Hi I've got 2 stream decks. I'd like to have one of them controlled by sound flow and the other controlled by el gato. Is this possible since the el gato software needs to be closed for sound flow profile to work properly? Is there any work around you have found?
Kitch Membery @Kitch2023-06-29 17:30:08.369ZHi @Beau_Burchell,
Thanks for reaching out.
You can only use one app to control your Stream Decks. But if you choose to use Elgato's Stream Deck app, you can use the SoundFlow plugin to let SoundFlow connect via the Elgato app, and so effectively have Elgato's Stream Deck app be "in charge" and SoundFlow can then operate as a guest.
You can view the guide on how to set this up on the following link if you scroll past the "3.7" guide down to the old guide:
How to set up SoundFlow + Stream DeckNote that we don't recommend this as it's harder to set up correctly, it's slower, and you're losing a lot of the benefits of having your full setup saved in just one app (SF). When you design all your Decks in SoundFlow, you can move to any other computer and just log in and have all of your settings available. This also means they're backed up every day for you, it means you can share your Decks on the Store with other users, and vice-versa install Decks from others.
Anything you design in the Elgato app is only available there, and if you move computers, you'll have to manually copy files from various different directories.
Typically people ask this question because they believe there's something they can only do in the Stream Deck app and that isn't available in SoundFlow. Increasingly though, we do support most scenarios directly in SoundFlow.
So my follow-up question would be - why do you want to set it up that way? Maybe there's a better solution that lets you keep more of the benefits of SoundFlow, depending on what you're trying to do. :-)
- BBeau Burchell @Beau_Burchell
thank you for the quick response!
So I've got 2 stream decks. My idea was to have one deck dedicated to sound flow / pro tools. the other deck would be dedicated to things like OBS, Twitch, and any other basic system commands, like opening up the samply app, pause Apple Music, resume Apple Music. file labels, focus mode, etc.
What would you recommend?B
Kitch Membery @Kitch2023-06-29 17:59:35.876ZHi @Beau_Burchell,
There may be packages published in the SoundFlow store that achieve some of the workflows you are after. I know there is one for OBS for example.
For controlling apps like apple music you can write a script for this.
Here is a script for toggling Play/Pause in apple music.sf.system.execAppleScript({ script:` tell application "Music" if player state is playing then pause else play end if end tell` });And for other functionality you are trying to achieve be sure to reach out in the how-to section of the forum.
I hope that helps.
- BBeau Burchell @Beau_Burchell
Thank you! I'll look into all of those.
B