App preset
OBS Studio: controller layout for Mac
OBS Studio can be driven from a game controller, a MIDI pad, or an adaptive controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the app sees an ordinary keyboard and mouse. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Scene switch, record, stream (assign in OBS).
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for OBS Studio and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The preset can open OBS.app for you when it activates.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| A / Cross | 1 | Scene 1 (set hotkey in OBS) |
| B / Circle | 2 | Scene 2 (set hotkey in OBS) |
| X / Square | 3 | Scene 3 (set hotkey in OBS) |
| Y / Triangle | 4 | Scene 4 (set hotkey in OBS) |
| D-pad up | 5 | Scene 5 (set hotkey in OBS) |
| D-pad down | 6 | Scene 6 (set hotkey in OBS) |
| LB / L1 | 7 | Start / stop recording (set in OBS) |
| RB / R1 | 8 | Start / stop streaming (set in OBS) |
| Back / Share / Select | 9 | Mute mic (set in OBS) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- OBS ships with no default hotkeys, so assign these keys in OBS Settings, Hotkeys.
- Face buttons switch scenes; bumpers start recording and streaming.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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