Choose what each Stream Deck or MIDI button does

Step by step

In the inputs area, click “⇄ Sync with interface”.
In “CONNECTED INTERFACES”, pick the Stream Deck or the MIDI device.
Click a button in the drawing or press the button on the device itself.
In the “Button N: what it does” list, pick the option.

Nothing goes on air by accident

With this window open, pressing a button on the device only selects the button you want to set up. Nothing goes on air.

Options for each button

Option	What it does
Automatic	Gets the next input that is not on another button
Fixed input	Always the same input, even if the order changes
Function	Any shortcut function: overlay, record, stream, audio…
Preview/Program mode	Switches whether inputs go to Preview or straight to Program
CUT	Hard cut from Preview to Program
AUTO	Panel transition, from Preview to Program
Previous page / Next page	For when the inputs don't fit on the buttons
Empty	The button stays dark

A button with Function becomes a shortcut in the My shortcuts tab. To change it later, click Change.

Images on the buttons

Turn on Input image on the buttons to show the inputs' images. To use your own image, pick an input's button and click Choose image…. The image applies to any button where that input appears. Remove image goes back to normal.

Go back to the automatic layout

Click Arrange automatically: each input becomes a button again, in order.

MIDI devices

Plug in the MIDI device and it shows up in the list on its own. Pick the device, press a key, pad or button and click Choose this key's function. Keys already set up appear under MIDI KEYS ALREADY SET UP.

Questions

The Stream Deck shows as off.

Sync is turned off. Turn it on in Shortcuts and Triggers › Stream Deck › Automatic sync over USB.