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[IC] GMK βeta - Launching August 28
« on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:36:12 »

Here is the IC for my latest set, GMK βeta.

In collaboration with Krelbit of Switchmod.net and Oblotzky, we have been able to translate one of my favorite Betamax cassette tape sleeves into a keyset, using stock GMK colors.



The Colors

The colors used will be L9, 2B, RO2, and V2. The legends will be CR, which is black.



The Kits

Our kit's aren't 100% finalized. We will have either 1 base and 1 alpha/accent add-on kit, or 2 base kits. Please fill out the form below to express your interest in either.



DO YOU LIKE JUSTSYSTEMS HIPRO? SO DO WE!

PLUS KRELBIT IS A HUGE WEEB AND WILL ONLY SELL SETS WITH SOME SORT OF JAPANESE-BASED INSPIRATION.

SO HERE'S THAT. LOOKS PRETTY SICK.





Regarding split/extra spacebars, OG Spacekeys will be running in a few weeks on my site, so you can get L9 spacebars from that.

The Dates

The group buy will run from August 21, 2020 to September 14, 2020.

The Vendors

US - Switchmod.net
EU - Oblotzky Industries
Canada - Deskhero.ca
SEA - iLumKB
Oceania - Daily Clack
China/International - zFrontier

Last but not least, I leave you with some board renders, on the Kei and No. 2.







For updates and discussion, please check the keyset section on the Switchmod.net Discord Server: discord.switchmod.net



Please fill out the interest check form!

https://forms.gle/T1kydD3vArec2nQH8

« Last Edit: Fri, 28 August 2020, 15:12:24 by hineybush »

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:37:20 »
JS base got me feeling something!

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:38:20 »
Nice

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:40:07 »
JS base go

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:40:32 »
loving the colours! hopefully an aus proxy can be sorted out

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:42:36 »
I like this a lot. Colors actually remind me of justsystems hipro...

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:43:13 »
This is so hot. I'm in.

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:43:27 »
WAGA NA WA BETA
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:44:36 »
Outstanding. Love the beta key and the additional accents, which feel like they maintain a sort of diagonal symmetry around the alphas.

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:44:49 »
niiice, gl with ic

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:45:22 »
loving the colours! hopefully an aus proxy can be sorted out

of course!

I like this a lot. Colors actually remind me of justsystems hipro...

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:46:35 »
Looks nice! I voted for splitting JP into it's own base kit.
ne r5 avail?  ;)
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:46:59 »
JS Base very hot :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:47:50 »
love it.

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:52:25 »
I’m in for a regular base kit.

Also, I think it would be cool to add white or light grey accent keys. It would resemble the white circle things used to rewind/fast forward the cassettes and it would add some nice contrast to the grey and beige


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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:55:26 »
looking forward for this already!

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 11:56:29 »
ok this is nice and I will join for sure
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:12:08 »
To whoever begged for split spacebars in the form replies...


Regarding split/extra spacebars, OG Spacekeys will be running in a few weeks on my site, so you can get L9 spacebars from that.


https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=100618.0
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #18 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:18:16 »
yeh

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #19 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:19:51 »
Krelbit adding more weeb to the collection! Noice.

This is a great set!

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #20 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:24:59 »
Halloween was the first movie I watched on Beta. Nostalgic for me. Totally in for this one.

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #21 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:27:58 »
Yes

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #22 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:35:36 »


This will look great in Cherry profile. Let's do this  :thumb: Copying manofinterest's HHKB just for comparison https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6lga9f/justsystems_hipro_hhkb/

        

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #23 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:37:49 »
This looks vvv nice! The only thing is that red color is too neon imo, maybe worth making it less vibrant?

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #24 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:38:57 »
pretty cool you got such a good color match with stock colors. looking forward to this set

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #25 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:39:13 »
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Base kit compat is great. Mod-colored tilde and pipe would be nice to have, but I guess you omitted them on purpose, which is fine.


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The proposed JS base, if that is preferred to the smaller JS add-on:

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The JS add-on and JS base kits are missing the R1 `~ー, R3 #~む and R4 \|ろ keys needed for JIS and ISO. The JIS-only 半角/全角 key is present, so it would make sense to include these as well.
The R1 -_ほー key is missing the ー quaternary (top-right) sublegend used on ANSI JP layouts, which these kits are based on.
The R1 0(わを key has a small を quaternary sublegend when, in fact, it should be regular size (like the わ below it) since a small を character doesn't exist in hiragana. (This has been a common mistake in hiragana kits ever since GMK Serika.)

In summary, these are the suggested changes for the JS kits:
  • Add R1 `~ー
  • Add R3 #~む
  • Change R4 \|む to \|ろ
  • Change R1 -_ほ to -_ほー
  • Change R1 0(わを to have a large を sublegend
All molds exist / will exist by the time this gets quoted. References:
Kana sublegends reference
Standard ANSI JP layout
GMK Bentō R2 base kit
GMK Mecha-01 base kit

Hope this helps.


Edit: added missing links
Edit2: updated Mecha-01 link
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #26 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:39:55 »
This looks vvv nice! The only thing is that red color is too neon imo, maybe worth making it less vibrant?

The cassette sleeve is pretty vibrant itself. We actually had a sort of tough time even finding a perfect-match RAL tone. I believe for our purposes, and considering the goal of using stock GMK colors, RO2 will work just fine.

« Last Edit: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:45:17 by hineybush »

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #27 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:42:40 »
can I have permission to say hell yeah

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #28 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 12:44:34 »
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This will look great in Cherry profile. Let's do this  :thumb: Copying manofinterest's HHKB just for comparison https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6lga9f/justsystems_hipro_hhkb/

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This is exactly the same thought I had. In for everything, 100%.
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #29 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 13:02:19 »
cool and nice

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« Reply #30 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 13:29:51 »
can I have permission to say hell yeah

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #31 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 13:53:00 »
a must join

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« Reply #32 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 14:29:49 »
please consider EBPT or Hammer

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #33 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 14:56:39 »
Would 100% be interested in the second JS base kit. Also please consider daily clack as oce vendor  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #34 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 15:05:17 »
please consider EBPT or Hammer

I did for like four seconds

Would 100% be interested in the second JS base kit. Also please consider daily clack as oce vendor  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #35 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 15:39:16 »
Love all this.

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« Reply #36 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 17:15:57 »
JS Base looking spicyy
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« Reply #37 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 17:30:34 »
Interesting feel to this.  Nice.
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #38 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 18:13:46 »
2 words.
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #39 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 18:14:25 »
Diggin itttt

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #40 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 19:19:16 »
Ne Alt Gr avail?
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #41 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 19:26:05 »
Standard base kit looks good.

Chances on R5?

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #42 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 19:28:13 »
This will look great in Cherry profile. Let's do this  :thumb: Copying manofinterest's HHKB just for comparison https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6lga9f/justsystems_hipro_hhkb/

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Yo, where do you get that I didn't see it on DROP, is it only avail for topre. btw, Filled the form.
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #43 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 19:41:24 »
Standard base kit looks good.

Chances on R5?

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #46 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 20:43:08 »
wew JS niceeeee
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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #47 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 20:53:11 »
neat

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Re: [IC] GMK βeta
« Reply #49 on: Mon, 20 July 2020, 21:09:26 »
JS is lovely.