Abyss is a visual synthesizer with character (and a bit of fairy dust), bringing dark vibrating drones, vivid cinematic pads, and rich evolving textures. Find instant inspiration for your music and sound design projects with Abyss.

NUANCED INSTRUMENTS

The tone color approach provides a simple way to create complex sounds. This is paired with a modulation system that is as powerful as it is simple to use. Tweak, mangle, and modulate your sound to sonic madness or create sensible, nuanced MPE instruments.

TONE COLORS

Whether we describe sounds or colors – we use similar words like warm, cold, dark, soft, or energetic. In Abyss, different sounds are represented by different colors – a whole new way to design sounds.

RICH & DEEP SOUND

The sound engine of Abyss combines the rich and deep textures of natural sounds with the effective flexibility of classical synths. Of course, there is a virtual analog filter, but there are also controls to shape Tone Colors in unheard ways. Explore fresh sonic possibilities!

SURF YOUR SOUND

Navigating through endless lists of weirdly named sounds is not always fun. In Abyss you can simply surf through a panel with more than 2000 Tone Colors. Find your sound faster than ever.

FM - NEW in v1.2

To further enrich its sonic potential, v1.2 brings a whole world of FM timbres to Abyss! Using FM in Abyss is as simple as using a filter. With just three sliders you can set the level and the tonal character of the frequency modulation.

TONE COLOR GRADIENT

Variations make sound interesting. By placing Tone Colors on the gradient you create a palette of timbral variation that becomes the base of your patch. Whether you mainly used presets or you are a seasoned sound designer, with Abyss you simply follow your intuition to create your own signature sound.

FULL SPECS

Unique and inspiring workflow based on sound colors.

More than 2000 sound colors as building blocks for patches.

Unique “sound surfing” for selecting sound colors.

Each sound color can be modified with spectral processing.

Noise parameter adds “musical noise” – specifically based on and tuned to the selected sound color.

Virtual analog filter with resonance.

Four sound effects: Shimmer, Delay, Reverb, and Phaser.

Optional brick wall limiter.

Arbitrary modulation with 13 sources and 23 destinations.

2 ADSRs, 3 LFOs.

LFO supports the free drawing of curves.

Two of the LFOs can be used as step sequencers.

Unique “stereo” modifier that allows skewing most parameters differently for left and right channel.

Modulation parameters can be modulated themselves (eg LFO-speed).

Easy pitch snap function to stay within scale.

MPE support.

Scalable, responsive UI.

More than 130 carefully crafted patches.

NEW FEATURES in v1.2

Amazing, intuitive new FM capabilities. Makes dialing in FM sounds as simple as using a filter.

Twice as many factory presets.

A touchscreen mode has been added for rapid, tactile sound design.

A level slider has been added to the LFOs, allowing for the modulation of the modulation depth.

Panic button and several other improvements based on user feedback.