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Key Points

Key Takeaways

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    Tactile Feedback

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    Muscle Memory: Cannot remember keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V etc.) and fingers cramp. With physical buttons, can remember by location (position). Can release brain memory.

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    Stream Deck +: 4 dials and touch strip added to conventional buttons. Volume adjustment, mic gain, changing Adobe brush size etc. can be done intuitively. Page turning is also smooth with lower touch bar.

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    Loupedeck Live S: More creator-oriented. Natively supports deep functions of Photoshop or Premiere Pro. Logic is difficult at first, but becomes god tool if mastered.

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    Automation: Can execute series of actions (Multi Action) like 'Open Slack, display specific channel, and write Good Morning' with one button.

Introduction: Extension of Fingertips

Bottleneck of PC operation is not CPU but “Human Fingers”. Moving mouse cursor and clicking small icon. How many hours of life are we spending on this action?

Physical keys eliminate this bottleneck. Fingers move faster than thinking. When reaching that realm, tool becomes part of body.

1. The Dial Master: Stream Deck +

Completed form of Stream Deck series. 4 dials and touch strip added to conventional LCD keys.

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Elgato Stream Deck +

World changes with dials. Spotify volume adjustment, Zoom zoom-in, just turn. There is click feeling (Detent), fine adjustment feels good.

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If you use Elgato mic (Wave:3 etc.), this device becomes mixer. Can adjust your listening volume and volume sent to stream individually. Feeling of reproducing physical knobs of audio interface with software.

2. The Creator’s Tool: Loupedeck Live S

More “Pro-oriented” device from Finland. Since it is company that originally made editing console for Lightroom, affinity with Adobe software is abnormally high.

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Loupedeck Live S

Push feeling of physical buttons is firmer and solid than Stream Deck. Compact so easy to carry. Function to automatically switch profiles is excellent.

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3. Comparison: General Purpose or Specialized

項目 Stream Deck + Loupedeck Live S
Target Streamer / General User Creator (Photo/Video)
Dials 4 (Large) 2 (Small)
Software Usability Intuitive (D&D) Complex (High Function)
Plugin Count Overwhelming Few

4. The Macro Life

My setting example.

  • Zoom Mute: Assigned to bottom left button which is easiest to press.
  • Pomodoro Timer: When button pressed, 25-minute timer starts, remaining time displayed on button.
  • Text Snippet: Input email address or fixed sentence with one tap.

These are small efficiencies, but if repeated 100 times a day, creates several days of time in a year.

Conclusion: Create Cockpit

Boys (and Girls) yearn for cockpit. Lots of switches, glowing buttons, turnable knobs. It is not just romance, but extreme of functionality.

Make desk a cockpit. All operations are within reach, can calculate even if blindfolded. That Immersion is source of productivity.

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