Elgato is vastly improving its Discord plugin for its Stream Deck and releasing Discord-branded hardware. The Discord plugin in Stream Deck now integrates with the new Discord soundboard and includes notification support for messages, improved volume control, and much more.
The soundboard integration works much like how Voicemod can display a literal soundboard on your Stream Deck. You can assign sounds to buttons and even search for sounds you’ve set. Naturally, you’ll need to be a Discord Nitro subscriber to use the soundboard feature.
Now you can use a button on a Stream Deck device to select audio inputs or outputs on your PC, making it easy to switch between headphones and speakers. Elgato has also added a notifications action that will show how many messages are waiting for you in a Stream Deck button.
If you’re used to fiddling with your friends’ audio volume because they’re too loud or your microphone is just plain bad, Stream Deck now has user volume control actions. You can touch a button to change the audio or even turn the dial on a Stream Deck Plus device. There’s also a new action to display server statistics on a Stream Deck button, including new message count, recently active users, or online users. Finally, you can also toggle between push-to-talk or voice activity modes using a single Stream Deck button.
While the plugin is a great upgrade for Stream Deck and Discord users, Elgato is also releasing a Discord-branded Stream Deck and a Wave:3 microphone that is also branded with the Discord logo and colors. Both the Wumpus Microphone and the Wumpus Stream Deck are priced at $150 and are available as a limited edition.
