ZAK Sound Releases Deep Waters 2 Neural Reverb Plugin

ZAK Sound Introduces Deep Waters 2 Reverb Plugin

ZAK Sound has officially launched Deep Waters 2, an innovative neural reverb plugin designed for macOS, Windows, and Linux. This new plugin introduces a unique approach to reverb generation, moving beyond traditional convolution. Instead, Deep Waters 2 leverages neural networks to create dynamic and evolving sonic environments. It is built around three distinct reverb engines, local AI texture generation, and a performable 2D morph pad, offering music producers a powerful tool for crafting immersive and unconventional soundscapes.

The core of Deep Waters 2 lies in its advanced reverb engines. Firstly, an Algorithmic FDN engine, driven by neural water parameters, excels at producing long ambient tails, intricate modulation, and infinite freeze effects while maintaining low CPU usage. Secondly, the Neural IR engine dynamically generates impulse responses from learned water identities, providing a cinematic and physical quality to the reverb. Furthermore, the groundbreaking AI Texture engine allows users to transform plain language descriptions into unique playable reverb textures. For instance, producers can type phrases such as “vinyl record inside a glacier” or “a wooden cabin during a thunderstorm,” and the plugin will generate a corresponding sonic space. Importantly, this AI processing runs entirely on the user’s machine, ensuring privacy and eliminating the need for cloud prompts or generation credits.

Dynamic Sound Shaping with the 2D Morph Pad

Deep Waters 2 introduces a highly intuitive 2D morph pad, a central feature for real-time sound manipulation. Users can place up to four distinct reverb spaces anywhere on this pad. As a result, moving a cursor between these nodes seamlessly blends the reverbs using inverse-distance weighting, allowing for fluid transitions. Moreover, an integrated LFO can animate the cursor with various motion types, including Sine, Triangle, Square, and Random, enabling complex, evolving textures without manual automation. Each node on the pad can utilize any of the three available engines, offering immense flexibility in combining water-based reverbs, generated impulse responses, and AI textures within a single preset.

Additional Features and Workflow

Beyond its core engines and morph pad, Deep Waters 2 includes a comprehensive set of features. It offers per-node controls for parameters such as spread, pre-delay, damping, and tone, providing detailed shaping capabilities for each reverb space. Additionally, an integrated FX panel on the wet path features Chorus, Diffusion, and Tape Delay, allowing for further sound embellishment. A convenient Freeze button captures and sustains the current reverb tail indefinitely, which is ideal for creating sustained pads and frozen textures. The plugin ships with 296 factory presets across seven categories, providing a solid foundation for exploration. Users can also save any AI-generated texture to a dedicated library for later recall across different projects. Deep Waters 2 supports various formats including VST3, AU, AAX, and Standalone, ensuring broad compatibility across major DAWs on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems.

Features

• 83 Neural Water Sources
• 296 Factory Presets across seven categories
• Three Reverb Engines: Algorithmic, Neural IR, and AI Texture
• Four-node 2D Morph Pad with Cursor LFO
• Local AI Prompt Generation (no cloud dependency)
• AI Textures Library for saving and recalling generated textures
• Wet-path FX Panel with Chorus, Diffusion, and Tape Delay
• Freeze Function for sustaining reverb tails
• Per-node controls for Spread, Pre-Delay, Damping, and Tone
• Stereo operation from 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz

Price
€37.00
Deep Waters 1 owners receive a 30% upgrade discount.

 

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