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You’re Using Your Stream Deck Wrong… Here’s a Better Way

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Intermediate 5 min read For: Content creators and streamers who own or are considering a Stream Deck and want to optimize their workflow.
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The video explains how to optimize the Stream Deck Plus XL for a streamlined workflow as a content creator. The creator shares his intentional layout using multiple profiles, key logic, and dial stacking to avoid clutter and improve efficiency.

[0:00]
Underutilized Stream Decks

Many people underutilize their Stream Deck due to poor setup, not lack of features.

[0:56]
Stream Deck Plus XL Overview

The Stream Deck Plus XL has 36 keys and 6 dials, which can lead to mess without a plan.

[2:02]
Home Profile as Main Hub

The home profile is the main hub for launching apps, websites, and quick controls.

[2:32]
Column-Based Layout

Keys are organized into 9 columns of 4 keys each, with each column serving a specific function.

[2:51]
First Column: Lighting and Prompter

First column controls key lights, Elgato Prompter modes, crosshair toggle, and mouse software.

[3:29]
Audio Control Columns

Two columns for audio output device, mix selection, mute personal mix, and mute microphone.

[4:05]
App-to-Channel Assignment

Buttons to assign new apps to game, browser, or music channels in Wave Link 3.0.

[4:54]
App Launching Columns

Three columns for frequently used apps: Elgato apps, content creation tools (OBS, Audacity, DaVinci Resolve, Canva), and other apps (Steam, Chrome, Spotify, Discord).

[5:42]
Statistics and Websites Columns

Columns for CPU/GPU monitoring, benchmarking tools, websites (YouTube, X, Twitch, Google Drive), and weather/time/battery info.

[6:30]
Dial Configuration for Home

Six dials control system volume, game audio, browser audio, music audio, and two Key Light Airs (brightness and color temperature via dial stacking).

[8:20]
OBS Profile Overview

Separate OBS profile with columns for OBS controls, audio meters, mute buttons, prompter control, and lighting.

[12:20]
Key Logic for Multi-Function Keys

Key Logic allows single press, double press, and hold to perform different actions (e.g., start stream, instant replay, start/stop recording).

[13:14]
OBS Dials for Audio

Six dials split into two groups: three for stream mix audio (system, game, music with browser via dial stack) and three for personal mix audio.

[16:17]
Wave Link Profile

Standalone Wave Link profile for advanced audio controls: device switching, mix selection, mute, effects toggling, app assignment, soundboard, Voice Mod, Discord, Spotify.

[19:59]
Profile Navigation Cycle

Home key with Key Logic: single press goes to home profile, hold goes to OBS profile; from OBS, hold home goes to Wave Link; from Wave Link, hold home goes back to OBS.

Intentional layout with multiple profiles and key logic transforms the Stream Deck into a seamless extension of your workflow, making content creation faster and more enjoyable.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 2:02 Create a home profile as the main hub for launching apps, websites, and quick controls.
2 2:32 Organize keys into columns with specific functions (e.g., lighting, audio, apps).
3 6:30 Assign dials to control system audio, game audio, browser audio, music audio, and lighting.
4 8:20 Create a separate OBS profile with columns for OBS controls, audio meters, mute buttons, prompter, and lighting.
5 12:20 Use Key Logic to assign multiple actions to a single key (single press, double press, hold).
6 16:17 Create a Wave Link profile for advanced audio controls like effects toggling and app assignment.
7 19:59 Set up profile navigation using Key Logic on the home key to cycle between profiles.

Study Flashcards (8)

How many keys and dials does the Stream Deck Plus XL have?

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36 keys and 6 dials.

0:56

What is the purpose of the home profile?

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It serves as the main hub for launching frequently used apps, websites, and quick controls.

2:02

How are keys organized in the home profile?

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Into 9 columns of 4 keys each, with each column serving a specific function.

2:32

What is dial stacking?

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A feature that allows you to stack multiple commands on a single dial by double-clicking it to switch between functions.

7:27

What is Key Logic?

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A feature that allows a single key to perform different actions based on single press, double press, or hold.

12:20

How does the creator start a recording without a dedicated record button?

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By holding the stream start key, which uses Key Logic to start/stop recording on hold.

12:46

What is the purpose of the Wave Link profile?

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To control advanced audio settings like device switching, mix selection, effects toggling, and app-to-channel assignment.

16:17

How does the creator navigate between profiles?

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Using Key Logic on the home key: single press goes to home profile, hold goes to OBS profile; from OBS, hold home goes to Wave Link; from Wave Link, hold home goes back to OBS.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Underutilized Stream Decks

Highlights the common problem of poor setup leading to inefficiency.

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Column-Based Layout

Introduces a structured approach to organizing keys for clarity and speed.

2:32
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Dial Stacking

Demonstrates a clever way to maximize limited dials with multiple functions.

7:27
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Key Logic for Multi-Function Keys

Shows how to save space by assigning multiple actions to one key.

12:20
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Profile Navigation Cycle

Illustrates a seamless navigation system between profiles for efficient workflow.

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You're Using Your Stream Deck Wrong

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Stream Deck Layout: Columns Over Rows

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Key Logic: One Key, Three Actions

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Dial Stacking: Double Your Dials

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Profile Cycling: Seamless Workflow

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[00:00] I think a lot of people are

[00:01] underutilized in their Stream Deck. Not

[00:03] because you don't know what it can do,

[00:04] but because of how you're setting it up.

[00:07] And once I put a little more thought

[00:09] into my Stream Deck's setup, everything

[00:11] just got faster. Your Stream Deck layout

[00:13] can be the difference between an

[00:15] efficient workflow and an inefficient

[00:17] one. As Stream Deck has evolved, we've

[00:19] gotten more keys and more dials, and as

[00:22] great as this is, this could also lead

[00:24] to more mess. So, today I want to show

[00:27] you how I've got my Stream Deck plus XL

[00:29] set up to streamline my workflow as a

[00:32] content creator. Before we get started,

[00:34] I do want to let you know that I am an

[00:36] Elgato partner, and this video is

[00:38] sponsored by Elgato. They sent me the

[00:40] Stream Deck plus XL for free prior to

[00:42] release for the purposes of making

[00:44] content on it. They don't get to read my

[00:45] script, they don't get to see the video

[00:47] before you do, and they have no say in

[00:50] what type of content I make on the

[00:52] Stream Deck plus XL. They just said,

[00:54] "Here you go. Have fun." The Stream Deck

[00:56] plus XL is an absolute unit of a Stream

[01:00] Deck. With 36 keys and six dials, this

[01:03] thing is huge. Its size is both its

[01:06] greatest asset and its biggest

[01:08] opportunity. Setting one up with no

[01:11] plan, no rhyme or reason can easily lead

[01:14] into a mess of pages, folders, profiles,

[01:17] and key layouts that make no sense. So,

[01:20] allow me to help you avoid that. As I

[01:23] thought about how to set mine up, I

[01:25] thought about what I actually do and how

[01:27] I actually use Stream Deck. And

[01:29] basically, I open apps, I open Chrome

[01:33] directly to specific websites, I control

[01:35] my lights, control my audio, control my

[01:37] streams and my recordings, aka OBS, and

[01:40] I monitor a few things here and there. I

[01:43] could just make one profile with

[01:44] multiple pages for every single aspect

[01:46] that I just mentioned, but let's be

[01:48] real, that gets really messy really

[01:50] fast, and navigating that is not as

[01:52] intuitive as it can be now thanks to

[01:54] some recent upgrades in Stream Deck

[01:56] navigation. So, instead, I'm using a few

[01:58] profiles to manage my entire workflow.

[02:02] And let's start with my home profile.

[02:04] Think of home as the main hub. This is

[02:07] the profile where I will launch all the

[02:09] apps that I frequently use, the websites

[02:11] that I visit frequently, a couple of

[02:13] quick access controls that I do use

[02:15] frequently, and a couple of random

[02:18] things that I don't interact with too

[02:20] often, but are nice to have right here

[02:22] in my default main profile. We have 36

[02:26] keys to play with here, and I look at

[02:29] those 36 keys as two different groups.

[02:32] Four rows of nine keys or nine columns

[02:35] of four keys. I wanted this layout to be

[02:37] very intentional, so I went with

[02:40] planning this layout based off of having

[02:42] nine columns with four keys apiece. And

[02:46] therefore, every single column or groups

[02:48] of columns serve a specific function.

[02:51] Let's start left to right and start with

[02:53] the first column here. This first column

[02:55] is my key lights on

[02:59] and off. I'm able to toggle between chat

[03:01] mode and display mode for my Elgato

[03:03] Prompter. I can toggle the crosshair

[03:05] when I'm reading a script, for example,

[03:07] I can I can know exactly where my camera

[03:09] lens is by toggling this crosshair on or

[03:12] off. And in the event that I need to use

[03:14] my Scimitar Elite Wireless SE mouse for

[03:17] something like editing my timeline in

[03:19] DaVinci Resolve, I can press this button

[03:21] at the bottom to make sure that IQ has

[03:23] been launched and open so that it can

[03:25] work with Stream Deck, blah blah blah.

[03:26] All right. The next two columns are my

[03:29] audio control columns. Now, from the

[03:32] top, I can switch my audio output

[03:34] device. It's either my headset or my

[03:36] speakers, okay? The second button here

[03:38] allows me to control what mix I'm

[03:40] actually listening to, and right now

[03:42] it's set to my Stream Mix, but if I

[03:43] press that button, it outputs all of my

[03:46] personal mix, which is what I

[03:48] traditionally use 99.99%

[03:51] of the time when I'm not streaming. The

[03:53] third button here allows me to mute my

[03:54] entire personal mix in the event that I

[03:56] just need to mute everything really

[03:57] quickly. And finally, the button here at

[04:00] the bottom allows me to mute my

[04:02] microphone. In the third row, I have the

[04:05] ability to add different apps to

[04:07] different channels within Wave Link 3.0.

[04:10] So, for example, let's pretend I launch

[04:13] a game on Steam that I've never played

[04:14] before at all. It's the first time this

[04:16] game runs on my computer, and I need to

[04:18] assign it to my game channel. As soon as

[04:20] that opens and starts running, I simply

[04:23] hit this button right here, and it

[04:24] automatically adds it to the game

[04:26] channel in Wave Link 3.0, which then

[04:29] makes sure that it's being routed to all

[04:31] other mixes where game is active as a

[04:33] channel. I can do the same here in case

[04:35] I want to add anything to browser or

[04:37] anything into the generic music channel

[04:39] as well. These audio controls here, as

[04:42] far as keys are concerned, are mainly to

[04:44] control where the audio is going, what

[04:46] you what device is outputting the audio,

[04:49] and what channel a given application is

[04:52] sent to upon its first launching. The

[04:54] next three columns are the apps that I

[04:56] use very frequently on a day-to-day

[04:58] basis. First column up over here, I have

[05:01] every single Elgato application that I

[05:03] use from Wave Link, Stream Deck, Camera

[05:05] Hub, and Control Center. The next one I

[05:08] have here is the content creation

[05:10] column, okay? I have OBS for whenever I

[05:13] want to go live or record a video like

[05:15] the one that I'm doing right now. I have

[05:17] Audacity in the event that I just want

[05:18] to record audio. I've got DaVinci

[05:20] Resolve so I can edit the videos, and I

[05:23] have a link straight to Canva.com so

[05:25] that I can start working on thumbnails

[05:27] or any other assets that I may need for

[05:29] a video. This third column here in the

[05:32] apps grouping is just all the other

[05:35] stuff that I use. I open Steam to play

[05:36] games, I go to Chrome to do some

[05:38] browsing Spotify Discord

[05:40] self-explanatory. And the last three

[05:42] columns are kind of a bit of a random

[05:45] mixture, but not really. This column

[05:47] here, the third-to-last column, is my

[05:49] statistics column, if you will. I can

[05:51] take a look at my CPU utilization right

[05:54] here directly off my Stream Deck, and I

[05:56] can also check how hot or not hot my GPU

[06:00] is currently running. And then the last

[06:02] two buttons here are going to launch

[06:03] CapFrameX and RivaTuner in the event

[06:06] that I want to capture any sort of

[06:07] benchmarking for any game that I am

[06:09] currently playing. Second-to-last column

[06:12] is all the websites, YouTube X, Twitch,

[06:14] Google Drive, and then this final one

[06:16] over here is going to show me the

[06:17] weather for today, the weather for the

[06:19] next 2 days, the time, and if I had iCue

[06:22] open and this mouse on, it's off right

[06:24] now, it would show me the battery level

[06:26] for my Scimitar Wireless Elite SE.

[06:30] And that's it. All right. Now, the dials

[06:33] are a bit of a different story because I

[06:34] have six dials at the bottom. I am only

[06:37] concerned in this profile here

[06:39] controlling anything that impacts me and

[06:42] only me. So, I have a dial to control

[06:45] the volume for my system channel, which

[06:47] is going to be my PC and Windows sounds.

[06:49] I have a dial for the games. I have a

[06:51] dial for browser audio. I have a dial

[06:53] for music audio. And that's it. The last

[06:55] two dials are going to be controlling my

[06:57] Key Light Airs. Now, instead of just

[06:59] turning them on or off, I'm actually

[07:00] controlling the brightness and the color

[07:02] temperature for each one of my two Key

[07:05] Light Airs right here in front of me.

[07:07] But, if you notice, I have two dials for

[07:10] two different settings for two different

[07:11] lights. That means that I would

[07:13] technically need four dials. A

[07:16] brightness dial and a color temperature

[07:18] dial for one Key Light Air and a

[07:20] brightness dial and a color temperature

[07:22] dial for my second Key Light Air. But,

[07:25] thanks to something that Stream Deck has

[07:27] built in called the dial stacking, we

[07:29] don't have to worry about running out of

[07:31] dials because if I double-click in,

[07:35] bam, I'm able to stack commands on

[07:39] dials. So, what this means is that if I

[07:41] go back here, let me go back home.

[07:44] Pop.

[07:45] All right. I can simply turn the

[07:47] brightness up right now as you can see

[07:48] it change right now. We're going to go

[07:49] back to nine, but if I want to change

[07:51] the brightness of my other light, I push

[07:54] this dial in and now I can start messing

[07:56] around with that one. I think this one

[07:58] was set to

[08:00] seven. All right. And I can do the same

[08:02] exact thing with this other dial for a

[08:04] color temperature, but I'm not going to

[08:05] do that because I like I'm a control

[08:07] freak and I like everything staying the

[08:09] same always as far as lighting is

[08:11] concerned.

[08:12] Okay, perfect. So, this is the home

[08:16] profile. This is the main hub. This is

[08:17] where everything begins.

[08:20] So,

[08:21] what happens when I have to go into OBS,

[08:25] launch OBS, and start controlling things

[08:28] from a completely different perspective?

[08:31] Well, let's make it easy. I've already

[08:33] created an OBS profile and a couple of

[08:35] other profiles that we're going to cover

[08:37] in this video today, but as you can see,

[08:39] I have an OBS key right over here. So,

[08:41] I'm going to simply press it and it'll

[08:43] automatically open up OBS. So, let me

[08:46] switch over here to my OBS profile so

[08:49] that you can have a look at what this

[08:50] looks like. Again, columns are

[08:53] intentional. They have purpose. They

[08:55] serve functions, okay? Don't look at it

[08:58] from left to right as far as rows are

[08:59] concerned because that doesn't mean

[09:00] anything. The first two columns in this

[09:03] profile control OBS from switching

[09:05] scenes to starting a recording, starting

[09:07] a stream, capturing clips, so forth and

[09:10] so on. This is pretty self-explanatory.

[09:12] I'm not going to really dive into that.

[09:14] Obviously, yours may look a little

[09:16] different, but basically, first two

[09:17] columns control OBS. That's all you got

[09:19] to know.

[09:20] The next two columns start the audio

[09:23] grouping, and as you can tell here, the

[09:24] audio grouping is four columns wide. If

[09:27] that I guess that makes sense. It does

[09:28] make sense. Anyways, I have two meters,

[09:30] all right? The first meter, the one that

[09:32] you're seeing move right now is my

[09:34] microphone. And that way I can get a

[09:36] quick visual representation of where I'm

[09:38] at as far as my levels are concerned

[09:39] when I'm speaking into the mic.

[09:41] Underneath that, I have a mute button so

[09:43] I can mute my microphone. And above this

[09:45] here at the top, I have the button to

[09:47] change what device my audio is sent to,

[09:49] be it my speakers or my headset. That's

[09:52] it. Third column, or fourth column

[09:54] rather, is about the same exact thing

[09:56] except it's going to show me the meters

[09:57] for my stream mix. So I can get an idea

[10:00] of where my stream audio is versus my

[10:03] mic audio. And I'm able to change what

[10:06] mix I'm listening to on a given device.

[10:08] So I can change between the personal

[10:10] mix, which is what I hear, and the

[10:12] stream mix, which is what my audience

[10:13] hears. And here I want to be able to do

[10:16] that because as I'm streaming, I want to

[10:18] make sure that the audio my audience is

[10:20] getting is actually good. And that maybe

[10:23] I didn't accidentally leave myself muted

[10:25] the minute I went live. And you'd be

[10:27] surprised how often that actually

[10:29] happens cuz it happens a lot.

[10:32] The next two columns, and the last two

[10:33] columns in the audio grouping over here,

[10:36] allow me a little bit more finite

[10:38] control for the stream mix and the

[10:40] personal mix, okay? From the top, I can

[10:42] mute the entire stream mix or I can mute

[10:45] the game channel, I can mute the browser

[10:47] channel, or I can mute the music channel

[10:49] in the stream mix only. And on the final

[10:52] column in this grouping, I can mute the

[10:55] personal mix for myself entirely, or I

[10:58] can mute the game, I can mute the

[10:59] browser, or I can mute the music audio.

[11:02] The next two columns are prompter

[11:03] control. In the event that I go into a

[11:06] stream and start streaming and I'm not

[11:08] in chat mode over here, I can cycle

[11:10] between the different prompter modes

[11:13] between basically display or chat mode.

[11:15] So I can press that up. If I miss

[11:17] anything at all, I can scroll up and

[11:20] down through chat to make sure I catch

[11:22] up with whoever is chatting me with me.

[11:23] You know, maybe that one or two people

[11:25] that do end up watching my streams. And

[11:28] in the event that I'm reading a script

[11:30] and I mess up on a chapter, I can move

[11:33] backwards and forwards across chapters

[11:35] to make sure I get some good retakes in.

[11:38] The last column allows me to turn all of

[11:41] my lights on or off, not just my key

[11:43] light errors, but all of my lights on or

[11:45] off. I'm able to also capture a

[11:48] screenshot of whatever it is, so

[11:50] whatever scene I'm in in OBS, and

[11:53] finally, I can go home back to my home

[11:56] profile. Now, before we move on, let's

[11:58] cover a couple things here. If you take

[12:00] a look, you're going to notice that I

[12:01] have one button to start my stream, and

[12:04] that's it. I've got no record button,

[12:06] and I do have a clip button right over

[12:08] here.

[12:09] How in the world do I record or start a

[12:12] recording, rather, if I don't have a

[12:14] button for it here on my Stream Deck

[12:16] Plus XL with 36 freaking keys?

[12:19] Well,

[12:20] that's all going to happen thanks to key

[12:22] logic. All right? Now, key logic is

[12:24] really freaking cool, because let me

[12:26] double click here.

[12:28] Key logic allows you to change how a

[12:32] single key behaves depending on how you

[12:35] interact with it, whether you press it

[12:37] one time, you hold it, or you double

[12:40] press it. So, as you can see here, if I

[12:42] press that key one time, it's going to

[12:44] start a stream. If I double press it,

[12:46] it's going to start instant replay, or

[12:49] whatever that replay buffer is called,

[12:50] that thing right there. And if I hold

[12:52] it, it will start or stop a recording.

[12:55] And I I I absolutely adore that Elgato

[12:59] introduced key logic into streaming,

[13:01] because that saves so much space in

[13:03] terms of buttons that it it makes it

[13:06] just

[13:07] I can't think of anything clever to say.

[13:09] It's just a really cool feature, okay?

[13:11] This is the entire setup for all the

[13:12] keys. Let's move on to the dials. The

[13:14] dials are a little different, because in

[13:16] my mind,

[13:17] I've already set up my lighting. I've

[13:19] already got it dialed in. That's not

[13:21] going to really change much, if at all.

[13:23] So, I don't need to waste a dial or

[13:25] dials on lighting. But what I do need is

[13:29] control for audio that I hear, aka

[13:31] personal mix, and the audio my audience

[13:34] hears, aka the stream mix. So, I have

[13:37] six dials. I've divided them up into two

[13:39] groups. Three dials for stream audio,

[13:42] three dials for me audio. But, I'm I I

[13:44] take it a step further because left to

[13:46] right, what I see on my left to me is

[13:49] priority. And when I'm streaming or

[13:52] recording, my audience's audio is

[13:54] priority over my audio. So, they're the

[13:57] first set of audio that we're going to

[13:59] see here. I have my system audio. I've

[14:01] got my game audio, and I have my music

[14:04] audio. And if you can see or if you can

[14:06] tell, I'm missing a channel, and that is

[14:09] my browser audio. But, if I double-click

[14:11] here, you're going to see that this is a

[14:13] dial stack, which you've already

[14:15] covered. I'm able to just say, "Hey, I

[14:17] want to mess around with my music audio

[14:19] right now, but if I press this button in

[14:21] or press the dial in, I can switch over

[14:23] to controlling my browser audio." And

[14:26] the last three are basically the same

[14:28] exact thing mirrored, but just set to

[14:31] personal audio or personal mix, and

[14:33] that's it. Congratulations, that is my

[14:36] OBS layout and setup on the Stream Deck

[14:38] Plus XL. I have two profiles here with

[14:41] you so far. I've got my home profile,

[14:43] which is the main hub, and I have this

[14:45] OBS profile, which is going to allow me

[14:47] to control OBS when I'm creating

[14:48] content. Blah blah blah. All right. I

[14:50] need to get back to my home profile,

[14:52] okay? And that's what this home key over

[14:53] here is for. Um it's just a a switch

[14:57] profile command in Stream Deck, which is

[14:59] going to be right over here. Navigation.

[15:02] Where are you at? I can't read.

[15:04] Apparently, reading is very difficult

[15:05] for me. Let's click on that. There it

[15:07] is.

[15:08] Navigation, switch profile, dropped it

[15:10] in there and called it a day, right? And

[15:12] then I changed the icon to home to

[15:13] represent home. You get the point. So,

[15:15] I'm going to go ahead and press it now,

[15:18] and I'm right back in my home profile.

[15:20] But um

[15:22] you might notice

[15:24] I don't have a single button here to go

[15:27] back to my OBS profile. And I'm not

[15:30] about to open up Stream Deck and take my

[15:32] mouse and go over here and drop down and

[15:34] select the OBS profile to switch that.

[15:36] That would be ridiculous. So, what I did

[15:39] is thanks to Key Logic once again, I

[15:42] took this key where OBS was originally,

[15:46] I dropped the Key Logic command, which

[15:48] is going to be under Stream Deck

[15:51] false.

[15:53] It's under multi-action. I stand or sit

[15:55] corrected. You're going to take Key

[15:57] Logic, you're going to drop it down, and

[15:58] then you double click, and boom.

[16:01] A single press of this key will launch

[16:03] OBS, and if I hold it, which I'll do

[16:06] right now,

[16:07] it will automatically take me to my OBS

[16:10] profile. And if I go back and hit that

[16:12] home key once again,

[16:14] I'm right back at my main profile.

[16:17] Love it. Now, let's go back to the OBS

[16:20] profile, and let me hold the home key,

[16:23] and let's see what happens.

[16:26] Boom. Now, I'm in the Wave Link profile.

[16:30] The reason I created a standalone Wave

[16:33] Link profile is because there are

[16:34] certain actions I'm going to need when

[16:37] it comes to controlling my audio that I

[16:39] maybe only need to interact with once or

[16:42] twice within a content creation session

[16:45] or every once in a blue moon when I'm

[16:47] not creating content. So, for example,

[16:49] as you can see here, all 36 are taken

[16:52] up. The first 1 2 3 4 columns are all

[16:55] Wave Link controls. I can switch the

[16:58] audio device I'm listening to. I can

[17:00] switch what mix I'm listening to. I can

[17:01] mute the stream mix. I can mute the

[17:03] personal mix. I can mute my mic. And

[17:05] now, I can start turning off or on the

[17:09] different effects that I have going into

[17:11] my Elgato Wave DX through the Elgato

[17:13] Wave XLR Mark II. So, as you can tell

[17:15] right now, Voice Focus is turned off.

[17:18] And if I were to hit the compressor

[17:19] button,

[17:20] the compressor would be turned off. If I

[17:22] hit Elgato EQ,

[17:24] the Elgato EQ effect is turned off. If I

[17:27] hit Loud Max, my limiter will also turn

[17:29] off, like so. So, now all of that is

[17:32] off. And you know what? Just for

[17:33] shiggles, let me go ahead and turn the

[17:35] expander off. Now, every single effect

[17:37] that I have set up for this microphone

[17:39] is off.

[17:41] But, let's start turning back on,

[17:42] because I want this audio to be good.

[17:44] So, expander is back on now. We're going

[17:46] to go ahead and turn on the compressor

[17:47] next. There it is. Compressor is on. So,

[17:50] is my Elgato EQ. So, is my Loud Max

[17:53] limiter. And I'm going to leave voice

[17:55] focus off for now, cuz I haven't been

[17:56] messing with it, and that's okay. All

[17:58] right. Same exact thing as in my main

[18:00] home profile. I'm able to add

[18:02] applications to each individual channel

[18:04] from here. I have some soundboard audio

[18:06] that if I wanted to add in any sounds

[18:08] from my computer that I maybe create or

[18:10] download on my own, I can pop them in

[18:12] here and start playing them in my

[18:13] streams and in my recordings for my

[18:15] audience. I've got Voice Mod controls

[18:17] over here, Discord controls here,

[18:19] Spotify controls here, the ability to

[18:21] launch Elgato Wave Link, the ability to

[18:24] launch Discord, the ability to launch

[18:26] Spotify, and my ability to go home. As

[18:30] far as the dials are concerned, it is

[18:32] the exact same layout as they were set

[18:35] up in my OBS profile, but swapped.

[18:38] Okay? Because in my mind, when I am in

[18:40] this profile, I'm not necessarily

[18:43] concerned with the audio for my stream

[18:46] or my audience. I'm now concerned about

[18:48] audio on my end, whether from what I am

[18:51] taking in as audio is concerned or what

[18:53] I am executing and putting out to you.

[18:56] So, instead of having the stream mix

[18:59] audio dials on the left, I have the

[19:01] personal mix ones now. Now, listen.

[19:04] I just kind of heard myself say that out

[19:05] loud. Maybe that's a little too much.

[19:08] And And maybe you're right. Maybe that

[19:09] is crazy, but if you haven't tried

[19:12] actually putting thought, like real

[19:15] thought, into how you set up something

[19:17] like a Stream Deck, I want to challenge

[19:20] you to do that, because it it if you're

[19:22] already enjoying it, you're just going

[19:23] to love it even more. Because once you

[19:25] make this device your own, it just feels

[19:28] like an extension of you. And when you

[19:31] start using it and you start flowing, it

[19:33] just you enter your flow state. It feels

[19:35] really, really, really good. So, I'm

[19:38] going to hit my home button, okay? And

[19:40] as usual, it's going to take me right

[19:42] back to my home profile, my main hub, if

[19:45] you will. And as you can see here, I've

[19:47] got the Elgato Wave Link icon here. If I

[19:50] press it, Wave Link's going to open up,

[19:52] and if I hold it, it's going to take me

[19:54] right back to my Elgato Wave Link 3.0

[19:57] profile in the Stream Deck app. And you

[19:59] know, sometimes when you are in the

[20:02] middle of streaming or making content

[20:04] and you're in your OBS profile, for

[20:05] example, you have to be able to swap

[20:07] back, right? So, we're going to go back

[20:09] to home. I'm going to hold the OBS key,

[20:11] go to my OBS profile, and I'm over here

[20:14] like da da da da doing some things. Oh

[20:15] crap, I need to go play a sound for my

[20:17] sound board. So, let me hold that home

[20:19] key. Boom, I'm in my Wave Link profile.

[20:22] Easy peasy lemon squeezy, but now

[20:25] now, I need to get back to my OBS

[20:28] profile. Well, if I press the home key,

[20:31] it'll take me to my home profile, but if

[20:33] I hold it, I've set it up to take me

[20:36] right back to my OBS profile. I set this

[20:39] entire thing up to be a cycle of sorts,

[20:42] like a circle, okay? Like I can just

[20:45] easily navigate across all profiles that

[20:48] I actually need to have. I don't have a

[20:50] mess of pages, I don't have a mess of

[20:52] folders, and this just flows and works

[20:56] so seamlessly. I absolutely

[21:00] love it. I love my Stream Deck Plus XL.

[21:02] It's massive and feels great to use. And

[21:05] I believe, all right, I believe that if

[21:07] you're going to get a Stream Deck, then

[21:10] this is the one to get.

[21:12] But, no matter what Stream Deck you end

[21:14] up going with, put some thought into

[21:16] your setup. Make it work for you instead

[21:19] of against you. Anyhoo, that about does

[21:22] it, ladies and gentlemen. I hope that

[21:23] you found this video helpful and

[21:24] informative, and if you did, make sure

[21:26] you hit that like button. That would be

[21:28] amazing. And you know, maybe even maybe

[21:30] even subscribe. I'm like 800 away from

[21:33] 10K. That'd be great if I hit that. All

[21:35] right? Of course, I'm going to have a

[21:36] link to the Stream Deck Plus XL in the

[21:38] description below. It is my partner link

[21:40] with Elgato, so if you buy it using that

[21:43] link, you're going to help me out big

[21:44] time, but it's not going to cost you any

[21:46] extra. And if you don't want to go with

[21:48] the XL version, I'll also have a link to

[21:50] the Stream Deck Plus, the regular little

[21:53] brother version, if you will. Lastly,

[21:55] let me know in the comments below,

[21:57] what do you want me to help with next?

[22:00] Until then, and until next week, be good

[22:02] to yourselves, be good to one another.

[22:05] Peace out.

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