Bad Tape

How bad can it be?

A raw, wonky tape harmer that causes
crackling, detuning and buzzing
until it stops and breaks

Watch our Bad Tape walkthrough video

We emulated extreme tape artifacts and man does it sound bad!

Get Wonky

The plugin for “out of tune and off the grid” beats

Twist your guitar licks

The detune button can be automated at certain points to slow down the riff, but sound natural at the same time like a real tape head.

Master tape head

Make a drum wonky

Warmth & character to a synth

Tape-like movement to a drum

Tape fluctuations to vocals

Fuzz to a bass guitar

"This tape plugin is nuts!!"

“I have wanted a tape machine for a long time but this will hold me off that mission for a while. For now I use mostly samples and this really enables me to f**k with them and create some really special warped out fx - I especially like to mess around with 'Wow', 'Hiss', 'Squeal' and 'Harm'. I've also used it on top of the Granulator II and I'm in love!"

DJ/Producer (Rinse FM / Wilde Renate Club)

S Ruston

Make it hurt

#tapeharm mixing techniques

Instant industrial

Add an instant industrial warm, fuzz feel with plenty saturation and harm.

Bitcrusher

Trip hop feeling

Dramatic tape squeal

"Dialing in warmth"

“When I'm producing, I love what the colour dial on the Bad Tape can do for enhancing vocals. I also like dialing in other effects like a little bit of saturation to add warmth and depth.”

Tigerlight

Producer/DJ/Vocalist (Beatport, Soul Rush Records, UMG)

Extend your #tapeharm

Combine with other effects.

Noize: Fat and edgy drums

Make a drum bus fat and edgy by combining some pink noise from the Noize 2 with a lot of harm, shake, wow and some saturation for extra warmth from the Bad Tape.

Space Invader: Authentic goth

Noize: Create new textures