Valve uses an AMD SOC built by Quanta Computer.) (For the record, Switch uses NVIDIA Tegra X1/X1+ system on a chip it’s the Nintendo system software that creates a closed environment. While it looks like a sort of beefed-up, PC-ish take on Nintendo Switch, under the hood its OS is closer to a PC. Let’s back up and explain what the Steam Deck is architecturally. PulseAudio sound system and minijack out (though JACK and ALSA show up and I can’t see any reason they shouldn’t also work – Mac/PC users, this is roughly equivalent to selecting Core Audio, DirectSound, ASIO, WASAPI…) Bitwig and its Grid. And after devices like Native Instruments’ Maschine+ adopted Linux, it’s also an indication that solutions could come from corners outside music tech makers. But it could be a glimpse of what’s to come. Now, Valve’s Steam Deck is pretty deeply back-ordered, so I expect this is mostly hypothetical for even many of us who put in a preorder. I caught Aroon Karvna who’s working with the system and started some early tests, after seeing these photos as teaser. And you know what that means: it’s a synth and a DAW, too. You can build macros and chorded combinations with other keys and per-key turbo modes, and like I said, it’s dizzying - and Valve barely explains how any of it works.It’s a portable gaming machine – but unlike other such devices, the Steam Deck is also an open, handheld, Linux-powered computer. and every one of the Deck’s 20-plus programmable controls can issue multiple different commands depending on how and when you press. You can click, swipe, flick, and “spin” a virtual trackball press down on their pressure-sensitive surfaces and even set their edges to continually move or turn your character.
In addition to providing an entire traditional gamepad worth of analog joysticks, triggers, and face buttons - almost all of which feel fantastic, I might add - you also get four rear grip buttons and a pair of Steam Controller pads so customizable, calling them “trackpads” feels like a disservice. Okay, you might ask, but all the games I just named have gamepad support - what about the decades of mouse-and-keyboard fare? The Steam Deck lets you borrow or build a dizzying array of custom control schemes that make them feel at home, too.
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