This should have been GREAT! - LOUPEDECK CT

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[@superjuddy]

Taran is so good at finding inefficiencies, his reviews on things he deeply cares about are fucking incredible.

[@Dragoon710]

He is so used to the software he knows what he wants out of every device he has.

[@handlemonium]

Sometimes I wonder why companies don't recruit testers like Taran and others of us tech enthusiasts to weed out or improve annoying features before launching the finalized products & software. Cuz I would gladly take a one-time payment of 75 bucks to test gadgets like this ;)

[@5Stringslinger]

I can imagine how they went: "Oi, LTT has done a review of our loupedeck!" "Naaahhhh, wich one of the goofs did it?" "Er... Taran?" "...ohwe'refucked..."

[@aiden5star5]

@@handlemonium ikr most of their testers are "karens who just got home from gym"

[@dinoscheidt]

Just two questions: A) Why does nobody reach out to him (from product and engineering) to collaborate on a real masterpiece of macro hardware and software? Are none of these companies doing user research (!?) B) Why does he not finally register the trademark “Macro King” and license it out to those that deem fit? Questions over questions

[@EliteProductions3129]

"Not bad" -Taran's highest praise.

[@crystalyzzed]

Actually called my attention when he said that!

[@pgplaysvidya]

"haven't thrown it out yet"

[@Narinjas]

Bad software but decent hardware ... they need to open experimental workshop for this device so talented people can work the sotware and they could only check for trolls in the top rated workshop presets/features.

[@25566]

@@Narinjas so many tech products are like this, just make the software as open as possible, give people full api access and they will build the greatest software for that thing FOR FREE!

[@jacobwebb8818]

0:19

[@lilswags12]

Taran's the type of dude to have 14 keyboards worth of macros on his desk but headphones that are held together with scotch tape

[@chrisbaker8533]

Nah, he's better than that. He'd use duct tape. Not a typo folks, there is duck tape and duct tape.

[@117TheWolf]

lilswags said that because you can clearly see scotch tape or some other clear tape holding his headphones together. Look at his right ear (left side of screen).

[@brownshit1]

@@chrisbaker8533 except he actually used scotch tape.

[@xaytana]

I don't think the headphones are being held together by the tape. At certain angles, you can see that the tape is compressing that section of the cushion, as you can see his ear through the gap. It's actually not a bad idea for having headphone audio while also having environmental awareness as if you're not wearing headphones. As Taran is all about efficiency, I could see him doing this for that exact reason. Why constantly take your headphones on and off when you can just tape down the front-most section of the cushion to have headphones for audio but not seal off the outside world, especially when you work in an office and have to interact with multiple other people. Taking your headphones on and off might not take that much time, but that time adds up over a workday, just like having a macro for a 2 or 3 key combination saves time, or using better hardware and/or software saves time, especially when the person is concerned about efficiency. Plus the LMG office has an absolute fuckton of headsets for their employees, pretty sure Taran is in the room that was once used for testing various audio setups. There's no reason for Taran to have a headset held together by tape. Logically he's just doing it so he doesn't have to take the headset off when someone is talking to him in person.

[@asiftalpur3758]

@@chrisbaker8533 wow Chris you're a bit of a dumbass aren't u

[@robertboskind]

I love hearing Taran say: "I only have so many keys" at a desk with a dozen keyboards.

[@IAmNumber4000]

Peak computer nerd is running out of keys on a desk made of keys

[@mihan2d]

As long as he has a finite number of keys it will not be enough for him... :D

[@Blackeye1987]

well everyones like jeah tkl 65 85 looks nice Taran.. ahh yes.. 700 keys... that could work wait i cannot customize all of them damn... one day

[@Cheen03]

He's the type of person to use macros to call his mother on his phone

[@Shadowfeaux]

Just needs to take a bunch of stream deck xl’s and merge them into one desktop sized macro pad with a small middle section that’s a normal keyboard with his preferred switch type.

[@Loupedeck]

Thank you for your review. Loupedeck team appreciates community feedback, as it helps us to develop our brand. We are committed to providing the best editing experience possible and want to assure you we are continuously developing and releasing new SW updates. We have already identified many of the issues mentioned and major improvements to the Loupedeck Software and UI overhaul are expected to be released very soon.

[@TaranVH]

Thanks for the response! Email me at my Linus media group email if you have it, and I'll send you my list of notes, half of which I didn't get to in this video

[@k1ngN0rk]

@@TaranVH How about LOUPEDECK PLUS?

[@Lukis687]

@@TaranVH love this "thanks! i have 100 other complaints too!" hahha

[@tallerdeficcion]

@@TaranVH this is why you are the fucking boss! greetings from Mexico !

[@BlazingStudios]

Loupedeck Taran edition confirmed :D Seems like the hardware is pretty decent but the software seems very Alpha (maybe early Beta). Maybe do a re-review in a year if it has significantly improved.

[@Skellist]

Taran desperately needs a channel called Taran's Tangents where he just goes off on whatever's bugging him about tech and beyond, what a joy that would be to watch.

[@IngwiePhoenix]

Would be great content for ShortCircuit, actually. Its just a side channel - why not just let employees use it to dump out their own ideas into the wild? Taran would be a good head for this!

[@WillCFarmer]

Little do you know he ACTUALLY DOES and its JUST AS GOOD as you are imagining kzbin.info

[@supra107]

AkBKukU already took the name "Tech Tangents", so nah. Besides, he already has a channel, as stated above.

[@handlemonium]

Isn't that what Carpool Critics is ~ James, Riley, and the gang going off on tangents about videos, films & TV shows?

[@WillCarterOldAccount]

Taren has a channel. Most of his videos are 3 hours long. They are pure gold.

[@pandaman144.]

I feel like I haven't seen or heard from Taran in ages. We really need more Taran on videos

[@ShortCircuit]

That's why he checked this out. :3

[@joncepet]

@@ShortCircuit I still want more

[@irispettson]

@@ShortCircuit It's nice with all the variety in hosts at this channel, it changes things up.

[@Mrich775]

@@ShortCircuit Something about that emoji makes me thing that was you Taran...

[@agenericaccount3935]

@@irispettson Yeah I am enjoying the rental-car nature of this channel. Hop in for a drive, LTT staffer.

[@Airwolf-lm9cm]

Me: Looks like they had good ideas and just couldn’t realize them. But still think it could be useful for some stuff Taran: It‘s 500 bucks. Me: What a piece of garbage

[@cameronmcdonald6717]

@builderman b Nothing in the world of professional video (editing) is that cheap. $500 would be almost a bargain if this thing worked well. The ripple tangent (ball thing) in the video is $350 and it does ONE thing - correct colour. The cheapest full control surface I could find is from Blackmagic - the DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel. It costs over $1000. And only supports 1 piece of software. TL;DR: Video editing stuff is very expensive. $500 would be reasonable if it worked properly.

[@exapsy]

To be fair, it's a professional tool that there's no consumer market for it. More demand = Cheaper production = Cheaper price You can buy a whole low end PC for 500 bucks, but all of its parts are massively produced. When this thing that is aimed at professionals, and most likely companies will buy it for you and you wont have to give money from your pocket, is made for a very limited amount of potential customers, thus the prices are reasonably x100 pricier than a massively consumed product. These products are for professionals and they're made for a small audience, they're not for hobbyists. :)

[@Veetiful]

Professional stuff costs, but if someone wants a box full of buttons, just buy a cheap midi-controller and translate midi to hid input.

[@nullrox]

Cameron McDonald other things in the market being expensive doesn’t justify this price.

[@Spootnik]

That blew me away though. It looks great for 100 maybe, but when I can get a solid PC or VR headset for less, go fuck yourself, I'll buy another keyboard

[@lordwafflesthegreat]

THIS is how you review a product! I am so sick and tired of paid promotions on KZbin where people "review" things, but only say good things, or just a few basic bad things without delving deeper into a product. This is one of few very high quality reviews on the subject, and it's better than 90% of reviews of any other product on KZbin, ever. No matter who by. This is the reason why LTT/LMG is the only company/channel on KZbin I respect. There isn't a single one that offers a similar level of quality. Not even MKBHD, he is biased and reviews things on a surface level. It's looks good and shiny, but no actual content. I won't even start on Austin Evans.

All the "famous" tech KZbinr are pretty films only. LTT is the only channel that dare to complain.

[@trffgfyhygvgyg6379]

Portal logo ur not the only one I do too

[@Milamberinx]

There are a few youtubers I trust with their reviews, although none of them tend to review things like this. BigCliveDotCom, EEVBlog, Techmoan, ElectroBoom, and FactFiend are some of them.

[@starpilotalliance]

@ Camera Conspiracies is great

[@baguskusumaloka]

@@Milamberinx electroboom, i see a man of culture

[@halvedvoxel8770]

I love how taran is just humble braging with his keyboard shortcuts

[@aeiouer]

I feel like what they should have done is paid Taran to design it

[@Cossieuk]

That could end up like the car Homer designs in The Simpsons

[@25566]

prepare for a 800x800 key streamdeck

[@Scraxxer]

You mean like Musescore made tantacrul head of design after he made a rant video about their software?

[@MrTVintro]

Or at least alpha test it

[@giantswing3175]

@@Scraxxer wait, is that real?

[@zebrak7344]

We all knew its gonna be the king of macros himself

[@kadensharpin2156]

and when the king of macros disses your product you know it's over

[@RandomDude1999L]

Máš pravdu Žebráku

[@Alonso012LP]

Presne tak pán Žebrák

[@MaxPrehl]

9:56 when he said "and of course because I'm the macro king I bound this to a single button" I died

[@kaustubh_kp]

#kingofkeybindsandshortcus #macroking @TaranVH

[@HumbertoHernandez]

"But I only have so many keys!" Says the guys with 3 keyboards.

[@Imurai]

AND he's already run out of shortcut combos on all of them!

[@DarrienChebator]

6 keyboards*

[@rkan2]

3 keyboards? Taran isn't a 3-keyboard noob!

[@skycubix8943]

no it's 500 keyboards

[@kennethcarroll5007]

"I put it on a single button, because, you know, I can" - The Macro King

[@airy_co]

based

[@popenieafantome9527]

Wonder how long it took him to memorize all of this keyboard macros

[@ericberollin]

So glad the LoupeDeck has improved greatly and most things he is complaining about have been resolved

[@morgan1168]

Always great to see Taran...just wondering if he's gotten any taller.

[@timorouw5555]

If he's gotten another keyboard...

[@metaleggman18]

I believe that's a side effect of lasik

[@TaranVH]

Still 6' 2.5"

[@antrikshkumar668]

The reason they changed the studio was taron grew tall to fit

[@timorouw5555]

@@davidkorcak Vast wel

[@Nickerian91]

seems more like an alpha version. I guess the most promising part is that most issues can be solved in software

[@mileskosik472]

Probably will need custom firmware, some stuff probably is locked out.

[@Dragoon710]

True. They could have this a great product with massive software changes.

[@robspiess]

If only this were a USB HID device (RAS syndrome) and used standard drivers (or at least open-source drivers), barring an open-source firmware.

[@lolkthnxbai]

Using electron doesn't seem like the best choice for this piece of hardware.

[@ThebigFlanc]

13 minutes of Taran ranting. I love it.

[@plk_linix8921]

same

[@aceghost1074]

Hello 2023 here. If you're thinking about getting one now there is Alot that has changed. Some good, some the same, some breaking. (now I am exclusively an adobe user heavily Photoshop focused with some after effects and premier pro) TL;DR in advance: overall I think it's a stronger product now and should be considered but in a few scenarios it still falls flat. First the breaking. If you own an ARM product you plan on using with this, skip full stop. Currently on 22h windows 11 (the only time windows 11 is better is on ARM because windows 10 will not emulate x64 programs) In order to use in Adobe it requires a plugin, and right now, it is not being supported on Adobe. This is not loupdecks fault, but after hours of time on support and forums it seems there is no back door or any way to get this to work. I've heard M1 has a better time so maybe that's an avenue for you but look into it first. You cannot even get into creative cloud for plugins at the moment. It just says "something went wrong." Full stop no error code. Again this isn't a loupedeck issue but it will not work on ARM. Second is "what is still janky". Now this has gotten better over time but still PHENOMENALLY SLOW. On desk top where I have 128 gb of ram, have it on a M2. SSD running on a newer Ryzen 5, it's still painfully slow, sometimes locking up completely, taking minutes to unlock, and start working again, and at times borderline unusable. You have to just accept if you need to change anything on it, you are going to have to wait for a long long time. The vibration when nothing is happening, is still there, although I do not find it as annoying as Taran. And the "not able to change colors outside of preset by loupedeck is there and a really big bummer. I would love an active swatch, where on my color selector, it would save my last 9 or so used colors or even better the colors used in this session would be the absolute best. At minimum you should be able to control the colors in the preset for your most used ones but that's not even available. Just the ones given and to switch foreground and background. Now for the positive. The software (although still snail speed) is phenomenally better. Able to set up macros, able to change icons, backgrounds, color code things, the setup is still slightly confusing but much better in explaining what you can do with it. Etc. They have packs for different icons as well as able to add your own, able to download presets and plugins. It's nice and I do like it. The lag has marginally improved although is still not anything close to snappy. Overall things are better but still slow and unresponsive. So ending. Should you get it? I think a used one, if you're willing to put up with the abysmal speed, is actually worth it. I like it personally. After a good minute tho I think it's troubling that it's still having these basic issues this long down the line and find it had to put faith that things will become much better after this long, and not addressing the issues for a device this expensive

[@uknwwho2984]

Thank you so much for this update, very useful especially for people considering the newer Loupedeck products like the Live S, because I am guessing it uses the same software as the CT (isn't it?). Could you please confirm if the color swatches issue is still persistent, as in I cannot map custom colors to the swacthes in Loupedeck? And cannot activate applications of my choice (unlike the preloaded ones from Adobe suite)?

[@LTRxG55]

It is funny how Taran has a little sticker on his t-shirt saying "ShortCircuit" instead of "linusmediagroup" XD

[@TheEmptyHoliness]

Hey Linus, i know you read these so i just wanted to say stuff like this + brandon’s camera reviews are the EXACT reason i subbed to short circuit. Can’t wait to see Taran’s next review of that new system he mentioned!!

[@MarkHawk]

"I've been looking to buy this for so long!" *sees title "Damn itttttttt"

[@michaelmaybe9]

Taran when he's dating- "so basically, she didn't have good enough macro integration"

[@KevinOsborne1987]

Didn't push the right buttons

[@ppipowerclass]

That is cute you think he dates women.

[@JavierMendozaAvila]

@@ppipowerclass wut? 👁👄👁

[@DanRustle]

“She”? Excuse me, did you just assume his sexuality? There is no room for sexualphobics in the comments of this channel.

[@Davisnacho]

I got the loupedeck recently. Looking back at this, I am so glad the software got way better!

[@teedzay]

Did they update the flaws of Loupedeck CT? Planning to purchase this BlackFriday sale.

[@STATUEFANATIC]

This definitely had to have been beta. I purchased this recently. I decided to spend a day to just learn the device, within a just a few days I can’t imagine editing in final cut without it. I also had the loupdeck + and this takes it to another level. Please do an update video. I’d like to know what your thoughts are 5 months later.

[@SteelSkin667]

It's always a damn shame when some neat piece of hardware comes with shit software.

[@sebadg5702]

it happens too often sadly.

[@Gaboros92]

Every xiaomi product ever

[@ssu7653]

That is what happens when people design something and sell it, its not made by people that know software but by people that miss some function in hardware

[@wonzbov]

M-Audio M-Track 2x2

[@griffin8062]

Or they tell you that the software is bad now but "we'll fix it with an update"

[@Dudi4PoLFr]

11:21 "Only 44 actions shortcuts" ONLY! I love our macro king

[@sjsh5837]

11:26 I love how coked-up he looks when he reveals that he now has more macros.

[@RainbowChinYT]

Beginning to feel like this should have been put on the Main Channel IMO.

[@noahramos1768]

I really like this guy though........wish we saw him more often on the main channel, seems like a sick dude. A true guy among guys.

[@o0CalebBrown0o]

among us

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Taran: "I'm out of keys for macros, I need to attach more keyboards for more macros." Also Taran: "I bound an already existing macro to a single button."

[@Wheelman2004]

"Those are nice knobs..." - Taran Van Hemert, 2020

[@Hellonion]

Me: mouse and keyboard is best for FPS games vs. controllers Taran: fragging it out with THREE track balls.

[@DMSparky]

Taran seems like the type of guy to argue with his teachers or instructors in university or high school.

[@Cerv3ra]

There is a video about taran dealing with an excel sheet. You would enjoy it.

[@eamartig]

J Cervera where? I want to watch it

[@ForSure871]

Bucket_head me too

[@celtelf]

@@Cerv3ra source and you don't get injuried

[@TaranVH]

@@celtelf it's called, taran gets a prank call

[@ppipowerclass]

Having a snobby elitist reviewing something is going to give you the most honest results. 11/10 times.

[@unculturedswine5583]

that's just so taran

[@ppipowerclass]

@@unculturedswine5583 Yup!

[@mariorruiz]

Did you even know this is the ONLY, the OOOONLY review that is honest and not sponsored by loopdeck itself!? Thank you for doing this one, people need to know

[@Ganbalf]

The Macro Master is back at it again

[@ibrahimnabhan2592]

Happy to see that he still has more than 5 keyboards on his desk

[@Donnirononon]

This software looks like someone clued it together with jQuery

[@bartosz_xenon]

CryhmeTime if it was jQuery, it wouldn't be that fucking slow

[@saiverx]

No need to diss jQuery

[@Donnirononon]

@@saiverx you are right, jQuery is fine. It is people who are trying to use it on everything only because they are familiar with it. Look at the game World War 3, the game source Files for the main menu contain jquery and it kills my rtx 2070. People that do such things would also use jQuery to do the backend of a smart home fridge for example.

[@arthurmoore9488]

@@Donnirononon Agree 100% While I'm more of a fan of things like Vue.js for using JavaScript to display content, jQuery itself is almost never the problem. It's people who don't understand what they're asking it to do.

[@MPnoir]

Propably electron

[@marcofazio1318]

That's a great review with lots of useful information, at least it was at the time of release. However since then Loupdeck heavily updated their software and most of the complain (like it was not possible to costumise icons or all the Premiere Pro API names confusion) seems like sorted out. I would love to see an updated video review and see how well or not so well the panel control now fit your requirements.

[@juan2049]

Damn I wished I saw this comment before deciding to not bid on one yesterday on eBay. One sold for $400

[@doorgoo]

Idk, the software is still a buggy mess. Their original UI actually worked amazing but I guess it wasn’t “sleek” or “bling” enough so they made a whole new UI probably to target streamers and gamers etc (obvious due to the Razer crossover) which actually to this day has BROKEN a ton of features. I went back to an old UI firmware and it works amazing.

[@_MGPz]

This video is so into every detail. And, also providing useful feedback they could apply. Love it! Have been any improvements in the software integration during the last year? Btw, a playlist dedicated to this kind of deck devices would be really useful if possible :)

[@rujigo69]

Ok, now I want a short circuit tshirt like taran's

[@ShortCircuit]

@ Nick on Twitter

[@pkgacek]

Taran is the most consistent person I have ever seen. He is the consistency king.

[@animationexe972]

I am simple man. I see macro king. I click.

[@ElementGames]

Nailed it.

[@Mike504]

Teran saying "I only have so many keys" lol. Dude you have all the keys.

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

damn, he chewed this thing up and spat it back out; good.

[@joacimnilsson6341]

Says "You already have your hand on THE keyboard" Has FOUR keyboards. Love you, Taran!

[@tiaanvdriel]

Love that Short Circuit shirt Taran is wearing, please sell a shirt like that

[@bigbundle3223]

We all demanded one of the Techlinked shirts like this and never got it. ☹️

[@wisico640]

@@bigbundle3223 pretty sure they sold a limited edition when techlink just came out :o

[@alampunjabi]

I have been using it for over 7 months. And guys I have done heaps better in color grading. I think Loupedeck is great.

[@chrisk246]

God I love short Circuit for its ability to let people gush over things they're passionate about. I know nothing about things like video editing or cameras, but hearing you guys go on about them is really a ton of fun.

[@matheuswohl]

casually says "I'm the macro king"

[@kaldo_kaldo]

When you're god, you're god.

[@AG.Floats]

Yikes.

[@EposVox]

MACRO KING! Also, man, this was way worse than expected

[@bharatmadhok6773]

From all the people on LTT team I like Taran the most. I'm sure if he made more like LTT style videos on his channel he would blow as a tech KZbinr. But ik you guys have a policy against that but still.

[@MiNUS-ax]

Well he probably won't because that's not his goal with his personal channel

[@peperoni_pepino]

As Taran himself has said on his personal channel, he considers himself an artist, not a host. So he doesn't mind giving feedback on stuff related to work or art, but you probably will never find him reviewing e.g. an iPhone because they needed someone to review it.

[@bharatmadhok6773]

@@peperoni_pepino I know that I have seen a lot of his channel and was just speculating and even if he wanted to make this type of content he really couldn't cz in the LTT policy they specifically say that you can't use your fame your LTT to grow your own channel. They have worked some deal and because the content is quite different that why he can operate his channel.

[@4nedjo22]

Thank you for sharing. I was on my way to buy one!! Love the video makes sense!

[@triggerhappybuilds5814]

I’d love to see this revisited with the new software! Apparently it’s better but I don’t want to have to spend the money to find out. I want to know it’s better first

[@Trillykins]

Hm, for a long time I've thought this was just kind of a faffing about channel. Unbox a thing, poke around with it for a few minutes, upload video. This is the first video on this channel that I've seen that I would consider an actual review. Very extensive. Good job!

[@vinnierocks007]

True. Check out Brandon's camera review, it's great too!

[@rkan2]

Yeah, personally enjoy this channel a lot more a loy of the time.

[@Omakhara]

That's sort of the whole point of the channel? For ppl from Ltt to get their hands on tech they find cool but may not warrant a whole video dedicated on its main channel? It's not supposed to be " you must watch this review to be able to weigh all pros and cons and whether you should buy the product" type videos.

[@TaranVH]

Yeah, shortcircuit is supposed to be more about first look and impressions. I dove... Too deep on this one.

[@Trillykins]

@@TaranVH Oh wow, the macro king himself. Even so, I hope we see you dive head-first into a product review again on either of the channels. Always an enjoyable and informative watch, even for products I have no interest in.

[@frankautiwele3810]

oh my god, it's taran's beautiful fac and voice. He's the only real lmg employee whose name I rememeber above all else because he is a god.

[@tckrasnai]

1:23: My family looking at me

[@chadcarpenter-aps6331]

I just purchased the CT and Loupedeck has recently done a major overhaul to their software which fixes nearly every complaint mentioned in this video. The new software is responsive and you have way more editing options than in the version of software that was reviewed in this video. If you are considering purchasing the Loupedeck CT then find a newer review video of the item and see how it is a vast improvement from what was reviewed in this video. This particular video really needs to be updated because it is out-of-date.

[@garrisonsmith1882]

man I'm comparing this thing to the Monogram Studio/Master Console and throughout this entire review I was thinking: "most of these complaints are software related...probably an easy fix." Thank you for confirming.

[@motttta]

Taran needs more videos here. He's basically me and every post-producer I ever worked with, knowing (or trying to) the ins and outs of literally every single thing but with an amazing articulate and pro-active way of reviewing things and actually trying to make a change.

[@Frostfly]

Teran's nerdery is so next level for everything LMG does. It's such a nice refreshing slightly less polished more tech nerd take.

[@rajarshibanerjee1533]

Designers - *Designs cool box with shiny colours. Taran - Holographic Pokémon Card!

[@Dudae_]

Honestly interested on knowing just HOW fast Taran is compared to other editors with all those macros on all those keyboards

[@samkphx]

You should check out his premiere pro editing tutorial he has some good comparisons on doing editing tasks with and without macros

[@KevinOsborne1987]

There's a video of him Vs ijustine on LTT

[@Dudae_]

Yeah but none of those pit him against another ltt editor on a similar job. That's what I'd like to know

[@Helveteshit]

@@Dudae_ Taran has an exclusive office for himself. That should probably tell you, that Linus appreciate Taran's workflow.

[@aquafish129]

Has the LoupeDeck CT gotten any better?

[@altairquten]

Check out the Loupedeck Live or Razer Stream Controller, which are more recent siblings of the CT. Content on those will show more up-to-date software. randomfrankp actually highlights some of the changes to when he had last used the Live in his Stream Controller Video. TL;DW: They've improved a lot, but there's still much to add and change. Maybe the Streamdeck+ would be a better pick for most. I also wanted to highlight the fact that you can get nice and cheap MIDI-Controllers for these specific purposes, but that's going to be a bit more hacky and without nice screens to show whatever actions you have programmed.

[@aceghost1074]

Hello 2023 here. If you're thinking about getting one now there is Alot that has changed. Some good, some the same, some breaking. (now I am exclusively an adobe user heavily Photoshop focused with some after effects and premier pro) TL;DR in advance: overall I think it's a stronger product now and should be considered but in a few scenarios it still falls flat. First the breaking. If you own an ARM product you plan on using with this, skip full stop. Currently on 22h windows 11 (the only time windows 11 is better is on ARM because windows 10 will not emulate x64 programs) In order to use in Adobe it requires a plugin, and right now, it is not being supported on Adobe. This is not loupdecks fault, but after hours of time on support and forums it seems there is no back door or any way to get this to work. I've heard M1 has a better time so maybe that's an avenue for you but look into it first. You cannot even get into creative cloud for plugins at the moment. It just says "something went wrong." Full stop no error code. Again this isn't a loupedeck issue but it will not work on ARM. Second is "what is still janky". Now this has gotten better over time but still PHENOMENALLY SLOW. On desk top where I have 128 gb of ram, have it on a M2. SSD running on a newer Ryzen 5, it's still painfully slow, sometimes locking up completely, taking minutes to unlock, and start working again, and at times borderline unusable. You have to just accept if you need to change anything on it, you are going to have to wait for a long long time. The vibration when nothing is happening, is still there, although I do not find it as annoying as Taran. And the "not able to change colors outside of preset by loupedeck is there and a really big bummer. I would love an active swatch, where on my color selector, it would save my last 9 or so used colors or even better the colors used in this session would be the absolute best. At minimum you should be able to control the colors in the preset for your most used ones but that's not even available. Just the ones given and to switch foreground and background. Now for the positive. The software (although still snail speed) is phenomenally better. Able to set up macros, able to change icons, backgrounds, color code things, the setup is still slightly confusing but much better in explaining what you can do with it. Etc. They have packs for different icons as well as able to add your own, able to download presets and plugins. It's nice and I do like it. The lag has marginally improved although is still not anything close to snappy. Overall things are better but still slow and unresponsive. So ending. Should you get it? I think a used one, if you're willing to put up with the abysmal speed, is actually worth it. I like it personally. After a good minute tho I think it's troubling that it's still having these basic issues this long down the line and find it had to put faith that things will become much better after this long, and not addressing the issues for a device this expensive

[@differentview4836]

If I was someone from Loupedeck and saw Taran at the beginning of the video, I would S-W-E-A-T

[@grantmoore2227]

"I put it on a single button...cause...I can."

[@topphatt1312]

Me: clicks on link to see the price Also me: *IS MUCH EXPENSE*

[@elrabin]

$550 is absurd when the software is this shit.

[@AveMcree]

yeah the price is waaaaay too high for what it does.

[@mattbell1907]

I mean Taran already has $500 worth of keyboards on his desk...

[@Solid_Fuel]

seems like they forgot to do user tests on professional editors edit: oh. he said that. nvm

[@curbyi76]

You can almost imagine the Loopdeck team boxing up the desks turning off the lights, and popping the keys back through the letter box for the landlord after Taren finished with them.

[@TheGatsback]

Tarans reviews are incredible. He uses the products very thoroughly and wants them to work instead of giving up and complaining. At the same time he is really honest with criticism and most things taran criticises most people wouldn't even have tried. Really nice review. Keep it up :D

[@NiTeHaWKnz]

Loupedeck: So Taran, how was our product Taran: cues and plays cricketscherp.wav in one keystroke.

[@Bl4ckWarHawk]

The birds in the background drove me crazy, i thought i was hearing things

[@eFeXuy]

I wish Taran touched me like he touches his macro keys

[@AndrewBates]

Your keyboard macro video was seriously eye-opening. Really enjoy your reviews as you definitely go deep with the detail

[@vascodawilson]

On a more serious note I'm so glad you actually tried the thing for a few weeks and gave feedback that has to be the most rounded test-drive and feedback you can get. Thank you

[@ModrunOfficial]

i love how taran is like "this is so bad, i just put it on a single button because i can"

[@INDAmedia]

Since there was a software update 5.0 this review needs part 2!

[@Telogor]

"The best one I've ever used is on the Logitech Craft Keyboard, to the point where I just want to cut it off of that keyboard and just put it down here and use only that dial." Have you tried the Surface Dial? If you have, what makes the Surface Dial worse than the one on the Logitech Craft?

[@Helveteshit]

I guess it is something to do with the way it is used. Better feedback on the finger or so?

[@SimmySaiyuki]

I have the Surface Dial. It's quite bad with customization. It's from Microsoft , so you can bind only things that Windows does such as key combine (from a list , not from what you press , so not that freedom) Scroll , back , forward , zoom etc. which is some basic things that may useless if you're familiar with basic keyboard shortcuts. It's almost useless for me because I have MX2 mouse with can do everything the dial can. The dial is very satisfy when you use it to scroll on Premier pro timeline though. In conclusion, Surface Dial has no direct API to very limited program .Therefore, logitech craft has access to the API more than the Dial

[@132james1]

i love that he stickered over the LTT with short circuit when the scene changed i had to walk away it was two funny

[@omenworks]

First honest review of this product... Well done.

[@Robin0928]

Me: "oooh, for all the problems this software has, it could be a decent little thing. How much, like $100 or $150?" Taran: "$530" O_O

[@QualityDoggo]

Robin0928 and that's why he's upset lol

[@deepjyotighosh8806]

I just watched 13minute video of macro king and don't even have a computer.

[@dienowplease3565]

That price is a final nail in the coffin

[@ardaacemi6163]

Can we appriciate how good the Short Circuit turned out

[@andreylucass]

Nice honest review without paid ballicking.

[@trogdorstrngbd]

11:21 - At a glance I was expecting him to say 12 and then burst out laughing when he said 44.

[@diabolik5362]

2:08 "F.A.P Archive" noice

[@JGnLAU8OAWF6]

Fast As Possible

[@natejmedia]

Any chance you’d make an update to this video since Loupedeck has released a big update? I want to see if it solved any of the many deal breakers you awesomely outlined in this video.

[@halan236]

I was going to ask the same thing. I see that the Loupedeck software is up to Ver. 5.0.3. What was it back in April 2020?

[@RIPedParadigm]

I don't know if this was on purpose or not, but it really seems like the expression of the stock photo models really accurately reflects your tone at any given point in the video.

[@williamwinslow8807]

It's always good to see Taran on the other side of the camera. Scathing commentary. Helpful tips. His array of keyboards. What's not to like :D

[@ItsAdventure]

I do wonder if this review is relevant 2 years on? I would like to see a ‘22 re-do.

[@servantesthg]

Did he just finished snorting coke? He's got powder all over him.

[@robertvantine2810]

When Taran disses your product and cant' recommend it...you failed.

[@dani_da_vision]

the one&only review of the loupdeck. a review, not a commercial! thanks!

[@tony.kmullinsstudio818]

Outstanding review. Thank you. 😁

[@taha12012]

‘ I’ve been using the loupedeck for a few weeks now ‘ Marques Brownlee has entered the chat....

[@Btomaek]

using this in 2022 i feel like it's gotten better than this 2020 video

[@itsmintvanilla]

lol good to know - is it worth it?

[@Btomaek]

@@itsmintvanilla depends on who you are, someone that just needs extra volume controlled: not this model someone who needs a lot of pages and quick switching between a lot of things: maybe it truly depends on what you are looking for

[@KonkaBass]

Me: *sees hardware* "oh that looks cool, might be really good for my productivity." *sees Taren completely tear apart its software limitations and flaws* "yikes, yea, that's gunna be a hard pass from me"

[@ffsdontbethatguy2033]

1:03 how he looked at the camera Love you man ❤️

[@Hyzalker]

Leave it to Taran to post such an in depth review on short circuit, loved it! Please bring more products like this. Btw, you can have access to photoshop's api in autohotkey using COM objects, it works with remapping actions, brushes, whatever you want!

[@TaranVH]

Wait. WHAT?? you better link me to some more info on that, stat!

[@Hyzalker]

​@@TaranVH Hey Taran! Love your macro vids! I'm not sure where to find a lot of useful info on com objs regarding photoshop, I remember spending days searching on it, but I made a script explaining how to get commands from photoshop and converting to work in ahk. First thing needed is the Script Listener plugin, which can be downloaded from adobe: helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/downloadable-plugins-and-content.html The plugin will register everything you do on photoshop and output the code to a text file in your desktop. I use the javascript output code. There's also a lot of useful info on photoshop's api in there. Next is the ahk script: github.com/Hyzalker/PSComObj/blob/master/COM%20obj%20photoshop.ahk Ctrl+1 calls an action by name, Ctrl+2 sets the brush size to whatever you choose and Ctrl+3 changes the current brush tool. In this script I pasted the code I got from the script listener plugin and explained in commentary what I changed to make it work with ahk. Following that logic you can convert pretty much any command you can do in photoshop to ahk. Btw I'm not very good at coding, so I can't explain in detail how COM objects work. I just know it works and that's enough for me xD