Razer Introduces Rapid Trigger Mode for Razer Analog Keyboards

[GFreeman]

Our commitment to consistently delivering game-changing innovations to elevate your gaming experience is one of the top priorities at Razer. Today, I'm excited to share an update specifically for the Razer Huntsman V2 Analog and Razer Huntsman Mini Analog via Razer Synapse - Rapid Trigger Mode!

Speed, responsiveness, and precision are at the heart of a pro-gaming experience, and we've noticed esports players adopting keyboards with Rapid Trigger functionality. With Rapid Trigger Mode, we're revolutionizing the way gamers play with their keyboards. This mode allows you to repeatedly actuate and reset a key with minimal effort. It will give you the competitive advantage of response, especially useful for genres like first-person shooters and rhythm games. In intense gaming scenarios, every millisecond matters. Imagine being able to switch to a standing position mid-movement to get that accurate shot or quickly strafe away to safety faster than your opponents with just the most minute finger movement.



So how does Rapid Trigger work, exactly?
Traditionally, a switch needs to travel past a fixed actuation point for a keystroke to be registered. For the next keystroke to be made, the switch needs to first reset by travelling back up past its fixed reset point.

With Rapid Trigger Mode, this reset point is no longer fixed. Instead, the switch resets the instant it travels upwards once a keystroke is registered. This means that you can perform repeated keystrokes far more rapidly, as pressing the same key requires less key travel. In addition, Rapid Trigger Mode can be customized to be as responsive as you want, down to an ultra-fine sensitivity of 0.1 mm.

For Rapid Trigger Mode to work, it requires the keyboard to know how far each key is pressed. Hence, the heart of this innovation is our Razer Analog Optical Switches. These switches are able to do so using optical technology, ensuring utmost precision, and are unaffected by temperature or magnetic interference.

The best part? Rapid Trigger Mode comes free-of-charge - simply update Razer Synapse to the latest version and you are good to go.

To update Razer Synapse, just follow these steps:

• Plug in the compatible Razer keyboard to your PC.
• Expand the system tray on the lower-right side of your desktop.
• Right-click on the Razer Central icon.
• Select "Check for Updates" from the menu.
• Click "CHECK FOR UPDATES".
• If there is a new update, click "UPDATE" to install it.
• Once updated, you will see an all-new "Actuation" tab on Razer Synapse. Simply select the keys you'd like to have Rapid Trigger Mode enabled, and adjust upstroke and/or downstroke sensitivity.

Please note: We're rolling out this update gradually across the globe starting today. If you are unable to see the update, please check back in the next couple of days. The update should be fully rolled-out to all by 13 June 2023.

In a landscape where speed is key, we're proud to bring this feature to gamers everywhere, because we believe in listening to our community and giving gamers the most competitive advantage yet. This upgrade reflects our commitment to staying ahead of the curve and providing our users with the tools to excel. At Razer, we continually strive to improve our products, even post-launch.

The update is now rolling out through a software update of Razer Synapse.

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[trparky]

Hmm... the actuation settings sounds similar to what SteelSeries has with their patented OmniPoint 2.0 switches that are featured in their SteelSeries Apex Pro line of keyboards.

I have an Apex Pro keyboard myself; I have the switches set so that I have to completely bottom-out the key before the key will register because of how my typing style is. I'm heavy on the keys when I type.

 

[qlum]

Hmm... the actuation settings sounds similar to what SteelSeries has with their patented OmniPoint 2.0 switches that are featured in their SteelSeries Apex Pro line of keyboards.

I have an Apex Pro keyboard myself; I have the switches set so that I have to completely bottom-out the key before the key will register because of how my typing style is. I'm heavy on the keys when I type.

Rapid trigger is different from changing the actuation point.
Rapid trigger makes the actuation point relative to the direction the key travels, normally if you set the actuation point very high up the key to trigger > release > trigger the key needs to rise al the way to the top before you can press it again.
With rapid trigger, you only have to lift the key a little bit before pressing it again.

This technique was first used by Wooting and it seems razer adopted it including it's name.

 

[trparky]

Rapid trigger is different from changing the actuation point.
Rapid trigger makes the actuation point relative to the direction the key travels, normally if you set the actuation point very high up the key to trigger > release > trigger the key needs to rise al the way to the top before you can press it again.
With rapid trigger, you only have to lift the key a little bit before pressing it again.

This technique was first used by Wooting and it seems razer adopted it including it's name.

So, it's effectively the opposite of OmniPoint 2.0.

 

[RandomWan]

I'd have to try them to see if there's any difference. Cherry Speed and Corsair OPX both have a super short pretravel: Speed list as 1.2mm to trigger and the reset as .1mm and the Corsair OPX has a 1.0 mm to trigger and the reset feels roughly the same (can't find a datasheet for specifics). To me, they feel functionally the same, so I don't really see a difference for the Razer outside being able to customize it to your liking.

 

[natr0n]

seems like trigger speed is the new high fps/fad gimmick

 

[evernessince]

Rapid trigger is different from changing the actuation point.
Rapid trigger makes the actuation point relative to the direction the key travels, normally if you set the actuation point very high up the key to trigger > release > trigger the key needs to rise al the way to the top before you can press it again.
With rapid trigger, you only have to lift the key a little bit before pressing it again.

This technique was first used by Wooting and it seems razer adopted it including it's name.

Rapid trigger works great on my 60HE. By far the best keyboard I've ever used and the price is just icing on the cake. Technically speaking Steel Series should be able to get their optical keyboards to support Rapid Trigger as well.

So, it's effectively the opposite of OmniPoint 2.0.

Not quite, I believe this graphic illustrates it best:

In essence, the key resets the instant you take your finger off it. On any other keyboard that key will continue to register as pressed down until it hits the reset point. What this means is that your inputs are more precise as it remove the delay the keyboard has in registering a key as no longer active. In addition it makes the key available for actuation quicker. In the wooting web software you can customize the exact Rapid Trigger behavior as well. For example, the distance the key has to go up before being registered as reset or if you'd rather have the key reset at the actuation point instead.

 

[aciDev]

we've noticed esports players adopting keyboards with Rapid Trigger functionality. With Rapid Trigger Mode, we're revolutionizing the way gamers play with their keyboards.

First, they admit that people are adopting keyboards with Rapid Trigger (which are not Razer), and then, as latecomers, they take credit for revolutionizing the way gamers play!
What audacity!

 

[PapaTaipei]

Way to go to get your hardware banned from LAN events. Good job Razer.

 

[kha]

Now they need to:

• add at least 4000Hz polling rate to the analog keyboards, it's 1000Hz for both the mini and the full model.
• add the possibility to store all the configurations in the onboard memory and use the keyboards without synapse.
• start actuation from 0.1 mm, not 0.5mm.
• release an analog TKL version.
• lower the price.

 

[Chomiq]

Now they need to:

• add at least 4000Hz polling rate to the analog keyboards, it's 1000Hz for both the mini and the full model.
• add the possibility to store all the configurations in the onboard memory and use the keyboards without synapse.
• start actuation from 0.1 mm, not 0.5mm.
• release an analog TKL version.
• lower the price.

3 out of 5 can be achieved with Wooting.

 

[o_o]

Now they need to:

• add at least 4000Hz polling rate to the analog keyboards, it's 1000Hz for both the mini and the full model.
• add the possibility to store all the configurations in the onboard memory and use the keyboards without synapse.
• start actuation from 0.1 mm, not 0.5mm.
• release an analog TKL version.
• lower the price.

Wooting 60HE user here. Believe me, you don't want a starting actuation at 0.1mm. I have mine set to 0.4mm on my FPS profile.

Way to go to get your hardware banned from LAN events. Good job Razer.

How so?

 

[Vayra86]

seems like trigger speed is the new high fps/fad gimmick

Amazing how that works huh
my eyebrows have ascended to my hairline ever since we exceed a 165hz monitor lol