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
Lofi hip hop radio - beats to create keycaps to. Maybe you’ve heard of the ArtKey Universe team but have you seen their creative process? In this video, one of the members shows a demonstration video around casting a medieval artisan set. They also have a popular Instagram page which you can find here. Highmerz
Is Teemo OP? This next video is from Highmerz where he casts a single Teemo artisan keycap. With this one-off keycap, he shows how he handpaints all the details of the keycap to a Teemo-based soundtrack. Talk about patience! His channel also has all sorts of other artisan creations that I might surface in the future. Matthew Han
This is a short and sweet video of Watthew Han creating a mold for a piggy artisan. While Matthew just started in the artisan making world, he just completed his first artisan group buy under the name Cosmo Caps on July 26, 2020! Hopefully we’ll see more from him in the future. All the best luck to Cosmo Caps! Like what you see here? Give these creators your support with a subscribe, follow, or a nice comment. Also, as this is a new series, feel free to provide feedback here. What did you like? What did you not like? And most importantly, if you have creators you want to be featured leave them here too!