Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
~ Massdrop 'Regrettably, our relationship with Input Club has ended despite our great desire to find a path forward. '
I have been waiting for longer then a year for this. Without the ergodox, i can't continui programming. My keyboard doesnt allow me totype and work faster.
I don't have patients with this drop anymore. I need it to boost my career. I'm going to buy the ergodox ez. Sad that the ez doesn't have lcd display.
You can reach me at olivier.pons on gmail (it can't be easier!).
I have a planck keyboard, a preonic keyboard, and the Infinity.
Here are my notes for the ergonomic side: - 20/20 for the Infinity - 18/20 for the preonic - 09/20 for the planck (the missing row is definitely a major problem, I just can't use the keyboard at all)
Here are my notes for the source code + compilation: - with qmk_firmware : 20/20 for all the keyboards (and that's what you get with preonic and planck) - with original Infinity firmware : kiibohd : 05/20 (it wasn't even working on the Infinity right out of the box (and the author did recognize this himself WTF you have to look for older kiibohd releases))
The only thing that is better IMHO with plank and preonic is the sound: I've assigned a "bip" when going "up" layer and "bop" when going down, and it's incredibly effective! I'm missing those beeps on my Infinity, but everything else is much better on the Infinity!
The Planck I ordered in February was scheduled for May and delivery was delayed again just this week because there are not enough parts. Can't deny I'm really worried if the missing row is really that much of a problem, I hope you won't mind if I contact you at some later point for help.
By the way, I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 at the moment, do you think I'll be able to compile the QMK firmware without having to use some sort of Windows emulator?
=____= Now I'm really missing some Youtube ASMR videos of the Planck and Ergodox. Last one (an unboxing of the Falbatech Ergodox) is already a big month old. Vvlierberghe, when you receive that Ergodox EZ of yours, be sure to send us a little thrill, 'kay?