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
Made for your DAW
- Mac
- Apple Silicon & Intel · VST3
- Windows
- 64-bit · VST3
Designed for DAWs that support VST3.
The interface
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.
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 2.3.1 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
The same recorded guitar performance through six factory presets. Playback levels are matched and effect tails are preserved. No external effects.
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