Would filling open space in my keyboard case with foam reduce noise?

[wes1099]

I was wondering if I could make my CMStorm Quickfire TK a little less noisy by filling the open space in the case with some sort of foam. I thought that it might make it sound a little less plasticy and high pitched. I was thinking I would try some sort of light open cell foam, but I have no idea. Any suggestions?

[HPE1000]

People commonly put a layer or two of shelf liner in the case of their keyboard. I guess it works, I have it inside of 3 of my keyboards.

[Puddsy]

Make sure it's not conductive. If you put some under the plate it should dampen a lot of the noise.

[CPTBadAss]

If your board has Blues, even with adding foam or drawer liner, it will still have that distinctive clicking noise. I've put drawer liner in a few of my boards, including some with Blues, and it doesn't eliminate/dampen that noise.

[fohat.digs]

Felt makes a good dampener without changing anything. You can lay multiple flat sheets in the bottom.

Rather than just stuffing it into larger cavities at random, I cut strips and roll them into cylinders of the proper volume.

And, of course, there are always my EPDM mats!

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=59308.0

[wes1099]

Felt makes a good dampener without changing anything. You can lay multiple flat sheets in the bottom.

Rather than just stuffing it into larger cavities at random, I cut strips and roll them into cylinders of the proper volume.

And, of course, there are always my EPDM mats!

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=59308.0

Never even thought of felt. I will stuff some felt in there soon while I have the top half of my case off for painting.

[Coreda]

Fill your ears with foam and eliminate all noises. It's the better solution OP.

[spiceBar]

I was wondering if I could make my CMStorm Quickfire TK a little less noisy by filling the open space in the case with some sort of foam. I thought that it might make it sound a little less plasticy and high pitched. I was thinking I would try some sort of light open cell foam, but I have no idea. Any suggestions?

Yes it will reduce the noise. You need to fill all the cavities and make sure that the material you use is in contact and even presses a little bit against the back of the PCB. This will absorb the vibrations so less of them will transmit energy to the air in the form of sound waves.

Generally a keyboard filled with some kind of rubber foam or felt sounds less heavy and much more classy.

[tp4tissue]

it would absorb some resonance.. but overall.. the keyboard won't be that much more quiet.

[IvanIvanovich]

I liked how some epdm thick foam tape I had leftover from an AC install kit worked out. Should be able to find it at hardware store and it's not expensive.

[terrpn]

I liked how some epdm thick foam tape I had leftover from an AC install kit worked out. Should be able to find it at hardware store and it's not expensive.

i use duct tape, layer here, layer there, tad a foam here and so on............, but yes blues will still be noisy

landing pads would probably do a better job in what you are wanting

[rowdy]

If you have MX blues or greens, they will always emit a high-pitched tick tick noise as you type - it is just the design of the switch.

You can dampen the resonance a bit though with some sort of padding.

[godly_music]

Submerge the keyboard and yourself in mineral oil. It's the right thing to do.

[rowdy]

Submerge the keyboard and yourself in mineral oil. It's the right thing to do.

[Owntrolf]

Submerge the keyboard and yourself in mineral oil. It's the right thing to do.

Dont worry thats what we do with computers right?

Same principles

[dustinhxc]

I put shelf liner inside my cases.