That Model M SSK looks real nice. I have not one but two Filco Majestouch 2 TKL with brown MX keys, one for 12 years and counting. They are so much heavier, nicer compared to what I got recently second hand: a WASD with a very wobbly case.
My favorite keyboards
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Re: My favorite keyboards
#32C'mon, the Amstrad keyboard is not that bad :(
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#33My Kinesis Freestyle 2 will always be the greatest ergo keyboard I've ever owned - with cables. I can tilt at 5, 10, 15 degree angles. I can move the two parts differently (and do), and with the risers, I can tilt it 90 degrees - which I'm never doing. The flexibility is perfect for me, so I keep one at home, and one in the office.
Kinesis Freestyle Gaming for me. The "traditional" Freestye has a wrist pad that's made out of a material so horrible I returned the keyboard immediately. Yuck. This was years ago, maybe newer models are better? But I'm very happy with the Freestyle Gaming in general.
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#34I find it strange that people who start caring about ergonomics settle for Ergodox, Moonlander and other halfway there solutions when Kinesis, Glove80, Maltron who have put in real ergonomic research exist..
You find it strange that people have preferences? The ultimate ergonomic keyboard is the one that feels good *for you*.
I don't like the Ergodox-style keyboards myself because they're missing a row, and no amount of meta layering is going to convince me otherwise.
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#35Was hoping this would be about synths.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
DX7 had a dreadful keybed. Midi CC only up to 100 (instead of 127), wtf?! Fatar learned a lot of lessons from Yamaha in that regard. Looking forward to adding an Expressive E Osmose to my rig soon ..
I never actually owned one but I loved playing one. Just the fact that a synth thing was so (relatively) affordable and accessible and also made music we heard all the time. I should probably make a Dexed thing. Ultimately I don't even play an instrument with frets, let alone keys, so it would only be for tinkering.
>Dexed
Get a Zynthian and dive right in to all the FM synthesis you can possibly imagine, and more. Its pretty freakin' powerful. Plus, you can do all kinds of mad things with it, vis a vis oddball controllers and such.
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#37I’m greatly enjoying my Charybdis nano: the built in trackball makes using the mouse just as convenient as the keyboard
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#38Glove80 for me (even have 2 of them) with Kinesis Advantage 2 being a close second.
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#39I have a HHKB Professional Hybrid. I like it. Quiet enough to use in work.
It is bloody expensive though
Re: My favorite keyboards
#40My Kinesis Freestyle 2 will always be the greatest ergo keyboard I've ever owned - with cables. I can tilt at 5, 10, 15 degree angles. I can move the two parts differently (and do), and with the risers, I can tilt it 90 degrees - which I'm never doing. The flexibility is perfect for me, so I keep one at home, and one in the office.
Kinesis Freestyle Gaming for me. The "traditional" Freestye has a wrist pad that's made out of a material so horrible I returned the keyboard immediately. Yuck. This was years ago, maybe newer models are better? But I'm very happy with the Freestyle Gaming in general.
By the time the 2 came around the wrist pads were an add-on. Like you, I'm not a fan, so I never bought them. I paired it with a Kensington Expert Mouse.