EarCandy is a premium mechanical keyboard simulator and ASMR soundscape engine for macOS. It lives in your menu bar and plays ultra-low-latency, high-fidelity mechanical keyboard clicks and environmental ASMR sounds as you type on your quiet built-in keyboard.
Sound Profiles
Creamy Linear — Thick, deep, buttery "thock" from premium custom linear switches.Tactile Brown — Soft, quiet, tactile bump that is satisfying yet office-friendly.Clicky Blue — Sharp, bright, crisp tactile click for writers and gamers who love the metallic snap.Vintage Typewriter — Heavy mechanical key strikes, classic carriage returns, and a bell ring.Bubble Wrap — Satisfying pop sound that provides ultimate stress relief as you type.Rain Drops — Calm, natural water drops pattering on your desktop to help you focus.Real Keyboard Recordings
Six additional profiles sliced from real recordings of legendary keyboards:
MX Blue / MX Brown / MX Red — Authentic clicky, tactile, and linear mechanical switch recordings.Topre HHKB — The cult electrocapacitive deep "thock".Buckling Spring & IBM Model F — Vintage IBM spring clack straight from the original hardware.Features
Ultra-low latency — Uses Apple's native AVAudioEngine for sub-millisecond audio response. Zero typing lag.Round-Robin Takes & Release Ticks — Every profile plays one of several unique takes per key plus a soft key-release sound, so fast typing never sounds repetitive or robotic.Dynamic Pitch Jitter — Slightly randomizes the pitch and volume of each key hit so it sounds natural, physical, and non-repetitive.Specialized Key Mapping — Spacebar, Enter, Backspace, and modifier keys have their own dedicated acoustic signatures.Trackpad Haptic Feedback — Taps your trackpad in sync with your typing for physical tactile feedback.Dual-mode listening — Runs via a safe, zero-permissions Global Monitor, or a deep Accessibility Event Tap for modifiers and mouse support.100% Secure & Offline — No network access, no telemetry, and automatically pauses sound playback in secure password fields.
