLR and converts it into a

[02:21] stand that just plugs into the USB port

[02:24] on the back of here you use one USBC

[02:27] cable and basically all the same other

[02:29] connectors you have an ox out for your

[02:31] headphones as well as an XLR and all of

[02:34] it controls through one device kind of

[02:37] freeing up a whole bunch of like room on

[02:39] your desk but they also have a USB hub

[02:42] which you can take a look at as well but

[02:44] that's kind of what we're talking about

[02:45] sure I use this for my XLR interface now

[02:48] to be able to control the microphone

[02:49] which by the way is the wave DX right

[02:51] now typically most of the time I'm

[02:54] running uh the shore

[02:56] sm7b but uh the wave DX is honestly I

[03:00] really love the microphone for $99 let

[03:02] me know what your thoughts are here I've

[03:03] done multiple reviews of this microphone

[03:05] and comparing it to other ones so you

[03:07] should go check those out if you're

[03:08] curious if you want this mic or not uh

[03:10] but they also sent this one out the

[03:11] white one I had a black one they sent

[03:13] out a white one love the aesthetic along

[03:15] with the Elgato wave Pro arm LP arm I

[03:18] just did a review on this also really

[03:20] awesome it's a little expensive for $180

[03:23] when I say A little I think it's a lot

[03:24] expensive but now owning it I probably

[03:27] would justify buying it as well so let's

[03:29] go and talk about the stream deck and

[03:30] how I use it specifically I'm just going

[03:32] to show it to you like this rather than

[03:34] actually going in the software and

[03:35] showing you I feel like this is probably

[03:37] real world example of how it works

[03:39] anyway looking at this you can see the

[03:40] stream deck I have eight buttons I have

[03:43] the four things right here this is

[03:44] mostly for the wave software and these

[03:46] are pinned so it doesn't matter what uh

[03:49] thing I go into they stay even if I

[03:51] swipe to the next these will stay and

[03:53] you can do that in software and you can

[03:55] see I have my mic gain right here I have

[03:57] my PC volume for and you see little

[04:00] headphone right there that's for my

[04:01] headphones and then I have stream same

[04:04] thing for voice chat headphones and

[04:06] stream music headphones and stream and

[04:09] this is how I'm able to control

[04:10] everything so easily and honestly this

[04:12] is why I love this there's a reason why

[04:16] here's my mouse right by the way this

[04:18] thing is the coolest thing ever uh seven

[04:20] bucks um anyway there's a reason why my

[04:23] mouse is here and this is so close is

[04:25] because I I touch these faders and move

[04:29] these knobs

[04:30] constantly I love being able to adjust

[04:32] my volume if I'm in a call if I jump

[04:35] into a voice chat with someone if I'm

[04:36] actually playing music uh I love being

[04:38] able to just reach up and easily adjust

[04:41] and make this happen uh this is probably

[04:44] a game Cher and why I say the stream

[04:46] deck plus is worth it is just because of

[04:48] these knobs sure there are cheaper

[04:50] options there's like PC panel and some

[04:51] other stuff but holy

[04:54] crap this is one of the best things ever

[04:58] let's talk about some of the buttons

[04:59] that have to make other things easier

[05:01] CPU GPU temps I'm as you can see I'm a

[05:04] I'm a little bit of a tech nerd and have

[05:05] a pretty nice PC whatever the case but I

[05:08] love building PCS and I love monitoring

[05:10] the PC at all times so you can see CPU

[05:12] GPU uh I've got time here just because I

[05:15] actually hide uh my taskbar here so I

[05:19] like to have it to where I can reach

[05:20] down and you can tap it to get date all

[05:23] these are things that are supported

[05:24] inside their like Marketplace which is

[05:26] really cool CU you can just go into

[05:28] Marketplace and be able to use them I

[05:29] have my recording folder as well as my

[05:31] streaming folder so I have recording and

[05:33] then I have streamlabs which is my

[05:34] streaming folder and then I also can

[05:36] swipe and on this page I have quick

[05:39] opens for specific folders like to open

[05:42] my OBS folder for videos that's going to

[05:44] be my OBS recordings my client folder

[05:46] which I do all uh like all my client

[05:48] work opens up my Nas screenshots or any

[05:50] screenshots I've taken it opens up that

[05:52] folder and then my Nas Just summons up

[05:54] the general like like home of the actual

[05:57] Nas folder then I have outputs in GOI

[05:59] outputs ISS where I want to send my

[06:00] headphone headset speaker earbuds or the

[06:03] TV uh which is really cool cuz wave just

[06:05] lets you kind of readjust where

[06:07] everything goes goie is all of my stuff

[06:09] to turn on and off when it comes to like

[06:11] my little goie plugs so my aam my key

[06:15] light as well as I can just hit blue and

[06:17] it'll turn on the blue lights in the

[06:18] room everything also have a white and a

[06:20] blue and then I have as you can see here

[06:23] I do have a key light Neo and this is

[06:25] where I was messing with key light Neo

[06:26] adjusting temperatures and stuff but

[06:28] back to the main page for recording

[06:31] literally like it's so easy for me to

[06:33] change I have aam and overhead desktop

[06:36] cam only PC Cam and desktop Cam and

[06:38] capture card I even have a start and

[06:40] stop for me to start and stop recording

[06:42] I can pause replay buffer and save all

[06:45] of this right here and if I hit one of

[06:47] these keys this actually has a timer and

[06:50] goes back if I hit it now it's going to

[06:51] mess up maybe I can turn on replay

[06:53] buffer you can see that it'll actually

[06:56] like go back to the previous folder

[06:58] which is what's really cool let me go

[07:00] back and going turn that off because I

[07:01] don't really need replay buffer right

[07:03] now and you can set up that timer on how

[07:06] long it will go back to the original

[07:07] page same thing for stream I've got like

[07:09] camera just chatting intermission Lives

[07:12] full aam as well as some other things

[07:14] that are just filters that turned on and

[07:16] off uh and this is what I use for my

[07:18] stream and in all honesty the stream

[07:20] deck plus is one of those things that if

[07:23] I were to start all over again I think a

[07:25] stream deck like here's the mark 2

[07:27] stream deck I'm testing out some stuff

[07:29] with voice mod right now but here's the

[07:30] mark 2 stream deck uh that was one of

[07:33] the first stream decks I ever bought

[07:35] love it so much uh but the moment wave

[07:38] software released and I got a wave XLR

[07:40] and being able to control everything

[07:42] just with buttons rather than the knobs

[07:44] stream deck plus not only comes with the

[07:47] wave software so you can use it with

[07:48] like USB mics uh just without having the

[07:51] XLR thing it can you can still get wave

[07:53] software and control USB mics uh but the

[07:55] the whole customization of getting

[07:57] stream deck stuff with buttons but

[08:01] actual knob adjustments is a game Cher

[08:04] especially when it comes to this next

[08:06] product so then next product is kind of

[08:08] weird for me to try to show you like

[08:09] this but I'll I'll show it to you anyway

[08:11] so this is the Elgato teleprompter and I

[08:15] personally love the Elgato teleprompter

[08:18] I think it is great Elgato did send it

[08:20] over um but even in my review I said

[08:23] that as the cost of it I think it's a

[08:25] $300 teleprompter and I believe they're

[08:28] coming out with a larger one maybe a

[08:30] 15inch they showed it at twitchcon this

[08:32] teleprompter is one of those things that

[08:34] just makes you a better Creator let me

[08:36] show you why so what you can see right

[08:38] here is you're actually looking at me

[08:39] holding up the face cam Pro uh but what

[08:42] you can see right now is it's actually

[08:43] focused on the product and what you see

[08:46] is how pretty it is right uh but that's

[08:49] actually my aam that's an that's a Sony

[08:51] a6700 with a sigma 16 mm lens uh and

[08:56] it's running out HDMI which maybe I can

[08:59] show those cables there you go it's

[09:00] running out HDMI into the computer into

[09:04] an Elgato 4K 60 Pro because I am running

[09:08] 4K 60 out of the a6700 now the reason

[09:11] why this is so cool is sure I'm able to

[09:14] monitor myself and show myself on the

[09:16] screen uh but to be honest doing scripts

[09:19] and things like that is what's really

[09:21] cool but my main use for this is to do

[09:24] just like this when I'm recording

[09:26] content I'm looking directly at my face

[09:28] on this teleprompter so I'm not just

[09:30] staring at like an empty lens or

[09:32] anything I'm actually taking the time to

[09:35] stare at my face to see my facial

[09:37] expressions to see everything I'm

[09:39] staring at that and so as a Creator I'm

[09:42] able to have more interaction more

[09:44] connection more I don't know Vibrance

[09:47] with what I'm doing because I can see am

[09:49] I smiling do I look weird uh and I think

[09:52] that's why this makes you a better

[09:54] Creator one of the coolest things is it

[09:57] all connects via one us BC cable and it

[10:01] does all of the video out everything

[10:03] does the display all of that from one

[10:05] USBC cable and it's really cool so let

[10:08] me go ahead and show you the software

[10:10] and show you why this is now one of the

[10:12] coolest things I could totally do screen

[10:14] cap but I kind of like carrying this

[10:15] thing around and looking like this so

[10:16] what you see right here is the actual uh

[10:18] camera Hub software for the Elgato

[10:20] prompter and you can see I've got some

[10:21] text right here that's preset and this

[10:23] is I was actually recording a video with

[10:25] light stream for their Channel um Love

[10:27] Light stream by the way you you go check

[10:29] them out out they have a new update

[10:30] coming they're making it free for

[10:31] console users you you you got to check

[10:34] this out anyway what you can see is I

[10:36] actually have the text over here and the

[10:39] cool thing about that is this text I can

[10:42] just scroll right we can just scroll and

[10:45] and do this sure but what's neat is now

[10:48] I can go down here and do voice sync you

[10:51] select your microphone and with the text

[10:55] it'll actually be on the screen and once

[10:56] I hit play in the software which I'll do

[10:59] right here if I look at the screen it

[11:01] says getting ready and then it says

[11:03] active you can see that if I read you'll

[11:05] see the scroll in this video tutorial

[11:07] we're going to walk through setting up

[11:08] your PS4 PS5 and PS5 Pro to stream to

[11:11] light stream where you can add overlays

[11:13] alerts Salk cast to five platforms do a

[11:15] multiplayer stream and so much more by

[11:18] the way did you see I put multipler

[11:20] multipler stream anyway what you also

[11:22] get is uh being able to do text you can

[11:25] just use it as a display which right now

[11:27] I have it like OBS sharing over to that

[11:29] then you can also just do twitch chat

[11:31] and you can see it connects to your

[11:32] Twitch chat uh right here you can have

[11:34] multiple um little twitch channels and

[11:36] go back and forth that's always really

[11:37] cool and then have it you know pass

[11:39] through stuff that's coming from the

[11:40] desktop that's why I think this piece of

[11:43] software not only for text be able to do

[11:46] ad reads and stuff like that for sponsor

[11:48] stuff uh but for me to be able to record

[11:51] and be more effective as a Creator I

[11:53] love the prompter for that and I'll be

[11:55] frank I'm it's not like like lost on me

[11:58] that these products are expensive a $300

[12:01] product $200 stream deck plus with $119

[12:04] XLR dock I mean just between those

[12:07] things we're talking about 600 bucks I

[12:08] just built a custom PC over here for 600

[12:11] bucks what's the better spend well I

[12:13] mean everything is going to be dependent

[12:15] on what you're looking for if you're a

[12:17] person who's just getting into the game

[12:19] and you don't have a lot of extra funds

[12:21] you don't want to invest a whole bunch

[12:22] of money into something getting

[12:24] something like this NE might not make

[12:25] any sense but where I am and when I'm

[12:28] looking at myself on this monitor like

[12:31] I'm looking at you hey by the way uh but

[12:33] I'm genuinely looking at myself on this

[12:36] teleprompter this makes me a better

[12:38] Creator I'm able to engage able to do

[12:40] things this makes my job easier and a

[12:44] lot of people will spend money on gear

[12:46] that they don't necessarily have to have

[12:48] that don't improve it like the sh SM

[12:49] sm7b I love this microphone I use this

[12:52] microphone I think that it is a great

[12:53] microphone but I do not think that for

[12:56] Content creation and streaming you have

[12:58] to have $400 microphone I don't think it

[13:01] makes you a

[13:02] $400 better

[13:04] Creator this

[13:06] though I mean it makes it makes me

[13:09] connect better with the content I'm

[13:12] creating and I like that and the same

[13:13] thing for the stream deck plus I love

[13:15] stream deck sure you could use other

[13:17] cheaper options there are a bunch of

[13:19] companies doing things like this uh but

[13:21] I just I love how seamless this works

[13:24] not only with wave software working well

[13:26] but it works on the stream deck plus

[13:28] they've now made the the dock to kind of

[13:30] you know cut down the stuff on the table

[13:32] to make sure it's actually just one

[13:34] piece there's just a bunch of reasons

[13:36] and I showed you how I use it and it's

[13:38] just effective for me now granted there

[13:40] are people who use a lot more elaborate

[13:43] setups for this but I use the tool to

[13:46] make my life easier and it it just it

[13:48] just works oh and special mentioned the

[13:51] face cam Pro which I used for like

[13:53] handheld content this whole time yeah I

[13:55] mean if you're looking for a 4K 60

[13:57] webcam uh it's $300 as well it's way too

[14:00] overpriced I don't think that it's worth

[14:02] the 300 bucks uh the face cam Mark 2

[14:05] though I think that that's a great

[14:07] webcam and you should go take a look at

[14:08] that you should totally go check out

[14:10] that review of the face cam Mark II and

[14:12] the other webcams right here as well as

[14:14] the review of this mic arm which you'll

[14:16] see right here thank you so much for

[14:17] trusting me with your time today I hope

[14:19] you have a great day and uh make sure

[14:20] you drop down in the comments let me

[14:21] know what your thoughts are we'll see

[14:23] you soon