Dawesome Abyss II
The deal
$89 at Plugin Boutique (down from $149), a 40% discount. No coupon code needed. This is an ongoing sale with no listed end date, so it could end at any time.
What it is
Abyss II is a synthesizer plugin built around a sound-as-colour design philosophy: instead of tweaking oscillators and filters directly, you extract spectral tone-colours from audio samples by dragging them onto a gradient interface, then blend those colour palettes to shape the sound. It leans on descriptive controls like warm, dark, and lush rather than technical parameter names, backed by a modular effects engine and a poly-rhythmic sequencer.
Who it's for
Producers and sound designers who want to build distinctive synth patches quickly without getting lost in deep menu diving, especially anyone who already works with sample libraries and wants an intuitive way to turn found sounds into playable instruments.
Key features
- Extracts spectral tone-colours from any audio sample and lets you build custom colour palettes from them
- Includes 400+ presets, with 200 new patches and 200 carried over and upgraded from the original Abyss
- A modular effects engine offers 20 custom modules across 4 slots for shaping the signal
- Novel tone-shaping macros (BRUTE, VELVET, SYNTIFY) plus full MPE support, undo/redo, and mono mode round out the workflow
