Riverside on your Stream Deck:
host with your hands, not your cursor.
Podcast hosts live in their notes, not the studio tab. Put mute and camera on physical keys so the recording tab never needs your attention.
Physical keys on your Stream Deck for Riverside meetings: toggle mute, toggle your camera, share your screen, and leave the meeting. Each key shows the live state, so a red key means muted before you trust your voice to it. The same keys work in every other meeting app MuteDeck supports, with no profile switching.
- Install MuteDeck on your computer from the downloads page. The 7-day trial needs no account or card.
- Install the MuteDeck browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, then open your Riverside studio.
- Install the MuteDeck plugin from the Elgato marketplace (one click in the Stream Deck app).
- Drag the buttons onto your deck: Toggle Mute, Toggle Camera, Share Screen, Leave Meeting. They live in the MuteDeck group in the actions list.
- Join a Riverside meeting and test. The keys light up with your live state; press to toggle.
A good interview means your attention is on the guest and your outline. The extension keeps the Stream Deck key synced with the studio's real mute state, so muting for a cough or a notification takes one press and zero visual searching.
Most people settle on one meeting row: mute on the bottom-left key (biggest muscle-memory target), camera next to it, leave meeting on the far right where you won't hit it by accident. If you run a Stream Deck profile per context, put the MuteDeck keys in your default profile. Meetings interrupt everything, so the buttons should be everywhere.
Your Stream Deck already has the buttons.
MuteDeck is the engine that connects them to Riverside and every other meeting app you use. Everything runs locally on your machine: no cloud, no account.
How does MuteDeck connect to Riverside?
Riverside runs in the browser, so the MuteDeck extension (Chrome, Firefox, or Safari) connects the studio tab to MuteDeck, which your Stream Deck controls.
Why a physical mute for a recording you can edit?
Because your guest hears you live. Coughs, keyboards, and off-mic chatter disrupt the take even if you cut them later. Fast, certain muting keeps the conversation clean in the moment.
Does the key show my live state?
Yes, red means muted in the Riverside studio. Useful when your eyes are on your interview notes instead of the tab.
Does this touch Riverside's local recording?
No. MuteDeck toggles the studio's own mute; Riverside's recording pipeline is untouched.