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

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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
Introductory price · USD$59Launch detailsListen

Made for your DAW

Mac
Apple Silicon & Intel · VST3
Windows
64-bit · VST3

Designed for DAWs that support VST3.

Full compatibility details →

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 Prism — glass & stringsExtended chords and a rising melody reveal the glass attack and slow string halo.8 bars · 96 BPM
Factory Floor — sequenced bassAn eight-step bass engine follows changing roots, octave turns and deliberate gaps.8 bars · 124 BPM
Arcade Brass — syncopated keysPunchy brass chords answer a quick upper-register melody with changing accents.8 bars · 116 BPM
Arp - Glass Spires — two-octave weaveChanging four-note voicings feed a two-octave arp and interlocking glass echoes.8 bars · 118 BPM
Faultline Relay — seven-step fragmentsA seven-step sequence of metallic strikes, accented bursts and sharp rests shifts over the bar.8 bars · 126 BPM
After-Hours Choir — slow vocal bloomClose choir-and-string voicings open into suspended harmonies and a long final release.8 bars · 80 BPM

Original eight-bar MIDI performances through six factory presets. Each clip uses one preset, with its own arpeggiator, sequencer or layered voices. No external effects.

HALOWEFT// 88OBS-8802Light, woven into sound
HALOWEFT // 88OBS-8802 · Mac universal + Windows x64
Introductory price · USD$59Launch detailsListen

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