This should have been GREAT! - LOUPEDECK CT 

"Not bad" -Taran's highest praise.

Taran's the type of dude to have 14 keyboards worth of macros on his desk but headphones that are held together with scotch tape

I love hearing Taran say: "I only have so many keys" at a desk with a dozen keyboards.

Thank you for your review. Loupedeck team appreciates community feedback, as it helps us to develop our brand. We are committed to providing the best editing experience possible and want to assure you we are continuously developing and releasing new SW updates. We have already identified many of the issues mentioned and major improvements to the Loupedeck Software and UI overhaul are expected to be released very soon.

Taran is so good at finding inefficiencies, his reviews on things he deeply cares about are fucking incredible.

Taran desperately needs a channel called Taran's Tangents where he just goes off on whatever's bugging him about tech and beyond, what a joy that would be to watch.

I love how taran is just humble braging with his keyboard shortcuts

THIS is how you review a product! I am so sick and tired of paid promotions on RU-vid where people "review" things, but only say good things, or just a few basic bad things without delving deeper into a product. This is one of few very high quality reviews on the subject, and it's better than 90% of reviews of any other product on RU-vid, ever. No matter who by. This is the reason why LTT/LMG is the only company/channel on RU-vid I respect. There isn't a single one that offers a similar level of quality. Not even MKBHD, he is biased and reviews things on a surface level. It's looks good and shiny, but no actual content. I won't even start on Austin Evans.

I feel like I haven't seen or heard from Taran in ages. We really need more Taran on videos

I feel like what they should have done is paid Taran to design it

"I put it on a single button, because, you know, I can" - The Macro King

So glad the LoupeDeck has improved greatly and most things he is complaining about have been resolved

Me: Looks like they had good ideas and just couldn’t realize them. But still think it could be useful for some stuff Taran: It‘s 500 bucks. Me: What a piece of garbage

We all knew its gonna be the king of macros himself

This video is so into every detail. And, also providing useful feedback they could apply. Love it! Have been any improvements in the software integration during the last year? Btw, a playlist dedicated to this kind of deck devices would be really useful if possible :)

Hello 2023 here. If you're thinking about getting one now there is Alot that has changed. Some good, some the same, some breaking. (now I am exclusively an adobe user heavily Photoshop focused with some after effects and premier pro) TL;DR in advance: overall I think it's a stronger product now and should be considered but in a few scenarios it still falls flat. First the breaking. If you own an ARM product you plan on using with this, skip full stop. Currently on 22h windows 11 (the only time windows 11 is better is on ARM because windows 10 will not emulate x64 programs) In order to use in Adobe it requires a plugin, and right now, it is not being supported on Adobe. This is not loupdecks fault, but after hours of time on support and forums it seems there is no back door or any way to get this to work. I've heard M1 has a better time so maybe that's an avenue for you but look into it first. You cannot even get into creative cloud for plugins at the moment. It just says "something went wrong." Full stop no error code. Again this isn't a loupedeck issue but it will not work on ARM. Second is "what is still janky". Now this has gotten better over time but still PHENOMENALLY SLOW. On desk top where I have 128 gb of ram, have it on a M2. SSD running on a newer Ryzen 5, it's still painfully slow, sometimes locking up completely, taking minutes to unlock, and start working again, and at times borderline unusable. You have to just accept if you need to change anything on it, you are going to have to wait for a long long time. The vibration when nothing is happening, is still there, although I do not find it as annoying as Taran. And the "not able to change colors outside of preset by loupedeck is there and a really big bummer. I would love an active swatch, where on my color selector, it would save my last 9 or so used colors or even better the colors used in this session would be the absolute best. At minimum you should be able to control the colors in the preset for your most used ones but that's not even available. Just the ones given and to switch foreground and background. Now for the positive. The software (although still snail speed) is phenomenally better. Able to set up macros, able to change icons, backgrounds, color code things, the setup is still slightly confusing but much better in explaining what you can do with it. Etc. They have packs for different icons as well as able to add your own, able to download presets and plugins. It's nice and I do like it. The lag has marginally improved although is still not anything close to snappy. Overall things are better but still slow and unresponsive. So ending. Should you get it? I think a used one, if you're willing to put up with the abysmal speed, is actually worth it. I like it personally. After a good minute tho I think it's troubling that it's still having these basic issues this long down the line and find it had to put faith that things will become much better after this long, and not addressing the issues for a device this expensive

Always great to see Taran...just wondering if he's gotten any taller.

"But I only have so many keys!" Says the guys with 3 keyboards.

Your keyboard macro video was seriously eye-opening. Really enjoy your reviews as you definitely go deep with the detail

Taran needs more videos here. He's basically me and every post-producer I ever worked with, knowing (or trying to) the ins and outs of literally every single thing but with an amazing articulate and pro-active way of reviewing things and actually trying to make a change.

13 minutes of Taran ranting. I love it.

seems more like an alpha version. I guess the most promising part is that most issues can be solved in software

This definitely had to have been beta. I purchased this recently. I decided to spend a day to just learn the device, within a just a few days I can’t imagine editing in final cut without it. I also had the loupdeck + and this takes it to another level. Please do an update video. I’d like to know what your thoughts are 5 months later.

God I love short Circuit for its ability to let people gush over things they're passionate about. I know nothing about things like video editing or cameras, but hearing you guys go on about them is really a ton of fun.

"I've been looking to buy this for so long!" *sees title "Damn itttttttt"

Hey Linus, i know you read these so i just wanted to say stuff like this + brandon’s camera reviews are the EXACT reason i subbed to short circuit. Can’t wait to see Taran’s next review of that new system he mentioned!!

On a more serious note I'm so glad you actually tried the thing for a few weeks and gave feedback that has to be the most rounded test-drive and feedback you can get. Thank you

I've been waiting for a product like this but I guess I have to wait. Great overview of the product, this video was great.

Taran when he's dating- "so basically, she didn't have good enough macro integration"

11:21 "Only 44 actions shortcuts" ONLY! I love our macro king

Thank you for sharing. I was on my way to buy one!! Love the video makes sense!

I got the loupedeck recently. Looking back at this, I am so glad the software got way better!

Beginning to feel like this should have been put on the Main Channel IMO.

It's always a damn shame when some neat piece of hardware comes with shit software.

That's a great review with lots of useful information, at least it was at the time of release. However since then Loupdeck heavily updated their software and most of the complain (like it was not possible to costumise icons or all the Premiere Pro API names confusion) seems like sorted out. I would love to see an updated video review and see how well or not so well the panel control now fit your requirements.

Thank you for this! OMG, this looked so cool for my DIT work on set that could cross over to other uses, but this demonstrated exactly what I worried it would be! Thank you for making this and letting me know about the Ripple Tangent! 😝

"Those are nice knobs..." - Taran Van Hemert, 2020

The Macro Master is back at it again

Great review! I was hoping this to be awesome.. Very honest opinion and well tested. Congrats on the video! Keep up the good work! :D

I really like this guy though........wish we saw him more often on the main channel, seems like a sick dude. A true guy among guys.

Happy to see that he still has more than 5 keyboards on his desk

Me: mouse and keyboard is best for FPS games vs. controllers Taran: fragging it out with THREE track balls.

really good review video. Love it!!! well done

Well done. Love the style

Ok, now I want a short circuit tshirt like taran's

This software looks like someone clued it together with jQuery

the one&only review of the loupdeck. a review, not a commercial! thanks!

Such a great analysis. Thank you

I am simple man. I see macro king. I click.

Taran seems like the type of guy to argue with his teachers or instructors in university or high school.

Thank you sir for the most honest review I’ve seen! Nice to hear the real thing instead of a sponsored review.

Tarans reviews are incredible. He uses the products very thoroughly and wants them to work instead of giving up and complaining. At the same time he is really honest with criticism and most things taran criticises most people wouldn't even have tried. Really nice review. Keep it up :D

Taran is the most consistent person I have ever seen. He is the consistency king.

damn, he chewed this thing up and spat it back out; good.

First honest review of this product... Well done.

Having a snobby elitist reviewing something is going to give you the most honest results. 11/10 times.

Love that Short Circuit shirt Taran is wearing, please sell a shirt like that

Says "You already have your hand on THE keyboard" Has FOUR keyboards. Love you, Taran!

This was a great bit of content guys! I personally have abolsutely zero use for this bit of kit, but this video kept me interested, great presenter, well put together, informative without being overloading for someone like me (with zero photoshop experience), and brilliantly paced in my opinion :) - When Linus announced Short Circuit I was a bit skeptical if there was space even within LTT for another channel... but honestly, there really is and videos like this one are just great :) So glad there's a place for them :)

Teran saying "I only have so many keys" lol. Dude you have all the keys.

It is funny how Taran has a little sticker on his t-shirt saying "ShortCircuit" instead of "linusmediagroup" XD

1:23: My family looking at me

Very helpful review! Just got my sub.

taran your review was actually refreshing i like it :)

From all the people on LTT team I like Taran the most. I'm sure if he made more like LTT style videos on his channel he would blow as a tech RU-vidr. But ik you guys have a policy against that but still.

Hm, for a long time I've thought this was just kind of a faffing about channel. Unbox a thing, poke around with it for a few minutes, upload video. This is the first video on this channel that I've seen that I would consider an actual review. Very extensive. Good job!

Sad about the product, happy that you are doing a video! Wish you review more stuff, you're very thorough

I’d love to see this revisited with the new software! Apparently it’s better but I don’t want to have to spend the money to find out. I want to know it’s better first

casually says "I'm the macro king"

That's really cool that Elgato added all the features you requested to the streamdeck!

Give this guy more videos to do, he really explains all the things!

Interesting video, cheers Taran.

oh my god, it's taran's beautiful fac and voice. He's the only real lmg employee whose name I rememeber above all else because he is a god.

Teran's nerdery is so next level for everything LMG does. It's such a nice refreshing slightly less polished more tech nerd take.

Thank you. for this video. I will hold on to my Loupodeck +

I've never felt frustration so eloquently conveyed than in a Taran video. Great content.

MACRO KING! Also, man, this was way worse than expected

Did you even know this is the ONLY, the OOOONLY review that is honest and not sponsored by loopdeck itself!? Thank you for doing this one, people need to know

Outstanding review. Thank you. 😁

Thanks for the Photoshop tips, those are sick!

Nailed it.

"I put it on a single button...cause...I can."

I love the tape that says "Short Circuit" over the LTT shirt. Nice addition.

It's always good to see Taran on the other side of the camera. Scathing commentary. Helpful tips. His array of keyboards. What's not to like :D

Taran: "I'm out of keys for macros, I need to attach more keyboards for more macros." Also Taran: "I bound an already existing macro to a single button."

seems like they forgot to do user tests on professional editors edit: oh. he said that. nvm

love the tape tag

Just enough geek to keep me entertained. Thanks!

Honestly interested on knowing just HOW fast Taran is compared to other editors with all those macros on all those keyboards

"The best one I've ever used is on the Logitech Craft Keyboard, to the point where I just want to cut it off of that keyboard and just put it down here and use only that dial." Have you tried the Surface Dial? If you have, what makes the Surface Dial worse than the one on the Logitech Craft?

Thank you for your honesty!

Same thing with Loupedeck+: When (and if) it works, it works - sometimes. Until then, you are in a world that hurts. Glad, that i stubled uppon your test, saved me 500 and change of rippoff. Thanks. Just sold my loupedeck+ and went back to KB and Mouse.

Has the LoupeDeck CT gotten any better?

Me: clicks on link to see the price Also me: *IS MUCH EXPENSE*

Just saved me money! Thank you!!!

Thanks for confirming my choice of the Stream Deck XL.

I just purchased the CT and Loupedeck has recently done a major overhaul to their software which fixes nearly every complaint mentioned in this video. The new software is responsive and you have way more editing options than in the version of software that was reviewed in this video. If you are considering purchasing the Loupedeck CT then find a newer review video of the item and see how it is a vast improvement from what was reviewed in this video. This particular video really needs to be updated because it is out-of-date.

If I was someone from Loupedeck and saw Taran at the beginning of the video, I would S-W-E-A-T

1:03 how he looked at the camera Love you man ❤️

i love that he stickered over the LTT with short circuit when the scene changed i had to walk away it was two funny