Streamdeck in Flight Sim

A flexible programable pannel that works with any flight sim to replace mouse and keyboard inputs with something more tactile and flexible.
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[@vitmedia]

All extremely useful! My Stream Deck arrives tomorrow (and I already have a Behringer X-Touch) - looking forward to putting it all to good use. Handy that I'm also a videographer by trade, so I can justify the expense for work :-). One comment about the video - I wonder if you might be using the compressor/noise gate a bit aggressively? Personally, I would prefer a steady background hiss rather than the pumping in and out to silence. It cuts off some of your opening words as well, which doesn't help. Maybe look at ways of improving the room acoustics, bringing the mic closer to your mouth, and turning the gain down. A minor quibble in an excellent series of videos, though.

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

Thanks for the feedback, and I agree totally about the sound. I wasn't too happy with it and was going to upgrade the mic, but i thinnk its a bit better in the newer videos. Let me know if its better for you now, if not I will play with the settings again.

[@vitmedia]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff Actually, yes, it is much better in more recent videos. So much so that I was going to edit my comment! It's still 'pumping' a bit when the gate or compressor kicks in, but it's noticeably better. Hope you don't think I was being overly fussy - it's just that I notice these things because of my job! The content remains excellent. Cheers!

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

@@vitmedia back in the 80s and 90s I was a DJ and I am hypercritical of myself, but it’s not always possible to put myself in the listeners shoes. I will tweek it a bit more. If only I had kept my old kit. Prices for my goto mic as a DJ (sure) are now too much for a hobby. So I will tweak . Please feel free to add critic, it’s the only way to improve, and suggestions are even more welcome.

[@vitmedia]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff honestly, it's much improved on recent videos. I don't think it's the mic - I think you should look at whatever you're using to edit the video - see if the gate settings are too sensitive or the compressor is ducking the background noise too much. But the content more than makes up for it! My Stream Deck arrived yesterday so I'm having fun working my way through all your material again :-)

[@blackhatairborne7174]

Hello, I'm interested in setup/installation video. Just got my Streamdeck XL

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

Coming soon!

[@hamradioshack9066]

We need video for elgato stream deck with nob fenix msfs2020 we need help how set alt-heading-vs ect no idea how to do this the elgato shows send you one for free. Thank friend

[@garyarnold2839]

In your video you talk about collecting h: and b: variables. When I select "Read HVars and BVars from MSFS" it says it is collecting them but gets hung up and never completes the process. Any thoughts? Cheers!

[@Gylfi0]

Amazing! Please correct me if I am wrong: so somehow it connects to the game's different planes' cockpits to get the buttons to actually look like those? Why don't they make bigger buttons, to look like the gauges?? Maybe different sized gauges! Oh look what a mess I did on the floor

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

The buttons and gauges are made manually by grabbing screen shots, well thats the way I do it. The STreamDeck wasnt designed to be a flight sim controller but it works really well as one. Compared to the Saitek / Logitech FIP a lot more "bang for your bucks"

[@Gylfi0]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff wow. That seems like a lot of work then! So you took a screenshot for any button, switch or knob of the plane model's cockpit you wanted and assigned each to a button of the deck? And when you change plane you do it all over again? Or wait, maybe you took a screenshot of a whole portion of a cockpit, and pasted it to cover the whole (or maybe part of) surface of the stream deck? Which?

[@CanadianTexaninLiguria]

@@Gylfi0 You can find a ton of buttons online already made

[@whiteyg2455]

Have you made any progress at incorporating the dual encoder?

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

I did, but sheleved th project in preference to using the XTouch Midi, see the vieos elsewhere on the channel, I looks so much better than my home print and consdering my home made set up needed a LeoBondar Board £40, Roatry Encoders £15.00 each, plus the build time, I get 16 encoders for £45.00 with the Xtouch, hence it stalled. But the principles hold true for this controller.

[@lazo5784]

This does not work for me Feb 9th 2022. Every key has a question mark and says Event underneath the question mark

[@perpetualomega]

Dev takes ages mapping and linking only for ASOBO to screw it up in one patch.

[@ianyeates9872]

Did you ever find out the cause of the yellow triangles and the question marks instead of icons. I get the XL two weeks ago and can not get any of the download profiles to work throug Lobys AAO. I hope someone has some answers as this is doing my head in ! ?

[@2684dennis]

if you want to have rotate buttons, buy the stream deck plus, you can use it as a autopilote mode selector

[@ianyeates9872]

Hello, I'm interested in setup/installation video. Just got my Streamdeck XL. I have been looking at all your videos regarding the Streamdeck but unfortunately seem to be going around in circles. The AAO Steamdeck plugin, where do you install that ? I am getting a load of question marks on my icons and think it is where the AAO SD plugin is installed. Getting very frustrated trying to set this SD XL up. I can see the value of using it but can not get it working. I will use the X-Touch mini until I get some answers from somewhere. Thanks Ian

[@oisiaa]

Awesome. This would take days to get just right. I fly in VR mostly so not sure how well it will work for me.

[@ENergyJimP]

I see the latest version of Axisandohs (2.10) has a free "bridge" app to work with the "Knobster" dual rotary knob. I know the knobster is more expensive (~$130 US dollars) than you prefer, but it should make your idea possible to use a stream deck to select which particular knob function the dual rotary knob would change. I agree with you that having a physical dual rotary knob to tune radios and work with various FMS's would be more realistic and therefore "immersive." (By the way I love using my Stream Deck XL with MSFS and I enjoy your videos.) :)

[@magicnorm2036]

Would like to see a video showing this.

[@DrTom1946]

Wonderful, thanks. Answered my BIG issues for my two grandsons flt. Simulator we are building. Won't be able to get to it til late Sept because i live 400 miles away however, the Sim now has both the Stream Deck Plus and the Stream Deck Xl that your video really helped with. Based on your video I hope it will be possible to use the two top left buttons to select either MSFS 2020 and XPLANE and then have a menu/page to select, as do you, various other aircraft and then, to open further menu's to program the various aircraft items in. Any suggestions appreciated by anyone. Tom

[@tehsimo]

informative, but the audio is unbearable

[@hesynergy]

Soooo how’d you do in emulating the Knobster? I’ve got the Arduino micro and printed the case, but the company that Russ sold the Knobster appears to have deleted the or obfuscated the previously Open source Arduino setup and code. Any luck on your side in that regard? Thanks, Sending protective and healing vibes to you and your loved ones Chas

[@ianyeates9872]

Hi Could you please show me how to setup a row of icons containing the downloaded aircraft profiles. I followed your video a week ago on how to set-up the A320 cockpit views. I was really pleased to get something working. All the profiles I have downloaded, I have yet to get any of them working ! The downloaded profiles like the C172 that you made a video on, I am missing a number of icons that where on your C171 and pressing the buttons only gives me ! instead of doing anything. I also followed your videos on the behringer, it is actually working better than the XL ! I bought the XL thinking it looked easier than x touch mini. I am so looking forward to getting the XL running as it will may a huge difference to flights. I hope you are ok as I have not seen any new stuff from you in awhile. Cheers Ian

[@pgreenx]

Does this work with xplane?

[@richardswede]

Man, sort your audio out!! Great video, but soooooo annoying on the Audio!

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

Thanks for the feedback. This was an old video and I’ve changed my mixer an mic since. If I get time I will remake this one.

[@sonicwingnut]

Cool video, although I would recommend getting an EQ on that mic to take out all that background hiss a bit and using a less aggressive noise gate.

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

Thanks for the tip. I was playing with Voicemeeter for the mic (iRig) but it just doesn't want to play ball. On the later videos I am taking the mic feed direct into OBS and its a l little better... I hope

[@sonicwingnut]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff are you using the compression and gate knobs in voicemeeter? I was actually using that for setting up lecture capture at the university where I work the other day and the comp/gate controls are really bad - turning the comp up a bit brought the noise floor up quite a lot so I found leaving it off better. Although if you want really nice settings then get the biggest version of VM (potato) and use VST plugins for dynamics and EQ (reaplugs are free and fine). Bit more complicated to setup but gives you a ton more control over your sound.

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

@@sonicwingnut I took your advice but find voicemeeter distorts the mic, so I use the VST Plugins now directly in OBS and that seems a little better, I hope.

[@sonicwingnut]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff yeah I started using them in OBS, still need a little tweaking but I find if you get the gain stages right (IE watching the levels going in and out of each plugin) it's half the battle.

[@erickgaucher5194]

Hi, and thank you for this video. Sorry but on stream deck, can you explain how to have on one buton how to change the icon with 2 fonctions/ positions. For LDG as exemple. I have a 15 buton stream deck and I can't use your profile to understand.

[@stemakwest7165]

Great video - thanks. So having Spad Next already, is there any reason to get this software also?

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

I too have SpadNext but not the ulitmate version which is required to use the StreamDEck. I have supported SpadNext since its launch and its fore runner Spad was estential in my FSX days. But it got cheesed off have to pay for the different sims, which isnt fair on the devloper I know, but having spent so much on upgrades and different versions I really couldnt convince myself to spend another £40, and Axis and Oohs is so much cheaper. Then I discovered it also supports Midid Devices, hence my section on XTouch Mini,but also inclused desktop FIPS and web FIPS at no addditional cost it was a no brainer. So while I do still have SpadNExt I havent touched it this year. My honest advice, if you already have ulitmate, and dont want Midi then stick with it.

[@CanadianTexaninLiguria]

Forget SPADnext. Most ready made profiles are written for AAO's. I was struggling for hours trying to figure out these videos training. Then I found a profile exactly for the plane I fly and in 10 minutes I was all set up. As much as I appreciate the effort of this channel there is a lot of jumping around and important steps missed that can cause you to want to jump in front of a moving bus lol. I now understand my students frustration when I expect them to know things that I consider common knowledge and they have no clue.

[@depmod3]

Hi. I could not find the links in the show notes. Also I am interested in the how-to video.

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

Sorry forgot to add them, it was a very late night on that upload :-( links now in place.

[@depmod3]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff Thank you. :)

[@ItsJustPhillip]

Will this work with flight sim 2020 on the Xbox series x?

[@Alex-ph9ls]

Man i just came across this vid and apparently the profiles from Guenseli disappeared from the site.

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

I think they are still there just moved into a new section. Try this link for all the stream deck profiles. flightsim.to/c/third-party/stream-deck/ If you cant find what youre looking for let me know.

[@Alex-ph9ls]

Excellent this link works ! Thx

[@pikechris6564]

I’m excited lol

[@perpetualomega]

Guenseli gone.

[@eastcoastsailingcenter7768]

is there a how to?

[@hoylandy]

Great video mate

[@joevertullo5983]

Hello, I'm interested in the how-to video. Just got my Streamdeck XL.

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

I will have this finished this week. Thanks for the feedback

[@joevertullo5983]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff Thank you for letting me know.

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

Thanks for the video. Might try this for IL2 Sturmovik.

[@mattwhale3156]

let me know how you get on with programming for IL2

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

@@mattwhale3156 Will do. In the middle of rearranging my computer setup so it might be a little while before I get to it.

[@Rejv3r]

were can i find your profile for the a320?

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

I am using this as a base, and then just added a couple of extra buttons flightsim.to/file/11114/fbw-a320-profile-for-streamdeck-xl-for-lorbys-aao-sd-plugin

[@Rejv3r]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff ok cuz i really liked the you have in video and I really wanna have that one 😀

[@Rejv3r]

And doses that profile work with 15 key stream deck sence that is the one i have?

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

@@Rejv3r Sorry no it is not possible but I will try and modify it and make a 15 key one which I will upload to flightsim.to I should be able to get something up by Sunday

[@Rejv3r]

@@FlightSimandOtherStuff that would be really nice if you wanna do it :) plz Link it here when you have uploaded it

[@kaiarbenhansen1617]

Nice insteucrions . Extremley bad Audio . Please fix your mic settings . Your videos are usefull but its very hard to to watch the whole video bc of the Audio

[@psutherla]

His audio is not very bad. Stop complaining and enjoy the video, or leave.

[@generalrodcocker1018]

doesn't work anymore

[@FlightSimandOtherStuff]

There was a problem after the world update because of WASM. Lorby did create a beta work around but since the latest patch yesterday it should all be working again.