Configuring Elgato Stream Deck with Mic Drop

Our Stream Deck plugin is ready for testing! If you have a Stream Deck and you’d like to test the Mic Drop plugin before it’s released, drop us a quick line and we’ll hook you up!

Setting up a mute button for the Stream Deck

You can set up your Stream Deck device to control Mic Drop without installing any extra bells or whistles.

Here’s how it works:

1. Create a new key and drag the Hotkey Switch action to it.
2. For Hotkey 1, enter your Mic Drop mute-only shortcut.
3. For Hotkey 2, enter your Mic Drop unmute-only shortcut.
4. Set the first icon to an on air icon, and the second icon to off air.
5. You’re good to go!

You can also download an action and an icon pack. If there are any other icons you’d like to see, shoot us a line and we can put something together!

Note that this approach works well, but if you mute using another button or from your computer, the key on your Stream Deck won’t change state. Once our plugin is available, you’ll be able to use multiple different buttons and keys and have the mute status synced across all of them. Stay tuned!

Using Keyboard Maestro

If you’re a Keyboard Maestro user, you can set up a macro to control Mic Drop, as well as update the key icon automatically depending on your mute state.

Here’s how you do it:

1. Create a macro in Keyboard Maestro that responds to the press of a Stream Deck key.
2. When the key is pressed, execute the following AppleScript to toggle Mic Drop and read its status:

tell application "Mic Drop"
    toggle
end tell

tell application "Mic Drop"
    read
end tell

1. Save the result to a variable like MicDropStatus.
2. Set up a conditional to set the Stream Deck button image based on the MicDropStatus variable.

Download Keyboard Maestro macro.

Using the Mic Drop plugin

We’re currently working on a Stream Deck plugin for Mic Drop. Keep your eyes peeled and if you have any specific requests, please feel free to drop us a line and say hi!