I Built The Loudest Buzzer + Solenoid Keyboard - Class 80

[@64BBernard]

I find it funny how some people complain about loud keyboards. I'm in my late 50s, but when I was a kid into my early twenties, the sounds from manual and electric typewriters were commonplace and they were far louder than the keyboard you featured, Scott. I learned to type on an old, wornout, second-hand manual typewriter that was brutal to use (occasionally fingers would go between the keys and scratch my cuticles). But my Sears electric typewriter, circa 1984, will wake up the dead! Love your awsome channel, Scott!

[@Keybored]

Haha would have loved to hear it,

[@baldrick1199]

I agree with you mostly looking at it from a practical point of view, but I think the hobby is heading towards providing premium experience, and every little factor matters.

[@FumiDoku]

i want to install a solenoid but i dont know how to do it

[@cdey3886]

great way to get fired without quiting. The solemoid worked well!

[@Keybored]

It works too well haha

[@disk_35]

This kind of stuff is awesome. I believe solenoid keyboards are from manufacturers trying to make them sound more like typewriters and therefore feel and sound more premium. Anywhere you had a lot of typing back in the day, it was expected to be loud, that was the sound of productivity.

[@metrix8155]

I honestly really like the solenoid mode, I don't know why. It sounds both awful and amazing. Great video as always.

[@Keybored]

That's exactly how I felt. I kept using it like that and it just grew on me. Like progress was being made as I typed away

[@Mayhoes]

It slowly eats your soul until you start liking it

[@bookle5829]

Love me some old school keyboard sound.

[@mntish]

I love the solenoid idea. You didn't even need to pick clickies. A nice arduino project with double solenoid, a tactile that will shake the PCB and a clicky like this one. Someone could also choose how much tactile or clicky he wants the linear switches with software (even per key).

[@smoaf2010]

i unironically enjoy box jades and box pinks, the tactility is fire for typing imo, and the sound isn't bothering to me. clicky gang will rise up

[@Keybored]

Haha one day they will!

[@kalvin.]

We’ll hear them before we see them coming

[@Sortsylic]

I don't get all the hype about dampened keyboards Typing on a typical modern clacky/thocky aluminium case keyboard sounds like drips of piss hitting a ceramic urinal (IMHO of course) For me the sound of all the components should be distinct and full-bodied until needed otherwise. Buzzer is annoying and always was, but the solenoid is amazing

[@ToyKeeper]

Since you have the wired version, it should be running QMK... which has an option to randomize the pitch of each keystroke's sound, or even play totally different types of sounds. It might be worth a try.

[@Nyitemare]

Dear lord 😅

[@cyfergooey9129]

Lol ..this is to the second power lol love it ! So creative. Thnx Scott and Mrs.scott. awesome video!

[@Keybored]

Haha thank you! This is Def going up there as one of the legends

[@KarimElHayawan]

The early IBM beam spring keyboards (and I mean really early, they were terminal display keyboards) like the IBM 5251 and 3278 had solenoids that would strike the case on every keystroke. I never read it but I assume it was to mimic the feedback of a typewriter since most people people didn't even know what a computer was back then.

[@evascroll]

omg!!!could you imagine adding a bell (or any other metal and material)near that selenoid!!!!holymolly you could really costumize the sound!!!! plastic,glass,metal,copper,steel. i mean this is really a sound shifter keyboard!!

[@deltavictor8369]

You've got to try the Chosfox Arctic Fox switches. Box Jades are loud, but Arctic Foxes... sometimes you just wake up and choose violence, you know?

[@Keybored]

Haha choose violence

[@MarcoCarag]

As a big fan of my Class 65, I'm really tempted by this one -- for all the reasons except the solenoid and buzzer! Those are a little gimmicky for my tastes. As for the exact opposite of gimmick -- what a thrill to hear and see Cat Wife on violin! I must hear more!

[@juantoreno]

You can remove them and not connect them

[@trenchcoatkendo]

Gimmicks are cool and make things special

[@MarcoCarag]

@@trenchcoatkendo If I'm seeming black and white about gimmicks, I don't mean to be -- I'm just speaking to my tastes. MM Studios already pushes well past practical in their boards in ways I'd call gimmicky, which is something I love in my Class 65, and in what I see in this board.

[@TheNEpatriotsrule1]

Incredible. That buzzer is a bit much, but still fun, but I unironically love that solenoid lol. Loud but bearable and somewhat satisfying

[@J7T800]

I love the built in party tricks. I like loud boards and this one sounds really loud, but the good kind. Sound is consistent all throughout the typing phase, and you'll be able to drown out the noise eventually.

[@Keybored]

It's a little soothing too

[@kaptmart]

Even the sponsor bit was quite entertaining to watch. Love how the board sounds fully built - you can really hear the switch more.

[@MrTheNickolas]

surprised to see no one else has said this, but this looks like an OG pre-color GameBoy cartridge

[@keebroll3388]

Oohh lala. Best way to vent your stress out at work! I’m in on this one 😈

[@andresgallego5727]

I really like solenoid sounds, I wish there was an easy way to add one to your standard mech keyboard.

[@CentriVR]

As someone who has played violin for half their life, I thought the Mario bros theme at the beginning was hilarious. Nice job with your intros.

[@stinky59]

i actually love this so so much i would use it every day! i wouldn’t bring it into a public setting because i’m not an asshole but i would love to use it at home. pushing buttons to make sounds happen is one of the only things that activates the dopamine reward circuit in my brain. it makes it fun and rewarding to type and turns it into a game, like the more and faster i type then the more of the fun CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK noises i get to make!

[@dapukisgoingon]

I'm using that exact same set of red- Korean subroot caps (not knowing any Korean whatsoever). 21kb/xiami products feel great, especially for the price point. Fun video!

[@Keybored]

Thank you! I do like the keycaps very much!

[@philipp594]

I hoped this would have Zeal Clickiez. Think they would have been great for a retro board.

[@hirdygirdy746]

Yeah, they're also a good bit louder than kailh clickies

[@Keybored]

That's a good suggestion

[@Brimmy21]

12:44 oh my god its like when yahoo messenger had that obnoxious buzz thing to get people's attention XD

[@Flib_smmh]

Thank you Scott for that video with jades, those switches deserve more light 😍

[@BSEUNHIR]

I'm afraid of the kind of people that don't get this is satire... "Haha just use ANC headphones in the office as I hammer into my type writer"

[@Keybored]

That would be the best lol

[@TheJaniable]

this reminds me of "Wanted to feel typing on typewriter" by Teenenggr

[@Keybored]

You Def get that vibe!

[@calvinlooi4500]

Hyped to see you hit that 100k mark! Do something memorable to celebrate it hahaha

[@Keybored]

Hahaha I need to think of something fun... Not sure what tho yet

[@cameronmacpherson1959]

Sounds like a demented Geiger counter. You'd want your own noise cancelling headphones to work all day. Overall the keyboard has great acoustic characteristics and is a cool buy for an enthusiast.

[@makata_pro1698]

Oh, man,, this will be my end keyboard to have. Thanks scott for sharing this classic retro keyboard

[@Keybored]

You're very welcome!

[@1fareast14]

12:27 sounds similar to my gas67 with box pink, clickies in a damped board sound pretty nice

[@amizan8653]

yeah, I think I'll just use mech vibes. It's an open source program that's lets you play sounds from your key presses. and you can also add custom sound packs and download other people's custom sound packs. I'm using a sound pack that's a custom one called Lincoln typewriter, and I get the same satisfaction but with my headphones on so I don't make everyone around me pissed the f*** off lol

[@jebus456]

That buzzer is something else... lol

[@michaele.2826]

That solenoid was wild. Made the keyboard sound like crickets.

[@ElasticoOFCL]

Couple things I would change to make this one even louder is to use taller keycaps like MT3 or SA profile that's pretty thin because while thicker keycaps improves the sound, it also mutes it as well! As well as using BOX Midnight jades switches because between that and Regular box jades, they're much louder and and bit more tactile. I suspect that the louder sound profile comes from a PC bottom housing vs Nylon. Great video anyways fam, nice seeing you finally make a clicky keyboard build! I haven't watched the entire video just yet cuz am saving that opportunity for a reaction video ^^; -Much love from a fellow clicky gang! ^^

[@chickenchuggets6395]

I do agree with your idea of mt3 or Sa profile keycaps but the solenoid is so overpowering that it doesn’t really matter lol, that’s the beauty of a solenoid keyboard, it makes it so the switches and keycaps doesn’t matter 😂 click gang!

[@mikes978]

the "ridge" design at the top where you said where the game cartridges go, is actually the design found on the gameboy cartridges (without it saying Nintendo GAMEBOY in the middle).

[@Keybored]

I see it now!

[@karnudom]

Ngl the solenoid does sound pretty awesome. My ear bled during the buzzer mode though. This is the anti-creamy thock board for sure.

[@theyehsohz]

I supported the class80 as soon as it went live from IC, I'm planning on using silent tactile switches with the solenoid, it's going to be amazing

[@Keybored]

Oooh that will be something very interesting!

[@sainteagle4426]

The solenoid mode actually sounds good, like it's loud but not harsh like the buzzer.

[@takeagalbythehand]

The buzzer sounds like those plastic toy hammers they use as punishment in Korean variety shows... I bust out laughing imagining your coworkers getting bonked on the head repeatedly with each key press... Literally and figuratively! 😂

[@Rice0Cake]

The top of the Class80 seems to represent the top of the original Gameboy cartridges; they just fashioned the roundish indentation into a pen rail.

[@madamadadane7989]

Box jades solenoid sounds absolutely amazing

[@GatialRaseta]

I think its more like Game & Watch color palette thoo. Love it

[@sparktite]

Wow, i had no way to know how badly i yearn for a keyboard that sounds like one of my old paintball markers till now 🤤 I dont even let myself use clicky switches tho, i go all out muting/sound dampening/deadening. I like the feel more than the sound usually anyways. And i definitely dont want my mic opening up constantly or held open. I do not wish to make the ppl hearing me furiously adhd type get distracted or annoyed 😂

[@Sincald]

I could feel the buzzer poking my brain with every stroke

[@RandiEriko]

that buzzer and solenoid is a nice and usefull features.

[@cookie150]

We need a 10 hour version with the buzzer… 😂😂😂😂

[@Keybored]

Haha ASMR

[@greyareaRK1]

The solenoid has potential IMO, if it was tuned or modded to created a pleasing sound, or even a low frequency tactile sensation. Love the keyboards look, but will never understand weighted keyboards. It reminds me of a Focus FK-2001, minus the beautifuil sound of Alps switches.

[@TommoC123]

Buzzer mode was great, sounded like cicadas in a Japanese summer

[@Mayhoes]

This is the start of Scott's villain arc

[@Keybored]

Hahaha perhaps

[@kholex]

i really enjoy the buzzer sound

[@Oakshimasu]

I think the Box Jades/gasket mount without the buzzer and solenoid was my favorite sound. >>

[@Keybored]

:) the less ruckus sound

[@chrispychreme02]

That buzzer makes the iPhone keyboard sound like the deepest keyboard ever.

[@Banzai431]

Solenoids are awesome!

[@orkid2766]

PLEASE GET SCOTT TO 100k I WANNA SEE HIM USE IT IN THE OFFICE

[@SynergistN7]

Wish there was a typing test of the first build but with the solenoid on. I wanna hear what the solenoid sounds like without the noise of clickies on top.

[@z4nn1ch]

This is such a beautiful piece of art. I hope that there will be one in SNES form but a man may dream right? 😀

[@AristarcoPalacios]

Whoa, hold your horses. I want that buzzer/solenoid controller PCB but you never put links to them in your description. Are these included as options for the keyb kit? I really, really want to make this with my keyb. Can you help? Also, I bought gateron blues and went to the office to make noise with my mech keyb but no one said a thing, so obviously I bought Kaihl Jades and typed away. At the end of the first rattling my workmates came to see what kind of keyb I was using and I mentioned it was a Keychron K2 (ISO version, of course) with Jade switches. They all wanted one as well! Turns out my workmates love the rattling! LOL.

[@MrSkullhead0]

I have the little brother the 65% version of this and it is one of my favorite keyboards. I can’t wait to inherit an older brother of the series of bored

[@EmpressHsiao]

Halloween is coming, you should bring that terror to your office XD

[@cre8view]

yooo your acting skills leveled up bro.

[@foundlost5583]

You have a sinister streak in you! I like it!

[@Keybored]

Thank you! Hope it's fun

[@Nuller_Manden]

Please I wanna know; I'm unsure if the switches are/support mx keycaps or what what other alternatives there are to get that horribly beautiful sound 🥺

[@galvanizeddreamer2051]

Ridge wallets still need chain attachments. RFID protection means jack if they can just nick the whole thing.

[@buddybleeyes]

Omg I love the solenoids 😂 you legend

[@HardToFindAusername]

I would imagine the Devil in Cow&Chicken typing bullshit on this keyboard while them are waiting for him to finish.

[@jino74]

Another great video! This makes me want to buy some clicky switches. Almost. Maybe. I hated and enjoyed the solenoid typing!

[@stryke1989]

The part 2 we all needed

[@jimmyt9283]

Love your vids, Scott. Keep it up! Very excited to join this GB + haven65.

[@kiboshinji1203]

this is the keyboard for speedrunning to get fired from office any%

[@djethreii]

I don't mind clickies but this is a whole different conversation. hahahhaha

[@Keybored]

Hahahaha yup

[@idothinz4192]

The solenoid version sounds like you're constantly firing at people in an fps

[@Keybored]

Haha that also makes sense

[@stryke1989]

So many nice boards these past 2 months. My wallet is DYING.

[@nikolakostic5667]

Great video. Can you elaborate on what your favorite mounting style for this was? You mentioned top mount with half plate but then your sound test was FR4 gasket mount. Can we do a gasket mount half plate or no? What configuration do you recommend for hot-swap?

[@samgao]

Box jades ❤️ Indicator lights ❤️ TKL…. Almost there

[@oLoRdHaZaRdo]

Your videos are so well done my gosh! Awesome key board!

[@Keybored]

Thank you so much!

[@justanotherpxrson]

okay but why does the solenoid sound amazing???

[@nedzc27]

That's real ASMR right there...

[@nikolakostic5667]

You should check out zeal clickiez if you get a chance. My favorite clickies so far. Those in combination with mt3 caps are the ultimate retro combo. I'm probably gonna get this board to pair with the clickiez and mt3 caps 🤣

[@zhieson]

Another great video! I laughed when I heard how annoying you got it to sound. I'm also gonna be a little mad if you make me buy clicky springs after this xD

[@Keybored]

Haha the box jades actually sound good!

[@lazybee4267]

Absolutely love it😂

[@Sortsylic]

Actually I don't like the type of sound dampening + linears make at all. Jades/Navys are cool enough, but mixed with solenoid it's even better!

[@ttuanmu]

I wish there is a way to have the buzzer mode and solenoid working at the same time. 🤣

[@weinerjuice9920]

I kind of love it

[@WoollyMittens]

That intro was tripping balls.

[@jermainer2781]

Got 3 mech modes.. word processor, typewrite and reg mech mode.. 😂 that's hella interest and can't say it sounds bad but clearly... Distracting 😂

[@TheChillBison]

Would be a great way to know if your kid is using the computer when they shouldn't! This cracked me up. 🤣

[@koboards]

This keyboard with JTK FC would be so perfect

[@Keybored]

Hmm I think you're the second person that said that... I have to look it up

[@ToyKeeper]

Those switches are the ones I always pull out when I need an example of how bad a switch can be. Each keystroke feels like using a paper hole puncher, and they tend to get stuck when lifting the finger too slowly.

[@hansennoah1]

Compeletely preferential, i for one pull out a jwick H1 or a gateron ink black when i give an example of what a bad swtich is.

[@ToyKeeper]

@@hansennoah1 Yeah, I'm not a fan of those either... or really, any linear switch. But at least they don't get stuck on the way up. Box Jade's force curve drops to literally zero on the return stroke, relying only on momentum to lift it past that point. Let go too slowly, or use caps which weigh slightly more, and it sticks. What I like though... is a Boba U4 or Durock T1 or TTC Silent Bluish White. They're all non-clicky tactile, with a response similar to a scissor switch.

[@BunyKenjiro]

sometimes I type a comment as an excuse to type on my keyboard. yes, this is one of the times. XD keybored is the best.

[@RidgeWalletYT]

Cool wallet! 🙌

[@ricardocaballeros2491]

Is it possible to have a solenoid - buzzer configuration?

[@nickthaskater]

Need to throw some SA caps on there for maximum noise

[@insect4911]

Is it possible for the solenoid and the buzzer to be on at the same time 🤔

[@Keybored]

I thought of that too! That would be the ultimate

[@ImOnMy116]

I think NearLucid also did a video of this board with a sound test with both on if you’re feeling that sadistic! Thanks for the content keybored!! Now just need to put the blue bombs in from that shoobs vid

[@Mayhoes]

The buzzer mode sound like your spamming an in-game menu

[@Keybored]

That is also a great point!

[@SP9999]

imagine gaming with this late at night lol

[@Keybored]

With headphones on for yourself but not for anyone else

[@SP9999]

@@Keybored they need to hear what pro gamer sounds like

[@WinkleKeebs]

I don’t know why, since Class65 v2, MMstudio keeping release new board with Wind studio at the same time, same price. It is Difficult to not choosing Class

[@Akeynote]

Bring back brass plates!

[@lauhernsean6179]

Worth every penny

[@Keybored]

Haha for sure!

[@sixxtylol]

JTK FC keycaps would have been perfect on this

[@sashayav5061]

“Here comes the keyboard weeaboo again trying to convince me to upgrade from my HP”