Hello fellows,
recently we've seen some controvery about the sound of keyboards and different switches and manufacturers. Talking about switches is of course always a very emotional thing cause everybody has its own preference and where nobody is objective. So I thought it would be a fun thing to have a random selection of keyboard recordings where people rate them without knowing what it is
Yesterday I took 11 board of my collection with linear or tactile switches (no ibm stuff included cause there is no real point to have two clicky switches included where everybody knows how they sound ). Also the sound of the way a board is built and the switch sound itself is way more noticeable with "silent" switches. To have a somehow decent comparison I put my microphone at one point on the desk and then record one board after another.
The selection of boards include MX boards, self build boards, alps boards and topre. To make this a fun comparison I'd suggest that people rate all 11 boards on a scale from 0-10. 0 is a horrible sound, 0-4 is a negative rating for a board, 5 is a neutral rating and 6-10 is a positive pleasent sound (while 10 is obviously the best). Of course you can also write more about specific boards, speculate about which switch or board it is. The list of recorded keyboards will be posted next weekend.
Please be civil this time, I tried my best with the recording quality and please excuse if some custom boards are not perfectly modded, I'm not the best keyboard builder and I'm not so sensitive to keyboard sounds. Here we go:
Blind test: keyboard sound comparison challenge
- Myoth
- Location: Strasbourg
- Main keyboard: IDB60
- Main mouse: EC1-A
- Favorite switch: Cap BS
- DT Pro Member: -
Let's see how I did
Keyboard 1 : QXP
Keyboard 2 : 1000 ?
Keyboard 3 : Wang
Keyboard 4 : 3000 ?
Keyboard 5 : Mech27
Keyboard 6 : 2100
Keyboard 7 : AEK
Keyboard 8 : no idea
Keyboard 9 : HHKB
Keyboard 10 : CLSs
Keyboard 11 : A zenith board I'd guess, not sure with one though
Keyboard 1 : QXP
Keyboard 2 : 1000 ?
Keyboard 3 : Wang
Keyboard 4 : 3000 ?
Keyboard 5 : Mech27
Keyboard 6 : 2100
Keyboard 7 : AEK
Keyboard 8 : no idea
Keyboard 9 : HHKB
Keyboard 10 : CLSs
Keyboard 11 : A zenith board I'd guess, not sure with one though
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- Location: Beamspringville
- Main keyboard: 4704
- DT Pro Member: 0186
Oh, this is a glorious idea. I bet few are willing to actually put numbers next to the sounds in case they slander their favorite switch
Myoth - you forgot to include the serial-numbers of the keyboards. Go big or go home <3
Myoth - you forgot to include the serial-numbers of the keyboards. Go big or go home <3
- Myoth
- Location: Strasbourg
- Main keyboard: IDB60
- Main mouse: EC1-A
- Favorite switch: Cap BS
- DT Pro Member: -
K1 : 7
K2 : 4
K3 : 5
K4 : 6
K5 : 8
K6 : 9
K7 : 5
K8 : 5
K9 : 8
K10 : 6
K11 : 6
and the Keyboard 11 : ZKB-2, I remember now
"hmmm this sounds like a swedish layout" ?!
K2 : 4
K3 : 5
K4 : 6
K5 : 8
K6 : 9
K7 : 5
K8 : 5
K9 : 8
K10 : 6
K11 : 6
and the Keyboard 11 : ZKB-2, I remember now
but how will I know about the localisation !?__red__ wrote: ↑Myoth - you forgot to include the serial-numbers of the keyboards. Go big or go home <3
"hmmm this sounds like a swedish layout" ?!
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- Location: Des Moines / Cedar Falls, IA, USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F107
- DT Pro Member: 0190
I like the idea, but I think the sound will vary a lot based on typing style and mic placement. Seems like there's a lot of bottoming out going on which I personally don't mind, but kind of masks sound of the actual switch and makes linears even sound clicky in some cases. Not sure how Chyros puts his mics, but his typing demos sound pretty different from each other from what I remember, though have never listened to them blind, so that also could be a figment of my imagination