Rapid Trigger helps any game with fast repeated or released inputs, from rhythm taps to platformer jumps. The AULA WIN68 MAX pairs 0.01mm Rapid Trigger with SOCD, while the F87 Pro V2 lists SOCD, a setting that grew out of fighting-game controllers.
Rapid Trigger is usually sold with a shooter screenshot on the box: counter-strafes, peeks and instant stops. That undersells it. The feature helps anywhere your fingers repeat or release inputs quickly, which covers far more genres than shooters. Here is how Rapid Trigger for rhythm games, platformers and fighting games plays out, using two AULA boards that approach fast inputs from different directions.
Rapid Trigger helps any game with fast repeated or released inputs, from rhythm taps to platformer jumps. The AULA WIN68 MAX pairs 0.01mm Rapid Trigger with SOCD, while the F87 Pro V2 lists SOCD, a setting that grew out of fighting-game controllers, alongside Mod-Tap and Toggle. The WIN68 MAX is the one with Rapid Trigger; the F87 Pro V2 does not list it. Evetech sells the WIN68 MAX for R699 and the F87 Pro V2 for R899.
On a normal keyboard, a key has a fixed point where it turns on and a fixed point where it turns off, and it must pass back above the off point before it can fire again. In a dense rhythm chart, with the same key hit over and over, that reset distance limits how fast you can repeat notes cleanly.
Rapid Trigger removes the fixed reset. The key turns off the moment it starts to rise and turns on again the moment it starts to fall, so a light, shallow flutter registers every note. The WIN68 MAX rates its Rapid Trigger precision at 0.01mm, and its Wing Chun magnetic switches let you set actuation per key between 0.1mm and 3.4mm. For rhythm play, a shallow actuation with Rapid Trigger makes streams of notes feel much lighter on the fingers.
Many platformers change jump height depending on how long you hold the button. Release early for a short hop, hold for a full jump. With a fixed reset point, the game may see the release a fraction later than you intended. With Rapid Trigger, the release registers the instant the key begins to lift, so short hops become more consistent.
The same applies to quick direction taps on a ledge or a narrow platform. The WIN68 MAX also has a zero dead zone option in AULA's web driver, so the key responds across its whole travel rather than ignoring the top and bottom slivers of movement.
SOCD, short for Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions, is a term that came out of the fighting-game world, where controllers had to decide what happens when left and right, or up and down, are pressed together. Different rules exist: cancel to neutral, let the last input win, or give one direction priority.
On keyboards, SOCD handling means that when you hold two opposite keys, the board sends a single, predictable direction instead of both. The WIN68 MAX lists SOCD along with DKS, Mod-Tap, Toggle and Rapid Switch, all set in AULA's web driver. The F87 Pro V2 lists SOCD with Mod-Tap and Toggle.
Whether SOCD is allowed in a particular game or tournament is decided by its publisher or organiser, and those rules can change. Check the current rules for your game before relying on it in competition.
Yes, if it is set too sensitive. A very shallow actuation with Rapid Trigger can register tiny finger movements you did not mean, which is a problem in games where holding a key steadily matters, such as charging a move or holding a block. The fix is simple: set a slightly deeper actuation for those keys, or keep a separate profile for each game.
The two boards differ here. The WIN68 MAX is a wired 65% board that connects by USB-C only, at up to 8000Hz. The F87 Pro V2 is a tri-mode tenkeyless board with a cable, a 2.4GHz receiver and Bluetooth, and AULA rates it at dual 8000Hz polling.
The WIN68 MAX comes with a 2 Years Local Warranty at Evetech; the F87 Pro V2 has one year. See both in Evetech's gaming keyboards range, and since both are hot-swappable, the keyboard switches page lists compatible replacements for each socket type.
Each note resets the instant your finger begins lifting, so fast repeated taps on the same key all register.
Yes. Releases register instantly, which makes short hops and quick taps more consistent.
From fighting-game controllers, which needed a rule for opposite directions pressed together.
No. It lists SOCD, Mod-Tap and Toggle, but not Rapid Trigger.
If set too sensitive, it can register tiny unintended movements. A deeper actuation on hold keys fixes it.
The WIN68 MAX. The F87 Pro V2 is tri-mode.
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Each note resets the instant your finger begins lifting, so fast repeated taps on the same key all register.
Yes. Releases register instantly, which makes short hops and quick taps more consistent.
From fighting-game controllers, which needed a rule for opposite directions pressed together.
No. It lists SOCD, Mod-Tap and Toggle, but not Rapid Trigger.
If set too sensitive, it can register tiny unintended movements. A deeper actuation on hold keys fixes it.
The WIN68 MAX. The F87 Pro V2 is tri-mode.
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