【IC】Infinikey 808-Boom (GB Closed) - in production & donation made

类型: IC
作者: Langelandia
发布时间: 2020-05-16 11:39:25
更新时间: 2020-09-15 13:20:26
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106428.0

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I wanted to share with everyone here that the payment towards the charity has been processed. TheKey.Company was exceedingly generous and rounded their donation up more than $500 additional dollar to make it a full $7000 that went to Children’s Music Fund - We are currently working with the charity to get a receipt of payment so we can share that with you and TKC is writing up a full blog post about the whole thing.
From the president of CMF, Ronda Grech:
“What a remarkable response to your custom design! Congratulations!! Your fans where so kind with providing their support too. We saw incredible traffic to our website on the promotion weekend and an increase in social followers.
On behalf of our board, volunteers, therapists, and most importantly, the amazing children we help, thank you for making a difference in their lives. Your generosity will provide 140 Music Therapy sessions to children in need. Please stay in touch. You will always be a part of our CMF Family.”
Thank you to all who joined and supported the CMF in other ways. Big <3 to you

Welcome to the Interest Check for Infinikey 808-Boom! Here’s the form.
THIS BUY WILL BE LIVE ON JULY 31ST - We will be giving away stuff on 8/08 to make up for not launching on the best day of days.
TTYlerdurden of C.Y.O Keycaps, Thatcliff, and I have teamed up to bring y’all a keyset inspired by one of the most iconic devices in music production and beat making.
The device is a drum machine that was manufactured in the early 1980s and has continued to influence drum beats for decades. It was one of the first to allow producers to program beats instead of having to choose from preset sounds and patterns. It was discontinued from production after only 12,000 units were made. Between the difficulty of stocking the semiconductors used, and analog synthesis sounds being ahead of their time (pre-electronic/hip-hop), the machine was eventually replaced by a later model.
The device features some of the most recognizable percussion sounds in music history and has been used on more hit records (either originally, or through track sampling) than any other drum machine. The booming bass lines, crisp snare, classic cymbals, and renowned congas, cowbells, and handclaps are what make this machine’s sounds so celebrated and sampled.
We are proud to say that we are partnering with Children’s Music Fund. They are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to bringing music therapy into the lives of sick children to help overcome pain, fear, and anxiety. We are donating 100% of designer profit. TheKey.Company is also adding to this amount so that each Bass Kit sale will give $10 directly to the Children’s Music Fund, and a portion of the sales from every additional item sold will directly contribute to the Fund.
We set out to produce a set that we were passionate about, as well as use the power of design for a greater good. We spent a lot of time considering how to support 40s folks, as well as Alice layout users, and boards of all sizes. We strived to design this set in such a way that it remains visually consistent throughout almost any keyboard layout, yet also offers users a range of options. We appreciate your feedback and insights, and look forward to your support in the future as we look to take this set through group buy.
A FUN NOTE
Initially, I had begun development with my brother on a similar set several months back; however, we hit a wall and let it sit to try and figure out how to execute it well. Recently, C.Y.O sent me a mockup of the set he was designing. We learned that we had been working on the same concept completely independently of one another! It was at that moment, we knew we had to team up. It’s funny how life works, eh?
INFO
Pricing: $100 Bass Kit
Profile: Cherry
Sculpt: 1-1-2-3-4-4
Legends: Dye Sublimation
Plastic: Infinikey PBT
COLORS

For the white and black, we’ve chosen very specific colors that are already used in the infinikey WoB and BoW sets so you can mix and match if you wish. Here are also some other sets that have used similar colors:
Slate: Pantone Cool Grey 8 CP, Pantone Cool Grey 10 XGC
Muted: Cool Gray 5 C, Cool Gray 1 C
GrayScale: Cool Gray 5 C, Cool Gray 1 C
THE STUFF
BASS KIT (Base) $100

TRAP KIT (Support)

CYMBALS (Novelties)

RHYTHM MAT (Deskpad)

RENDERS
If you want even more, here’s the whole kit and caboodle.
AUSTIN

EVOLV

J-02

RUKIA

VENDORS

• US - TheKey.Company

• EU - Proto[typist]

• AUS - Switchkeys

• CAN - Deskhero

• CHINA - zFrontier

• NE COLLABS AVAIL*

• Loki / SMOrca

• Glyph - Bass Face

• ZapCables - Zap will be offering two different DIY kits for this: one fore audio cables and one for computer cables using this sleeving and your choices

• Spacecables - Space will be doing a cable collab buy with a fun quick connect

• PROTOTYPE & COLOR MATCHING*
  We’re currently waiting on the /*prototype to arrive to us; however, the manu shared a picture.
  

• /Not all keys may be included in prototype, it’s to test stuff and whatnot
  We’ve got the physical pantones in-hand for matching purposes as well (low light pic)
  
  More information to come about these in the coming days.

• FAQ*
  This section originally caused some pretty heated opinions originally. We never meant to be offensive, we just wanted to lean into some meme keyboard life. That said, we absolutely have taken feedback and updated accordingly (noted below). We’ve left these original FAQs for posterity, but remember: we were honestly kidding and genuinely appreciate the feedback. <3

• Why the price?*
  This set uses a high number of dyes, which requires more time under the dye sublimation machine. And since time=money, it simply costs more and we want to make sure money goes to the charity. Aether and Graen had very similar pricing for comparison, too.

• I don’t see support for ____?*

-Support deez kids, yo.
(y’all…it’s a MF joke…fill out the form if we missed support for your keyboard…)
What are the dimensions of the mat?
-900 mm x 400 mm
Isn’t this just aGMK?
-No
I don’t like the colored row of alphas.
-Noted.
Can we have all the ___kana sublegeds?**
-No
**Love the effort behind this set, but come on… another ____ set?
-Yes, sorry…will tone it down a little next time.
Where’s my normal text mod legends?!?
-The colors were chosen so that if you are looking for a more ordinary keyset experience, you can mix and match to your heart’s desire with other standard BoW or WoB sets. <3
UPDATES
As mentioned above in the FAQ section, we did take your feedback and have made some changes as a result:

• Instagram: guilherme57d - Having the ISO ¼ plug cable come from the top left and into the plug, with the plug facing down (altered ISO plug novelty as a result)

• GH: depletedvespene \ Discord: NorrittMTG/#1661 \ Reddit: codecoffeecode - Better ISO compat / UK ISO compat (rounded out the compat to better suit ISO)

• Discord: NGP–windd - R3 1u enter maybe? (boom)

• Reddit: Dminus313 - I’d like to see keys with “Start/Stop” and “Tap” legends on here somewhere. Maybe on the shift or ctrl keys? I think the space bar could be a good place for “Start/Stop,” since that’s the default functionality of the space bar in most music players and DAWs. (We ended up adding a STOP key to the Trap Kit to keep the “normal” shift keys consistent, but we did add one)

• Lots of People from all platforms: Downvotes on “beat it” on bars (changed to “Computer Controlled”)

• Reddit: ZurgEon, PizzaPhone - R0/R5? (Infinkey does not have those molds unfortunately.)

• THANKS*

• First and foremost HUGE thank you to NathanAlphaMan for his tireless commitment to excellence in renders. Without you the true vision of this set could not have been realized. Thank you for your GENEROUS donation of time, critical eye for detail and perfection, and utmost display of professionalism.*

• TravCliff for the shared original inspiration for the set.

• Special thanks to Chewwy, Osiris, Quakemz, Jae, Minterly, TheGlyph, Meatsmoothies, and Mr.Keebs. for all their late night critiques as we progressed through putting this together. Your thoughts and insights were invaluable, and we appreciate you!

• Miguel Farah for ISO feedback

• DiscoCroc you’re an absolute legend.

• SOCIALS AND STAYING UPDATED*
  Langelandia: Discord | Insta
  C.Y.O. Caps: Insta
  If you’d like to support the set, feel free to add this to your signature (updating after first posting):
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Thank you so much for looking through <3