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
- when I hit compile and download it just opens a tab and says safari cannot open page.
- Additionally, when I downloaded mdloader as instructed, I cannot open the applet file because "there is no application set to open it".
- In the instructions for downloading mdloader it says this:
"Mac users:- Download mdloader_mac and applet-flash-samd51j18a.bin and put them in the same folder. If downloading with Safari, mdloader_mac with have a .dms extension appended to it. This is fine.
- chmod u+x mdloader_mac to make it executable. (chmod u+x mdloader_mac.dms if downloaded from Safari)"
what the **** does direction number 2 mean? I have been trying to configure this keyboard for so long now, and I am so frustrated I may just throw it over the balcony. Please help.https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader/releases
- Download: mdloader_mac
- Download: applet-flash-samd51j18a.bin
- Put them in the same directory
- Open Terminal (in utilities folder) and type this in the Terminal window:
chmod u+x mdloader_mac 2) Compile and download file:https://www.massdrop.com/mechanical-keyboards/configurator/config/2150
2) Plug in your keyboard.
3) Press the reset button on the back of your keyboard.
4) In the Terminal window change to the directory to where the mdloader_mac and .bin files are located.
5) Run this in Terminal (there is a period in front) of the command and FILE_NAME is the compiled and downloaded file from the configurator in step 2 above. ./mdloader_mac --first --download FILE_NAME --restart