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hongaaronc OP t1_iz0tcc1 wrote

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Synth Labs is my one-person company based in the USA, which started off as keyboard passion projects, but now I'd like to bring some of these projects to market to share with others.

The Solo macropad is my first product. It is a 7-key macropad, inspired by arcade cabinets from the Japanese rhythm game - beatmania IIDX.

It uses a sandwich-mount design with an aluminum 6063 and brass construction. All 7 keys and the rotary encoder are hotswappable, and programmable in QMK / VIA (the rotary encoder socket accepts any EC11 encoder). It can be assembled in two orientations, with the knob on either the left or right-hand side.

This macropad comes fully assembled, including switches, DSA keycaps, and a custom-molded carry case.

Check it out here: https://synthlabs.io/

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dustinfool OP t1_iz0f2qc wrote

Yeah, the group buy for this board on Keychron's website started a couple of months ago and just recently started shipping. So far this layout has been particularly nice as a daily driver. Hopefully there will be more similar boards produced.

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Mr_JBuckley t1_iz07icb wrote

Reply to comment by hexadevil in Set up my new daily driver by dustinfool

A couple of times I have seen this layout [& another similar layout] referred to as a "65+". However, I believe that the Keychron Q65 is the only one that is currently being produced/sold, which is unfortunate because this layout is awesome!

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Reverend357 OP t1_iylkbpi wrote

With money being worth nothing soon anyway, might as well splurge. Was a bit of a hassle building this, it's my second GMMK Pro. The first one was dead on arrival...which I found out AFTER building it. Well, some practice pulling keycaps and switches XD

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