Ear Candy: The Best EP Sounds of the 80s (Full Walkthrough with Intro)

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"Ear Candy is the ultimate collection of iconic EP (electric piano) sounds from the 80s & early 90s, meticulously deep-sampled for MainStage/Logic and Kontakt. These are the most "expensive" sounding EPs you heard on the biggest hits of the decade, by countless artists.

This is a walkthrough of all patches, with background info on the instruments captured.

Get Ear Candy at:

https://backstagepass.store/earcandy

Table of contents:

00:00:00 - *** Intro Teaser
00:00:32 - *** DX DREAMS: History & FX options
00:02:45 - Clique & reverb options
00:04:01 - Dreaming of the 80s
00:04:25 - Multi-Layer EP: DX Dreams vs. plugin options
00:05:30 - DX Wurly
00:05:49 - DX5 Dual EPs: capturing the details
00:08:43 - DX Roads
00:09:19 - Foster’s Dream: TX816 to the max
00:10:46 - Mellow & Moody
00:10:58 - more TX816 layered patches
00:12:12 - *** DX DREAMS II CONTENT
00:12:41 - Famous Full Tines
00:13:15 - FS1R EPs
00:14:37 - GS2 Puff Piano
00:15:13 - Truly DX Dreams
00:15:37 - Knockwurst EP
00:16:01 - TX802 Super EP
00:16:18 - *** NEW SY77 CONTENT
00:22:29 - *** MODEL 8591 CONTENT
00:22:58 - Almost a GS1
00:23:27 - Bonsai Tree
00:24:01 - GS2 EPs
00:26:17 - iconic MKS EPs
00:28:57 - iconic MKS Pianos
00:30:31 - Piano 2
00:30:46 - Piano 3
00:32:36 - the 1991 Patches
00:34:01 - *** BONUS CONTENT: Sherrie’s Rhodes Chroma
00:34:46 - Smitty’s GS2
00:35:57 - Prophet 5 Analog EPs
00:36:32 - Place In This World (Combo)
00:37:03 - Secret World (Combo)
00:38:08 - That’s All (Combo)
00:38:20 - Against All Odds (Combo)
00:38:37 - Piano-EP Combo examples

Ear Candy is a collection of the best and most iconic EP sounds heard in the chart topping hits of the 80s and 90s. These were the “high dollar” sounds that took mountains of top-notch gear to create: Yamaha DX, TX, FS, SY and GS synths; Roland JX, JD, and MKS synths & digital pianos; even a few specialty sounds from a Rhodes Chroma, Prophet 5, and more... almost 80 obsessively sampled sounds captured through top notch British mic preamps, various analog tape models in some cases, and iconic effects processing from the 80s.

Ear Candy is all about quality. These aren’t emulations with thousands of presets; they are the real deal, and represent the best of almost 80 different source sounds. No junk or filler, just the most musical, usable sounds these instruments are known for. Every sound was meticulously recorded and programmed for every nuance of playability and expression you get from the original hardware. In fact, most of these sounds outperform the originals in several ways! Most important, they are all “radio ready” so they sound like the iconic versions we heard on the radio.

Limited time intro promo: get Ear Candy for just $269 as a special intro promo (regularly $299). Or, get Ear Candy as part of the All Access bundle, which represents the ENTIRE BackStage Pass library, for 50% off - just $499 - also for a limited time. All Access is the best deal I will ever offer, and is the best way to access the entire BackStage Pass ecosystem.

FEATURES

All the iconic EPs from the entire BackStage Pass library, plus all-new exclusive content: over 46 GB of meticulously sampled content sourced from almost 80 different source sounds.

Highly curated library represents the best, most musically useful, and iconic EP sounds heard throughout the 80s and early 90s.

Stunning production-ready sounds captured through the hit-making hardware of the 80s & 90s: 1073-style preamps, various analog tape models, and in some cases, the built-in effects from each synth.

Includes custom reverb impulses from the AMS RMX16: the unmistakeable non-linear reverb that was a crucial ingredient in so many 80s/90s hits.

Built from the ground up for uncompromising performance in a live setting with extremely low CPU/RAM usage, ZERO authorization issues or other hassles of 3rd party plugins.

Modular rack paradigm featuring realtime control over major sound shaping aspects that weren’t available on the original hardware: each module has independent controls for volume, coarse and fine tune, solo & mute, 3 effects sends, and chorus effects that emulate the classic Dimension D and Juno chorus circuits.

A dedicated Logic Pro demo session for most instruments, with pre-mapped FX buses for auditioning all patches so they sound identical to the MainStage versions.

Custom TouchOSC controller files designed to correspond to all onscreen controls, including the newly updated “main channel” page.