# Choose what each Stream Deck or MIDI button does

In Sync with interface, click a button in the drawing or on the device and pick a fixed input, a function or a control.

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## Step by step

1. In the inputs area, click “⇄ Sync with interface”.
2. In “CONNECTED INTERFACES”, pick the Stream Deck or the MIDI device.
3. Click a button in the drawing or press the button on the device itself.
4. 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
OptionWhat it doesAutomaticGets the next input that is not on another buttonFixed inputAlways the same input, even if the order changesFunctionAny shortcut function: overlay, record, stream, audio…Preview/Program modeSwitches whether inputs go to Preview or straight to ProgramCUTHard cut from Preview to ProgramAUTOPanel transition, from Preview to ProgramPrevious page / Next pageFor when the inputs don't fit on the buttonsEmptyThe button stays darkA 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.