Streaming solutions can vary greatly, but there is one thing they all have in common: they help you improve your streaming or content creation immensely. Whether you are looking at an audio mixer, stream switches, or even a hub to do it all, there are so many options to choose from, so we named our Best Streaming Solutions 2025 to help narrow down your search.
Brands like Roland, Logitech, Cooler Master and more are no strangers to PC setups or streaming solutions. This year, we were able to check out a few audio interfaces, including one from BEACN and Roland, a Live Stream Switcher from Ulanzi, and even a few all-around solutions from Cooler Master and Logitech, covering all of our bases when it comes to content creation.
Here are our Best Streaming Solutions 2025!
Roland Bridge Cast Audio Streaming Interface
From an aesthetic standpoint, the Roland Bridge Cast looks every bit like a professional device, and then you turn it on. The way the lights come on, making the device look like it is coming to life, and the brilliant colours emanating from the ring surrounding the game knobs (especially on the white model) are absolutely beautiful. It becomes the perfect combination of work and play.
The Roland Bridge Cast provides a submix, allowing you to send a different mix to your headphones than to your stream. You can choose to have your chat louder in your headphones than in your stream or have music going to the stream to fill out the sound while keeping it from distracting you during gaming. All of this is possible thanks to the provided submix.
The Roland Bridge Cast’s price tag of $299 USD is a great value for all the control you get. The ability to control your effects directly on the device is unique among high-end audio interfaces, and the MIDI controls are incredibly convenient for those who use them, with very few comparable options on the market.
The Roland Bridge Cast is a beautiful and professional mixer with many onboard controls, a lot of I/O, and some features that few competitors offer, if any. It’s been reliable in passing through quality audio, which is the minimum one could ask for, and it provides many features that any streamer will love.
- Take online gaming sound to the next level with BRIDGE CAST, your all-in-one solution for premium livestream audio.
- This customizable desktop hub is packed with secret weapons to take out the competition, including dual sound mixes, vocal transformer effects, music playback, sound effects, and support for a broadcast-grade mic and headphones.
Logitech MX Creative Console
The Creative Keypad comes with nine keys with LED screens behind them to indicate the assigned functions (as opposed to the touch screen that the Loupedeck offers) and two page buttons to add multiple pages to your application profiles. This is the only one of the two pads that connects directly to the PC.
The Dialpad, which connects via Bluetooth, comes with a large dial that is front and centre on the device, a scroll wheel and four buttons. On the back of the Dialpad is a single button to connect to your devices via Bluetooth and a cover for where you will install your two AAA batteries. No, the Dialpad does not have a rechargeable battery, but with the lack of screens on this part of the device, your batteries should last quite a long time.
The Logitech MX Creative Console ships in October, comes in two colours, Graphite and Pale Grey and costs $199.99 USD, the same price of its closest current competitor, the Stream Deck + and comes in $70 cheaper than the forefather of this device, the Loupedeck Live. Its small size, separate devices allow for customizability of your setup as a whole and so simple to use that even with no experience with similar devices, you should be able to pick this up in no time. I’m looking forward to seeing the MX Creative Console’s compatibility spread to the applications I use more often, but seeing what it can do already is very promising.
The Logitech MX Creative Console is a true upgrade to an older device while keeping just about everything I liked about the old one and adding some great new functionality at a great price. While we have to rest on its potential with its limited applications to test against, its potential is limitless.
- Speed Up Your Creative Workflow: The Logitech MX Creative Console lets you quickly access tools and actions on your favorite apps, allowing you to fully focus on your work
- Customize for Any App: Assign tools and actions to up to 15 keypad pages by profile, dial, and roller, and upload your own icons to the customizable LCD display keys
Ulanzi DD02 HD Live Stream Switcher
The DD02 HD Live Stream Switcher is a first for manufacturer Ulanzi. Known primarily for its cost-effective camera and cell phone accessories, Ulanzi is hoping to break new ground with the introduction of its first HDMI Switcher. The DD02 HD Live Stream Switcher offers an impressive 5-input switcher with both preview and program support and 4K video output with HDMI looping. Aiming to provide a professional-level live streaming experience with beginner-level experience in mind, Ulanzi promises a lot for its first run at a live stream switcher.
Ulanzi has done an excellent job with the overall layout of the DD02, modelling itself after other brands such as BlackMagic ATEM Mini. As such, the controls are intuitive to use and compartmentalized based on function. Audio, video channels, PIP (picture in picture) and transition controls all have designated areas that flow nicely while in use.
On the note of PIP and Transitions, both work well and offer a simple control interface to work with. PIP is managed by turning on the feature and holding the input you want to be designated for PIP for three seconds. The channel control illuminates gold and PIP is engaged. Swapping locations is a button press away.
Perhaps one of the best elements of the DD02 HD Live Stream Switcher is how simple and powerful it is to use. It is a plug-and-play experience. No drivers or software are needed and the controller is exceptionally easy to understand and utilize. It’s rare to find a plug-and-play solution that requires no software and that is capable of producing the quality switching experience that the DD02 HD Live Stream Switcher offers.
The DD02 HD Live Stream Switcher is one of the best-in-class Switchers I’ve tested. Feature-rich and user-friendly, you couldn’t ask for more at such a budget-friendly price.
- Pro-Level Live Streaming: Easy for beginners, professional results. Navigate through audio, functions, and video control with ease. Easy-to-use interface ensures smooth operation for beginners and pros alike
- 4K Multi-Channel Monitoring: Connect up to 4 cameras with HDMI inputs. Bring your live broadcast to the next level with its stunningly clear 4K video output (via the INPUT-OUTPUT loop—4K 60Hz backward compatible)
Cooler Master MasterHUB
Cooler Master has built a remarkably simple concept that instantly evokes a sense of creativity as you work to personalize your MasterHUB. The base has different contact points that the modules fit into, but as long as there is a connection, the configuration potential is vast, giving you the ability to adjust and build out your content creation command station however you choose.
The modules vary in usefulness based on your needs, with some that range from an option for a 15-key customizable set of IPS buttons, a tactile button with a customizable screen, a selection of knobs, a dial for precise control, and even a fader module to give you a tactile interface for a range of creative software. You are presented with a vast level of control over what the Cooler Master MasterHUB will look like, and you can even go beyond what you get in the box to make something that fits your exact workflow.
If Cooler Master can deliver on the software front and see it evolve with support for more of the tools creators use most, I could see this being the next must-have accessory. Cooler Master has a winner with the MasterHUB. It is a content creator’s dream come true, and I just hope the support keeps it going strong for years to come.
The MasterHUB offers endless possibilities for creators, with a design that feels both intuitive and innovative.
BEACN Studio
Setting up the BEACN Studio is incredibly easy, though it may require some extra steps depending on your setup. If this is your first BEACN device, you’ll need to download the BEACN app and install the necessary drivers before plugging into the device. If you already own a BEACN Mix Create, the app layout will change slightly, so there may be a small learning curve as you navigate the software. The mixing software will no longer exist under the Mix Create as a device but will be found in its own Mixer area. The BEACN Mix Create can still be controlled as usual, making it an even more powerful tool when used in tandem with the BEACN Studio.
The EQ is fantastic, allowing you to use presets or add multiple bands to create the perfect sound for your voice. BEACN even provides a guide explaining what each frequency range does to your voice. The noise suppression is also among the best available, offering both snapshot and adaptive suppression. Snapshot suppression listens to the general ambiance in the room and removes that sound from your audio, while adaptive suppression adjusts in real-time to eliminate any background noise present at the moment.
For those who don’t yet know the joy of submixes, get ready because the ability to send different mixes to different outputs is one of the greatest tools in a creator’s toolbox. Imagine you’re gaming and want your chat audio loud in your headphones so you can hear crucial calls—audio that would drown you out on your stream if you only had one mix. The ability to create a mix for your headphones and a separate one for your stream is a game-changer.
The BEACN Studio was a long time coming from a company who hasn’t delivered a new device in some time, but it was worth the wait. The ability to apply the best of what BEACN has to offer to your favourite XLR microphone is the definition of having the best of both worlds, and every new feature that they added was thoughtful and impactful in a way that I imagine other companies will be trying to replicate in their next audio interfaces.
