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Apple Magic Keyboard
サウンドテスト。
The most widely used keyboard on any Mac desk, and the one people most often want to sound like something else. Press play below to hear the pack that sits closest to it, then the ones that do not.
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What a Apple Magic Keyboard
sounds like.
Each button plays a short phrase typed on that switch family, so you are comparing rhythm rather than a single tap. Play two in a row — that is where the difference actually shows up.
These are recordings of the switch family, not of this exact keyboard. That is the honest way to do it — the family is what dominates the sound, and switch options move between model years and regions. Check the listing before buying on the strength of a match here.
いま聞こえているもの
How it
どう鳴るのか。
A Magic Keyboard makes a short, bright tap with almost nothing behind it. The scissor mechanism travels about a millimetre, so there is no room for the press to develop — the key hits the bottom almost immediately, and the sound is the keycap meeting the aluminium chassis rather than any switch mechanism doing something.
That gives it a high, plasticky character with no low end at all. It is not quiet, exactly; a Magic Keyboard on a hard desk carries perfectly well across a room. It is just thin. There is no click, no bump, and no second sound on the way back up, so a fast typist produces an even patter rather than the layered stream you get from a mechanical board.
This is why the Magic Keyboard is the most common starting point for keyboard sound apps. Nothing about it is unpleasant, but there is very little there — and unlike a mechanical board, there is no version of it that sounds like anything else.
その音になる理由
The build
仕組み。
There is no switch to talk about. A scissor mechanism is a plastic X-brace under the keycap with a rubber dome underneath providing the resistance and the electrical contact. The brace keeps the key level so it registers wherever you hit it, and the whole assembly is a few millimetres deep — which is the point, since the keyboard has to be thin. Everything you hear is the keycap bottoming out against an aluminium plate with no foam, no plate compliance, and no mechanism of its own to make noise.
- Mechanism
- Scissor with rubber dome
- Travel
- About 1 mm
- Case
- Aluminium top, plastic base
- Keycaps
- Thin ABS
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If you already know which switch you are choosing between, the switch pages go deeper than any single keyboard page can — the same recordings with Cherry's published specifications, what the mechanism is actually doing, and who each one suits.
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よくある疑問
Apple Magic Keyboard
についての疑問。
Why is the Apple Magic Keyboard so quiet compared to a mechanical keyboard?
Because there is barely any travel and no mechanism designed to make noise. A mechanical switch has four millimetres of travel and, depending on the type, a clicking collar or a tactile bump that produces sound on the way down and again on the way up. A scissor key travels about a millimetre into a rubber dome. The only thing that can make a sound is the keycap reaching the bottom, so that is all you hear.
Can I make my Magic Keyboard sound mechanical?
Yes, in software. A keyboard sound app plays a recorded switch sample on every keypress system-wide, so the keys stay exactly as quiet and shallow as they are while the sound coming out of your Mac is a real mechanical board. It changes nothing about how the keyboard feels — travel, weight, and the tactile bump are all physical, and no app can add them.
Which sound pack suits a Magic Keyboard best?
Alpine Pop is the closest to what the board already does — bright, light, and quick — so it is the least jarring if you want the keyboard to sound like a better version of itself. If you want it to sound like a different keyboard entirely, Cream Clack and Midnight Thock are the biggest jump, because the deep end is exactly what the scissor mechanism cannot produce.
The audio on this page comes from community-recorded sound packs, used under the MITライセンス. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a Apple Magic Keyboard specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.