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HALOWEFT// 88OBS-8802Light, woven into sound

Sleeve: Cold field — after Factory’s modernist grids and Peter Saville. Made from the plug-in’s own artwork.

OBS-8802 · Instrument · Layered synthesizer

HALOWEFT // 88

Light, woven into sound.

A layered software synthesizer combining virtual analog, string and organ voices, and sampled textures. Explore 106 presets, including 18 dedicated arpeggios, with a 16-step sequencer, chorus, dual echoes and spacious reverb.

  • 106 presets
  • 18 dedicated arps
  • 18 collections
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Runs on
macOS on Apple Silicon
Formats
VST3 · Audio Unit · Standalone
Tested in
Ableton Live
Not supported
Windows · Intel Macs

The interface

OBS-8802 · Fig. 01Actual interface
HALOWEFT // 88 Synthesis view, preset Chapel Prism: Layers + Oscillator, Filter + Console and Dual Envelopes panels above pitch controls and an on-screen keyboard.
Synthesis — layers, filter and envelopesChapel Prism

Tracklist

Side A, Side B, Index

  1. Side ASynthesisLayers + Oscillator · Filter + Console · Dual Envelopes · String + Organ · Sample Archive
  2. Side BArp + SequenceClock + Performance · 16-Step Transposable Pattern
  3. IndexEnsemble + SpaceBBD + Ensemble · Dual Tape Echo · Darkroom Space

Liner notes

What it does

  • 01Virtual analog, string/organ and sample layers
  • 02106 presets in 18 collections, including 18 dedicated arps
  • 03Arpeggiator and a transposable 16-step sequencer
  • 04Ensemble chorus, dual echoes, reverb and an on-screen keyboard

An instrument: load it on a MIDI track and play it from a controller, the piano roll or its on-screen keyboard.

Detail — Side A: Layers + Oscillator, Filter + Console and Dual Envelopes. Crop of Fig. 01.

18 collections

The preset archive

106 presets · 18 dedicated arps · 18 collections. Collection names as they appear in the plug-in’s preset browser.

  1. 01Gothic Glass
  2. 02Psychedelic Groove
  3. 03Neon Synthpop
  4. 04Northern Anthems
  5. 05Industrial Velvet
  6. 06Skyline Echoes
  7. 07Concrete Coldwave
  8. 08Motorik Haze
  9. 09Ethereal Chimes
  10. 10Cinematic Shadows
  11. 11Ambient Bloom
  12. 12Noise & Honey
  13. 13Fuzz & Haze
  14. 14Pastel Shimmer
  15. 15Jangle & Reeds
  16. 16Ritual Noir
  17. 17Fractured Circuits
  18. 18After Hours

Listening room

Hear it

Chapel PrismA glass attack opening into a high string halo.
Factory FloorHeld roots drive the built-in octave sequence.
Arcade BrassAn original short keyboard phrase with varied touch.
Arp - Glass SpiresTwo held chords feed the synced arpeggiator.

Original MIDI performances through the plug-in. No external effects.

HALOWEFT// 88OBS-8802Light, woven into sound
HALOWEFT // 88OBS-8802 · macOS · Apple Silicon
Digital release · downloadComing soonComing soonListen

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