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How do you DESIGN a metal keyboard that avoids hollowness?

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PickleTickle:
I feel like some keyboards just stuff foam into the case to avoid the hollowness but I was wondering how people design the keyboard itself to have a nice sound signature without resorting to foam.

Leslieann:
Ever see a recording studio or the inside of a speaker?
They don't use metal to dampen noise.

More importantly, sound is difficult to predict, it's even worse when it's source comes from 100 different locations. We can sort of predict how it will bounce back to you from inside the case but that's really about the extent of it.

PickleTickle:
yeah that's fair enough, always wondered if it's just a crapshoot or if there's something people actively choose to do to get certain sounds

Faceman76:

--- Quote from: Leslieann on Sat, 14 August 2021, 00:46:23 ---Ever see a recording studio or the inside of a speaker?
They don't use metal to dampen noise.

More importantly, sound is difficult to predict, it's even worse when it's source comes from 100 different locations. We can sort of predict how it will bounce back to you from inside the case but that's really about the extent of it.

--- End quote ---
Excellent response. 

I myself prefer baltic birch enclosures, with globs of Acoust-X on the walls, lined with denim insulation, Rockwool or Blackhole 5.  Sealed enclosures get a light stuffing of Acousta-Stuf polyfill.

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kajahtaa:

Trend now is lust for not feeling your switches or hearing your boards.

Ok. I own headphones tho.

Why design a board at all. Keep a ziplock of atmosphere on your desk and call it a keyboard.

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