Anyone know a keyboard with tactile/linear switches with a low pitch sound?

[TechyWinkie]

To further elaborate, I want a gaming keyboard, either tactile or linear, that has some sort of low pitch sound when it's pressed down. Not that familiar with keyboard terms, because I'm just putting my peripherals on a wish list and I haven't done enough research. If you have any keyboard type test videos so I can hear the kind of sound I wanna hear, that would be great! 

[Bombastinator]

So it goes thunk instead of click? Sound is vibration and low vibrations need long bits.  Keys are small. Quiet might be found.  I don’t think physics is your friend on this one though. The best you’re going to get is clack instead  of click I think.

[nox_]

36 minutes ago, TechyWinkie said:

To further elaborate, I want a gaming keyboard, either tactile or linear, that has some sort of low pitch sound when it's pressed down. Not that familiar with keyboard terms, because I'm just putting my peripherals on a wish list and I haven't done enough research. If you have any keyboard type test videos so I can hear the kind of sound I wanna hear, that would be great! 

Something like this?

 

[startrek03]

9 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

So it goes thunk instead of click? Sound is vibration and low vibrations need long bits.  Keys are small. Quiet might be found.  I don’t think physics is your friend on this one though. The best you’re going to get is clack instead  of click I think.

This would result in either brown (tactile) or red (linear). Both of these switch types still have a distinct clack. However, you can dampen the sound by using o rings.

[nox_]

3 minutes ago, startrek03 said:

This would result in either brown (tactile) or red (linear). Both of these switch types still have a distinct clack. However, you can dampen the sound by using o rings.

There are also silenced switches, like silent reds, and o rings impact just the down stroke, up stroke is not affected and also makes the switches feel mushy. Op might be better off with something like topre, or silent reds maybe, there are other options too.

[Bananasplit_00]

18 minutes ago, startrek03 said:

using o rings.

Don't. Just get silenced switches. Orings are so horrible.

 

OP what's the budget like? You say gaming keyboard so I guess you want ARRGEEEBEEEE and horrible gaming font caps?

[TechyWinkie]

38 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Don't. Just get silenced switches. Orings are so horrible.

 

OP what's the budget like? You say gaming keyboard so I guess you want ARRGEEEBEEEE and horrible gaming font caps?

Yeah RGB and like idk I can go with any font caps 

[TechyWinkie]

1 hour ago, nox_ said:

Something like this?

 

Yes this is exactly the kind of sound I need!! Thanks so much!

[geo3]

15 hours ago, TechyWinkie said:

that has some sort of low pitch sound when it's pressed down. Not that familiar with keyboard terms,

The term is thock. Keyboard enthusiasts chase after thock like it's heroin.

 

Good examples: 

You're not likely to find that in a stock off the shelf board. You'd be delving in to the world of modded or even full custom keyboards now. 

 

O-rings and silents switch won't give you thock. They just give you less noise over all. 

 

 

[Bombastinator]

So people Want keyboard noise but only the exact right kind of keyboard noise.  Argh.  People do what they do I guess.  I was under the assumption the idea was to make a quieter keyboard or reduce the high pitched noise so the lower tones could be filtered out.  I had no idea there was a keyboard noise aficionado thing at all.  I don’t get the concept of wanting a noisy keyboard for anything other than knowing when one has pressed a key.

 

Sounds like they’re trying to imitate bucking spring keyboards. 

[TechyWinkie]

8 hours ago, geo3 said:

The term is thock. Keyboard enthusiasts chase after thock like it's heroine. 

 

Good examples: 

You're not likely to find that in a stock off the shelf board. You'd be delving in to the world of modded or even full custom keyboards now. 

 

O-rings and silents switch won't give you thock. They just give you less noise over all. 

 

 

Thanks! I watch Taeha Types but I'm still a complete normie when it comes to these terms. Thank you for sharing!