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OBSIDIAN WRAITHFIELD MANUAL · v2.4.10PROFILETHREE PATHS · ONE COMPLETE WORKFLOWThe Wraith
The Wraith
Field Manual.
Start with the path you need. Each chapter is compact, practical, and built to get you from curiosity to a saved, repeatable tone.
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ENTER THE WRAITH CIRCLEUse the site with the plugin.
The site supplies the map; the plugin is where the sound is shaped, tested, and saved.
Close the app and DAW before installing.
The Windows x64 installer supplies a standalone app and VST3. No DAW is needed for the app. In a DAW, rescan plugins if Wraith does not appear. Read release requirements first.
Choose the instrument first.
Enter Obsidian Wraith for guitar or Frost Bass for low-end weight and definition. This sets the language of the entire rig.
Shape the amp before the ornaments.
Choose a Grimoire starting point, set Gain and EQ, then refine Bias, Sag, and Response for feel.
Select the cabinet path.
Use the Catacombs for cabinet structure, then load an original speaker and microphone. Refine position, distance, angle, room, treatment, and damping in Cabinet Detail.
Add effects in context.
Use the FX / Ritual Chain to add and reorder independent effect instances. Right-click a stage for its own settings. Precision EQ replaces the legacy graphic EQ processor.
Check pitch, level, then save.
Set the tuner’s A-reference from 385–440 Hz, then play a sustained note. Recheck output after cabinet changes and save the complete tone in the Tone Card Vault. Ritual Vault holds recipe starting points, not your saved whole-tone slots.
AMP CHARACTER CABINET VOICE RITUAL CHAIN VAULT
Know which realm and panel you are looking at.
These are your supplied 2.4.10 captures, not website mockups. Open a reference group for the panel family; each realm retains its own tone state.
Wraith Guitar · Precision EQ, cabinet, and Ritual Chain
Frost Bass · foundation, cabinet, and low-safe forge
Cadence Core · recorded kits, mixer, and sequencer
Quick fixes when the signal feels wrong
No plugin: confirm the VST3 location, then run a full rescan in the DAW.
No cabinet character: load a Catacombs voice when using an amp-only capture.
Muffled or phasey: confirm a Full Stack capture is not passing through a second cabinet.
Tuner drops out: play one clean, sustained note and reduce competing strings or effects.
Need a broader amp image: open Soul Engine, set the instrument details, then enable Dual Amp and balance Blend, Spread, and Link.
Bass loses its foundation: open Frost Matrix, enable Frost Split, and balance the clean Foundation against the processed Grind around the crossover.
Sigil is too expressive: disable Sigil Expressions in Settings without disabling the tuner or audio chain.
Use the plugin with the Assistant.
The best result comes from describing the player, the rig, the target, and the problem—not merely naming a genre.
Give the Wraith a useful brief.
- Instrument, pickups, string count, and tuning
- Rhythm, lead, clean, bass foundation, or mix role
- The sound you want and what the current tone lacks
- Current preset or values when refining an existing tone
- DAW, monitoring setup, and any output constraint
“Seven-string guitar in Drop A with active pickups. I need a tight rhythm tone with dense mids and clear pick attack. My current sound is fizzy above the mix and loses weight when palm-muted. Keep the final output level unchanged.”
Use the in-plugin Assistant
Describe a target or adjustment. Treat the returned recipe as a starting point for your hands, pickups, tuning, and rig.
Build the brief on the site
Tone Forge organizes the details, then hands a complete request to the Assistant so fewer essentials are missed.
Protect the level
Begin quietly. Ask the Assistant to preserve Master, Amp Volume, and final Output unless a level change is intentional.