The Switch is most noisy with a beautiful sound?

[ماء]

I am interested in trying the switch noisy
So,i ask here?
Whether the switch is the most noisy but produces a beautiful sound?

Blues Cherry,Alps Cherry,Monterey blues,topre,buckling spring or other
there are other suggestions

Your answers will be very helpful
Thank you very much

[Muirium]

Noise is all about taste. Watch a few of Studiosushi's excellently simple videos, like this one:

http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... tudiosushi

He just types, using the same quality recording equipment every time. You'll get a fair impression of how Topre, buckling spring and various Cherry switches compare. Explore his YouTube stream.

I have a good microphone I plan to use on my own keyboards too. Including the IBM PC/XT Model F that I got a few days ago and can't shut up about! It's an earthquake!

[Daniel Beardsmore]

It's between buckling spring and a resonant blue Alps board. These two are the most fun noisemakers. This is the sort of sound I got from my Tulip ATK 030244 blue Alps board:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDMurngkHdg

(I've tried to record it, but I don't have any equipment that can capture the sound properly.)

I started transplanting the switch middles/uppers into a Dell AT102W and the sound isn't as resonant, and the switches don't feel as good. There's something in the Tulip that gives it a deep reverb. (I'm suspecting that the change in feel between blue and white/orange and salmon is down to a difference in the metal used by the actuator leaf, but I won't be sure until I've got around to swapping one of those, too.)

Since obtaining a blue Alps board is difficult enough to begin with, let alone one that's got an audiophile plate mounting, you're going to want to go buckling spring: easily available, with great sound guaranteed. IBM Model M keyboards have a distinctly more twangy sound than Unicomp boards, which have a dry sound more like a manual typewriter, but they're both great, and they are LOUD. A buckling spring keyboard is the best one on earth if you want something that makes a lot of noise. (Great one to give to your kids, especially considering that they're very robust and, if you have two-piece caps, easy to clean.)

[Halvar]

I like the sound of bottoming-out thick PBT on silent switches in the morning.

[ماء]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4c7A92_qjw
Monterey blues also good

[ماء]

or Topre with sound like dum dum dum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn_DeCN4RnU
good for relaxing

[Muirium]

Halvar has an excellent point. Even Cherry blacks — silent, smooth and strong — can sound like a tank driving on concrete when you punch 'em enough. Quiet switches are only really quiet if you don't bottom out.

Recordings of Topre always sound like horses clopping on cobblestones to me. In a good way! That's the switch I'm still to try on a full keyboard. In a few months, a Realforce comes my way…

I'll record 002's Realforce and my Model F on the good mic for sure. The idea is to try various mic positions until the recording sounds as authentic as possible. Microphones are another area of complex nerdery all to themselves.

[002]

Mrinterface's site used to have a bunch of simulators on it which was good fun. I know it had some Topre boards and I'm pretty sure it had an SMK Alps Mount (Monterey) switch board too. Bring back the simulators Mrinterface!

Edit:
* Realforce: http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims ... index.html
* Filco (MX Browns): http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims ... index.html
* NorthGate OmniKey: http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims ... index.html
* DAS (MX Blues): http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims/das3/index.html
* Cherry 3494 (Dunno...Blacks?): http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims ... index.html