Oh wow, this is brilliant, thank you so much for sharing this. I already loved my streamdeck but now I love it even more...in fact, I think I may end up buying the larger version because there's so many great workflow boosting shortcuts and macros you can use it for. 😃
Glad you found this useful. I LOVE my streamdeck. The midi plugin is different now but has the same functionality. I use it for ALL of my articulation switching now…
@@DoryVideo Me too, I would even consider it my best buy ever in terms of equipment that improved my workflow. I even set mine up with macros (multi actions), which is great since Logic Pro sadly does not support macros natively, only single comman short cuts. But with the streamdeck I can "hack" my way around that.
Yo͏u͏r videos are simply awesome… your voice tone, dynamics, pace and the way you explain stuff is awesome… thanks. I just ordered my Elgato Deck. Will be returning for more learning very soon. Thanks
Thank you so much friend! I am setting up Mainstage with my iphone using Steamdeck app. Your video helped me. I am trying to trigger drum loops which i can play during solo singing gigs where I play my acoustic guitar too. So i am looking for a solution that will enable me to play rhythms with different sections and transitions. Lets see if I am able to do that or not haha. Thanks again!
Excellent video James, well planned and presented. The lecturer comes through here. I’m waiting for my stream deck to arrive tomorrow and hope to use it with Cubase and DMXIS. I will try it as a midi controller too and your video will help me do this. So now to check out your other videos. Kind regards Brian.
Hi James, thank you so much for creating very clear explanation - I have just emailed a request regarding your profiles for the BBCSO. Excellent work and a great help.
If you're using the Stream Deck to control something with MIDI that's not an instrument, you NEED to set Velocity >= 64. Most On/Off controls will see Velocity of 0-63 as OFF, and 64-127 as ON.
Hi Dory, as someone else has already commented the 'Midi Button' app is no longer available from Elgato. Any chance you could do another video using the currently available 'Midi' app ? There seems to be some pre-setup needed with this app that I don't understand at all being a novice with midi stuff. If a new video is not possible is there any way to get hold of the 'Midi Button' app used in your video ?
Hi, different plugins are available for windows and Mac systems. One of my other videos looks at the windows version briefly. I’ll have a look when I have time and maybe run through the setup.
Looks like Midi Button by Tom Kelly is Mac only :( There's a MIDI plugin with lots of downloads on windows I've found, but I haven't gotten it hooked up with Pro Tools yet. Not even sure if I can yet. :(
Hi James, Thanks for the video. its tough to figure out how to set this thing up so its nice to have a video like this. My own problem is when I use the virtual port nothing shows up in there. Am I missing a step? I am using Cubae and am trying to do the bbcso like you've done. I can't get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
When you say nothing shows up, do you mean in Cubase as a MIDI input, or elsewhere? I have found, that after booting the system, you need to press one of the MIDI buttons on your stream deck in order for the virtual MIDI port to be activated
I had an issue where the Virtual Port Name was "undefined". Finally, I just typed in "Stream Deck" and then the deck appeared as a Midi device in my other application. Not sure if that's what you're talking about, but figured I'd leave this here for anyone else who might find it useful.
Fantastic Video! Thank you! Have you tried program change for plugin Instruments inside a DAW? I would love to use it for that purpose to have a mouse free workflow for going through presets :)
Yes it does work for that, it just depends whether the plugin receives programme change information, some do and some don’t. They want us to use our nice :-)
Dory, Thank you so much for your most helpful video. Having just bought the XL version, I must admit I am rather overwhelmed. Using Cubase 11 on a PC I have a large library including practically all Spitfire and VSL. I found that the midi app you refer to is no longer listed, and the one available is somewhat different. To save months of time and frustration, is it possible to buy from you some files that I could just download load into the Stream Deck and the PC?
3 questions....can you set it up for transport control for your DAW. and can you use it to UP/Down thru presets on say, a synth? can you do incremental and decremental messages. lets say for volume, each press would increase by one. thanks
Yes of course you can. If there is a keyboard, or midi shortcut for the command, this will do it. Bear in mind that some virtual instruments do not support the patch up or patch down commands but all of the Steinburg instruments within Cubase have this function.
Just bought a stream deck to control cubase11 Pro articulations, and discovered that midi button is not listed in the stream decks list anymore. Doh. Is there an alternative?
Thanks for this video! I am however unable to install it to my Stream Deck due to this plugin's incompatibility with my OS. I'm running Windows 11 on an ROG Ally. Does anyone know any workarounds?
Hello, for my use case, I am trying to switch between speaker profiles in Sound ID Sonarworks. In Sound ID, I can right click each profile and click MIDI Map but I have not been able to set the button in my SD for it to be recognized in Sound Id. Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you!
Hi. Great job. Can you change articulations on midi that is already recorded? Also I have Kontakt and lots of libraries. Would an XL with 32 buttons be more advantageous? I’m terrible for buying then wishing I’d gone with the better model. 😀
Aaaarrrrhhh that’s terrible! I’ll have to investigate. I’ve updated my streamdeck and the old MIDI plugin is there and it’s still working for me but I’ll look out for that!
I tried the replacement plugin every possible way. I simply cannot get it to talk to Pro Tools. It does talk to the WaveSynth in Windows. I can’t seem to be able to add it as a midi device in PT either. The author’s page suggests a site to get midi loop, but that page gets blocked on our systems as a malicious site. It looks like the Midi Button plugin has some issues and Stream Deck pulled it. Unsure.
Hi James and thank you for your help. I use Digital Performer as a DAW but any DAW is ok. Let's say I use 2 Midi CC1. One is 60 and the second one is 100. I am lost and don't know how to do. So I use a midi CC inside of the Streamdeck called Midi CC1-60. Channel 1. Mod Wheel. Single Value and main CC Value is 60. Then the setup .... I don't know at that time. Do I use the virtual port named stream Deck ? Digital Performer recognize SD. But when I push the button, nothing happens since many hours. Could you help me ? Thanks. François
Yes the midi monitor didn't show Stream Deck. So, I went to Audio/Midi Configuration and add a device called Stream Deck. Now, yes, I can see it in the midi monitor. In the profile/preference, I must add Digital Performer, correct ?
So now, what I am able to do is : I set up 10 dynamics on SD from pppp to ffff with a value for each. In DP, I have a Kontakt Instance and when I press one of the ten dynamics, the modulation in Kontakt follows the "push" of the SD button. Good ! My last question is : what must I do so that the different dynamics are recorded in my track ? And until now THANK YOU JAMES ! I have spent 1 full day to try to make it work before I discover your video.
how about program changes? fdor some reason it keeps resetting to midi program change number zero, no matter what.. have you managed to make it work with Program changes? cheers
@@DoryVideo thanks! That would be fav.. For some reason i can only manage to send program change number zero. It resets to PG-0 no matter what other PG value I set to.. it’s really weird
Hi! Is it possible to have different input ports at the same time? In my case I want to send CC to 3 different units thru a MIDI interface. For example, one button sends messages to device 1 and another button sends messages to device 2. All ports and devices show up in the input port menu. But when I change input port for one button, it changes globally in the stream deck. I want to assign different input ports to different button.
Hi, no one port for the whole app it’s not that clever. You COULD use something like BOME midi translator software to do this though by re-mapping individual midi controls/notes etc from one input (stream deck) to multiple outputs.... but it would be complicated to set up..
No, as I said it’s one output (virtual Midi device) for all buttons, please read my previous comment. You could then use another software programme to re-route specific midi commands generated by the stream deck to be sent to other midi devices, I use Bome for this on my Mac for multiple midi devices.
Hi, with things like volume control, do you have to specify a starting value, or can you tell it to use whatever the current (previous) value is? And if you can, can you get it to swell to a relative value, such as +25 (so if it is currently 30, it will rise to 55, but of it is currently 95, it will rise to 120)? And what happens if you set the increase to occur over 3 seconds, but you let go after 1 second? Will the volume continue to increase for another 2 seconds?
On a Mac it’s easy, just install the midi app in your streamdeck software and set up the buttons, then it will be available as a midi port in logic, job done. I have a tutorial on RUclips showing the basic midi functions
Really impressed with your videos James and also your communication and dedication to helping the community. It's really appreciated :)
Always a pleasure
Oh wow, this is brilliant, thank you so much for sharing this. I already loved my streamdeck but now I love it even more...in fact, I think I may end up buying the larger version because there's so many great workflow boosting shortcuts and macros you can use it for. 😃
Glad you found this useful. I LOVE my streamdeck. The midi plugin is different now but has the same functionality. I use it for ALL of my articulation switching now…
@@DoryVideo Me too, I would even consider it my best buy ever in terms of equipment that improved my workflow. I even set mine up with macros (multi actions), which is great since Logic Pro sadly does not support macros natively, only single comman short cuts. But with the streamdeck I can "hack" my way around that.
Yo͏u͏r videos are simply awesome… your voice tone, dynamics, pace and the way you explain stuff is awesome… thanks.
I just ordered my Elgato Deck. Will be returning for more learning very soon.
Thanks
My pleasure!
Thank you so much friend! I am setting up Mainstage with my iphone using Steamdeck app. Your video helped me. I am trying to trigger drum loops which i can play during solo singing gigs where I play my acoustic guitar too. So i am looking for a solution that will enable me to play rhythms with different sections and transitions. Lets see if I am able to do that or not haha. Thanks again!
Excellent video James, well planned and presented. The lecturer comes through here. I’m waiting for my stream deck to arrive tomorrow and hope to use it with Cubase and DMXIS. I will try it as a midi controller too and your video will help me do this. So now to check out your other videos. Kind regards Brian.
Glad you found it useful. Have fun playing! For icons just set a 120 x 120 pixel template in your favourite graphics app and start creating.
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you!
Thanks!
thank you! last step was what I was missing
Happy to have been helpful!
Hi James, thank you so much for creating very clear explanation - I have just emailed a request regarding your profiles for the BBCSO. Excellent work and a great help.
My pleasure
Brilliant! Thank you.
If you're using the Stream Deck to control something with MIDI that's not an instrument, you NEED to set Velocity >= 64. Most On/Off controls will see Velocity of 0-63 as OFF, and 64-127 as ON.
so helpful! well done, and thank you
My pleasure!
Nicely done !
Thanks
Thank you for this video. Question...I can't see the "More options " button. What can I do? Thanks
Which midi plug-in are you using in the streamdeck app? Are you on PC or Mac?
great video, unfortunately doesnt show up on windows 10. I just saw a comment saying its Mac only :(
Hi Dory, as someone else has already commented the 'Midi Button' app is no longer available from Elgato. Any chance you could do another video using the currently available 'Midi' app ? There seems to be some pre-setup needed with this app that I don't understand at all being a novice with midi stuff. If a new video is not possible is there any way to get hold of the 'Midi Button' app used in your video ?
Hi, different plugins are available for windows and Mac systems. One of my other videos looks at the windows version briefly. I’ll have a look when I have time and maybe run through the setup.
if I understood correctly it serves as a MIDI IN and OUT device? it's to control the GLM Genelec
Looks like Midi Button by Tom Kelly is Mac only :( There's a MIDI plugin with lots of downloads on windows I've found, but I haven't gotten it hooked up with Pro Tools yet. Not even sure if I can yet. :(
Thank You :)
My pleasure!
Hi James, when I search the more actions, I only see the Midi actions by Trevliga Spel. Any idea how to install the one you describe?
That one will do the same thing as the one I used, maybe it’s jot available any more??
Hi James, Thanks for the video. its tough to figure out how to set this thing up so its nice to have a video like this. My own problem is when I use the virtual port nothing shows up in there. Am I missing a step? I am using Cubae and am trying to do the bbcso like you've done. I can't get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
When you say nothing shows up, do you mean in Cubase as a MIDI input, or elsewhere? I have found, that after booting the system, you need to press one of the MIDI buttons on your stream deck in order for the virtual MIDI port to be activated
I had an issue where the Virtual Port Name was "undefined". Finally, I just typed in "Stream Deck" and then the deck appeared as a Midi device in my other application. Not sure if that's what you're talking about, but figured I'd leave this here for anyone else who might find it useful.
Fantastic Video! Thank you! Have you tried program change for plugin Instruments inside a DAW? I would love to use it for that purpose to have a mouse free workflow for going through presets :)
Yes it does work for that, it just depends whether the plugin receives programme change information, some do and some don’t. They want us to use our nice :-)
Can you do the reverse?use a midi controller pad with stream deck?
I’m sorry I don’t understand what you mean by that!
Dory, Thank you so much for your most helpful video. Having just bought the XL version, I must admit I am rather overwhelmed. Using Cubase 11 on a PC I have a large library including practically all Spitfire and VSL. I found that the midi app you refer to is no longer listed, and the one available is somewhat different. To save months of time and frustration, is it possible to buy from you some files that I could just download load into the Stream Deck and the PC?
Hi you can have my templates for free but if, as you say, the midi plugin is no longer available it might not work. Email me
Ah just so.
3 questions....can you set it up for transport control for your DAW. and can you use it to UP/Down thru presets on say, a synth? can you do incremental and decremental messages. lets say for volume, each press would increase by one.
thanks
Yes of course you can. If there is a keyboard, or midi shortcut for the command, this will do it. Bear in mind that some virtual instruments do not support the patch up or patch down commands but all of the Steinburg instruments within Cubase have this function.
@@DoryVideo awesome thanks!
Just bought a stream deck to control cubase11 Pro articulations, and discovered that midi button is not listed in the stream decks list anymore. Doh.
Is there an alternative?
Thanks for this video! I am however unable to install it to my Stream Deck due to this plugin's incompatibility with my OS. I'm running Windows 11 on an ROG Ally. Does anyone know any workarounds?
Hello, for my use case, I am trying to switch between speaker profiles in Sound ID Sonarworks. In Sound ID, I can right click each profile and click MIDI Map but I have not been able to set the button in my SD for it to be recognized in Sound Id. Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you!
this stopped working for me , studio one kind of blows for midi
Can I set this up to switch presets/instruments within Pianoteq? Or even set it to switch tracks (set up with different instruments) in a DAW?
Yes if you can control this by MIDI or a key press then this can control it
Hi. Great job. Can you change articulations on midi that is already recorded? Also I have Kontakt and lots of libraries. Would an XL with 32 buttons be more advantageous? I’m terrible for buying then wishing I’d gone with the better model. 😀
Of course you can, it’s just MIDI so you can overdub of course. The more buttons the more midi functions.
Thanks for the informative videos. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the new midi plugin for Stream Deck works. 🥺. Anyone know of a workaround?
Aaaarrrrhhh that’s terrible! I’ll have to investigate. I’ve updated my streamdeck and the old MIDI plugin is there and it’s still working for me but I’ll look out for that!
I tried the replacement plugin every possible way. I simply cannot get it to talk to Pro Tools. It does talk to the WaveSynth in Windows. I can’t seem to be able to add it as a midi device in PT either. The author’s page suggests a site to get midi loop, but that page gets blocked on our systems as a malicious site. It looks like the Midi Button plugin has some issues and Stream Deck pulled it. Unsure.
I have it working flawlessly on my Mac, it’s the PC version that seems to be broken
I’m still looking. I’ve tested my midi connection and it’s good. Plugins are getting midi fine. I’ll try again later today.
Ok please keep us posted. If the stream-deck is outputting midi then it looks like it’s an easy fix, if it’s not, then that’s not good.
Hello.
By leaving a computer environment, can you control hardware devices? for example tone changes (program change) on synthesizers?
Thanks.
It needs to be connected to a computer
Hi James and thank you for your help. I use Digital Performer as a DAW but any DAW is ok. Let's say I use 2 Midi CC1. One is 60 and the second one is 100. I am lost and don't know how to do. So I use a midi CC inside of the Streamdeck called Midi CC1-60. Channel 1. Mod Wheel. Single Value and main CC Value is 60. Then the setup .... I don't know at that time. Do I use the virtual port named stream Deck ? Digital Performer recognize SD. But when I push the button, nothing happens since many hours. Could you help me ? Thanks. François
Do you have a midi monitor app you can use to check that SD is transmitting the data to your midi port?
Yes the midi monitor didn't show Stream Deck. So, I went to Audio/Midi Configuration and add a device called Stream Deck. Now, yes, I can see it in the midi monitor. In the profile/preference, I must add Digital Performer, correct ?
So now, what I am able to do is : I set up 10 dynamics on SD from pppp to ffff with a value for each. In DP, I have a Kontakt Instance and when I press one of the ten dynamics, the modulation in Kontakt follows the "push" of the SD button. Good ! My last question is : what must I do so that the different dynamics are recorded in my track ? And until now THANK YOU JAMES ! I have spent 1 full day to try to make it work before I discover your video.
Good stuff!
do you have ideas for when it shows “Not Present” in the midi note connection?
You have to install the midi add on for the streamdeck
@@DoryVideo wow thats a great detail ;) thx very much, gonna try
Can you program chords??
Not sure it’s capable of that, but you could of course use a chorded plug-in within your DAW to do that.
how about program changes? fdor some reason it keeps resetting to midi program change number zero, no matter what.. have you managed to make it work with Program changes? cheers
Yes. Not been a problem. I’ll do a video next week
J
@@DoryVideo thanks! That would be fav.. For some reason i can only manage to send program change number zero. It resets to PG-0 no matter what other PG value I set to.. it’s really weird
Hi! Is it possible to have different input ports at the same time? In my case I want to send CC to 3 different units thru a MIDI interface. For example, one button sends messages to device 1 and another button sends messages to device 2. All ports and devices show up in the input port menu. But when I change input port for one button, it changes globally in the stream deck. I want to assign different input ports to different button.
Hi, no one port for the whole app it’s not that clever. You COULD use something like BOME midi translator software to do this though by re-mapping individual midi controls/notes etc from one input (stream deck) to multiple outputs.... but it would be complicated to set up..
@@DoryVideo Hi, thank you for the quick response. Ok, I see. Is it possible to "lock" the output port in each MIDI CC Toggle button?
No, as I said it’s one output (virtual
Midi device) for all buttons, please read my previous comment. You could then use another software programme to re-route specific midi commands generated by the stream deck to be sent to other midi devices, I use Bome for this on my Mac for multiple midi devices.
Hi. Can the Mobile version be used as a MIDI controller or just the hardware?
Yes the mobile version too
@@DoryVideo I tried to make a sustain CC64 to use on my ipad version, and the button gives me a triangle with an "!" when pressed.
Oooh odd not used the iPad
Where does the Ison appear, on the iPad or on the streamdeck app?
@@DoryVideo ipad. The stream deck app on my desktop seems okay. The ipad has the yellow triangle when I click it
Hi, with things like volume control, do you have to specify a starting value, or can you tell it to use whatever the current (previous) value is?
And if you can, can you get it to swell to a relative value, such as +25 (so if it is currently 30, it will rise to 55, but of it is currently 95, it will rise to 120)?
And what happens if you set the increase to occur over 3 seconds, but you let go after 1 second? Will the volume continue to increase for another 2 seconds?
Sadly it’s numerical not relative and one you’ve set it off there’s no stopping it o think
only for mac?
No works on WINDOWS too. Software is available for both although the MIDI plugins for each OS might have subtle differences
@@DoryVideo on windows no plug in midi button
maybe can you share the link of "midi Button" for elgato in windows... and please create video again on windows thx u
I would love to, but I don’t use windows computers for my music
How do I add my stream deck into my logic as a midi? I am trying to find it but I can't.
On a Mac it’s easy, just install the midi app in your streamdeck software and set up the buttons, then it will be available as a midi port in logic, job done. I have a tutorial on RUclips showing the basic midi functions
In cast this is the one you have just watched, it’s really easy
I thought it said Steamdeck 😆
RiP midi button.
I’ve no idea what you’re talking about I’m afraid as it’s still on my system. Have a look here: trevligaspel.se/streamdeck/midi/index.html
oh freaking hell I wanted a guide for STEAM deck not stream deck. 🤦♂
does not work.This plugin no more in stream deck store.
There’s another midi extension available which does the same thing
@@DoryVideo Can you say what name of this plugin?
Just search for MIDI in the ‘store’ within the Streamdeck app.
@@DoryVideo ok thanks.
how about sensitivity ?
How do you mean, these are switches they are not ‘sensitive’ to anything. On or off
hi is it possible to change the icon ?
Yes of course