Stream Deck For Streamers - Full Setup Breakdown

[00:00] Are you a streamer that just bought your

[00:02] Stream Deck and you're not entirely sure

[00:04] how to set it up? You've seen all these

[00:06] cool features and you want to be able to

[00:08] use it for things like Tik Tok, Twitch,

[00:11] and all these other platforms that you

[00:13] can stream live from. You want to be

[00:15] able to have these cool effects. Well,

[00:17] in order to get those cool effects, you

[00:19] need to be able to set up your Stream

[00:22] Deck for yourself. And in this video,

[00:24] I'm going to show you the first phases

[00:25] that you need to do to be able to set up

[00:27] your Stream Deck. We're using the Stream

[00:29] Deck Neo. And in this video, I'm going

[00:31] to be showing you everything a toz that

[00:33] you need to take the first initial steps

[00:34] to be able to get this thing up and

[00:37] running. So, let's dive

[00:39] [Music]

[00:40] in. Now, when you first unpack your

[00:43] Stream Deck Neo, it's a really easy

[00:45] setup. In the back, there's like a

[00:46] little fold out here that you can have

[00:48] so that you can adjust it and then have

[00:50] it sit up properly on your desk. This

[00:52] comes with a USBC port right here that

[00:55] you can see. You're going to plug that

[00:57] straight into the side of your computer.

[01:01] Whether you're using a Mac or a Windows,

[01:02] you can just plug that directly in here.

[01:04] You'll see that it'll light up initially

[01:06] with a couple preloaded settings. You're

[01:09] going to see apps, links, emojis,

[01:11] tutorials, undo, redo. These are just

[01:13] presets that they give you. These

[01:15] presets are interesting because you can

[01:17] customize every single one of them. and

[01:20] I'm going to show you exactly how to set

[01:21] it up so that you can eventually get to

[01:23] that phase to where you're customizing

[01:25] your stream deck. Once you plug in your

[01:26] Elgato, one of the first things that

[01:28] you're going to want to do is you're

[01:30] going to want to head to you're going to

[01:32] want to head over to Elgato US

[01:34] downloads. If you go to elgato.com, you

[01:37] can just come over to the download

[01:38] section. It'll bring you to the exact

[01:40] same thing. This is important because

[01:42] when you are looking at your operating

[01:44] system, you're going to download based

[01:46] off your operating system. So, if you're

[01:47] on a Mac, make sure that you click Mac.

[01:49] If you're on Windows, make sure that you

[01:50] click Windows so that you don't get

[01:52] those two confused and you can have the

[01:53] right download. Right now, I'm using a

[01:55] Mac. Now, what you're going to do is

[01:58] you're going to look specifically for

[02:00] Stream Deck. So, you're going to come

[02:01] over here. We have the Stream Deck Neo.

[02:03] This will tell you everything that it's

[02:05] compatible with, which is important

[02:06] because if you have multiple Stream

[02:08] Decks, like say you have the foot pedal

[02:10] or the Stream Deck Neo, you want to make

[02:12] sure that the download that you have

[02:14] specifically for this is going to make

[02:16] sense. So, you're going to go ahead and

[02:18] you're going to click download. You

[02:19] don't have to sign up. You can say

[02:20] continue with the download. Boom. It'll

[02:23] pop up here. And then you're going to go

[02:25] through the download segment and opening

[02:28] everything up for that. Once you do

[02:29] that, you will see an icon here that

[02:32] says Elgato Stream Deck. You're going to

[02:34] go ahead and click that and open it up.

[02:36] And it's going to show you the keys that

[02:38] you have for your Stream Deck Neo. Now,

[02:41] this looks a little intimidating when

[02:43] you first look at it because you're not

[02:45] entirely sure what everything means.

[02:47] Let's break it down. Each one of these

[02:49] buttons are the physical buttons that

[02:51] are on your Stream Deck. You can delete,

[02:53] replace, and add additional pages so

[02:56] that your Stream Deck isn't just

[02:57] operating as eight keys or however many

[03:01] keys are on the actual dashboard. It's

[03:02] important for you to know that you can

[03:04] create certain folders similar to this

[03:07] apps one that when we click into the

[03:09] apps, you have an entire different

[03:11] setup. So, this is really important when

[03:13] it comes to organization and workflow,

[03:16] right? Maybe you want to have

[03:17] specifically a Tik Tok live stream setup

[03:19] and you go ahead and you click the Tik

[03:22] Tok app on your Elgato and it opens up

[03:24] all the keys that you specifically want

[03:26] to use for that feature. And then say if

[03:29] you're coming over to Twitch and you

[03:30] have a completely different workflow for

[03:32] Twitch, different overlays, different

[03:34] actions, different counters, stuff like

[03:36] that. You can create these different

[03:39] buttons to have different

[03:41] assignments and different breakdowns

[03:44] through them. That was the back button.

[03:45] We're at the home screen now. And you

[03:48] can make each one of these pages

[03:50] different types of actions. You can also

[03:52] add another page. So when you add

[03:54] another page, let's say if I wanted to

[03:56] open up like music settings and then I

[03:59] want to change back and forth between my

[04:00] music, I can do that. So now that you

[04:03] understand what each of these hot

[04:05] buttons means, let's go ahead and look

[04:07] at our default profiles. You can you can

[04:10] create a new profile for each setting,

[04:13] which will essentially create a new page

[04:15] for you. These are your default profiles

[04:18] that it comes with. But when you want to

[04:21] create a new profile, you can start

[04:23] there. And then you want to come over

[04:26] here to

[04:27] preferences. And right here is where

[04:30] you're going to check for different

[04:31] types of updates, different types of

[04:34] devices that you have currently

[04:36] connected to the account, different

[04:37] types of accounts that you want to add

[04:38] to this. Like say you want to add

[04:40] Twitch, you want to add YouTube, you can

[04:42] do that through here. But you're going

[04:44] to go ahead and make sure that this

[04:47] stuff is filled in. It'll show you all

[04:49] the plugins that you have downloaded. It

[04:51] is extremely important for you to keep

[04:52] this constantly updated because there's

[04:54] certain bugs that are constantly fixed,

[04:56] new plugins, new additional features.

[04:59] So, make sure to always check for

[05:01] updates. Great, I'm up to date on the

[05:03] latest version. I got my Stream Deck

[05:05] Neo. You're going to want to set this

[05:07] from sleep from whatever it is to never

[05:10] because you don't want this to just shut

[05:12] down. Um, you can increase the

[05:14] brightness and decrease the brightness

[05:16] here. update firmware constantly making

[05:19] sure that all your updates are good to

[05:20] go when something's not correct. You add

[05:23] your live accounts here. Um, your

[05:26] different types of profiles. You can

[05:27] organize them here, which you can

[05:29] customize based off of your need. Um,

[05:32] you know, you can have the foot pedal

[05:33] one, like if you have your foot pedal

[05:35] plugged in, it has a ton of different

[05:37] types of presets. This is great for

[05:39] workflows, right? This is great for

[05:41] being able to organize your live

[05:44] streaming so that you can make

[05:45] everything done from a click of a

[05:46] button. How how do we get to this point

[05:49] now to where we look at our keys and all

[05:52] that and we actually say, "Yeah, I want

[05:54] to start using some of this stuff. I

[05:56] just don't know where the freak to get

[05:58] it." That is where this next part comes

[06:00] into place. You are going to want to be

[06:03] spending a majority of time building out

[06:05] your workflows in the marketplace. So,

[06:08] when you come back to Elgato here,

[06:10] you're going to go ahead and you're

[06:12] going to click on the marketplace. And

[06:14] this is where you get all the plugins,

[06:17] all the icons, all the sound effects

[06:19] that Elgato is constantly releasing. And

[06:22] you're going to be able to check out the

[06:24] plugins section, right? For like here,

[06:28] we have OBS. If you want to be able to

[06:30] live stream on OBS, you're going to want

[06:31] to go ahead and get this and download it

[06:35] um to your account. Make sure that you

[06:37] log into your account so that

[06:38] everything's seamless for you. Um, if

[06:41] you want to open up Discord, right, you

[06:43] can have a Discord button that directly

[06:45] opens everything up. If you want to be

[06:47] able to add music, you can get the

[06:50] Spotify app and you can go ahead and

[06:53] make sure that I'm going to go ahead and

[06:56] just do this here real quick. But say if

[06:58] I want to play music and I want to open

[06:59] up music, boom, open up in Stream Deck.

[07:03] Now, if we open up in the Elgato Stream

[07:06] Deck, allow it to authenticate. Great.

[07:09] Now, we have a whole segment that if I

[07:13] want to play music and pause music and I

[07:15] have my entire screen in front of me, I

[07:17] don't have to switch over to another

[07:18] screen. I can simply take the Spotify

[07:23] like, so if I were to customize this

[07:25] right now in front of you guys, I'm on

[07:27] page one. I want to do uh Spotify and I

[07:31] want to go ahead and push play. That

[07:35] means that I will open up the app,

[07:37] download it, and it'll begin playing

[07:39] music. If I want to shuffle to a

[07:41] different song, boom, I have my next key

[07:44] for that. If I want to switch to a

[07:46] different track, maybe I want to go back

[07:47] to the previous track, right? Maybe I

[07:50] want to make a volume control, volume

[07:52] up, and then I can add another volume

[07:55] control. And then I can label that

[07:57] volume down. I can turn the volume up

[07:59] and down from my stream deck. And if you

[08:02] see here, it's making the changes as I

[08:06] make them on the virtual Elgato. You

[08:09] could title it. You could say uh Spotify

[08:12] volume down, right? And now it's saved

[08:14] as that. And you can see it on your

[08:16] screen here as well. You can make it a

[08:18] simple phrase that you use. But that's

[08:22] where you start to really start to

[08:24] customize these different features

[08:26] through the marketplace. Now, let's say

[08:28] if you want to add Tik Tok live, we're

[08:30] going to go back to the marketplace. I'm

[08:32] going to do Tik Tok live. Right here,

[08:36] you have the Tik Tok Live to be able to

[08:38] download this. One important thing to

[08:40] know is that if you go to download Tik

[08:41] Tok Live Studio for the Stream Deck, if

[08:44] you have a Mac, it won't work. So, you

[08:46] want to be able to use this and do the

[08:49] same exact workflow for your Windows,

[08:52] which is kind of a pain, but until Tik

[08:54] Tok Live Studio is rolled out on Mac,

[08:57] that's what you're going to have to do

[08:58] for now. But it's all the same type of

[09:00] workflow, same type of downloads. If you

[09:02] want to customize your keys, you will be

[09:04] able to do that through here. And you

[09:07] can upload different icons as well. So,

[09:10] you can choose the pre-loaded icons or

[09:12] you can upload icons as well. So now if

[09:16] we want to create another page, say we

[09:17] want to create a

[09:19] OBS, right, section to where in OBS, we

[09:23] click record, we open up OBS, we click

[09:26] this button and it begins recording for

[09:28] us, right? So this is a way that we can

[09:30] kind of get away from jumping from

[09:32] screen to screen to screen to screen to

[09:34] be able to just navigate back and forth

[09:36] from our Now if you notice on the Neo,

[09:40] there's a button here and here. If I

[09:43] were to press this button here, I would

[09:45] go to page one and then I can flip to

[09:47] page two. As you can see on the screen,

[09:51] which is super convenient because you

[09:52] don't want to be screwing around with

[09:54] this these different types of windows

[09:57] when you can have a piece of hardware

[09:59] that you go back and forth between and

[10:00] you know where everything is. The Elgato

[10:02] Stream Deck is made to make your life

[10:04] easier, not harder when you go to

[10:05] stream. Now we want to create a third

[10:07] page to navigations which is like

[10:11] creating a folder. You can also use this

[10:13] just for overall workflow on your

[10:17] desktop even if you're not live

[10:18] streaming. If you want to clear out some

[10:20] of the buttons, you can just click press

[10:23] delete and then just clear them out. But

[10:27] with each one of these different types

[10:28] of tracks here that you have, you can

[10:31] customize certain types of actions that

[10:34] will allow you to know exactly what

[10:37] button you're pressing and why you're

[10:39] pressing it. At the end of the day, the

[10:41] most important thing for you to

[10:42] understand is what is the goal for the

[10:45] Elgato Stream Deck and then to be able

[10:47] to work backwards through your workflow.

[10:50] But the key things that you need to know

[10:52] are one, you need to know what your goal

[10:55] is for the Stream Deck. Two, you need to

[10:58] be able to download the Stream Deck

[11:01] software. And then three, and last but

[11:04] not least, you need to make sure that

[11:06] you're in the marketplace downloading

[11:09] everything that you need for your Elgato

[11:12] to be able to have the workflow that you

[11:14] want to be able to accomplish. For live

[11:16] recordings such as Streamyard, you're

[11:18] going to want to use OBS. But Tik Tok

[11:20] Live Studio, you're going to make you're

[11:22] going to want to make sure that you

[11:24] download the marketplace for Elgato. And

[11:26] then you can make those customized key

[11:28] features when you go to open up your Tik

[11:31] Tok Live Studio, which we will be doing

[11:33] a deep dive into Tik Tok Live Studio

[11:36] because Tik Tok is one of our partners.

[11:39] We're going to be doing a extensive deep

[11:42] dive into Tik Tok Live Studio and how

[11:44] you can have the best live using Elgato

[11:48] software and hardware. We're going to

[11:50] put that video down here so that you can

[11:52] watch it if you are a Tik Tok live

[11:54] streamer or if you're just using it for

[11:55] regular workflows. We're going to be

[11:57] doing full gear reviews on how you can

[11:59] have the best home studio setup for

[12:01] yourself and whatever workflow that

[12:03] you're trying to accomplish. So, make

[12:04] sure you check out the gear talk. We're

[12:05] going to be listing all the types of

[12:07] Elgato hardware that we're personally

[12:09] using. Last but not least, if you found

[12:10] this video helpful or if you still have

[12:13] questions, drop a comment in the comment

[12:15] section below and let us know how we can

[12:17] help you. This video helped you, great.

[12:19] Let us know where it helped you. Or if

[12:23] things are still unclear, drop a comment

[12:25] and I'm more than willing to jump into

[12:26] things more developed as well as create

[12:29] other videos that we can use to help you

[12:31] in your process of becoming a content

[12:32] creator. I'm manager John and I'll see

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