--- title: "Stream Deck Plugin: All 34 Actions - DMXDesktop" description: "Every action in the DMXDesktop Stream Deck plugin: Live Control, effect cues, the Programmer GO key, QuickShow, DJ transport and the seven encoder dials." canonical: https://www.dmxdesktop.com/knowledgebase/stream-deck-actions lang: en source: /knowledgebase/stream-deck-actions --- # Stream Deck Plugin: All 34 Actions v1.0.52+ A reference for every action in the DMXDesktop Stream Deck plugin: 27 that run on any Stream Deck, and 7 that sit on the encoders of a Stream Deck +. Each entry says what the action does and, where it matters, what your key will show. For installation and connection, see [setup and connection](/knowledgebase/stream-deck-setup). Actions marked **Dial** need a device with encoders. Groups that need a paid licence are marked; everything else works on any licence including Free. [Download DMXDesktop free](/download) [See pricing →](/pricing) ## [Live control](#live-control) Works on any licence. - **Live Control.** Blackout, strobe, blinder, freeze, fog or effect, on the whole rig or only the groups you choose. It follows the control's own momentary or latching setting in DMXDesktop, so a blinder you hold and a blackout you set. See [live controls](/knowledgebase/live-controls). - **Special Effect.** Wave, thunder and the rest. Always momentary, so it stops on key-up. - **Live Edit.** Fire a [live edit](/knowledgebase/live-edits). - **Live Edit Group.** Fire a whole group, press again to drop it. The lamp follows the desk. ## [Effect cues](#effect-cues) Works on any licence. - **Effect Cue: Play.** Play a named [effect cue](/knowledgebase/effect-cues), picked from a list read off your own rig. - **Effect Cue: Transport.** Stop, next or previous. Each verb draws its own icon. - **Effect Cue: Now Playing.** Displays the cue that is playing, and blanks when nothing is. - **Effect Cue Stack.** Play, stop, pause or toggle an [effect cue stack](/effect-cue-stacks). ## [The Programmer and cue stacks](#the-programmer-and-cue-stacks) **Needs a Pro licence.** These six keys are the reason a lot of people want a Stream Deck in the first place. - **Programmer: Cue Stack (GO).** GO, BACK, HALT or STOP, each on its own key. Run a show the way a lighting desk expects to be run. - **Programmer: Cue.** Fire a Programmer cue. - **Programmer: Cue Stack Flash.** Held while the key is down, released on key-up. - **Programmer: Function.** Fire a Programmer function by position. - **Programmer: Cue Stack Level.** *Dial.* Ride a stack's level rather than jumping it. Press for full, press again to release. - **Programmer: Fader.** *Dial.* Any cue, fixture, group or executor fader. ## [QuickShow](#quickshow) Works on any licence. See the [QuickShow](/quick-show) page for what these drive. - **QuickShow Beam Effect.** 38 beam effects. Carries the current spread, phase and speed rather than resetting them. - **QuickShow Movement Effect.** 15 movement effects. - **QuickShow Direction.** Forward, reverse or bounce. Changes a running effect without interrupting it. - **QuickShow Theme.** Switch colour palette, built-in or your own. - **QuickShow Preset.** Recall a whole look. - **QuickShow Stop All.** Stop beam and movement together. - **QuickShow Slider.** *Dial.* Eight sliders, including beam speed as a note timing. ## [Colour, position and levels](#colour-position-and-levels) Works on any licence. - **Color Override.** Apply a palette, built-in or custom, and hand the fixtures back with the same key. See [colours and themes](/knowledgebase/colors-themes). - **Position Override.** Apply a position preset. Centre means cleared. - **Master Dimmer.** *Dial.* Press for full, press again to restore. - **Macro Fader.** *Dial.* One of DMXDesktop's own [macro faders](/knowledgebase/macro-faders). ## [DJ](#dj) **Needs Standard or above.** See [DJ Mode](/intelligent-lighting). - **DJ Mode.** On, off or toggle, and optionally choose which DJ application runs. On a Free licence this key can still follow the desk, it just cannot toggle it. - **DJ Deck.** Play, pause or stop either deck. The lamp follows the deck. - **DJ Crossfader.** *Dial.* Press to centre. The strip reads -100 to 0 to +100. Needs the built-in Music Player. ## [Audio and BPM](#audio-and-bpm) Works on any licence. This group mirrors DMXDesktop's Audio and BPM controls, and all of it is the capture side, meaning what DMXDesktop listens to. See [live audio detection](/knowledgebase/live-audio). - **Audio Capture.** Whether DMXDesktop is listening at all. Drives level and energy. - **Audio Capture Device.** Which device it listens to. One key per device, and the lit one is in use. Output devices are included, which is loopback, and usually what you want for a DJ set. - **BPM Source.** Where the tempo comes from: the captured audio, [Ableton Link](/ableton-link), or OS2L. The three are mutually exclusive, so a row of them shows exactly one lit. - **BPM.** Displays the current BPM. - **Re-scan Audio Devices.** For an interface plugged in after DMXDesktop started. - **Audio Capture Level.** *Dial.* Input volume or energy. ## [The seven dials](#the-seven-dials) Pulled together for convenience. These need a Stream Deck with encoders, such as the Stream Deck +. Turn for fine, press for full. Dial speed is adjustable (off, gentle, normal or fast), per dial or for all of them at once; on Off, one detent is exactly one step. 1. Master Dimmer 2. Programmer: Fader *(Pro)* 3. Programmer: Cue Stack Level *(Pro)* 4. Macro Fader 5. QuickShow Slider 6. DJ Crossfader *(Standard or above)* 7. Audio Capture Level ## [What has no key, and why](#what-has-no-key-and-why) Three DMXDesktop controls are not available over the network, so the plugin has no action for them: **deck EQ**, **jog wheels** and **AutoMix**. These are listed so their absence is not a surprise rather than a fault to report. Two more are worth knowing about. A macro fader moved by MIDI may lag until the next update. The capture level and energy sliders in DMXDesktop's own Audio popup announce nothing, so a dial will not follow a change made there; save the same change on the Settings page and the dial follows it.