Distorted Language

Aphasic

Residual

*Kóryos

Metamachine

Xenotropic

Signless

Womb

Declassified

To the northern border

Dispossessed

No Content Overstructure

Scam City

Four tracks played with Waldorf Blofeld as main synth and Volca Drum for rhythms. Waldorf Blofeld is sequenced through Korg SQ 1, while Volca Drum is sequenced and randomized through a dedicated PureData patch. 

Live effects: Electro Harmonix Memory Man and Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2.

Mixed and mastered in Garageband using ToneBoosters' Reverb and MBC, Ozone 10 Elements and TDR Kotelnikov plugins, among others.

Uncreated

FM pitched noises: Waldorf Blofeld (random sequenced via Korg SQ-1). 
Rhythms and other noises: Elektron Model:Samples. 
Live recorded in WaveLab. 
Mastered with Ozone Elements 10 in GarageBand. 
Free Download.

Easter Egg

Drones: Waldorf Blofeld. 
Beats: Elektron Model:Samples.
Mixed and Mastered in Garageband.

Dream Weapon (part 1-3)

Drones: Waldorf Blofeld.
Beats and Noises: Elektron Model:Samples.
Live recorded in WaveLab.
Edited and mastered in Garageband.

The disappearance

Drones and beats: Elektron Model:Samples + Waldorf Blofeld. 
Live effect: Mini Kaoss Pad 2 + Electro-Harmonix Memory Man.
AM radio signals recorded back in time by my close friend Massimo Colella aka NoME (https://primoregistrazioni.bandcamp.com/album/vlad), and added into the mix via Garageband along with other subtle effects.

Foreign body

Leads and pads: Waldorf Blofeld. 
Beats: Elektron Model:Samples. 
LIve effect: Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2. 
Live recorded in WaveLab. 
Slightly edited and mastered in Garageband.

Dissonant

Since Soundcloud doesn't appreciate the original version of "Dissonant" (https://soundcloud.com/the-bad-synth/dissonant) here is an alternate version.

Re:Dissonant

Played with Arturia Minibrute 2s and Elektron Model:Samples. 
Recorded in WaveLab. 
Reworked in GarageBand using various plugins and adding a random voice track from the archive.

Tight

Noctural Tris

Shadow Cone

Elektron Model:Samples + Arturia Minibrute 2S + Max/MSP.

The first part is slightly inspired to this track by the Holy Trinity formed by Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda and Alva Noto: https://soundcloud.com/noton-info/mika-vainio-ryoji-ikeda-alva-noto-movement-4

The second part is a jam edited with some plugins and a granulator patch in Max/MSP.

Recorded in WaveLab. Mixed and mastered in Garageband.

Seqmented

Furnace

The original idea behind the Bad Synth project was to improvise without any direction, record, and close the track without overdubs or heavy editing. Over time, though, those guidelines revealed their limits, since mixing and finalizing can be equally - and highly - creative stages in their own right. 

For this track I’m going a bit back to the roots: it was recorded in full improvisation and finalized in GarageBand, adjusting only the stereo image, EQ and loudness. 

Feel free to share it and pass it around — that matters to me. Thanks for listening, in the meantime.

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