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Roccat Vulcan II
teste de som.
The gaming board with the switches on full display and the keycaps floating above them. Press play on both options below.
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What a Roccat Vulcan II
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.
O que está a ouvir
How it
soa realmente.
The Vulcan is the most exposed design in this list. The keycaps are unusually low and short, the switch bodies are fully visible, and the top plate is bare anodised aluminium with nothing covering any of it. There is almost nothing between the mechanism and the room.
That gives it a sharp, immediate, quite high-pitched sound. Titan switches are optical with shortened travel, so each press is quick and there is very little low end. The tactile version has a small, crisp bump; the linear version is smooth and glassy.
It is a distinctive sound rather than a refined one, and it is completely inseparable from the industrial design — this keyboard looks the way it sounds, which was clearly the intention.
Porque soa assim
The build
por trás do barulho.
Roccat Titan optical switches with shortened travel, on a bare anodised aluminium top plate with low-profile keycaps that leave the switch bodies fully exposed. There is essentially no damping and no case above the plate. The design prioritises the visual of an exposed, illuminated mechanism, and the acoustics follow from that.
- Switches
- Roccat Titan optical
- Plate
- Bare anodised aluminium
- Keycaps
- Low-profile, exposed switches
- Damping
- None
Which one to pick
Choosing
the switch.
Both Titan options are short-travel optical switches, so both are quick and bright. The tactile is the one to pick if you want any definition in the sound — with a case this open, the linear leaves you hearing mostly the plate.
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Other keyboards
in this category.
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By switch
Or shop
by switch.
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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Boas perguntas
Roccat Vulcan II
perguntas.
Why is the Roccat Vulcan so bright-sounding?
Nothing is covering anything. The keycaps are low and short, the switch bodies are fully exposed above a bare aluminium plate, and there is no damping anywhere. Every part of the design that makes the RGB look good also removes something that would otherwise absorb sound.
What are Titan switches?
Roccat's own optical switches, with shortened travel compared with a standard mechanical switch. Optical actuation means the press is detected by breaking a light beam rather than closing a contact, so there is no contact leaf noise. Combined with the short travel, that makes them quick and clean but without much body.
Can I change the switches in a Vulcan?
Generally not. Titan switches are optical, so they need a matching optical PCB, and most Vulcan models are not hot-swappable. The keycaps are also a non-standard low profile, which limits that route too. It is a board to buy for what it already is rather than as a platform.
The audio on this page comes from community-recorded sound packs, used under the licença MIT. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a Roccat Vulcan II specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.