Tell me if you like this format more than the other! I'm almost done editing the actual review of the Jixte, and that video will be uploaded tomorrow or the day after. Stock PC Jixte Start 00:00 Q2U 00:15 Pixel 01:04 Q9U 01:43 AT2020 02:22 NT1 03:01 VideoMic GO II 03:40 Lewitt 04:19 Stock Ano’d Jixte Q2U 05:10 Pixel 05:48 Q9U 06:27 AT2020 07:06 NT1 07:45 VideoMic GO II 08:24 Lewitt 09:03 Stock E-Coat Jixte Q2U 09:38 Pixel 10:20 Q9U 10:55 AT2020 11:34 NT1 12:13 VideoMic GO II 12:53 Lewitt 13:32 PC Jixte w/Alu Plate (Stock E-Coat Jixte Config) Q2U 14:04 Pixel 14:42 Q9U 15:21 AT2020 16:00 NT1 16:40 VideoMic GO II 17:18 Lewitt 17:57 Internal Weight Only PC Jixte Q2U 18:35 Pixel 19:13 Q9U 19:52 AT2020 20:31 NT1 21:10 VideoMic GO II 21:50 Lewitt 22:29 Internal Weight Only Ano’d Jixte Q2U 23:00 Pixel 23:38 Q9U 24:17 AT2020 24:56 NT1 25:35 VideoMic GO II 26:14 Lewitt 26:53 Internal Weight Only E-Coat Jixte Q2U 27:30 Pixel 28:09 Q9U 28:48 AT2020 29:27 NT1 30:06 VideoMic GO II 30:45 Lewitt 31:24 External Weight Only PC Jixte Q2U 32:06 Pixel 32:44 Q9U 33:23 AT2020 34:02 NT1 34:41 VideoMic GO II 35:20 Lewitt 35:59 External Weight Only Ano’d Jixte Q2U 36:31 Pixel 37:08 Q9U 37:47 AT2020 38:27 NT1 39:06 VideoMic GO II 39:46 Lewitt 40:24 External Weight Only E-Coat Jixte Q2U 41:10 Pixel 41:47 Q9U 42:26 AT2020 43:05 NT1 43:44 VideoMic GO II 44:23 Lewitt 45:02 Weightless PC Jixte Q2U 45:41 Pixel 46:18 Q9U 46:58 AT2020 47:37 NT1 48:16 VideoMic GO II 48:55 Lewitt 49:34 Weightless Ano’d Jixte Q2U 50:11 Pixel 50:49 Q9U 51:29 AT2020 52:08 NT1 52:46 VideoMic GO II 53:26 Lewitt 54:05 Weightless E-Coat Jixte Q2U 54:55 Pixel 55:34 Q9U 56:13 AT2020 56:41 NT1 57:31 VideoMic GO II 58:10 Lewitt 58:49 Mods & Keys Stock PC Jixte 59:17 Stock Ano’d Jixte 59:57 Stock E-Coat Jixte 1:00:37 PC Jixte w/Alu Plate (Stock E-Coat Jixte Config) 1:01:17 Internal Weight Only PC Jixte 1:01:55 Internal Weight Only Ano’d Jixte 1:02:33 Internal Weight Only E-Coat Jixte 1:03:13 External Weight Only PC Jixte 1:03:52 External Weight Only Ano’d Jixte 1:04:32 External Weight Only E-Coat Jixte 1:05:11 Weightless PC Jixte 1:05:51 Weightless Ano’d Jixte 1:06:31 Weightless E-Coat Jixte 1:07:13 __________________________ 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. __________________________ Spoken Jixte Review: ruclips.net/video/-hOvr70jLRQ/видео.htmlsi=wTM3B_-lUJqkYAtb Other Sound Test Compilation: ruclips.net/video/JkH2Qdag_8I/видео.htmlsi=JvRu8nU1v-fCtC6H __________________________ 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 - Panasonic HDC-TM90 Camcorder - 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 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 - Rode VideoMic GO II mounted on my camcorder, 3 feet diagonally from the keyboard and not in contact with the desk - Rode NT1 5th Gen condenser mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on running into an Audient Evo 8, gain set at 2 O’Clock - Audio Technica AT2020 condenser mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on running into an Audient Evo 8, gain set at 2 O’Clock - Samson Q2U dynamic mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on using USB mode, gain set at 45% - Samson Q9U dynamic mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on using USB mode, gain set at 45%, no filters or mid-boosts on - Google Pixel 7 Pro mounted on a gooseneck mount not connected to the desk used to type on - The Samson Q2U, Samson Q9U, Rode NT1 5th Gen, and AT2020 are in some way attached to the typing desk. The Pixel 6a and the Lewitt 040 mics are not - Lewitt and phone 15 cm away from the top of the keycaps (rough distance between my ears and the keycaps when measured directly vertically) - All other mics 15 cm away diagonal from the top of the keycaps to my ears (thanks for the tip, Ray) - No windscreens or pop filters are attached to any of the mics __________________________ Board specs: PC Jixte - GMK Striker R2 - Custom PP plate - Internal & external stainless steel weights - 1.6mm Soldered PCB - Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends) - KTT Roses spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only. Alu E-Coat (Purple) Jixte - GMK Analog Dreams R2 - Alu plate - 1.6mm Soldered PCB - Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends) - Internal and external brass weights - Cherry HG MX Reds spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only. Alu Ano'd (Red) Jixte - GMK Cluck - Custom POM plate - Internal & external stainless steel weights - 1.6mm Soldered PCB - Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends) - KTT Roses spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.
your lewitt matched pencil condensers sounds the best in my opinion, it has the lowest noise floor so less background white noise. What audio interface are you using? I have a samson q9u on xlr to my volt1 and I get much less noise. I also have a MKE600 and a Se8 that I've been too lazy to setup but every time I listen to your soundtests, makes me realize that I really should lol. Awesome sound test btw. your PC jixte is my favorite but the purple jixte with the cherry reds sounds the best. LMK if you ever need to move your pc jixte 😁
Agreed! The Lewitts (besides the VideoMic Go II on my camcorder) are the only mics that aren't in contact with my typing surface (desk) either. The rest are on boom arms attached to my typing desk. Yeah, my Q9U has been through the ringer, and every now and then, I hear some sussiness from it (it's been sent to Samson to refurb once already). I actually run it USB just like the Q2U (and the VMG II) because my audio interface (Audient Evo 8) has the Lewitts, Rode NT1, and AT2020 hooked up through it, so no more space haha. For real! Sometimes, it's a pain (even though it can be relatively quick) to set everything up, so sometimes I just use one or two mics instead of all of the ones at my disposal. All the mics except for the two Samsons, the Lewitts, and the VMGII are my neighbor's, so I borrow the NT1 and AT2020 from him whenever I want to record a longform sound test video 😁 Haha, for sure. I'm not usually a fan of PC boards, but this PC Jixte is pretty nice
IMO, Keeping the same board and changing the mic makes it easier to tell how the board actually sounds. It gives a lot of different data points and I can kind of extrapolate how I think the board would sound IRL. On the other hand, keeping the mic constant and changing between boards makes it easier to compare the boards relative to one another. Since I can hear the boards back to back (w/ same mic) I can tell if one is deeper, harsher, thinner, ect. than the others. If I had to choose it would be the new format: mic constant, keyboards changing. For me, I really value the comparison between keyboards. If I know a certain board/switch/keycap combo has the "sound" I want, Then it's very valuable to hear how that sound profile stacks up against others with the same mic. That being said, I think having more than one mic is valuable since it allows hearing the board from different "angles". This Sometimes let's me pick up on details I would have missed with one mic if that makes sense? Anyway, regardless of what you decide, these videos are super helpful to me. I appreciate you putting in the considerable time to make these sound test available to everyone!
Thanks for your detailed thoughts, Mark! I appreciate your comments as always, and I agree with your points. Honestly, I'm not in the content creation game to get views or subscribers, just as something fun to do and with the occasional opportunity to be useful to someone else. Because of the way I edit and put clips together, if I use one format, the other is basically "already done" for me, so all I have to do is to create a new timeline/video to use said format. Since that's the case... I'm just going to do both formats going forward whenever I release sound test videos! I figure people can pick and choose what they'd like and when. Hope all is well in your part of the world, and thanks again for your input!
@@HubertTheMad Doing both formats sounds great, can’t go wrong there. Things are good here, a Flip 6p is on the way in the mail! I want to try out some less common styles of keyboards without breaking the bank. And a 60% + Southpaw keypad seems really unique while also possibly being really practical for coding!
@@markpew8111 oh i got my flip 6p last week! i'm a sucker for 70ish% keyboards with No F row. I put some Broken in Lubed and Filmed Nixies in it and OMG it sounds so good!!!!! Been a fan of DR since the DR70F! Now I am just waiting for them to do a 60% with a flipable macro column.
Tell me if you like this format more than the other!
I'm almost done editing the actual review of the Jixte, and that video will be uploaded tomorrow or the day after.
Stock PC Jixte
Start 00:00
Q2U 00:15
Pixel 01:04
Q9U 01:43
AT2020 02:22
NT1 03:01
VideoMic GO II 03:40
Lewitt 04:19
Stock Ano’d Jixte
Q2U 05:10
Pixel 05:48
Q9U 06:27
AT2020 07:06
NT1 07:45
VideoMic GO II 08:24
Lewitt 09:03
Stock E-Coat Jixte
Q2U 09:38
Pixel 10:20
Q9U 10:55
AT2020 11:34
NT1 12:13
VideoMic GO II 12:53
Lewitt 13:32
PC Jixte w/Alu Plate (Stock E-Coat Jixte Config)
Q2U 14:04
Pixel 14:42
Q9U 15:21
AT2020 16:00
NT1 16:40
VideoMic GO II 17:18
Lewitt 17:57
Internal Weight Only PC Jixte
Q2U 18:35
Pixel 19:13
Q9U 19:52
AT2020 20:31
NT1 21:10
VideoMic GO II 21:50
Lewitt 22:29
Internal Weight Only Ano’d Jixte
Q2U 23:00
Pixel 23:38
Q9U 24:17
AT2020 24:56
NT1 25:35
VideoMic GO II 26:14
Lewitt 26:53
Internal Weight Only E-Coat Jixte
Q2U 27:30
Pixel 28:09
Q9U 28:48
AT2020 29:27
NT1 30:06
VideoMic GO II 30:45
Lewitt 31:24
External Weight Only PC Jixte
Q2U 32:06
Pixel 32:44
Q9U 33:23
AT2020 34:02
NT1 34:41
VideoMic GO II 35:20
Lewitt 35:59
External Weight Only Ano’d Jixte
Q2U 36:31
Pixel 37:08
Q9U 37:47
AT2020 38:27
NT1 39:06
VideoMic GO II 39:46
Lewitt 40:24
External Weight Only E-Coat Jixte
Q2U 41:10
Pixel 41:47
Q9U 42:26
AT2020 43:05
NT1 43:44
VideoMic GO II 44:23
Lewitt 45:02
Weightless PC Jixte
Q2U 45:41
Pixel 46:18
Q9U 46:58
AT2020 47:37
NT1 48:16
VideoMic GO II 48:55
Lewitt 49:34
Weightless Ano’d Jixte
Q2U 50:11
Pixel 50:49
Q9U 51:29
AT2020 52:08
NT1 52:46
VideoMic GO II 53:26
Lewitt 54:05
Weightless E-Coat Jixte
Q2U 54:55
Pixel 55:34
Q9U 56:13
AT2020 56:41
NT1 57:31
VideoMic GO II 58:10
Lewitt 58:49
Mods & Keys
Stock PC Jixte 59:17
Stock Ano’d Jixte 59:57
Stock E-Coat Jixte 1:00:37
PC Jixte w/Alu Plate (Stock E-Coat Jixte Config) 1:01:17
Internal Weight Only PC Jixte 1:01:55
Internal Weight Only Ano’d Jixte 1:02:33
Internal Weight Only E-Coat Jixte 1:03:13
External Weight Only PC Jixte 1:03:52
External Weight Only Ano’d Jixte 1:04:32
External Weight Only E-Coat Jixte 1:05:11
Weightless PC Jixte 1:05:51
Weightless Ano’d Jixte 1:06:31
Weightless E-Coat Jixte 1:07:13
__________________________
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.
__________________________
Spoken Jixte Review: ruclips.net/video/-hOvr70jLRQ/видео.htmlsi=wTM3B_-lUJqkYAtb
Other Sound Test Compilation: ruclips.net/video/JkH2Qdag_8I/видео.htmlsi=JvRu8nU1v-fCtC6H
__________________________
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
- Panasonic HDC-TM90 Camcorder
- 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
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
- Rode VideoMic GO II mounted on my camcorder, 3 feet diagonally from the keyboard and not in contact with the desk
- Rode NT1 5th Gen condenser mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on running into an Audient Evo 8, gain set at 2 O’Clock
- Audio Technica AT2020 condenser mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on running into an Audient Evo 8, gain set at 2 O’Clock
- Samson Q2U dynamic mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on using USB mode, gain set at 45%
- Samson Q9U dynamic mic mounted on a boom arm attached to the desk used to type on using USB mode, gain set at 45%, no filters or mid-boosts on
- Google Pixel 7 Pro mounted on a gooseneck mount not connected to the desk used to type on
- The Samson Q2U, Samson Q9U, Rode NT1 5th Gen, and AT2020 are in some way attached to the typing desk. The Pixel 6a and the Lewitt 040 mics are not
- Lewitt and phone 15 cm away from the top of the keycaps (rough distance between my ears and the keycaps when measured directly vertically)
- All other mics 15 cm away diagonal from the top of the keycaps to my ears (thanks for the tip, Ray)
- No windscreens or pop filters are attached to any of the mics
__________________________
Board specs:
PC Jixte
- GMK Striker R2
- Custom PP plate
- Internal & external stainless steel weights
- 1.6mm Soldered PCB
- Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- KTT Roses spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.
Alu E-Coat (Purple) Jixte
- GMK Analog Dreams R2
- Alu plate
- 1.6mm Soldered PCB
- Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- Internal and external brass weights
- Cherry HG MX Reds spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.
Alu Ano'd (Red) Jixte
- GMK Cluck
- Custom POM plate
- Internal & external stainless steel weights
- 1.6mm Soldered PCB
- Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- KTT Roses spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.
your lewitt matched pencil condensers sounds the best in my opinion, it has the lowest noise floor so less background white noise. What audio interface are you using? I have a samson q9u on xlr to my volt1 and I get much less noise. I also have a MKE600 and a Se8 that I've been too lazy to setup but every time I listen to your soundtests, makes me realize that I really should lol.
Awesome sound test btw. your PC jixte is my favorite but the purple jixte with the cherry reds sounds the best. LMK if you ever need to move your pc jixte 😁
Agreed! The Lewitts (besides the VideoMic Go II on my camcorder) are the only mics that aren't in contact with my typing surface (desk) either. The rest are on boom arms attached to my typing desk.
Yeah, my Q9U has been through the ringer, and every now and then, I hear some sussiness from it (it's been sent to Samson to refurb once already). I actually run it USB just like the Q2U (and the VMG II) because my audio interface (Audient Evo 8) has the Lewitts, Rode NT1, and AT2020 hooked up through it, so no more space haha.
For real! Sometimes, it's a pain (even though it can be relatively quick) to set everything up, so sometimes I just use one or two mics instead of all of the ones at my disposal. All the mics except for the two Samsons, the Lewitts, and the VMGII are my neighbor's, so I borrow the NT1 and AT2020 from him whenever I want to record a longform sound test video 😁
Haha, for sure. I'm not usually a fan of PC boards, but this PC Jixte is pretty nice
IMO, Keeping the same board and changing the mic makes it easier to tell how the board actually sounds. It gives a lot of different data points and I can kind of extrapolate how I think the board would sound IRL. On the other hand, keeping the mic constant and changing between boards makes it easier to compare the boards relative to one another. Since I can hear the boards back to back (w/ same mic) I can tell if one is deeper, harsher, thinner, ect. than the others.
If I had to choose it would be the new format: mic constant, keyboards changing. For me, I really value the comparison between keyboards. If I know a certain board/switch/keycap combo has the "sound" I want, Then it's very valuable to hear how that sound profile stacks up against others with the same mic. That being said, I think having more than one mic is valuable since it allows hearing the board from different "angles". This Sometimes let's me pick up on details I would have missed with one mic if that makes sense?
Anyway, regardless of what you decide, these videos are super helpful to me. I appreciate you putting in the considerable time to make these sound test available to everyone!
Thanks for your detailed thoughts, Mark! I appreciate your comments as always, and I agree with your points.
Honestly, I'm not in the content creation game to get views or subscribers, just as something fun to do and with the occasional opportunity to be useful to someone else. Because of the way I edit and put clips together, if I use one format, the other is basically "already done" for me, so all I have to do is to create a new timeline/video to use said format.
Since that's the case... I'm just going to do both formats going forward whenever I release sound test videos! I figure people can pick and choose what they'd like and when.
Hope all is well in your part of the world, and thanks again for your input!
@@HubertTheMad Doing both formats sounds great, can’t go wrong there.
Things are good here, a Flip 6p is on the way in the mail! I want to try out some less common styles of keyboards without breaking the bank. And a 60% + Southpaw keypad seems really unique while also possibly being really practical for coding!
@@markpew8111 oh i got my flip 6p last week! i'm a sucker for 70ish% keyboards with No F row. I put some Broken in Lubed and Filmed Nixies in it and OMG it sounds so good!!!!! Been a fan of DR since the DR70F! Now I am just waiting for them to do a 60% with a flipable macro column.