Just curious, but are there any pros out there that use Cherry MX Blue key switches? I personally find it really hard to singletap fast maps with blue key switches due to its relatively low sensitivity.
I'd argue that feeling the actuation point is good for accuracy as there's consistent feedback on the actuation.Mio Winter wrote:
I don't think so, because I think the tactile bump makes it harder to learn to acc. I think linear switches are better.
Being good at acc in osu means that your brain has learned to sync some form of "hand event" precisely with with the beats as you hear them in your ears (an "ear event"). When I play osu!, the "hand event" that my brain tries to sync to the beat is when my finger bottoms out on the key. Or if I'm just listening to the music and trying to tap along on the table, the "hand event" that my brain tries to sync is the moment I feel my finger touching the table.
If you use tactile keys, however, there are two distinct "hand events" that your brain could potentially learn to sync to the music. You could sync the moment you feel the tactile event, or the moment you bottom out on the key. This could potentially complicate the learning process. Let's say you're trying to sync the bottom-out feeling to the music. In that case, not only do you need to sync the feeling of bottoming out with the music, you also need to not sync the feeling of the tactile event to the music. It's kinda like trying play drums with nunchakus.
Or I could be wrong. Maybe it doesn't matter at all and your brain learns accuracy just as fast with tactile keys as with linear keys.
Which is why I prefer linear keys with a low actuation point. I haven't gotten to try it yet, because the keyboard hasn't arrived, but I'm planning to add O-rings up to my actuation point, so that I bottom out very close to the actuation point.Endaris wrote:
I'd argue that feeling the actuation point is good for accuracy as there's consistent feedback on the actuation.Mio Winter wrote:
I don't think so, because I think the tactile bump makes it harder to learn to acc. I think linear switches are better.
Being good at acc in osu means that your brain has learned to sync some form of "hand event" precisely with with the beats as you hear them in your ears (an "ear event"). When I play osu!, the "hand event" that my brain tries to sync to the beat is when my finger bottoms out on the key. Or if I'm just listening to the music and trying to tap along on the table, the "hand event" that my brain tries to sync is the moment I feel my finger touching the table.
If you use tactile keys, however, there are two distinct "hand events" that your brain could potentially learn to sync to the music. You could sync the moment you feel the tactile event, or the moment you bottom out on the key. This could potentially complicate the learning process. Let's say you're trying to sync the bottom-out feeling to the music. In that case, not only do you need to sync the feeling of bottoming out with the music, you also need to not sync the feeling of the tactile event to the music. It's kinda like trying play drums with nunchakus.
Or I could be wrong. Maybe it doesn't matter at all and your brain learns accuracy just as fast with tactile keys as with linear keys.
On linear switches the speed the key travels down has an immediate effect on the actuation point but the only feedback you get is when you bottomed the key out. Personally I had a good experience learning accuracy with browns but then again, I'm not Epiphany.
masky wrote:
Just curious, but are there any pros out there that use Cherry MX Blue key switches? I personally find it really hard to singletap fast maps with blue key switches due to its relatively low sensitivity.