I have so much respect for this guy. His ability to deep dive into so many complicated synths and explain them so well makes him probably my favorite reviewer these days. By the end you understand more than any other reviewer if this is for you or not. I still want you to review the Essence FM or give your brief impressions. I wish the Iridium had 4 parts, that would make me pull the trigger much easier. I could get rid of several synths to fund one if it had that feature.
What I like about your reviews is that they're very structured, deep and sober, everything is straight to the point. No aaahs and ummms, no attempts at explaining things to people who see a synth for the first time in their life at the expense of depth, no wallowing in marketdroid superlatives. That's an hour well spent.
this piece of gear is waaay beyond me and my needs, but man, your reviews are the most thorough and comprehensive of all the channels I've watched....the companies must either be thrilled or frightened sending you items :)
I just found your channel a bit ago trying to learn about the TD-3 from Behringer. Your videos are so in depth and show information that most others skip over, including comparisons. They've been a godsend my guy, thank you so much :)
Thank you .I can watch this presentation twenty times and I will still learn something each time .It is comprehensive reflecting the depth of the instrument .
My only regret about Iridium is that I hesitated for two years before buying it. I thought the learning curve was too steep, but it turned out to be accessible and instantly gratifying.
I’ve been eagerly waiting for this to show up to my door!! You’ve really went into detail with this which I appreciate. Between this and a novation summit this summer I think this will cover my poly needs.
I like how connectivity is one of the first things you address because often it’s one of the main factors that determines weather or not I’m interested in a synth.
Had this beast of a synth for a few days and it is absolutely amazing.I have scaled down my set up to get this as it can do so much. Anyone complaining about the price should go out and test this, you will not be disappointed.
We are in a pandemic and though it looks amazing it's digital which should mean that it should not be that expensive. My DSI Tempest is a thing of electronic wizadry , I can understand why it's so expensive. This is basically a music computer in a plastic box, ALOT cheaper to make
@@cheekoandtheman It's actually a metal chassis. Since it's digital it should be cheap? So anything digital is overpriced? Your Tempest is an analog drum machine and though an excellent one, it isn't doing anything special, you just like what it does. The truth of the matter is all of these machines we love can be replaced with a laptop or desktop for less cost and much more power and capabilities. You and I all those like us buy these machines for the experience of using them, the tactile feedback and feeling of the machines, that's what we are paying for.
cheekoandtheman what has a pandemic got to do with this synth? I have one and there is no computer available that could give the same tactile feel and ease of use. With your train of thought why bother buying a tempest when there are some amazing free drum vst’s and some definitely cheaper than the tempest that can do more...
I have the greateshit respect and admiration for Mr Loopop. I have never and I no doubt will never ever see a better reviewer. He is mind boggelingly good at his job - his attention to detail is wonderous to behold. Many times I have found help from one of his videos at a time when I'm stuck for a workaround whilst using some piece of studio gear or another - and then added to which - whatever instrument I'm using I can rest assured that Mr Loopop will have reviewed it which is awesome!!! Mr Loopop for President.
I always thought that the Yamaha EX5 would be the most crazy digital synth ever made, but Waldorf totally warps the EX5 (I own one, rack version, it's amazing, will never sell it) this synth is so bonkers, sounds amazing, endless possibilities I really want one. I prolly need a month or so to figure the thing out, but I want it. Great presentation!
This.................this is godriffic. I might sell my car for this! But aside from that, Loopop, you're the greatest gear reviewer of music of all time. You deserve a full television network.
I've come back to this video, over two years later, because I finally have myself an Iridium. Can't even begin to tell you how helpful this video suddenly is. Thank God for Loopop.
Loopop, your demos and reviews are the most detailed and competent I've ever seen; much appreciation for your exploration of powerful gear that most of us can really only afford once we're sure we're not wrong about knowing it's what we need and want and that it'd work how we want it to. Thank you.
Wow, what a fantastic and elaborate review of this complex synth. You should work the trade shows for Waldorf to increase their sales, since they are not able to explain the synth in other than technical specs. You are such a natural presenter and everything is spot on. Great content 👍 what strikes me about the iridium is that it is such a hands-on synth that I really can imagine that the desktop format is easier to work with than bending over the keyboard at the quantum for hours in a row to create amazing sounds. At this point I can’t determine if the analog filters of the quantum weigh up to that. It has been over 30 years ago that I bought a brand new synth., the last I bought was an ESQ1( still have it) but the quantum/ iridium is something that I see myself ordering now after seeing this. It gives you many more palettes to choose from to complement my vintage analog gear , fm and vst’s like Omnisphere
Eventually I bought my iridium. Now I keep coming back here to find out how to do stuff I can't find in the manual. I don't know how Loopop figured it all out but I'm sure glade he did, and keeps explaining it to me.
How do you like it? I’m thinking on getting one as well very soon. Don’t know if I can get away w something cheaper while still allowing the same type of sound design. Thanks!
@@macthomas8899 I like the iridium a lot, but I'm not worried about the price. If you want to go cheaper, Arturia's soft synth pigments is excellent for sound design. Live's suite also has tons of excellent stuff for sound design. But that's the whole software vs. hardware thing. Be warned about the iridium: there are still some bugs and the manual doesn't really tell you HOW to do stuff. I figure I can spend the rest of my life playing with my iridium, but I'll probably buy something new anyway just 'cause it's fun!
@@chriscopeman8820 Very helpful, thanks! I am going big on the analogue side, looking at a Prophet 10. Thought I'd try out the Hydrasynth if the Iridium isn't meant to be.
@@chriscopeman8820 Pigments 3 is, indeed, wonderful. I really dig it. I also owned a Quantum, which I sold at the top of the COVID-19 pandemic. I've missed it ever since and thought Pigments filled the same need, but I recently jumped back in with the Iridium. Waldorf really nailed something delightful here.
Within a few hours after watching i decided to sell my Prophet Rev2 and another Eurorack Module and pre-ordered this beast. This is my kind of a modern workstation, wow!
I thought so too, but after creating a particular sound, I rush to perform and record it, and then essentially have laid down the foundation of my entire new track, which I think enhance, sculpt and chisel at for another few days and boom! A pure source of inspiration!
Waldorf has always been on the cutting edge of creativity. Sounds absolutely stellar!! Would have voted to replace touch pad section with some other synth features/functionality. Couldn't see if there was a plucked string resonator.
A great video. At 44:00 you mention the panning of the dual filters and how the Quantum cannot do this. That feature is in the 3.0 update for the Quantum, which was just released as a beta version.
Great in depth review... well chosen skipping on small detail functions. 5 star review! Only small gripe on FX preview... maybe something more open sounding (saw) for modulation fx and more transient sounding for reverb tails. Thanks for your great videos!
Well, I resisted for about a week after watching this video (the first time). Then once I saw an option to VESA mount it on a swivel arm...I gave in. Thanks for your reviews. Absolutely the best synth reviews I've seen. I think I need to move to a place with another room.
@@BrianHalePhoto I like it a lot. It's one of the more powerful synths I own, for sure. I do have a little issue with some notes sticking on after the last firmware upgrade. And the upper left buttons are a little wiggly as loopop discusses. Waldorf website is pretty disappointing. But overall it's hard not to be pretty praising towards the Iridium.
Guess I need to get uses to riding the bus because I'll have to sell my car to afford this or the Quantum.. man this is why I fell in love with Waldorf back in 1999..... they just make amazing synths... I 💘 my microwaveXT
Ouch, no famous Loopop screens are needed to show this beaut :) esthetically I’ll hate my white Keystep, your black looks much better, but I got Beatstep Pro in black for it! Will be enjoying your detailed review while mine is traveling home, thank you Sir Loopop :) ... I thought there is a way to bulk load samples by special file naming already, maybe for Quantum only yet. Looking forward to drop Hangdrum and guitar in multi velocity with round robin to tweak those further. Sold anything else in my studio, and a kidney to have it all :) cheers!
This synth absolutely IS overkill, which is exactly my kind of synthesizer. I'm going to put this on a stand with my Kronos and just overkill the universe.
Nice to see. The filter actually sounded a bit better than I expected. Those rubber pads though. Ouch. I wish they made it larger with more controls (skipped those rubber pads to begin with) but I see the point of re-using the Kyra sized box. And I agree with the buttons. Things that make the experience a bit less nice : )
Sounds great. The only thing making me hesitate a bit is the build quality. Lots of gaps in the casing and being able to see light thru those edges is irking the OCD in me
awesome video as always - question about the sequencer: can the parameter sequencer(s) have different lengths from the note sequencer? and can you use that to modulate subharmonic ratios in the kernel engine?
for such a machine, the lack of more physical I/O seems rather limiting; e.g. send&return jacks and additional stereo out would be beneficial (otherwise seems like squashing creativity through a thin straw)
This synth keeps calling "Buy me!". I can afford it, but I have to keep coming back to this video to remember why I'm not smart enough to own this synth. Thanks, I'm sure I'll have to come back here again next month for another humbling experience.
Another brilliant exposition, packed with useful info! Have you considered highlighting the current topic in the timeline/index, e.g. with a different shade, to help location in a long video? It's just a suggestion and I know you already do a ton of work to make these vids as good as they are.
Thanks - I have considered it, but didn't find a way to do it that was quick and easy. Now that youtube is highlighting the topic on the timeline, hopefully that's a happy medium
@@loopop Yes, I imagine it would be fiddly and time consuming to do by hand - and if your ocd is anything like mine I'd be fretting over potential mistakes. I've only just noticed yt's topic highlighting. Thanks for pointing it out. That is really helpful!
There making the costs ridiculous, only trust fund babies can afford this, especially during a pandemic. Because it was digital I was hopeful for a second. . Imagine if it was affordable it would of taken the music world by storm
Nice! I use an Ableton Push and mapping the macro knobs on it (or whatever controller you use) to midi CC so they function as macros is a fine compromise to not having dedicated macro knobs.
Sequential, Novation, Waldorf, and probably many others: Why is it so easy to lose your sound design work on synths from all of these manufacturers by accidentally pressing a button, with no undo? C'mon folks, we've only been doing presets for 40 years, it's not rocket science ! 😃
If you consider the varying UI/UX monstrosities (like the Kronos etc.) it's as if the hardware synth engineers have learned nothing from decades of software design, even when their new product is a pure software solution on some dedicated hardware like e.g. this one. Undo seems to be a million years away when most manufacturers forgot that there once was a quite useful "compare" function on many synths, which doesn't exist anymore on any modern synth and could be considered half the way to "undo".
@@Leo9ine You're right, the Montage/MODX has edit/compare too. But my Fantom doesn't have that, so learning that the Iridium I'm eying a lot doesn't have that either struck a nerve there. :)
Thank you so much for all these amazing reviews. I'm going to be watching all your videos and trying to decide which synth to purchase. Can I ask what you think the best couple of synths are in your opinion for the money between the $1,500-$3,000 range? I have just under 3k and looking for something with a unique character for songwriting/production. Mostly into tone and character opposed to a bunch of features.
i'm most curious about using samples within the sequencer and what level of flexibility/depth is available there. without having read the manual i'm guessing you could only use 3 samples at a time amongst the available 'oscillators?'
I have so much respect for this guy. His ability to deep dive into so many complicated synths and explain them so well makes him probably my favorite reviewer these days. By the end you understand more than any other reviewer if this is for you or not. I still want you to review the Essence FM or give your brief impressions.
I wish the Iridium had 4 parts, that would make me pull the trigger much easier. I could get rid of several synths to fund one if it had that feature.
Yeah, I have no clue how he does that either. Feel so stupid watching this channel...
What I like about your reviews is that they're very structured, deep and sober, everything is straight to the point. No aaahs and ummms, no attempts at explaining things to people who see a synth for the first time in their life at the expense of depth, no wallowing in marketdroid superlatives. That's an hour well spent.
this piece of gear is waaay beyond me and my needs, but man, your reviews are the most thorough and comprehensive of all the channels I've watched....the companies must either be thrilled or frightened sending you items :)
You need a few 1000 years to test all these synths thoroughly...
Really appreciated your comparison to the Quantum sir! 🙃
You’re so necessary in my education on new and complex instruments!
🙌🏻🙏🏻
Your channel is state of the art. And that's an understatement. It's one of the greatest channels I've ever come across.
I just found your channel a bit ago trying to learn about the TD-3 from Behringer. Your videos are so in depth and show information that most others skip over, including comparisons. They've been a godsend my guy, thank you so much :)
Thank you .I can watch this presentation twenty times and I will still learn something each time .It is comprehensive reflecting the depth of the instrument .
Great video! And thank you Loopop for having introduced some of my FM presets! 41:07
Thanks for sending them over!
Go make a nf-1 only video
Hogman 5000 😊👌🏻
A movie length review. I am trying to imagine the effort needed to make a video like this! Impressive.
My only regret about Iridium is that I hesitated for two years before buying it. I thought the learning curve was too steep, but it turned out to be accessible and instantly gratifying.
I just got the keyboard version and I am amazed how initiative the whole system is to use, between the screen and the physical.
same here, but the core was a lot cheaper so ... i dont like the factory patches - but i really liked the first patch, i did on my own. Top synth.
Thank you Loop Op for your video(s). Enjoy looking, learning with the manuals as a visual. The way you explain it...makes it more easy to understand.
Good that you got a chance to make this review, extremely valuable for an Iridium newbie!
I’ve been eagerly waiting for this to show up to my door!! You’ve really went into detail with this which I appreciate. Between this and a novation summit this summer I think this will cover my poly needs.
How is it going since you received the synth?
What a great watch this was, thanks for another awesome video Loopop.
Can I afford this $2500 synth? Nope.
Am I going to watch all 72 minutes of this and pretend like I can? Yep.
Same here, hehehe
That’s how much?! Sorry but I’m not watching past the 2 min mark!
Spoken like a true master of GAS
maybe i can get it at the library.
And that's the "lower price tag" they were referring to.
I like how connectivity is one of the first things you address because often it’s one of the main factors that determines weather or not I’m interested in a synth.
I can't begin to fathom how long it must have taken to plan and make this video, with so many features to cover. yeesh! great review
thinside AWESOME REVIEW! It is amazing how touch’s on literally everything the synth does and how to edit it, in every video he does!
Had this beast of a synth for a few days and it is absolutely amazing.I have scaled down my set up to get this as it can do so much. Anyone complaining about the price should go out and test this, you will not be disappointed.
Same. I’m about to sell some gear because this is so damn capable.
i gonna buy the behringer system 100 and syatem 55 modulars instead.. i have the vst version of this already.
We are in a pandemic and though it looks amazing it's digital which should mean that it should not be that expensive. My DSI Tempest is a thing of electronic wizadry , I can understand why it's so expensive. This is basically a music computer in a plastic box, ALOT cheaper to make
@@cheekoandtheman It's actually a metal chassis. Since it's digital it should be cheap? So anything digital is overpriced? Your Tempest is an analog drum machine and though an excellent one, it isn't doing anything special, you just like what it does. The truth of the matter is all of these machines we love can be replaced with a laptop or desktop for less cost and much more power and capabilities. You and I all those like us buy these machines for the experience of using them, the tactile feedback and feeling of the machines, that's what we are paying for.
cheekoandtheman what has a pandemic got to do with this synth? I have one and there is no computer available that could give the same tactile feel and ease of use. With your train of thought why bother buying a tempest when there are some amazing free drum vst’s and some definitely cheaper than the tempest that can do more...
I have the greateshit respect and admiration for Mr Loopop. I have never and I no doubt will never ever see a better reviewer. He is mind boggelingly good at his job - his attention to detail is wonderous to behold. Many times I have found help from one of his videos at a time when I'm stuck for a workaround whilst using some piece of studio gear or another - and then added to which - whatever instrument I'm using I can rest assured that Mr Loopop will have reviewed it which is awesome!!! Mr Loopop for President.
subharmonic kernels is the name of my new band
Yo can I join? Not to brag, but I am a great triangle player.
I’d go for, The Subharmonic Colonels.
@@watercolourmark badum tsh :D :D
What type of popcorn is that then? Lolol.
Yet another fantastic, balanced review - as always! Cheers!
I always thought that the Yamaha EX5 would be the most crazy digital synth ever made, but Waldorf totally warps the EX5 (I own one, rack version, it's amazing, will never sell it) this synth is so bonkers, sounds amazing, endless possibilities I really want one. I prolly need a month or so to figure the thing out, but I want it. Great presentation!
Can I afford it? Yes. Do I want it? Yes. Do I need it? Nope...
Can you give me some green bro? I'm a poor musician ;)
This.................this is godriffic. I might sell my car for this! But aside from that, Loopop, you're the greatest gear reviewer of music of all time. You deserve a full television network.
Thanks, and go LoopFlix!
Man a monster review for a monster synth! I may need to pop out for beer and snacks!
I've come back to this video, over two years later, because I finally have myself an Iridium.
Can't even begin to tell you how helpful this video suddenly is.
Thank God for Loopop.
Same :)!
Really like this piece of hardware, it is incredible what they have squeezed in that little box.
The amount of detail and in depth knowledge you convey with each piece of hardware you review just keeps blowing my mind.
Netsuko he does such an awesome job!
You really do the work for your reviews well done.
Brilliant thanks! Just about to dive into one of these and this is a big help!
Best video about that instrument. This subharmonicon section is mind blowing
1:12:13 That's what I was waiting for. Beautiful demonstration of this complex synth.
Loopop, your demos and reviews are the most detailed and competent I've ever seen; much appreciation for your exploration of powerful gear that most of us can really only afford once we're sure we're not wrong about knowing it's what we need and want and that it'd work how we want it to. Thank you.
My pleasure - thanks for taking the time to write!
Realy love what you do, that's help a lot to understand what is about synth we can get hands on, on sometime manual are not realy clear... 👌💯
Super nice tuto.Thanks !!! i will was impacient for this review.
Wow, what a fantastic and elaborate review of this complex synth. You should work the trade shows for Waldorf to increase their sales, since they are not able to explain the synth in other than technical specs. You are such a natural presenter and everything is spot on. Great content 👍 what strikes me about the iridium is that it is such a hands-on synth that I really can imagine that the desktop format is easier to work with than bending over the keyboard at the quantum for hours in a row to create amazing sounds. At this point I can’t determine if the analog filters of the quantum weigh up to that. It has been over 30 years ago that I bought a brand new synth., the last I bought was an ESQ1( still have it) but the quantum/ iridium is something that I see myself ordering now after seeing this. It gives you many more palettes to choose from to complement my vintage analog gear , fm and vst’s like Omnisphere
been waiting on this.
I was waiting for this!
Oh I need 1 of these in my life
@@agreen9903 Absolutely
My wallet was dreading this
me 2!
And thus began the age of mini computers to get away from mini computers.
Right!
yeah going back to self contained mini laptop synths!
This synth is incredible!
This Synth looks amazing !! I wish I could afford it. Thanks for the awesome review!!!
You could, but only buy it, if you really invest 10 years nonstop into it..
Eventually I bought my iridium. Now I keep coming back here to find out how to do stuff I can't find in the manual. I don't know how Loopop figured it all out but I'm sure glade he did, and keeps explaining it to me.
How do you like it? I’m thinking on getting one as well very soon. Don’t know if I can get away w something cheaper while still allowing the same type of sound design. Thanks!
@@macthomas8899 I like the iridium a lot, but I'm not worried about the price. If you want to go cheaper, Arturia's soft synth pigments is excellent for sound design. Live's suite also has tons of excellent stuff for sound design. But that's the whole software vs. hardware thing. Be warned about the iridium: there are still some bugs and the manual doesn't really tell you HOW to do stuff. I figure I can spend the rest of my life playing with my iridium, but I'll probably buy something new anyway just 'cause it's fun!
@@chriscopeman8820 Very helpful, thanks! I am going big on the analogue side, looking at a Prophet 10. Thought I'd try out the Hydrasynth if the Iridium isn't meant to be.
@@chriscopeman8820 Pigments 3 is, indeed, wonderful. I really dig it. I also owned a Quantum, which I sold at the top of the COVID-19 pandemic. I've missed it ever since and thought Pigments filled the same need, but I recently jumped back in with the Iridium. Waldorf really nailed something delightful here.
I certainly don‘t mind the pun 😄 Thanks for this comprehensive and fun overview!
Awesome review. Thank you!
superb video Loopop, I have been eyeing up the keyboard version of this, I feel its time to max out my credit card again!!!!
My pleasure - keyboard review coming out real soon!
Within a few hours after watching i decided to sell my Prophet Rev2 and another Eurorack Module and pre-ordered this beast. This is my kind of a modern workstation, wow!
How'd that work out?
@@SomeOne-pd6vm exactly like planned. loving the Iridium, not missing my Prophet
With this machine i would leave the realm of making music really quick.
I thought so too, but after creating a particular sound, I rush to perform and record it, and then essentially have laid down the foundation of my entire new track, which I think enhance, sculpt and chisel at for another few days and boom! A pure source of inspiration!
Yup way too many menus...pass....
My feeling too. It would be a great sound design tool for going deep with, though. For those so inclined.
Yup. Sofa noodling
Same. You gotta take that and resample
Got one. No more time to spend on UA-cam now. WHAT A SYNTH !!!
Great. It helps me a lot to understand Waldorf and Synth. Many thanks.
Waldorf has always been on the cutting edge of creativity. Sounds absolutely stellar!! Would have voted to replace touch pad section with some other synth features/functionality. Couldn't see if there was a plucked string resonator.
Lovely bit of kit!
Thank you , great stuff
A great video. At 44:00 you mention the panning of the dual filters and how the Quantum cannot do this. That feature is in the 3.0 update for the Quantum, which was just released as a beta version.
Great in depth review... well chosen skipping on small detail functions. 5 star review! Only small gripe on FX preview... maybe something more open sounding (saw) for modulation fx and more transient sounding for reverb tails. Thanks for your great videos!
My dream synth!
Just wow. What a synth!
I don't have the budget for it - so I'd love to have a software/VST version of it! Unbelievable.
Well, I resisted for about a week after watching this video (the first time). Then once I saw an option to VESA mount it on a swivel arm...I gave in. Thanks for your reviews. Absolutely the best synth reviews I've seen. I think I need to move to a place with another room.
So how do you like it?
@@BrianHalePhoto I like it a lot. It's one of the more powerful synths I own, for sure. I do have a little issue with some notes sticking on after the last firmware upgrade. And the upper left buttons are a little wiggly as loopop discusses. Waldorf website is pretty disappointing. But overall it's hard not to be pretty praising towards the Iridium.
Iridium killed the computer star? As always, your outro was amazing.
indeed. i want more from that outro!
Guess I need to get uses to riding the bus because I'll have to sell my car to afford this or the Quantum.. man this is why I fell in love with Waldorf back in 1999..... they just make amazing synths... I 💘 my microwaveXT
man i can't wait to get my hands on this thing
Whaat.. The interface looks very intriguing.. Interesting
I hope to see Jexus get his hands on one of these...or better yet, a Quantum.
he did already and found a time warp back to the future. where he was from.
Classical Waldorf,out of this work sounds and ideas.Loved the review as always!Perhaps the most powerful sound engine I ever seen.
Ouch, no famous Loopop screens are needed to show this beaut :) esthetically I’ll hate my white Keystep, your black looks much better, but I got Beatstep Pro in black for it! Will be enjoying your detailed review while mine is traveling home, thank you Sir Loopop :)
... I thought there is a way to bulk load samples by special file naming already, maybe for Quantum only yet. Looking forward to drop Hangdrum and guitar in multi velocity with round robin to tweak those further. Sold anything else in my studio, and a kidney to have it all :) cheers!
Oh I forgot to ask - how does the granular compare the the GR-1? Does it have the fixed / absolute grain length you were looking for?
This synth absolutely IS overkill, which is exactly my kind of synthesizer. I'm going to put this on a stand with my Kronos and just overkill the universe.
makes sense. i'll prob do the same thing. we have a problem.
Destroy only the bad things in the universe. I'll help!
Is the hydrasynth the best controller if you have the desktop version?
A Kronos and an Iridium is everything you'll ever need. I haven't scratched the surface on my Kronos II.
I’m going add this to my YamahaMODX setup
17:57 that sound so cool
Nice to see. The filter actually sounded a bit better than I expected.
Those rubber pads though. Ouch.
I wish they made it larger with more controls (skipped those rubber pads to begin with) but I see the point of re-using the Kyra sized box.
And I agree with the buttons. Things that make the experience a bit less nice : )
Sounds great. The only thing making me hesitate a bit is the build quality. Lots of gaps in the casing and being able to see light thru those edges is irking the OCD in me
Wow... nice synth, nice review, and nice magic trick turning a keystep pro white into a keystep black edition! ;-)
awesome video as always - question about the sequencer: can the parameter sequencer(s) have different lengths from the note sequencer? and can you use that to modulate subharmonic ratios in the kernel engine?
for such a machine, the lack of more physical I/O seems rather limiting; e.g. send&return jacks and additional stereo out would be beneficial (otherwise seems like squashing creativity through a thin straw)
This synth keeps calling "Buy me!". I can afford it, but I have to keep coming back to this video to remember why I'm not smart enough to own this synth. Thanks, I'm sure I'll have to come back here again next month for another humbling experience.
I'll wait 15 years from now , and buy it used
Probably cost more then lol
I don't know if I've ever seen a Waldorf synth drop in price!
That how I have an Attack rack, microQ, and a SE microwave., didn’t pay more than 300 for synths that cost well over 1000
Hello loopop thxsomuch 💥🙏💥
Another brilliant exposition, packed with useful info! Have you considered highlighting the current topic in the timeline/index, e.g. with a different shade, to help location in a long video? It's just a suggestion and I know you already do a ton of work to make these vids as good as they are.
Thanks - I have considered it, but didn't find a way to do it that was quick and easy. Now that youtube is highlighting the topic on the timeline, hopefully that's a happy medium
@@loopop Yes, I imagine it would be fiddly and time consuming to do by hand - and if your ocd is anything like mine I'd be fretting over potential mistakes. I've only just noticed yt's topic highlighting. Thanks for pointing it out. That is really helpful!
Such a great video ! Is this the Access Virus ti successor?
Brilliant! You are my hero! :-)
Great Video..Almost reminds me of the Hydrasynth Desktop...
Great review as always! I've got one question on the chord sequencer: Can or can't you choose which chords you'd want to play from the 16 given ones?
Really good for sound design
Cool piece of equipment
Damn it!
This is a truly deep beast!!
Sounds meaty!
I fear for my wallet every time I see a new post here.... with good reason this thing looks fantastic!
There making the costs ridiculous, only trust fund babies can afford this, especially during a pandemic. Because it was digital I was hopeful for a second. . Imagine if it was affordable it would of taken the music world by storm
27:24 makes a nice Star Trek transporter sound
Hi Ziv. Another great video!! What are all those holographic scopes and other tools you use?
It's just an overlay in post of scopes by Melda... not real unfortunately
Nice! I use an Ableton Push and mapping the macro knobs on it (or whatever controller you use) to midi CC so they function as macros is a fine compromise to not having dedicated macro knobs.
So if I understood, can I use other midi or Ableton Push to midi map parameters of Iridium? I was wondering if that is possible.
Sequential, Novation, Waldorf, and probably many others: Why is it so easy to lose your sound design work on synths from all of these manufacturers by accidentally pressing a button, with no undo?
C'mon folks, we've only been doing presets for 40 years, it's not rocket science ! 😃
If you consider the varying UI/UX monstrosities (like the Kronos etc.) it's as if the hardware synth engineers have learned nothing from decades of software design, even when their new product is a pure software solution on some dedicated hardware like e.g. this one. Undo seems to be a million years away when most manufacturers forgot that there once was a quite useful "compare" function on many synths, which doesn't exist anymore on any modern synth and could be considered half the way to "undo".
@@gerdpfeil Polybrute still has compare, and a "set all to panel settings" button!
@@Leo9ine You're right, the Montage/MODX has edit/compare too. But my Fantom doesn't have that, so learning that the Iridium I'm eying a lot doesn't have that either struck a nerve there. :)
Programmers everywhere wander into total nightmares because they look at a problem and say "this should be easy to fix."
This must be the top dog right now. Wanting.
My starship needs one of these in auxiliary control right next to the warp drive to handle shield harmonics.
At 27:25 you make the Star Trek transporter sound. Cool. :-)
almost, yeah
Hello Loopop!
Just sold my Blofeld and now i saw this video...lol hmmm this is very nice !!
WHOA. This is almost overwhelming! It's amaaaazing, this is from the year 2098!! It's like having Serum in your hands on steroids
I have no interest in buying this mostly do to cost , but I watched most of this video ! Your video quality and information is unmatched
Hey! How about to get rid of the pads and put a double sized or dual screen isntead waldorf :)
Imagine this + the Hydrasynth desktop together...game over and how cool would they look side by side?
Thank you so much for all these amazing reviews. I'm going to be watching all your videos and trying to decide which synth to purchase. Can I ask what you think the best couple of synths are in your opinion for the money between the $1,500-$3,000 range? I have just under 3k and looking for something with a unique character for songwriting/production. Mostly into tone and character opposed to a bunch of features.
Thanks! There's no right answer - continued research recommended...
i'm most curious about using samples within the sequencer and what level of flexibility/depth is available there. without having read the manual i'm guessing you could only use 3 samples at a time amongst the available 'oscillators?'