Hold A and D together on the AULA WIN68 MAX with SOCD on, and the board sends one direction instead of both. That stops the two keys cancelling into a standstill mid-strafe. You set it in AULA's web driver on this wired 65% board, and Evetech carries the MAX.
Every shooter player knows the strafe dance: A, D, A, D, peeking left and right. The awkward moment comes when both keys are down at once, even for a split second. On most keyboards the game sees both and your character freezes. SOCD on the WIN68 MAX changes what the board sends in that moment, so one direction wins and movement keeps flowing.
Hold A and D together on the AULA WIN68 MAX with SOCD switched on, and the board sends one direction instead of both. That stops the two keys cancelling into a standstill mid-strafe. SOCD is set in AULA's web driver on this wired 65% magnetic board, along with the MAX's other modes. The WIN68 MAX comes in at R699 at Evetech.
SOCD is short for Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions. The phrase comes from fighting-game controllers, where pressing left and right together on a stick or hitbox created the same headache it creates on a keyboard: what should the game do when you ask to go two opposite ways at once?
Without any handling, the keyboard reports both keys as held. Most games treat left plus right as cancelling out, so the character stops dead. In a strafe duel, that stop can be the difference between dodging and getting hit, especially when you roll from one key to the other and they briefly overlap.
With SOCD active, the WIN68 MAX decides which of the two opposing keys wins and reports only that one. On keyboards generally, the common approach is last-input priority: the key pressed most recently takes over, and when you release it, the other key, if still held, takes back control. AULA's product page lists SOCD as a mode without spelling out which resolution options its driver offers, so check the driver for the exact behaviour.
The result feels like cleaner, snappier direction changes. You no longer have to fully release one key before the other registers.
You may have seen "Snap Tap" mentioned in the same breath. It is one keyboard maker's name for the same idea, last-input priority on opposing keys. Different brands use different labels, but they describe the same family of feature.
SOCD pairs naturally with Rapid Trigger rather than clashing with it. Rapid Trigger, rated at 0.01mm on the MAX, decides when an individual key resets as you lift it. SOCD only steps in during the overlap, when left and right are held at the same moment. Together they make quick direction changes both fast and clean.
Rules are the big caveat. Some competitive games and tournaments have ruled on SOCD-style inputs, and those rulings differ between titles and change over time. If you play ranked or in organised events, look up what your title's publisher or the event organiser currently allows before leaning on it. For casual play and practice, it is a personal preference.
SOCD is one of the extras the WIN68 MAX adds over the WIN68 HE, alongside DKS, Mod-Tap, Toggle and Rapid Switch. HE owners get Rapid Trigger and per-key actuation, but not SOCD.
Beneath the caps sit Wing Chun magnetic switches that trip at 36gf, stiffen to 49gf by the end of 3.4mm of travel, and can be set to fire from 0.1mm. The dead zone can be removed, polling reaches 8000Hz with seven levels to choose from, and the connection is a wired USB-C cable.
A 2 Years Local Warranty from Evetech sits behind the MAX. Line it up against the gaming keyboards Evetech carries, and if you ever want different switches under your movement keys, the hot-swap sockets work with magnetic options from Evetech's switch range.
Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions: the situation where two opposite direction inputs, such as A and D, are held together.
The game sees both keys held, and in most titles the two directions cancel, so your character stops moving.
Snap Tap is one brand's name for last-input priority on opposing keys, which is a form of SOCD handling.
That is up to each publisher and organiser, and their positions shift. Look up the latest ruling for your title before a match.
No. Within the WIN68 pair, opposing-key handling belongs to the MAX alone.
No. Rapid Trigger governs how single keys reset, while SOCD handles two opposite keys held at once; they complement each other.
Want cleaner strafes in your next match? Browse Evetech's gaming keyboard range for magnetic boards with SOCD support, including the WIN68 MAX.
Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions: the situation where two opposite direction inputs, such as A and D, are held together.
The game sees both keys held, and in most titles the two directions cancel, so your character stops moving.
Snap Tap is one brand's name for last-input priority on opposing keys, which is a form of SOCD handling.
That is up to each publisher and organiser, and their positions shift. Look up the latest ruling for your title before a match.
No. Within the WIN68 pair, opposing-key handling belongs to the MAX alone.
No. Rapid Trigger governs how single keys reset, while SOCD handles two opposite keys held at once; they complement each other.
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