{"id":2945241,"date":"2022-10-11T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toontrack.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=2945241"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:02:44","slug":"eighties-ballads-ezkeys-midi","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.toontrack.com\/product\/eighties-ballads-ezkeys-midi\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighties Ballads EZkeys MIDI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tt-container-fluid-styles container-fluid color-white pb-5\"  style=\"background: url(''); webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; \">\n        <div class=\"tt-container-styles container \" style=\"\">        \n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-7 pe-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"mt-0\">By acting a locomotive for blockbuster films, being a rotation staple on the commercial airwaves and a constant in the then-new phenomenon of music television, the ballad became the indisputable soundtrack of the 1980s. At the heart of these many now-immortal pieces of music was of course the piano, the synth or the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>While this collection of EZkeys MIDI dives headfirst into the infinite 1980s musical treasure and ticks off all the givens that defined the era, it also steers slightly off the grid to explore the somewhat more synth- and modern pop-oriented facet of the decade. Expect anything from the slightly quirky to the modest, emotional and glaringly majestic.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a broad repertoire of inspiration for ballads that hit dead center 1980s-style, this MIDI pack is your first stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-5 ps-lg-4\">\n<div class=\"tt-feature-spotlight\">\n<div style=\"height: 50px;\" class=\"d-md-none\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"mt-0\">Piano\/keyboard MIDI inspired by rock and pop ballads from the \u201980s<\/li>\n<li>Performed by a professional session player<\/li>\n<li>4\/4 in straight feel with tempos ranging from 58 BPM to 99 BPM<\/li>\n<li>Intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus and bridge sections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;\" class=\"d-none d-md-block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-sm-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"color-ezkeys\" style=\"padding: 25px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0\" class=\"color-text-white\">This collection of EZbass MIDI was created in tandem with the <a class=\"color-text-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toontrack.com\/product\/eighties-ballads-ezbass-midi\/\"><strong>Eighties Ballads EZbass MIDI<\/strong><\/a> pack. 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