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The keyboard is great for playing all manner of piano Voices, but it can be a slightly disconcerting experience to play more straight-ahead synth Voices and trigger drum sounds from such a substantial keyboard — as it is with any weighted keyboard of this type.
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The K100 is impressively robust, and on the inside you can store hundreds of profiles and improve the polling rate – a high-end feature that will be a boon to competitive players. You can send us a note about this article, or let us know of a problem - select the type from the menu above. Otherwise, the K70 Core looks and feels good - I'm a big fan of the more refined yellow and triangular motifs that have appeared on recent Corsair releases, and that's reflected on the Core too with subtle details on the space bar and chassis. The aluminium case and 'floating' keycaps still look great, the magnetic soft-touch palm rest comes in handy and Corsair's iCUE software for setting custom lighting schemes or remapping keys remains one of the most powerful in the business. The only real shame is the non-detachable cable, which looks and feels cheap compared to the rest of the board. It works. I did manage to make it distort, but to do that I had to turn the keyboard and all the channel controls up full. So if you're prepared not to be an utter utter utter like I was, you will get out of the Cobra 90 almost exactly what you put in. Which is what you want from a keyboard amplifier.
In all cases, it was easy to get a 'good' sound because, with the unit's response (with the tone controls at their central position) being basically flat, the EQ was nearly wholly available for creative purposes rather than being used up in a struggle to achieve an acceptable sound from the speaker.
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Hands-on time reveals that the Cynosa’s buttons are soft and light, but they’re fast and comfortable too, and easily good enough for mainstream gaming, from slow titles to esports games. Mechanical hardware is speedier, more robust and with more movement, but that’s not necessarily achievable at this price, and the Cynosa is still a good device. What’s left, though, is impressive. The remaining keys are all full-size, and they don’t feel cramped given the unit’s tiny dimensions. At its core, that means you’ll be able to get typing and playing immediately, without having to become familiar with any unusual layout choices. The Corsair is available with Cherry MX Red or Cherry MX Speed Silver switches. The Red switches have a light, linear typing action that serves up impressive pace, while the Speed Silver switches are shallower and faster. Both are great for gaming, although the latter is better-suited to esports. Yamaha have made a big deal out of the new stereo piano samples supplied with the S90. On first examination, the deal is worth making: the pianos have presence and a lively feel, and play well from the keyboard. The samples are also free from annoying artefacts such as buzzy loops. On closer examination, however, the situation is less clear-cut. There don't appear to be enough multisamples for a start, and so an artificial edge appears where some samples have been keygrouped a bit further than they should. I occasionally found some of the solo preset piano Voices to be a bit plummy, but tweaking edit settings did help here; in any case, not all suffer from this problem. The Cooler Master’s membrane switches are good enough for mainstream gaming, even if they don’t have the speed of mechanical units. It’s basic, but the MS110 is a solid option for gamers who want a decent experience without spending loads.
However, the membrane design does mean they’re softer and slower than mechanical hardware – still easily good enough for mainstream gaming, but without the sheer speed and snap. The buttons on this unit are lightning-fast, and they have a consistent, reliable action and a textured top surface for improved grip. For competitive play, they’re superb. If you want to get proficient typing with a 40% keyboard, you’ll have to get used to frequently changing layers to be able to enter numbers and symbols. This will require lots of time to get used to, but by doing so, you’ll save lots of space on your desk and have a light and compact keyboard to take on the go. Hard to Find The Asus ROG Strix Scope 2 RX does a few interesting things with the familiar full-size layout, including a beautifully-designed multi-function wheel in the upper right corner, a dense row of LED indicators above the arrow keys and F1 to F5 which are bound to Game Bar functions like recording the last 30 seconds of gameplay. Otherwise, it's a full-size keyboard as we know and love, with an optional wrist rest in the box and Asus-branded box-shaped water/dust-resistant optical switches beneath every key. The included mouse, the CM110, is a right-handed, six-button unit that offers reasonable quality and a maximum sensitivity level of 3,200 DPI – fine for mainstream gaming, but not for high-end competition.
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