Not very exciting, but since I was obliged to record my new Tactile Pro alongside my hybrid blue AT102W, I included a selection of other keyboards around the office for comparison purposes, since my camera is only capable of 22 kHz 4 bit audio. The camera was sat on two blocks of foam next to the keyboard to reduce vibration pickup, and all the desks I used had the computer turned off. (The Quiet Pro was too hard to remove from its location on another desk, and I couldn't be bothered to move the Cherry; the rest were all recorded on the same desk. The Dell L100 was rested against a Cisco 877 as the stupid thing just slid across the desk when I tried to type on it — pathetic rubbish.)
- Matias Tactile Pro — Matias click
- Dell AT102W (hybrid blues) — hybrid SKCM blue/black
- Matias Quiet Pro — Matias quiet click
- Dell L100 — rubber sheet
- Trust KB-1450 — scissor
- Filco Majestouch FKBN105M/UKB — Cherry MX brown
- KBC Poker II.wav — Cherry MX red
- Cherry G80-3000LQCDE/02 — Cherry MX clear
- AT102W vs Tactile Pro
All recordings are in the public domain, and left as WAV files. The recordings aren't too bad, although the clear, high tone of the hybrid blues is lost in the recording, which is why I'm not making too much of an effort over them.
Swapping keycaps between the Matias and Dell made very little difference.
In your intention, it works greatly : We can clearly ear the difference between PCB mounted and plate mounted switches. I'm sure it will help people to figure out what sort of keyboard to chose 