New build: Compact Ergo / Stock MX Purples / Alu Plate / GMK Muted Keycaps recorded with my MacBook. I like the stock Cherry sound, not everybody’s taste though.
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Yunzii AL71
- Pantheon “This Switch Is Called” linears
- NicePBT Cherry profile keycaps
- Durock V3 plate-mount stabilizers lubed with 205g0
- Stock polycarb plate, foam, and plastic sheet setup
Sounds better than I ever expected a budget keyboard to, and it’s got feels to match.
There’s some higher-pitch / comparatively reduced creaminess going on with the backspace and space bar - not sure if that’s down to the chassis, stabs, keys themselves, or something else - but still more clean than I ever expected plate-mount stabilizers to be.
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Damn TSIC switches are deep! Reminds me a lot of the Keygeek x MZ Y3s I’ve been rocking lately. Might have to grab a batch when I get a chance since I’ve been in a deeper sounding switch swing lately. All the HMX switches gave me my fill of mid to high pitched LOL!
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I replaced the unfortunately chattery Gateron Type-R switches in my Tess65 with Strawberry Wine V2 linears by Sarokeys & Geonworks; maybe not as interesting, but much more functional, and very satisfying. Strawberry Wines are one of my go-to linears when I just want no-fuss creamy goodness, and the Designer Studio Adaptive stabilizers haven’t missed yet.
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First time recording with my DSLR and separate audio.
Any recommendations/tips for setting up audio so there isn’t so much noise and resonance? I swear the keyboard doesn’t sound resonant at all IRL.
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Very nice camera angle for a typing test if I do say so myself.
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Thanks! I would love to figure out the post processing and audio so I can eventually catalog my keyboards like so many of these youtubers, but I’ve never recorded an actual video in my life (besides random cellphone videos) lol. I watch so much youtube but am now realizing how much knowledge goes into each stupid little video 
I’ll keep tinkering.
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That was my thought as well, seems like it would be fun to do lol. There’s more that goes into keyboard recording than I first expected, I’m hoping I can further improve what I’m doing and get closer to what I hear in person
For reducing noise and resonance, that’s going to be a game of experimenting with mic placement, type, and isolation from the desk, along with getting your recording environment quieter, but you’ll reach a point where the noise of the recording setup can sometimes just be high and only way to fix that is to improve the equipment. It’s somewhat different per setup/environment so it’s a lot of trial and error from my experience lol. For me the most natural result I’ve gotten was placing the microphone at head level where I would normally sit and make sure the capsule was directly pointed at the alphas at the angle of where I sit. Also making sure to partially or fully decouple it from the desk with a proper shockmount or an external stand. But it’s a lot of other things as well, but that’s where I would start if I wanted something that attempted to sound accurate to irl (but only so far you can get)
Here’s an example of what I’ve gotten for now, there’s a lot that can be improved though
Not the best board to showcase audio lol but it works for now until I make some further improvements to the setup (hopefully in a few days). If it ends up something I’m happy with, I’ll post some of the rationale behind why I did what I did and some of my experiences in trying out a lot of different recording methods lol
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Thanks for the write up. I’ll have to keep playing around with my setup, but maybe one of my friends will finally convince me to get a better mic haha
The mic placement is a good idea, and I never knew those things were called shock mounts.
How do you not pick up your breathing when it’s at head level ? lol I’m such a heavy breather everyone says I breathe like I’m fat.
PS that Transition Lite sounds like glass!
PPS welcome!
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I ended up messing around with mics quite a bit because I’m picky but it’s just a nice to have for sure in general. Just ends up being finding the best fit for your desired sound/placement/environment/etc
Carefully controlled breathing lol, have to make sure not to bump anything either. I also end up leaning back a bit since it’s a bit awkward to have it right in my face and I don’t want any close reflections influencing the sound either lol (which also likely reduces breathing noises)
One day I just felt like building a foamed up board, this was it lol
Thanks! Have been lurking for awhile here lol
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An ever so slight noise gate can help with that.
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Finally set my mic back up! Here’s my F1 with 1mm alum. plate & Keygeek Y2s!
Edit: The keycaps are GMK CYL Dolch R5, fogpt to mention it in the main post.
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Yooo the pixel art Goku profile picture goes hard.
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Here’s what the current setup is like now that it’s being more fine tuned, some random ramblings on recording a keyboard and some of the shortcomings/difficulties/nuances of it are in the desc and comments of the video (from what I’ve found out personally at least lol). Still working on it, but getting closer to what I think is a good result
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No more overly long paragraphs about recording like in the previous, back to boards lol
There’s still a noise issue I’m having with one channel of the preamp that I can’t track down, I hope it’s not something wrong with it, but just gotta keep at it until I find it I guess lol
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Always fun to pull out an older dome board from time to time, a case where their age works in their favor when it comes to dome feel lol
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