Using Proclaim with the Elgato Stream Deck

Is anyone using Proclaim with the Elgato Stream Deck? It seems that the Stream deck could greatly simplify Proclaim presentation training, and as both can support midi, it ought to be possible to use them both together.

I've found one article online that suggests it's possible, but that's a more technical setup than I want to use: https://techministry.blog/2020/06/25/walkthrough-using-a-streamdeck-and-midi-relay-to-control-faithlife-proclaim/

Does anyone have a simpler option?

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MJ. Smith

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Jordan Sjodin

I believe there is a simpler way now. Looks like someone published a midi app for Stream Deck, which you can use to setup buttons to control Proclaim via midi.

If you are on windows you will need to download loopMidi

On Mac, you use Audio MIDI setup to enable the IAC driver.

Both of those steps you do once, to facilitate the midi communication, then after that you configure the rest by adding Commands in Proclaim for the things you want to control, and then add the corresponding midi button to your stream deck.

Mark Barnes

Thanks Jordan - I'll take a look.

Bill Lindner

Mark - did you ever get things going with Stream Deck and Proclaim? Any suggestions or discoveries?

Gregory Lawhorn

Mark - did you ever get things going with Stream Deck and Proclaim? Any suggestions or discoveries?

Mark Barnes

Mark - did you ever get things going with Stream Deck and Proclaim? Any suggestions or discoveries?

It's all fairly straightforward. It takes four steps and about 10 minutes to configure. These are the steps for Windows.

Install and configure a virtual midi-port.

Download and install loopMIDI.
Add a virtual port to loopMIDI by clicking the + button in the bottom left corner. You can name the port first, or just accept the default.
Minimise loopMIDI by clicking on the close button.
Right-click on the loopMIDI icon in the taskbar and make sure it starts minimized in the future.

Install a Stream Deck midi plugin.

Make sure Stream Deck is fully closed. Right-click on the taskbar icon and quit if you need to. (You should see the StreamDeck icon across all the buttons.)
Open Stream Deck, then click on More actions…
Type midi in the search field, and install the extension by Trevliga Spel.

Create a midi button on your Stream Deck

Scroll to the list of available actions, and drag Note On/Off to one of your buttons.
Name the button and change the icon as you wish. For example, you could name it Next slide.
Make a note of the Channel and Key. Leave velocity at 64. Button type should be Push. The Midi Out port should be the name of the port you created in step 1.2.
If you want to create more buttons, repeat these steps, but make sure you assign a different Key to each button.

Configure Proclaim

Make sure Proclaim is completely closed, then open it.
Go to Settings and Midi Input.
Click Add command.
Choose a Proclaim action from the dropdown (such as Next slide).
When Proclaim says it's listening, press the button you configured on your Stream Deck.
If you configured additional buttons, repeat from step 4.3

That's it! Once it's configured, you can use the Stream Deck to control Proclaim in the background. I'm using this in conjunction with OBS, so that OBS and Proclaim can be controlled without ever touching the laptop.

Bill Lindner

Thanks Mark - this is very helpful. I'm putting it here so others can find it as well.

It's all fairly straightforward. It takes four steps and about 10 minutes to configure:

Install and configure a virtual midi-port.

Download and install loopMIDI.
Add a virtual port to loopMIDI by clicking the + button in the bottom left corner. You can name the port first, or just accept the default.
Minimise loopMIDI by clicking on the close button.
Right-click on the loopMIDI icon in the taskbar and make sure it starts minimized in the future.

Install and a Stream Deck midi plugin.

Make sure Stream Deck is fully closed. Right-click on the taskbar icon and quit if you need to. (You should see the StreamDeck icon across all the buttons.)
Open Stream Deck, then click on More actions…
Type midi in the search field, and install the extension by Trevliga Spel.

Create a midi button on your Stream Deck

Scroll to the list of available actions, and drag Note On/Off to one of your buttons.
Name the button and change the icon as you wish. For example, you could name it Next slide.
Make a note of the Channel and Key. Leave velocity at 64. Button type should be Push. The Midi Out port should be the name of the port you created in step 1.2.
If you want to create more buttons, repeat these steps, but make sure you assign a different Key to each button.

Configure Proclaim

Make sure Proclaim is completely closed, then open it.
Go to Settings and Midi Input.
Click Add command.
Choose a Proclaim action from the dropdown (such as Next slide).
When Proclaim says it's listening, press the button you configured on your Stream Deck.
If you configured additional buttons, repeat from step 4.3

Arturo Lopez

if we enable the IAC driver would that compromise the driver we use for our audio interface?