Geonworks F2-60 Sound Test Compilation 1 - Plateless & Alu Plate Configs

PLEASE CHECK THE PINNED COMMENT FOR ALL TIMESTAMPS. Ran out of room here!

Video Of Compilation #2 (Staying with one mic through all configs and then switching mics) -    • Geonworks F2-60 Sound Test Compilatio...  

Start 00:00

SM57 Plateless Browns DCS 00:14
CM4 Plateless Browns DCS 03:11

SM57 Plateless Browns GMK 04:33
CM4 Plateless Browns GMK 08:08

SM57 Plateless Browns CRP 08:56
CM4 Plateless Browns CRP 12:31

SM57 Plateless Browns XMI 13:17
CM4 Plateless Browns XMI 16:48

Alu Plate Section
SM57 Zepsody Bluebonnets DCS 17:29
CM4 Zepsody Bluebonnets DCS 21:05

SM57 Zepsody Bluebonnets GMK 21:46
CM4 Zepsody Bluebonnets GMK 25:21

SM57 Zepsody Bluebonnets CRP 26:03
CM4 Zepsody Bluebonnets CRP 29:38

SM57 Zepsody Bluebonnets XMI 30:27
CM4 Zepsody Bluebonnets XMI 34:02

SM57 Nixies DCS 34:44
CM4 Nixies DCS 38:20

SM57 Nixies GMK 38:55
CM4 Nixies GMK 42:31

SM57 Nixies CRP 43:08
CM4 Nixies CRP 46:44

SM57 Nixies XMI 47:34
CM4 Nixies XMI 51:10

SM57 KTT Roses DCS 51:57
CM4 KTT Roses DCS 55:32

SM57 KTT Roses GMK 56:23
CM4 KTT Roses GMK 59:59

SM57 KTT Roses CRP 1:00:41
CM4 KTT Roses CRP 1:04:17

SM57 KTT Roses XMI 1:04:59
CM4 KTT Roses XMI 1:08:35

SM57 Cherry MX Reds DCS 1:09:08
CM4 Cherry MX Reds DCS 1:12:44

SM57 Cherry MX Reds GMK 1:13:22
CM4 Cherry MX Reds GMK 1:16:57

SM57 Cherry MX Reds CRP 1:17:41
CM4 Cherry MX Reds CRP 1:21:16

SM57 Cherry MX Reds XMI 1:21:47
CM4 Cherry MX Reds XMI 1:25:23

Mods (Only CM4 mics)
Plateless Browns DCS 1:25:50
Plateless Browns GMK 1:26:30
Plateless Browns CRP 1:27:10
Plateless Browns XMI 1:27:50

Zepsody Bluebonnets DCS 1:28:32
Zepsody Bluebonnets GMK 1:29:11
Zepsody Bluebonnets CRP 1:29:51
Zepsody Bluebonnets XMI 1:30:32

New Nixies DCS 1:31:11
New Nixies GMK 1:31:50
New Nixies CRP 1:32:29
New Nixies XMI 1:33:09

KTT Roses DCS 1:33:51
KTT Roses GMK 1:34:32
KTT Roses CRP 1:35:13
KTT Roses XMI 1:35:55

Cherry MX Reds DCS 1:36:36
Cherry MX Reds GMK 1:37:14
Cherry MX Reds CRP 1:37:54
Cherry MX Reds XMI 1:38:34
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Not every sound test will mimic what a keyboard sounds like in real life. I suggest listening to other sound tests and taking everything with a grain of salt.

I am not a professional, my room is not sound-treated, and a lot of my boom arms are attached to the desk that I am typing on.

I do not do sound tests to be as accurate as possible and portray what a board sounds like perfectly in real life. This is something I do for fun!

I hope that using different mics will illustrate that depending on your mic, you may catch higher/lower frequencies better than other mics, and some mics sound naturally “brighter” or “darker” than other mics, even without any filters or any sort of post-processing.

At the very least, you can compare configs that sound louder/higher pitched and which sound quieter or more muted.
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Sound Test Specs

Recorded in an untreated room, so background noises can sometimes be heard (and outside noise)
Glorious 4mm thick desk mat on a solid wood desk
Random Sony camera (was at friend’s house, dunno what it is)
Audio normalization in DaVinci Resolve for easier listening, but no other sort of EQ or alterations were made to the audio
Recorded in Reaper and rendered in 24-bit/48 kHz
Audio interface sample rates at 48 kHz
Audient Evo 16 Audio Interface
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Mic specs:

Lewitt 040 Matched pair of small diaphragm condenser mics in AB configuration mounted on a mic stand not in contact with the desk that I type on running into an Audient Evo 8, gain set at two thirty

Line Audio CM4 small diaphragm condenser mics in AB config mounted on same mic stand as the Lewitts, not in contact with the desk, gain set at two thirty

Rode NT1 5th Gen condenser mic, not in contact with the desk, gain set at two thirty

Audio Technica AT897 shotgun mic, not in contact with the desk, gain set at three thirty

Shure SM57 dynamic mic, not in contact with the desk, gain set at three thirty with a Fethead attached

MXL 144 ribbon mic, not in contact with the desk, gain set at two with a Fethead attached

All mics 15 cm away diagonal from the top of the keycaps to my ears except for AT897 (35 cm away)

No windscreens or pop filters are attached to any of the mics
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Board specs:

Geonworks Silver F2-60
KTT Roses, Cherry MX Reds, Cherry MX Browns, “New” Nixies, Zepsody Bluebonnets
Roses, Reds, Nixies, Bluebonnet stems lubed w/205g0, Browns stems carefully lubed w/3203
Spring swapped (jar lubed w/GPL105) to Geon single-stage 22mm springs
Cherry Clip Ins (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for stab wire ends)
GMK Hallyu (w/WoB 7u since I don’t have a 7u Hallyu spacebar)
DCS Blue Moon
CRP Round 6 w/Hebrew Alphas
XMI Vintage R1 by Masjewerke
Stock alu plate for KTT roses, cherry mx reds, bluebonnets, nixies and plateless kit for the browns