Or a Korg Wavestate, which has a Raspberry Pi inside.
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I would say more it is an iPad with controller knobs and a good A/D converter.
I had a Palm Tungsten PDA from 2006 powered by an ARM processor. Funni;y enough when i saw the Iridium i though of an ipad with knobs.
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Without a doubt you could reproduce any sound I make on this in ableton with enough work. Whatās interesting is how accessible it is. If you wanted to play live you get the full depth in an isolated package.
Iām really excited for the possibilities of this with just digitakt. Get your simple sounds from samples or single cycles. Four perc. Can sequence both layers from digi. Could be my full techno setup (but Iāll probably keep the DN anyway).
I didnāt want a kyra before but now Iām very curious what I could do with this, kyra, and DT. I should watch some A4 videos first.
A lot of synths around here may be finding the chopping block soon.
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Honestly the Iridium is everything I imagined Elektron would do to the MonoMachine if they ever made a next generation MM with sampling! Waldorf have nailed the spirit of EARLY Elektron and are the new kingāhail Waldorf!
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The DN definitely holds its own next to the Iridium. Iām finding the Iridium is great for atmospheric sound scapes while the the DN handles punchy bass and plucky bells. Iām loving this combo then I drench it with analog smooth pads of the OB6. At some point Iāll come back to earth but for now Iāll just enjoy the ride!
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to be honest, my thoughts have been similar to yours ā¦ i dont have any of the older Elektrons
given the feature-set from the Iridium it seems to me that Elektron stucks somehow within there DNA
Waldorf on the other hand produced a platform which is open in many directions, i guess a drum-machine with Iridium-power could be possible or synths with just one synthesis-option as offsprings
If your into sci-fi movie soundtracks, the Iridium is the tool for you. All I want to do is make expansive soundscapes with this synth. The envelopes are probably the best Iāve ever encountered on a synth, super responsive and accurate. I like the filters and Iāve been getting some real nice sweeps off it. When I push the resonance I can definitely tell itās digital but holds together nicely. The granular synth is very interesting, you get a lot of control over particle behavior and grain pitch. Iām still trying to figure it out but itās fun to explore. It reminds me of the Morphagene but with a nice display and way more control. Seems like you can adjust the pitch of each particle and the travel of the sample itself. This thing is super deep.
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The Iridium is hard to compare to any other synth right now. Iām thinking itās more closely comparable to a powerful soft synth but with an incredible amount of hands on control.
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First the wonky buttons, and now thisā¦
I just read in the Gearslutz Iridium topic about the following issue : āa small gap between the screen and the casingā.
Reply of Waldorf support : āactually, thatās not an assembly error. Due to the construction of the case, there has to be a small gap in this place, which cannot be avoided.ā
@phelios and @Geneoart Can you check this please?
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Looks exactly the same here.
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Itās kind of amazing that Waldorf hasnāt put more effort in putting together this thing. Preventing bleeding from screens is pretty common. No oneās expecting a IP rating with rubber gasket around the screen, but a simple black foam pad under the the seam would have prevented this i.e.
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What frightens me is the lack of dust covers or decksavers for the Iridium. I know that in a few years I will have at least half of my cat inside. There is also a gap at the bottom end, the LED shines through from the inside. Nice effect but probably not expected.
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Hopefully one will be available soon, making them is quite easy with vacuum forming.
Apart from Waldorfs response and the poor assembly the Iridium looks and sounds pretty freaking amazing. So I totally understand why people love it despite the cosmetic flaws, just a shame that the first paying customers should have to accept it for the money they are paying.
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The Iridium does not play a substantial role in this video but you can listen how it works with other synths in a musical context.
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Thereās another video on youtube of a faulty screen now ā like, maybe more than a software problem. I swear, if this had come out and looked solidly built, I would have found it hard to resist, even at the price. Such a disappointment to see this shoddiness. And on top of that, they deny there are issues? Maybe theyāll get these issues sorted out, but it looks to me like, at best, theyāre selling their b-stock at full price, and at worst, they let out an unpolished product.
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Yes I have that as well
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the Digis have this too (iirc)
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I ordered a Iridium a few days ago, delivery in about 8 weeks. I really hope that Waldorf fixed it in the 2nd batch. Although I doubt it according the reply of Waldorf Support ''itās not a assembly errorā¦āā
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thatās a dumb answer anywaysā¦ because that means their engineers failed, right?
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