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That's a fair point and othro-styled gamepads are popular. In my opinion though, I would rather just buy a macro pad or one-handed keyboard (both of which are often cheaper).

@@va1orance I didn't know those existed, will use those words as search terms.

The distance is certainly something I didn't consider. Good point there! The split part is very true. Those keyboards are known as "colstag" or column staggered keyboards and I've been using one for the longest time (there are also split othrolinears, but at that point why not just go colstag). Another variation are keywell/dactyl/manuform keyboards which feature key depth. I will be making a new video including those shortly. The reason I made this video was because at the time, othrolinear keyboards were indirectly marketed as a cheaper entrance into ergonomic styled boards and in my opinion, they just did not compare to split and other styles. The most popular from what I remember being Drop OLKB and related boards; which were not split, and within the price realm of Chocofi (colstag) and other boards. Just want to clarify to folks: Othrolinear does not mean ergonomic; it is a subcategory Split keyboards are split keyboards; they can, and also can be not othrolinear

@@va1orance Ah right. Likewise, excellent explanation. And thanks for pointing out the differences. Can't wait for the next one. Keep 'em coming. Subbed.👍🏻

It would be smarter to try and get the accuracy higher, however, that can get a little repetitive and dare I say boring. You can start by adding few chords featuring the letters you commonly mistype and that might help you build familiarity with them. Another way is turning on monkeytype's weakspot feature (esc > funbox > weakspot) which will show you the words you struggle with most. It's very common to get stuck absent mindedly practicing, so shifting things around might help :D

Set the word list to e200, then you can practice chording/burst without having to manually make the tests in monkeytype.

I actually switched to a split board right after this challenge ended 😅. The main reason I was using an othro board for this was to see if I could maintain multiple keyboard layouts through just having two different keyboards (I had just gotten 208 WPM on 15s, and I didn't really want to lose that progress). It kinda half worked, but I decided it wasn't worth the effort after I could type reasonably well on the new layout.

You could technically do this...but it would be rather difficult. As I touched on, there's no pre-amp, so the only way to boost those affected frequencies is by dropping every other frequency. There's also a limit to how much you can, I've noticed 3 or more filters all being stacked at -12 dB introduces more noise, but if you had to, it would work... I boosted the bass this way and didn't have too many bugs, so you certainly could try!

@@va1orance thank you for your quick reply :) since most of my needs are to boost (a lot) vocal and above frequencies the +3 limit is a bummer, can we -12 the entire audible range ?

@@va1orance also, do you have any recommendation on specific moondrop dsp model ? does everything also apply to the 'chu 2 dsp' iem or is the separate cable DSP more feature packed ?

Woops I missed this; Yes, using three -12 filters with a Q value of 0.2 covers essentially the entire range. I only used the Moondrop FreeDSP (which comes with the May and Dusk), so I can't 100% confirm on the Chu 2 DSP, but, the Chu 2 DSP actually seems to be more flexible. It only has 5 filters, but has a Q value minimum of 0.1 and can go down to 40hz (compared to 60hz). If you're looking for something affordable, I'd give that a shot :D

realized that way too late, my bad 😅

The keys go in the middle :). For example, the XD75 keyboard is often displayed with a number pad setup in the middle. Three keys to separate letters, one key to separate edges.

If you practice properly, perhaps faster than 7 months :) Typing above 100 WPM for people who haven't done it before is a matter of building up muscle memory. Unless you've experienced an injury, 140 WPM is possible for anyone. Past 140 WPM is where you have to start building finger strength/muscles. Just focus on accuracy and learn a bit of chording, see you at 120 WPM c:

​@@va1orance Can you elaborate more on "practicing properly"? I mean I have already set a goal of 15 mins per day, but I tend to be more addicted to typing these days. So I end up typing for at least 50 mins a day. What do you think?

Sure, what I mean is targeted practice. A lot of people say to simply work on accuracy, but if you are already around 98% there isn't a really clear pathway. What I recommend is this: Look at your consistency when you do a typing test (the statistic, it should be in a % form). If you are going above 83%, you should work on burst speed through chording as I mentioned in the video. I recommend setting goals in intervals of 10-20 WPM. Then, I would set a burst WPM goal 10-20 WPM above that. For example, at your 75 WPM, set a goal of 90 WPM over 60s. Your burst WPM goal should then be 100-110 WPM. At these low speeds it probably is difficult to work on burst, so I recommend going to 25 or 50 words and trying to get that WPM. Once you get to 120 WPM (which you certainly will :D), things will get much harder. 120 WPM is getting close to the "no practice/muscle training" speed. To clarify, what I mean is practically anyone can get to 120 WPM without working on any sort of endurance or finger strength. Once you get to 140 WPM, you will have to start training your fingers physically as weird as that sounds. Hopefully I'll have a video out about that by then :)

I'll definitely try once I get back to my old speed of 176 WPM. The thing is, past 120 WPM, what you can learn really dwindles. Just as a minor list here: 1) Multi-chording/Spacegrams: Learning to type multiple words in one "chord". 89% practically is just this. 2) Read ahead: Read at least 1-2 words ahead, some people can do more, some people find more than 3 to be worse. 3) Burst vs Accuracy practice: Covered briefly in this video, in higher speeds, these two will diverge further. For example, for burst practice, you would want to ignore accuracy and purely focus on speed. This is usually about 40 WPM higher than what your PB is. Then, to "fix" your bad habits, you will work on long duration (5 min+, 98%+) typing tests. It's rather grueling, but it comes in time.

I allotted a total of about 9.5 hours while doing this. I spent close to an hour each day, but realistically, just 15-30 minutes each day with targeted/focused practice will let you get there in around 3 ish-weeks. Most of that time spent was learning the arrangement of letters, so if you are not doing that, purely memorizing chords will take very little time once you get used to it.

Followup: it’s here, I’ve got it tented like a MF, and my wrist pain is practically GONE. Still retraining my touch typing muscle memory, but working on this thing feels so much better. Thanks again for the great video.

It would depend on what you are using them for. I use one for a letter + the rest for shift/ctrl, and it kinda just comes down to "well I have no other keys so it must be one of these". Since clusters are usually quite small, I would just say learn it as you go.

I'm not too familiar with the learning process with Steno, I've tried, but didn't find it interesting enough. I would recommend using the openstenoproject guide, or qwerty steno if you don't have a specific steno keyboard set up. Again, not my expertise though :)

As a person who's learned four different alternative keyboard layouts (Colemak, Maks-Ex, Strand (Stronk thumb key varient), Stern (my own design)), that's an interesting theory. I've been using a split column staggered keyboard for about 4 years now. I think there is something to be said about learning. I remember when I first learned typing I struggled a lot with where the B and Y key due to their location. Orthrolinear does help with that. However, the problem is that companies advertise Orthrolinear keyboards as ergonomic (specifically the non-split varients)---which I find false. Although you have a good point, I see VERY few people buy an Orthrolinear keyboard because "they want to learn how to type".

That's also a good point. Although, the same could be said for right hand on staggered.

The Atreus is a column staggered keyboard. Although, it does indeed fix the most major problem with othrolinear keyboards. That being said, I main an Iris Rev. series keyboard, so, essentially the same experience. Atreus is quite nice though.

They are soldered on during fabrication.

@@va1oranceThanks for the response, I expressed wrong, how the circuit works on the pcb. how it is connected to the MCU.

@@RennanMendesSerenzaRennan Woops, I missed this, sorry. I didn't show the schematic in the video, woops again, but the RGBIN and LEDPWM connects to the PB6 and PB5 respectively (on the ATmega32U4).

It is likely due to posture. Are you: - Tensing up one hand - Typing with your wrist instead of your fingers - Angling your hands up (relative to the keys). A slight amount is ok, not too much.

Best of luck :)

Heh good observation. I didn't record many of the medium bits because honestly I didn't want to set up my camera 😅.

Uhm- what do you refer when you say "words to circles"?

​@@va1orancesorry, that was poorly written, on minute 8:02 the last word change to circles after typped

Ohh I see; Press esc (or go into settings) > Theme > dark note Neat little built in monkeytype theme.

This would be semi correct. It is very true that certain skills prior to "resetting" with new layouts would carry over. However, these are mainly physical based (finger speed, reading speed) which for 90% of people will not need to be trained for 100 WPM. In my opinion I find switching layouts the closest thing to relearning typing (realistically), but it is nonetheless true not everything is from ground zero. As for the "0-100" part, you can see at the beginning of this video I can't type at all (hence the 0) and that progresses to 100. You can check my newer video "speedrunner's guide to typing" where I recorded more this time and should give a clearer picture. (I do the exact same thing).

@@va1orance Please don't take this as an insult or think that I don't appreciate your advice. It is useful and makes sense. I also don't see another way to show the learning curve by someone who has already reached a certain level. If you start with 0 WPM due to a new layout, that's okay, but muscle memory and the way you previously read are very important. It's a bit like a professional guitar player teaching you how to play the ukulele in a month but not mentioning they have 10 years of experience playing the guitar. Or how to become a Rust programmer from scratch, without mentioning that their current background is a senior C++ developer. My point is, aside from people who have a natural talent or, for example, are not professional musicians who have been playing the drums for many years, no one will make such rapid progress so quickly. Writing in the QWERTY layout, I had a speed of 30-40 WPM. It took me about 3 months to achieve this with the Colemak layout - okay, I wasn't doing it efficiently. But reaching 70 WPM took me another 2 years. Maybe I didn't practice regularly (I have 150 hours of practice in MonkeyType), but I don't think that even if I wrote for 8 hours a day, I would reach 100 WPM in a week :D. And besides MonkeyType, I also went through TypingClub.com and Typing.com. Of course, thanks for the video, I'm getting started on the next one because your experiment is extremely interesting and contributes a lot. I also plan to master two layouts someday, like people in the MonkeyType Discord server group. Okay, now I'm getting to your new video. I'd love to stay in touch and discuss, as the topic is extremely interesting. So, a sub and like are always instant.

Let me know how it goes :)

Sure, but could you list out your: - Budget - Size preference (how many keys you want) - Custom or not (do you want to be able to swap switches or overall make customizations) - Any extras

at least a 50%, but small modkey it's a pain in gaming, maybe the FoldKB from keebio