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
Current status: Collect Oder
2017/07/04 Reactor is running on Massdrop https://www.massdrop.com/buy/sparkle-loft-artisan-keycap
2017/06/23 3D rendering of the keycaps.(8 Options)
Link: http://imgur.com/a/HhrvX
2017/06/13 Finally we are in the schedule of Massdrop, group buy will run on early July .
2017/02/05 As Gulden encounter copyright infringement issue, The coming group buy will consist of pulse reactor and some resin keycaps.
2017/03/14 We are still preparing for the resin keycaps..
2017/05/09 Resin kecayps canceled. Now the plan is Pulse Novelty->KanColle Aluminum Assembled Key Caps->Some new keycaps.
There are three types of Keycaps currently:
- Assembled Keycaps (Gallery: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/sparkle-loft-artisan-keycap)
- Hand Made Resin Keycaps (Gallery: http://imgur.com/a/zCmQu)
- Hand Made Silver Keycaps(Coming from this year)
2017 planKanColle Aluminum Assembled Key Caps (Assembled Movable Keycap) - Type 1 Keycap
Pulse Novelty - Type 1 Keycap
http://imgur.com/a/HhrvX
Fullmetal Alchemist Aluminium Summoning Circle - Type 1 Keycap Each is constructed with 2 part, aluminium top and resin base. Compared with pure aluminium keycap, it diffuses the light really well. Please reply here with your preference, Top row keycap with spolish or bot row? http://imgur.com/a/VAe6H
And more....