Software

The software driver for the Durgod Taurus K320 keyboard, as with some other Durgod products, is Durgod Zeus Engine, which is weirdly different from the Hera Compiler for the Durgod x HK Venus and Hades and can be downloaded from their website. The latest version at the time of testing is also a beta, version 0.99.0.11, with the installer taking up 48 MB and the installed drivers needing ~77 MB on your system. Installation is sadly still as miserable in terms of the options allowed, as there is nothing to choose from but giving it permission to go ahead. Hopefully, the full release will add options to choose the install directory, showcase any options and permissions needed, allow the user to have shortcuts, and so on. As a beta program, it is light on system resources when running.


Opening the software for the first time with the keyboard connected, it was detected automatically, and a notice came up about an available firmware update for the Taurus K320. Minor broken English aside, the process was flawless and took less than a minute.


Maybe it is because I was just using Durgod's OTHER beta software, the Hera Compiler, but the Zeus Engine is considerably more complete for a beta. The 0.99 version here may be indicative of a full release coming up soon, and there is a clear separation of keyboards and mice right now, with ads for their products at the bottom.

As this is not a backlit version of the Taurus K320, there is not a lot to see here. The main things in Durgod Zeus Engine are key mapping and creating software profiles with associated sets for further customization—remap to another key, a word or combination of keystrokes, mouse actions, or launch applications and create, edit, and assign macro actions. The Nebula tab for lighting effects is still active, although there is no reason for it here, and the menus appear not to have been translated into English yet.

I really encourage Durgod to figure out what they want to do, especially with two separate beta drivers that should have been full releases already. With the Zeus Engine, things are closer to completion, but the user experience can still be improved. There is so much wasted space at the bottom, especially with key assignments and macros. Things could have been laid out better than in a drop-down menu. There are things in the much more beta Hera Compiler that are better than what you get here, and I see no reason why the company can't just have a single software suite, especially as the Venus and the Taurus K320 use the same USB microcontroller.