TRACE // 88what remains after the chordOBS-8801 · OBSCURA SOUND

Sleeve: Layered ink — after the layered photographic sleeves of 4AD and v23. Made from the plug-in’s own artwork.

OBS-8801 · Audio effect · Guitar & bass effects

TRACE // 88

What remains after the chord.

A guitar and bass effects plug-in for clear picked tones, textured drive and spacious ambience. Combine amp and cabinet voices, chorus, tremolo, glitch, dual echoes and reverb, with a built-in tuner and 124 presets across 18 collections.

124 presets
88 guitar + 36 bass
18 collections

Digital release · downloadComing soonComing soon Listen

Runs on: macOS on Apple Silicon
Formats: VST3 · Audio Unit · Standalone
Tested in: Ableton Live
Not supported: Windows · Intel Macs

The interface

TRACE // 88 Textures view, preset Gloom Service – Chorus Clean: Voice, Motion, Echo A, Space and Glitch + Rhythm panels above input conditioning, amp tremolo and final-stage controls. — Textures — chorus, echo, space and glitchGloom Service - Chorus Clean

Tracklist

Side A, Side B, Index

Side ATexturesVoice · Motion · Echo A · Space · Glitch + Rhythm
Side BAmp + CabPedal Drive · Amplifier · Speaker Cabinet · Rhythmic Echo B
IndexTunerChromatic tuner · A4 430–450 Hz · Mute Output

Liner notes

What it does

01Four amp voices and three designed cabinet filters, plus legacy/direct paths
0236 dedicated bass presets, with bass voicing and bass-range EQ
03Chorus, tremolo, captured-fragment glitch, dual echoes and reverb
04Tempo sync, pitch-stable defaults and a chromatic tuner

An audio effect: insert it on the track your guitar or bass is recorded or monitored through.

Detail — Side A: Voice, Motion, Echo A, Space and Glitch + Rhythm. Crop of Fig. 01.

18 collections

The preset archive

124 presets · 88 guitar + 36 bass · 18 collections. Collection names as they appear in the plug-in’s preset browser.

01Gothic GlassCold chorus / dark echoes
02Britpop CrunchBig chords / singing leads
03Jangle & ChimeBright clean / deep tremolo
04Skyline EchoesRhythmic chime / wide swells
05Industrial PulseDark drive / machine pulse
06Concrete ColdwaveWiry attack / stark rooms
07Fuzz & HazeDense fuzz / softened space
08Neon New WaveBright chorus / dancing pulse
09Ambient BloomLayered echoes / slow clouds
10Ringing ShoegazeRinging chords / surging fuzz
11Desert VelvetWarm tremolo / intimate rooms
12Moonlit Post-PunkSilver chime / dramatic space
13Dream Pop SkiesAiry shimmer / floating echoes
14Noise & HoneySweet jangle / abrasive fuzz
15Fractured CircuitsGlitch leads / restless rhythms
16Pastel ShimmerAiry chorus / indie crunch
17Psychedelic GrooveLoose jangle / rounded drive
18Ritual NoirGlassy picking / pulsing grit

Contact sheet · 8 frames

Screenshots

Actual editor captures of build 2.3.0 at 2×, without the DAW window. Select a frame to see it full size.

OBS-8801 · Fig. 01
Textures — chorus, echo, space and glitchGloom Service - Chorus Clean
OBS-8801 · Fig. 02
Amp + Cab — drive, amp, speaker and second echoGloom Service - Chorus Clean
OBS-8801 · Fig. 03
Preset archive — 18 collections and instrument filtersGothic Glass / all instruments
OBS-8801 · Fig. 04
Glitch lead — captured fragments and rhythm controlsBuffering Feelings - Glitch Lead
OBS-8801 · Fig. 05
Ambient guitar — layered echoes and reverbCloud Storage Full - Echo Bloom
OBS-8801 · Fig. 06
Bass amp — revised bass voicing and EQStadium in the Shed - Bass Grind
OBS-8801 · Fig. 07
Bass archive — two bass sounds per collectionBritpop Crunch / Bass filter
OBS-8801 · Fig. 08
Tuner — live detection of a controlled E2 test toneE2, A4 reference 440 HzCaptured with a controlled 82.41 Hz test tone driving the real tuner.

Listening room

Hear it

Bright clean / dark close doubleSame synthesized DI phrase: dry at 0:00, first preset at 0:05.25, second at 0:10.50. Level matched.

Presets & timings

0:00.00 Dry synthesized DI
0:05.25 Jangle Management - Bright Clean
0:10.50 Double Booked - Wide Clean

Dry crunch / rounded echo leadSame synthesized DI phrase: dry at 0:00, first preset at 0:05.25, second at 0:10.50. Level matched.

Presets & timings

0:00.00 Dry synthesized DI
0:05.25 Baggy Business - Dry Crunch
0:10.50 Groove Permission - Rounded Lead

Glitch fragments / synced amplitude chopsSame synthesized DI phrase: dry at 0:00, first preset at 0:05.25, second at 0:10.50. Level matched.

Presets & timings

0:00.00 Dry synthesized DI
0:05.25 Buffering Feelings - Glitch Lead
0:10.50 Neon Overtime - Cutting Drive

Chorus bass / dark bass echoSame synthesized bass DI: dry, chorus foundation, then dark echo. Each segment is 5.25 seconds.

Presets & timings

0:00.00 Dry synthesized bass DI
0:05.25 Grave Expectations - Chorus Bass
0:10.50 Crypt Currency - Dark Bass Echo

Synthesized DI comparisons; no recorded guitarist or bassist. The same phrase is level matched across dry and processed segments.

TRACE // 88what remains after the chordOBS-8801 · OBSCURA SOUND

TRACE // 88OBS-8801 · macOS · Apple Silicon

Digital release · downloadComing soonComing soon Listen

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