you said "please excuse the quality of the photography". you are the nicest man on planet earth

It’s good to see that Loupedeck seem to be looking at the flight sim world. With their knowledge they should look at creating an FS specific bit of hardware to fill the gap in the market for relatively inexpensive G1000 control and AP control in other aircraft. I.e. a mix of buttons and dual rotary encoders with displays for selected ALT etc…

What are your views on the Loupedeck Live? Something your interested in? Let me know by dropping a comment below. Thanks for watching!

Thanks again Mark for an extremely detailed review. This product does look impressive, however too expensive and a somewhat complicated in its use. Do appreciate the time you put in to keeping us informed with new products. Thanks!

Thanks for the video Mark, very interesting and it looks great, but at over £300 with VR support I think I'll stick with Voice Attack.

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Being a flight sim nerd has never been so fun. Thanks for the demonstration

i am a guitarist and loopdecks are used for navigating our recording studio interfaces and i had this epiphany in the shower that this would be perfect for flight simulations / raced to google to see if i was the first with this idea / lol i love the internet

I was lucky enough to get one for Christmas last year, after seeing this video and asking Santa nicely 😅 ... A year later and it's still my favorite Flight Sim hardware or software addon by far. Love it! Thanks again for this great review!!

Thanks for the review, spending most of my time in vr now having bought an Aero. Regards J .

Very nice. Did my own solution with an Arduino. But if someone doesn't want to build their own, this one is amazing.

YES! It's the video I have been waiting for! Thank you for making this video. Very detail and easy to understand.

Loupedeck ordered today. I have a feeling this video will get a lot of watches.

Thanks for the video, Mark. After watching it, I have bought a Loupedeck Live unit and, after several days of using, I think it has indeed a lot of future.

Dear Mark, your video’s and tutorials are the best. They give me inspiration over and over again (and have cost me money also😅) Thanks!

I'm using streamdeck and the Behringer X-touch mini with AXIS AND OHS, amazing combination.

Excellent as always. You might wish to 'gild the lily' by highlighting a little more the amazing flexibility of [button press] switching between workspaces, dial and touch pages. To the new user this incredibly useful flexibility is not initially evident. And it avoids spaghetti button collections. Just a thought... 😎

I prefer the Stream Deck via SPAD.next. No extra key bindings and stuff. And you can display real simconnect data.

VR USERS NEGLECTED, as usual. It would be nice if VR developers would work with companies like LoupeDeck to make their devices VR-Friendly. For example, the LoupeDeck device could have some indexing LEDS or markers on each corner of the device that could be sensed by VR headsets which would have in-app software overlays that would draw a virtual LoupeDeck in VR so that the device could be located/used with VR headset on. I think these are missed opportunities all around. Granted, the LoupDeck is not a dedicated game controller, but there seems to be no practical reason why it cannot be tailored to do the job, and the fact that MSFS profiles and icon libraries exist should be a clue that a demand exists. Great review, as usual, Mark. Thanks!

I bought this a very long time ago with the idea it would be great for MS Flight. I have tried and tired. Could never get it to work. I am very excited to try what you had in the video. Thank you Mark.

Thanks for doing this. Our Twitch-streaming Daughter went off to college and I (perhaps temporarily) inherited the LoupeDeck Live that I got her for Christmas last year. Great little bit of kit. Found the MSFS profile and have enjoyed it. Immediately thought ‘why aren’t more people talking about this use-case?’ Planning on a alpha/beta/touchscreen setup but in meantime this has been very helpful. The one main thing that I’m missing is being able to use the rotaries to control knobs (inner/outer) on the G1000. Thanks again. Well done.

Thanks Mark, you must have put a lot of time in to prepare this excellent review. An interesting device but expensive especially in the current climate. When my Saitek switches and panels give up I may look at Loupdeck but for the present, thanks to SpadNext I can't see a need.

Thanks for the video. I was unaware of this product. I like the physical knobs, but you didn't mention using the buttons as analogue gauges. In my 24 button Streamdeck I have a gauge 4 buttons tall for AGL and another 4 for VS. Both handy for landings where the software is grading you. EG: Neofly. I know the dash has a VS gauge, but most don't have AGL. The VS gauge is EZer to see while you are watching the runway. Which button is active gives you a coarse idea of you VS, or proximity to the ground (AGL). I am giving each of your knobs credit for two buttons, as we are using two buttons for heading and 2 more for VOR1 course, 2 for altitude and more. I am sure I can find uses for all 6 knobs! As I already have the Streamdeck, (recommended to me by Arashona who also gave me most of my settings), this would be an add-on to that, and I _might_ just get it for the knobs. Our Bravos have one knob shared by 5 or 6 things to set. I use it for VS mostly. Atltitude is on the Streamdeck. We weren't able to find a way to set the G1000's map range though. I haven't searched lately, so maybe they have added that, or perhaps it was there already under an obscure name. Twiddling the on-sceen know while in the flying view is a real pain, as you mouse doesn't jounce in sync with the plane jouncing. (all is good when you select the zoomed in dash view). Arashona also gave me dual gauges for fuel, Aileron/rudder trim et al. And single gauges for other stuff like elevator trim. Also, most of my button settings too. I just added the stacks of four to what he gave me. I also recently added AOA 0 - 2 degrees and AOA 0 - 6 degrees. I think I may have found the AGL on my own... after he trained me. ;)

Fantastic review Mark, I’m totally sold. Thank you 🎉

Good on you Mark, always enjoy watching your video creations :)

I bought one, Loupedeck had a sale a few days after this video came out, managed to get one for £199.99 I love it, using default profiles at the mo, but will be using SPADnext to sort some out for my 737 600 soon

Interesting but does seem a bit expensive. I'll take a look at this again if my bravo throttle quadrant crashes. Thanks for all of your videos!

Thanks for this video - this looks great. Pricey for me though. Maybe one day. :)

Thanks for the video! Sometimes i have to select the screen MSFS for the Loupedeck works good. I have 3 screens!

Excellent

Touch Portal is much cheaper, only £12 in app purchase. Really useful piece of kit for us Simmers and you can program ANYTHING

Thanks for your review. Looks impressive but seems to me like it only adds an unnecessary/overkill gadget to flight sim. Seems to me closer "realism" is already available in the cockpit via mouse. If one prefers to physically touch a control, a standard keyboard can be mapped to most controls. What am I missing?

Very cool

Great video Mark be nice to have this for the Xbox X I have the Turtle Beach velocity one, one of these mounted next to it would be great for us console pilots

In your video you mention Icon City MSFS Icons Package and you showed a few free icons available from the LoupDeck Marketplace. I decide to purchase the full package that include 477 icons. The icons are great, but they do not include an install package and cannot be used until manually installed via a long tedious process. In order to use them one must manually create 24 files and customize each for each of the 24 different directories which the icons come in based on their usage. It's a very tedious and time consuming process to manually install them. So, I do not recommend this product for the the LoupeDeck until they create an install script/bat file. I reached out to Icon City but they weren’t helpful at creating an install package. The only thing they did was add a comment that Additional Work would be required for it to work on LoupeDeck. Hopefully in an upcoming review you can mention this problem.

I make use of the MIDI output and SPAD.next to control the G1000 knobs, buttons etc.

Wow....what a useful tool...Thanks for sharing...best regards from Brazil

I was so waiting for this video

Excellent video, thank you. I have ordered one!

You've just cost me £225 lol Definitely getting one of these for myself, Early Christmas present I think

This sounds awesome! Thanx for the information 👍

Easy to use product😁 Lol thanks for the brilliant video. Greetings Shark

The Behringer X-TOUCH MINI has two more rotary switches and costs less then 1/4.... Maybe it's worth to make a video about it....

I have all the Saitek panels and switches, along with the Stream Deck XL with the payware plugin. I really like the look of the Loupedeck, but don't know if I can justify it since I use the multi panel for autopilot functions. I am tempted because of the rotary encoders though. Great Video, I can hear my wallet goading me, LOL.

I purchased the loupedeck and it is very very helpful. I hope somebody will make profiles using Spanish so that we can use the dials to control the G 1000 dials. Anybody heard of someone working on this?

If they were all dual rotaries it would be damn near perfect.

Yes Yes I do want it but am not getting it just can't afford atm. Of Course another Good video Thank You and not heard from Huddison lately I do Hope he is well :)

I guess you couldn’t use this in VR very good or just use VoiceAttack in VR.

Hi Mark...thanks for your review. Have bought one. Will you make a video about using Loupedeck Life with Spad.next?

Great review and tutorial Mark! I'm a Streamdeck owner and this was still an instant purchase for me, thanks to those rotary dials! Arrives tomorrow :). Hey could I trouble you for a couple of things? Would you mind sharing your KAP140 profile? And can you tell me more about this Streamdeck bridge for MSFS?? Cheers!

I've FINALLY managed to completely program the entire cockpit of the c172. It was worth it. Mixed with another little macro pad (Megladon DOIO - very inexpensive, highly recommend) and the Track IR, I am now taking entirely mouse and keyboard free flights. It's amazing. Did you manage to get around the limitation of the 16 channels of the knobs? I cant work out a way to program more than 16.

You set 29.92in... if you were flying in the UK we use Hectopascal's (hPa). Very informative video, nice job 👍

Thank you very much for this brief introduction! Is there any source, where I can download compete profiles for example for the Fenix A320 or PMDG 737 so that I don't need to invent the wheel again 😂

Great video as always mate......Interesting piece of hardware here...Just out interest, are you still using this currently?

Looks good, and is probably good value for money, given its versatility, if you're building a sim cockpit, but it's a bit steep for my pocket. Good informative video, though

A quick comment regarding the cable length. My Loupedeck arrived today, and the cable is 2 metres long - more than adequate for my set-up. Mark, was your cable shorter ?

Great great video - many thanks👍

hope your all good sir

Mark, another cracking Video and my bank manger is starting to love you, as i keep buying the stuff you feature LOL! Mark do you know or does anyone know if anyone got this device to work with the FBW (Or Fenix) A320? (Or will settle for the PMDG 737) or can point me in the right direction to download a Loupedeck profile for that aircraft in MSFS2020? As you can imagine I am mainly a Airline simmer in MSFS 2020, got it working for GS, but would dearly love to have a profile for the A320 (Or 737). Thanks again Mark, and hoping your next Flight Simmer 'MUST HAVE Gadget' is a few months away to allow me to save up LOL!

Thank you

Greetings! Have you used this gizmo for setting up your camera views? If so, ist in complicated to do?

Thank you for the great content and detailed explanation, probably the best FS VR chanel on youtube. Do you use loopedeck live in VR. I am hesitating between the loupedeck and the streamdeck+ but I want to use it in VR as once trying FS in VR its very difficult to comeback to flat sreens. Have a nice day

I am confused 🤨. After all of the efforts by the aircraft developers to make the simming 'as real as it gets', Loupedeck appears to be trying to duplicate the cockpit functions unnecessarily and not in a cockpit-real style. What am I missing ❓

Can the standard software enable the rotary encoders to be programmed with the keypress duration ? Thanks again Mark for another of your very detailed reviews, so much more useful than the all too common youtube 'unboxing' presentations !!

Nice video, thanks. Between this and Loupedeck Live S, which would be better for MFS2020?

Thanks for the nice video. Looks like a great product but a bit on the pricey side.

Hello and thank you for this great review and all your very interesting videos! After watching it, I have bought a Loupedeck Live S (version with just 2 dials) and I'm trying to map the dials to the autopilot controls for the Flybywire A320 NX. The altitude dial works perfectly, but the airspeed (autothrottle) mapped to the other dial does nothing at all. Could you please give me some advie on how to map the speed to a dial with the A320 NX? Thank you very much!

Thanks for your video. One question, will it work with X-Plane 12/11? TIA

No interest in the product (yet) but the presentation was worth a subscription

Thanks Mark for the explanation of LoupeDeck. I use the Elgato Stream Deck XL and feel having the knobs could be useful for a second controller. One question, I assume you cannot "display" data (sim variables) on the LoupeDeck buttons like you can on the Stream Deck. Is that correct?

@SimHanger Flight Simulation Mark, thank you for this video. How do you install the full purchase pack from Icon City? There isn’t a pack to install from when you purchase this. So do you have to browse each icon separately? Lastly, would you recommend the CT or the Live deck from Loupedeck for simming? I think I prefer the extra functionality of CT, but debating whether this may not actually add any functionality to FS?

Ok so for the reverse which I am really interested. I was wondering if it is possible to have the logitech pro joystick or other flight sim gear be used a midi controller in order to control hardware music gear such as the MPC one. I have seen many videos on using PlayStation controllers to control midi in software DAWs such as Ableton. My imagination is running wild here haha. Any ideas?

Mark, have you taken a look at Elgato Stream Deck Plus? That is cheaper than LoupeDeck ans I was wondering if you have tried that one too.

Dear Mark, thanks for a great review. love your channel! I was wondering if you can actually feel the physical gaps between the squares on the screen. (looking at the beginning of the video when the screen is off it seems that those gap exist, but it is not that clear). as a VR user would love to know... Thanks

Hello Mark, thank you for this very good review. Just one question: Does the Loupedeck work on an USB Hub or has it to be connected direct to the PC:

I’ll wait for a version 2 because I think they missed a key opportunity: had they used dual rotary encoders instead of single encoders there would be a lot more hardware you could emulate. For both VR and non-VR users dials are frustrating to use with the mouse. That is even more so for dual encoders such as found on GPS units. This could have resolved much of that. Maybe they’ll consider that in an updated/expanded version.

Looks awesome ,,, Does this work with X-Plane 12 ?

I attempted to do the same with Stream Decks. In some respects the Loupedeck looks like a better fit, mainly because of feedback of information and of course the rotary. Simulating rotaries with buttons is a terrible idea, but what do you do on a Streamdeck? I'm curious as to how profiles work on the Loupedeck, as I use these instead of folders on the SD to avoid page hierarchies. Very helpful demo - I'll look into acquiring one. Thank you

does it work through Apple Mac + Xbox ?

I went out and bought one of these having seen your video. It is a great piece of kit! For some reason I cannot get any of my keyboard shortcuts to work. Have you seen this before? I have added the keyboard shortcut in the default MSFS profile, replacing buttons like Pitot Heat where I am happy to use the switch in the cockpit, but they have no effect in the sim.

Yesterday I was looking to buy this, but it's too expensive (270€) vs what the SteamDreck XL costs right now (200€), while this one has 32 real buttons, not just a segmented touchpad. Also, for VR is pretty much useless, although those rotaries can be useful, but you can get a button box with rotaries much cheaper.

Thanks for sharing. Is there a way to set up custom cameras on those buttons, or the ability to start MSFS replay recorder coming out with the 10 update? I would definitely us it as a a camera toggle!

Thank you for a great review. I've been having some trouble adding custom keyboard shortcuts to the Loupedeck Calibex profile. I've created a duplicate profile. I've ensured that the active keyboard profile in MSFS 2020 has the same keykboard shortcut as the Loupedeck custom keyboard shortcut, but they don't work. The loupedeck does not even "buzz" when you press the shortcut. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Hi Mark. Can we move windows like Garmin or MFD to this display

Hmm. There must be a way to replicate the functionality of this device on an iPad (which I'm currently using as a second screen). Any ideas?

Hi Mark very well explained, can you control views with loupedeck in MSFS 2020

….piece of cake…..

I fly with multiple monitors and sadly using a device to duplicate keypresses just doesn't work unless the Flight sim monitor is in 'focus' . If someone develops the bridge so the loupedeck use SimConnect then it might be a useful device, until then it would be very annoying very quickly. SPAD.next and the LoupeDeck Live would be the way to go.

Does it provide visual feedback to reflect actual cockpit status? For example, external power availability in airliner?

I purchased the loop deck and it is very very helpful. I hope somebody will make profiles using Spanish so that we can use the dials to control the G 1000 dials. Anybody heard of someone working on this?

Loupedeck or the new Streamdeck with knobs ?

If your going to spend that kind of money on loopdeck, might as well just by a Honeycomb yoke and throttle.

quick question, do you need the software to daily run it?, or can you run it as stand-a-lone, and swap from pc to mac?

Can anyone comment on the Razer branded Stream Controller? Just discovered it at Best Buy. I think the Razer might not have the software support/capabilities that the Loupedeck has?

Hi Mark, Not sure if i saw it in the video, will the knobs also control FMS knob on the G1000 ?

I am trying to make the loupedeck work with DCS. How did you rename the keyboard ?

The company that manufacturers this for the Finnish company in China must have only had some cards made with a usb-C on the top of the board. This certainly was a mistake but I'm sure the next iteration will account for this.

how do you remember what’s what in VR?

Bought the loupedeck and am running vkb sim joystick and Virgil mongoose throttle once I plug loupedeck on I loose my throttle

Hi Mark. Can you test this on the Fenix? I can’t get the rotary dials to work with the AP. Actually the rotary dials don’t work on most of the airliners. They work fine on ga aircraft. Thanks