Author Topic: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)  (Read 148256 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
[IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 20:26:24 »


Hello everyone!This is TT from OwLab.
Today we are introducing a new keyboard designed by my designer friend Nomi and me.
The origin of this keyboard is to commemorate the music band -OWL which I set up and music I loved.
We started to have this design idea in May 2020. After four months of development and modification, we set up a group buy in China in September 2020.
With good feedbacks, we decide to bring it to all friends in the customized mechanical keyboard communities around the world!

 
Discord:OwLAB - chatroom
 
Album (including colors and parts):
 
258111-0
258030-1
258032-2

258036-4
258038-5
258040-6
258895-7
258896-8
258899-9
258901-10

More picture
 
Colors:
  • Anodized: Black, Gray, Purplish Blue, LNY Red and LNY Green
  • Electrophoresis: E-White and LNY E-Yellow

 
Specs:
  • PCB: supports QMK + VIA; equipped with ESD Protection; you can choose from one solder PCB or a hotswapped PCB in your package.
    258042-11
    258044-12
  • Materials: 6063 Aluminum and Brass
  • The Structure: Gasket-mounted and leaf spring plate
    258046-13
  • Typing Angle: 6 degrees
  • Front Height: 17mm.
  • Weight: 1.4 kg (built w/ alu plate)
  • Plate Thickness: 1.5mm
  • Knob Materials: Aluminum
  • Layout:
               Hotswappable:
    258048-14
               Solder:

    258050-15
  • Foam/Pad:
               A silicone PCB mute pad, a PORON PCB foam and a case foam come with the package for no additional charge;
               Don't get confused, you don't need any of those to build the Voice65%, all optional preference choices.
258052-16
258054-17
259899-18
  • Plates:
               Full aluminum plate and a PE plate.
  • Weight:
               An external brass weight with PVD coating (Sand-blasted, not mirror finish) and Anti-fingerprint coating.
               LNY series come with a brass weight with a sand-blasted and black-coated PVD finish.

Characteristics:
  • With such extension parts surrounding the plate, the plate will not directly contacting the case.
  • PCB, USB daughter board, RGB daughter board are designed to be separated to solve the problem of USB port moving up and down when installing the gasket-mount system.
  • Default function of the knob is controlling the light bar. The function of the knob can also be set in VIA as:
            · Adjusting the volume of computer
            · Adjusting the brightness of the switch RGB lights
            · Adjusting the brightness of RGB light on the daughter board

                         6 functions of your choice by following the guide
  • Per-switch RGB and light bar are separately controlled. We have provided various light modes.


Kit includes:
  • Case: one alu plate+one FREE PE plate, top case, middle case, bottom case and brass weight.
  • PCB: switch PCB, USB-C daughter board(installed), RGB daughter board(installed) and JST cable.
  • Other parts: silicone pad, knob(installed), fastener of the knob, Bottom EVA foam(0.5mm thickness as a part of ESD protection), PORON® gasket x 16, screws(installed), silicone light diffusion strip(installed), and light-covering EVA foam(installed).

Price:
       USD$329 + Shipping

GB schedule:
       Stock sale with a limited quantity of 500+. GB will start at Mid-late January.
       Shipping will be estimated to complete in February.


Streams:
       We'll release typing video later.
       Production units are on the way to Production units are on the way to: Andy, Alexotos on Sunday, the 3rd of Jan and tiny, and the typing/building videos are scheduled to be released before the sale.
       Box opening: by Andy (starts from 3:46:30)
                           by Alexotos

       Building and typing stream: by Andy
                                                by Alexotos pt.1
                                                by Alexotos pt.2

                                                by Tiny [/size]
       Typing sound: by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP04-hIk0Qw&ab_channel=AndyVNguyen]Andy - PE plate with standoffs [/url]
                            by Andy - Alu plate without standoffs
                            by Andy - Alu plate without standoffs with 1/8' foam (probably too thick)

Please join our Discord for discussions and questions!
« Last Edit: Fri, 15 January 2021, 11:35:04 by OwLab »

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 20:30:22 »
12/17 update 1: price&weight added;
12/19 update 2: added a FREE PE plate to the packaging list and pictures of colors;
12/20 update 3: added an album of LED strips gif;
12/23 update 4: added details of the manifest, a list of streamers and pics of e-white in the album;
12/27 update 5: added stream link of Andy and corrected the weight - should be 1.4 built instead of unbuilt;
1/1 update 6: added LNY color to celebrate the Lunar New Year;
1/5 update 7: added more streaming and typing vid links and updated the VIA customization of scroll;

to do:
  • More pics;
  • Details of the light strip;
  • Details of the encoder/scroll;
  • Typing sound, building process and other vids;
  • Info on the website/payment/sale date;
  • Start the sale
« Last Edit: Tue, 05 January 2021, 15:56:45 by OwLab »

Offline Syrah94

  • Posts: 20
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 20:34:51 »
glwgb! in for one

Offline treeleaf64

  • Posts: 1836
  • Location: United State
  • Traveler
    • treeleaf64
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 20:42:16 »
Whats the estimated price
treeleaf64: https://discord.gg/rbUjtsRG6P

This is the cat and pat!!!!!!!!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 20:51:43 »
Whats the estimated price

around $320; I'll add it into the post.

Offline santela

  • Posts: 227
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:02:35 »
Already got in on the Chinese GB raffle, can't wait for shipping next week!

T zong nb!

Offline 360Ceeee

  • Posts: 6
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:17:24 »
T zong Jia You,Voice qi fei ,wuhu

Offline tommyamoszhao

  • Posts: 70
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:18:55 »
wow looks nice!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:30:12 »
T zong Jia You,Voice qi fei ,wuhu
Can you say something everyone can understand?
« Last Edit: Wed, 16 December 2020, 03:15:02 by OwLab »

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:35:14 »
wow looks nice!
Glad you like it. Feel free to join our Discord to discuss about it.

Offline Chippy

  • Posts: 262
  • Location: USA
  • sus chef
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:41:38 »
the top design of the weight looks really nice, interesting implementation of the knob.

edit: what type of encoder does this use, and is there a press function?
« Last Edit: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:52:46 by Chippy »
1.2og | Buddy 6xx | Le Fishe V1 Proto | xyz60 Rev2 | Quartermaster | Chimera65 | Satisfaction75 | Realforce 84u | Zenith Z-150 | Realforce 86u | 378
More
This and the swiss cheese keyboard is the next generation of keyboards

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 22:51:41 »
the top design of the weight looks really nice, interesting implementation of the knob.
We are happy to bring some fresh stuff to the mkt :D

Offline dandruff

  • Posts: 226
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 23:44:07 »
I normally hate knobs on boards, but this one seems to work and is intriguing for me. Definitely interested!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 01:07:14 »
I normally hate knobs on boards, but this one seems to work and is intriguing for me. Definitely interested!
I'm glad to hear this, Feel free to join our Discord to discuss about it.

Offline Fisher

  • Posts: 18
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 02:57:42 »
Wow! Amazing design!!

Offline kk73715

  • Posts: 126
  • Location: Hong Kong
  • Why are you even reading
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 03:24:15 »
A 65% without a top right blocker? Nice!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 04:29:02 »
Wow! Amazing design!!
Thanks for your love, we just want to make our own satisfactory keyboard

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 06:46:00 »
glwgb! in for one
Thank you for liking Voice65%  :thumb:

Offline hk362401

  • Posts: 1
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 08:06:15 »
T zong  niupi  qifei  wuhu!

Offline _lost_

  • Posts: 10
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 09:52:34 »
The knob design is very special

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 10:02:21 »
The knob design is very special
Glad you like it. Feel free to join our Discord to discuss about it.

Offline bball2

  • Posts: 418
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 11:08:41 »
Cool design!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 11:12:07 »
Cool design!

glad you like it! Feel free to join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/7wFQVqsF82

Offline treeleaf64

  • Posts: 1836
  • Location: United State
  • Traveler
    • treeleaf64
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 11:21:42 »
For 320, that sounds pretty good
Nice job my friend

One suggestion I have is, maybe increasing the size of the brass weight. At this size it is only for decoration and does not serve as a real weight adder at all <3
treeleaf64: https://discord.gg/rbUjtsRG6P

This is the cat and pat!!!!!!!!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 14:15:17 »
the top design of the weight looks really nice, interesting implementation of the knob.

edit: what type of encoder does this use, and is there a press function?

Here's the encoder that we have used: http://www.kailh.com/en/Products/Encoder/EN65/372.html and there is no press function.

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 14:17:33 »
For 320, that sounds pretty good
Nice job my friend

One suggestion I have is, maybe increasing the size of the brass weight. At this size it is only for decoration and does not serve as a real weight adder at all <3

Thanks for you suggestion! However all parts of the case have finished production and we are running the NA sale as in stock, we won't be able to change the design.
With that said, we will definitely consider increasing the size of the weight next time!

Offline Rob27shred

  • Posts: 1482
  • Location: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Insane in the Membrane! 👻
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 14:25:44 »
For 320, that sounds pretty good
Nice job my friend

One suggestion I have is, maybe increasing the size of the brass weight. At this size it is only for decoration and does not serve as a real weight adder at all <3

A bigger weight would be nice, but remember that'll just add to the price. Overall I agree though, for the price this is very nice & a project I'll be following!

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 15:55:40 »
For 320, that sounds pretty good
Nice job my friend

One suggestion I have is, maybe increasing the size of the brass weight. At this size it is only for decoration and does not serve as a real weight adder at all <3

A bigger weight would be nice, but remember that'll just add to the price. Overall I agree though, for the price this is very nice & a project I'll be following!

Thanks! It is more of a design choice instead of cost consideration. Unbuilt Voice65% weighs about 1.4-1.5kg and the finished build goes around 1.8kg. We think that is quite enough for a 65%.
Please consider join our Discord channel:https://discord.gg/4nJjmjvu6z


« Last Edit: Wed, 16 December 2020, 16:14:00 by OwLab »

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #28 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 15:59:27 »

Offline Havattack

  • Posts: 723
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #29 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 16:32:58 »
Very creative design. Way to go man, hope you design more keyboards in the future.

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #30 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 17:12:24 »
Very creative design. Way to go man, hope you design more keyboards in the future.

Thanks! We have set up a studio this year and for sure we will bring more designs!

Offline Fisher

  • Posts: 18
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 21:02:05 »
Wow! Amazing design!!
Thanks for your love, we just want to make our own satisfactory keyboard
Yeah, can't wait to order Voice65.

Offline DYKEN

  • Posts: 3
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 21:13:44 »
A pleasant change of atmosphere

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #33 on: Wed, 16 December 2020, 23:33:13 »
A pleasant change of atmosphere

It has been a long trial and error until we found the most reasonable implementation of the design and the price point.
That change did take a lot of time and consideration to happen, which we didn't expect in the beginning.
We are proud of it and glad you like it. :)

Offline KaosJ

  • Posts: 1054
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #34 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 03:09:57 »
Very nice, i'm in!




Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #35 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 07:11:11 »
Very nice, i'm in!
Thank you so much for liking voice65%

Offline JCraftCables

  • Posts: 99
    • Instagram
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #36 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 07:37:25 »
Really like the side knob, it's a cool idea :)

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #37 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 09:49:06 »
Really like the side knob, it's a cool idea :)
I’m Glad You Like It.

Offline sendpie

  • Posts: 18
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #38 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 09:56:24 »
looking forward to buying this hopefully

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #39 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 11:16:21 »
looking forward to buying this hopefully

We hope the 500 unit count will give everyone a fair chance.  ;D

Offline _lost_

  • Posts: 10
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #40 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 15:37:01 »
Have a question, is the knob aluminum?

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #41 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 19:36:40 »
Have a question, is the knob aluminum?

Yes, it's 6063 Aluminum.

Offline username-thingy

  • Posts: 7
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #42 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 23:30:32 »
I have a question. Do all 3 color options have the same bottom color?

Offline Jaxxstatic

  • Posts: 431
  • Haptic Recon
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #43 on: Thu, 17 December 2020, 23:39:16 »
Is there a way to get it without the weight branding?

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #44 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 02:24:31 »
I have a question. Do all 3 color options have the same bottom color?
Yes the bottom case is the same for all colors.
« Last Edit: Fri, 18 December 2020, 10:40:43 by OwLab »

Offline hottrout

  • Posts: 1487
  • Location: Norn Iron
  • I'd Hit Dat Key
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #45 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 04:12:06 »
A neat design so far and the roller switch is a great idea.  Putting more than one roller on the board with some software to match could allow volume controls for separate devices which would be cool, or possibly one for volume and one for scroll.
Current Daily Driver : Virgo - Ultramarine - Standard Lube  |  WTB : Topre Realforce Hi-Pro, please PM me if you have one for sale.

Systems -
More
Work |i9-7940x@4.8ghz|32GB(3600)|STRIX-RTX3090Ti|Bespoke Water, 360m Rad|X299 Prime Deluxe|EK x299 Monoblock|Optane 900p|2x1TB 960 Pro|2x10TB Helium|Dell U3415W + Dell UP2116Q
Home |i9-13900ks|32GB(7300)|Rog RTX 4090|Asus Z790 Rog Maximus Hero|Torrent Air|2TB 990 Pro|2TB 990 Pro|Dell AW3423DW QOLED|NEC MultiSync|Drobo16TB
Mining |i5-7500|16GB(2400)|H110 Pro BTC+|8x1080Ti|2x1650Watt PSU

Plus 40 years of collecting retro computers, consoles, games, peripherals, mainframes and mini's as well as their software, keyboards, games and manuals. 100's of systems including every Amiga model made
  Keyboards -
More
IBM 3101 | IBM 3276 | IBM 5150 | IBM ModelM | Dictaphone Dual Display | Vintage Cherrys (1982 onwards, just about all of them) | Commodore (all of them) | Nixdorf | Siemens | ICL | Apple (all of them) | Filco Majistouch | KBDFans 5degree - Chocolate | Rama M6-B - Moon | CA66 Silver | ClueBoard Graphite/PC | Varmilo VA69M Silver | E7-V1 SE Yellow | Rama U-80 Space Grey | VN66 Navy | BOCC Frosted Polycarbonate | Rama M10-C Midnight | FLX Virgo Teal & Black | Rama M60-A LYN Kuro | Space65 CyberVoyager WhiteGold | Space65 CyberVoyager Terminal | Hyper 7 | Clarabelle Sandblasted Polycarbonate | Elongate Mini 1800 Blue | Petrichor 1800 Red | Vulcan Maja Ergo Green | Think6.5v2 RoboCop | Jacky Bear 65% E-White | Sakabato CB87 TKL Champagne | KCK KY-01 Aquamarine | Jae J-01 F&F E-White & Copper | S7.7 E-White | The Adélie Blue | NIX OxalyS80 LE Dark Polycarbonate | Mesa TKL E-White | Smith & Rune IRON180 Graen/Brass | Skog Reboot Desert | CU7 Black | ROTR Silver & Copper | RAMA Kara Soya | Grid 650 E-White | SIX5 LE Aluminium & Gold | OwLab Voice65 Grey | BOX 75 Black Stainless Steel | Onyx E-White | Ikki68 BT Charcoal | Smith & Rune Iron 165 Graphite & Stainless Steel | Epoch 80% Black | RAMA Thermal SEQ2 Kuro | Paper Crane Gerald65 SE PC & CF | CB1800 ZANBATO | GLiTCH | Eclipse Grey & SS | TGR Tomo Silver | Mountain Ergo Black | Keebwerk NASU Black/Red | Phase One 65 Grey | Command TKL Fire | Chalice Frosted | VIENDI 8L Shadow | | Vulcan Maja PC | Glove 80 | Matrix 8XV 3.0 Starry Night | Sagittarius Grey Lilac | AKB OGR & Numpad Dolch | Type K Black

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #46 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 06:41:12 »
Is there a way to get it without the weight branding?
unfortunately we have manufactured all the weights so it is not possible

Offline OwLab

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 142
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #47 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 13:12:53 »
A neat design so far and the roller switch is a great idea.  Putting more than one roller on the board with some software to match could allow volume controls for separate devices which would be cool, or possibly one for volume and one for scroll.

That is a good idea! We'll def consider putting a few more roller/scroll and even try to place them in different positions next time. As for software, I recently bumped in one called MIDI2LR, which uses the MIDI function that is embedded in the QMK to control the Adobe Lightroom. Feel free to check it out on YouTube.

Offline Zanhana

  • Posts: 133
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #48 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 17:05:53 »
A neat design so far and the roller switch is a great idea.  Putting more than one roller on the board with some software to match could allow volume controls for separate devices which would be cool, or possibly one for volume and one for scroll.

That is a good idea! We'll def consider putting a few more roller/scroll and even try to place them in different positions next time. As for software, I recently bumped in one called MIDI2LR, which uses the MIDI function that is embedded in the QMK to control the Adobe Lightroom. Feel free to check it out on YouTube.

couldn't this also be done with layers?

Offline dotor

  • Posts: 13
  • Location: Vancouver
  • excellent
Re: [IC] Voice65% (Scroll+LED Strip+Stock Sale)
« Reply #49 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 17:40:34 »
boards like these make it hesitant to post a board for IC... awesome design my man good luck with the gb