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Computer keyboards
I need a new one. Recommendations? Don't recommend IBM model M, I have two in the shed and I hate them haha.
I am thinking about getting a keyboard with scissor keys, because the action is nicer when the keys are hit off-center. Alternatively, I might look into getting one of those ergonomic wave type ones. If I go that route, it will probably be a Microsoft or Logitech keyboard, so the key action will probably suck. Has anyone used one of these?
Must be PS2, otherwise I'd have to upgrade my KVM too... Also, I don't need any of that volume control and internet shortcut BS, ergonomics and nice keys are my priorities.
Lets see your studio and lets hear some of the music you made and ill help you pick out a keyboard!
ummmm .... I use a $15 Logitech keyboard I got at Staples. 
I use a Mac Keyboard on a PC
Saitek Eclipse
Its just awesome, and ignore that hand support thing.
It has the slickest softest and noiseless keys ive ever tried.
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| Originally posted by atxbigballer1 Lets see your studio and lets hear some of the music you made and ill help you pick out a keyboard! |
i just took one from work. seems to do the job its a HP something that follows most HP computers.
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| Originally posted by Subtle Saitek Eclipse Its just awesome, and ignore that hand support thing. It has the slickest softest and noiseless keys ive ever tried. |
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| Originally posted by cronodevir That is what I am using! |
creative prodikeys
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| Originally posted by atxbigballer1 Lets see your studio and lets hear some of the music you made and ill help you pick out a keyboard! |
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| Originally posted by mysticalninja creative prodikeys |
awesome!
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| Originally posted by mysticalninja creative prodikeys |
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| Originally posted by echosystm i honestly dont know how you use this man. where do you rest your palms when you are typing? |
I wonder about the cost of that keyboard.
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| Originally posted by EgosXII what's that got to do with anything? awesome! |
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| Originally posted by atxbigballer1 Nothing i just want to see Echo studio and hear some of his music! dont get me wrong i like echo! i respect Echo's opinion on every thing he says and dose on this forum!! Yo echo get a lazer keyboard! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH8CUTimTvY |
that keyboard was awesome. if its transforming i want it.
That lazer thing is wicked. I remeber seeing it on CSI miami a few years ago and thinking that's fake, but it since came to market.
Do the keys retract on that keyboard combo thing? I have very little space and that could save a lot of headache.
I use the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 both at home and at work. I actually bought it out-of-pocket for work. I swear by this keyboard. It's ergonomic (obviously) but they DON'T mangle the arrow and home key clusters, you can turn off the function key remapping, and there's a built-in padded wrist surface (not some flimsy piece you attach, it's part of the keyboard). No problems with key action and they last for years.
There's only one thing that bugs me about it and I only have this problem at work - if it's on a pull-out tray then it's a little too easy to accidentally hit the back/forward buttons just below the space bar, which can be a nuisance if you like to push in the tray when you leave the computer or you're not using it. This bothers me maybe once a week, and I think it's a small price to pay.
I honestly can't recommend that one highly enough. I've never even found a reasonable alternative, let alone a better one.
P.S. It is USB but you can just toss an adapter on it. I'd recommend upgrading your KVM anyway... USB versions are what, $20 now? $30?
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| Originally posted by DigiNut P.S. It is USB but you can just toss an adapter on it. I'd recommend upgrading your KVM anyway... USB versions are what, $20 now? $30? |
I didn't formally learn to touch type either, and found the ergonomic layout awkward at first, but you get used to it pretty quickly, usually within a few weeks. "Touch-typing" isn't really all that hard to get the hang of when you already have a mental map of the keys.
That's my recommendation anyway, from someone who's frustrated himself with over 30 different keyboard models. Take it or leave it.
Logitech G15, very nice keys that have a nice adjustable backlight for late at night sessions and 18 (x 3 banks) of macro keys that I have assigned to various DAW shortcuts (great!). The G15 also has an LCD display that you can use to monitor CPU and GPU temp if you want to overclock (i'm over that now so its basically a little clock), or atleast monitor CPU and RAM usage.
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| Originally posted by mysticalninja creative prodikeys |
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| Originally posted by DigiNut I use the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 both at home and at work. |
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