Driver

There is no software driver support for the Tt eSPORTS MEKA PRO keyboard, with all functionality being hardware based. As such, I have chosen to combine the Driver and Performance pages into one.

Performance

There is full N-key rollover USB here out of the box, as Aqua's test confirms. You can toggle between N- and 6-KRO using Fn + Home. Similarly, no key chatter was detected on all the keys using Switch Hitter.


When first plugged in, the keyboard lights up in a static bright red. There are six brightness levels (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 %) to toggle between with the Fn + Up/Down arrow keys, and at <80% brightness, the secondary legends placed below the primary ones tend to come off as orange rather than red even to the naked eye. At 80/100 % brightness, things are more consistent as far as backlighting goes.


There are so many secondary functions pre-programmed into the keyboard that the manual is quite handy for a change. Some are straightforward and need no further explanation, and I will expand further on the lighting effects and macro recording options now.








These are some of the lighting effects one can toggle through using Fn + Prt Scr, and the Fn + Left/Right arrow keys change the direction of some of the animation effects as well, as demonstrated by the two Wave-effects videos. In addition to these, Fn + Pause/Break toggles through the preset static lighting modes illustrated in the picture above.

Macro recording here is among the best when it comes to on-board, on-the-fly recording. Begin by pressing the MK button to activate the mode, as also indicated by the LED next to it on the left. There are six macro keys to choose from, as indicated on the Num Pad's 1-6 keys. Press Fn + M1 (or any other of the six) to select the location for the macro, which Tt eSPORTS indicates by the way of having the key you pick blink red. Record up to 31 keystrokes not including modifier keys, press F1 + M1 (or your applicable key) again and you're done. You can store up to six macros thus and can stop recording macros by pressing the MK button again. There is no support for keystroke delays as with any on-board macro recording, but the visual indicators for its various steps and the large memory on-board to support complex macros helps. It would have been nice to see multiple profiles supported, but this is best done via a software driver, and I have yet to see a good on-board-only option for it. Having nothing but on-board controls also does mean that you can simply take this keyboard over to another computer without losing any of those customization options you had already set.


As always, the sound of a keyboard is based on more than just the switch type. So when comparing sound clips, consider the keyboard as a whole. In this case, I have provided above an example sound clip of me typing on the Tt eSPORTS MEKA PRO sample at ~95 WPM. For context, you can find sound clips from other keyboards here, including those with tactile and clicky switches. I did bottom out here, but it is fairly easy not to do so with Cherry MX Blue switches with some practice. In terms of actuation and typing, these were no different than the vast majority of other MX Blue switches I have used before, with excellent quality control from Cherry. The MX Blue RGB switch is still not as easy to get right consistently, so with the older housing and mold, I imagine these were no problem. Average actuation force was 50.11 cN across 20 random switches tested, and bottoming out felt just fine as well as nothing in particular stood out.