Strymon Iridium Impulse Manager: Tips and Tricks with IR's.

[@candyCode]

I have been finding your videos to have incredible value in them... thank you for all the amazing content you've put out. I also purchased some of your IR's and your guitar part course, top notch stuff! Thank you again, Michael!

[@tonyleeglenn]

What an excellent video Michael. I subbed. Good job!

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks!

[@DylanMichaelToddMusic]

All I have a Line 6 Pod Go, and your Iridium videos are making me what to get one and try it out. I have a reverb, and delay pedal, feel like those plus maybe a overdrive and the Iridium would be fun to have. Love your content! Keep it Up!

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks! I’m loving the simplicity of the Iridium. If you don’t use a ton of effects it might be worth considering!

[@jeradatherton]

Useful. Thanks.

[@jackgreenwood1817]

Very interesting Michael, thanks for a great video. Can't wait to get home and try some of these ideas out

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks for watching, hopefully it was helpful for you!

[@thigarciaable]

Awesome, mate! Thanks for sharing!

[@MitchGettman]

Can you plug a Fender Rhodes into the Iridium for in-headphones practice at home?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Absolutely!

[@buckbumble]

Can use load IR’s using an iPad or iPhone?

[@NoCoverCharge]

I love my iridium and thanks I never knew I could do all this now to go tinker

[@duncancartledge1667]

The Null IR is a very useful tool as well. I use it when connecting to things like line 6 powercab or when using IRS in external gear.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Absolutely! I think I prefer to turn the cab IR off with one of the start up modes. (I think that’s what they call them) That way I don’t have to use a cab spot for the null cab.

[@duncancartledge1667]

@@MichaelWWestbrook I have a few saved groups in the IR manager so swap them according to what I’m doing. For some things the cab bypass mode doesn’t have a strong enough signal, easily swapped though.

[@tendingtropic7778]

I learned a lot from this, thanks! I use the strymon deco doubletracker in wide stereo mode before the iridium, I guess thats basically comparable with your 9ms delay trick :)?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Yeah, similar! Typically a double track effect like that has a longer delay but I’m not super familiar with all the modes/features on the deco

[@mikeroadblock]

Nice work. Thank you.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Thanks for watching!

[@redcomn]

I use v30 with deluxe reverb. The one from celestion and their cenzo mix is pretty neat. York audio matchless v2 with chime Punch is where i just haven't in set of what i want tho. Mainly 412 greenback , g12-65 or evm12l

[@harleyosterlund5796]

How did you get your ir files into those side columns so you can drag and drop?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I think it’s in the preferences or settings. You have to assign the folder where all the IR’s are located.

[@harleyosterlund5796]

I’m not able to get the ir package I purchased separately to load into the manager. I bought a package from both eminence AND ownhammer and neither drag and drop. I am able to drag and drop the ir files that came WITH the manager.

[@harleyosterlund5796]

Yep missing an extra step I had to unzip all the files

[@erikhartley2494]

Very helpful video man thanks! Can you do you do the “delay 9 ms trick” without pro tools, Logic, GarageBand or something similar? I only use the Iridium software currently and have no way of recording. I only play stereo at church right now, no actual recording. Also, if say I want to use a Greenback with sm7b on one side and a Greenback with 121 on the other, will this sum to mono ok ?

[@jeremywho2289]

I wish the Iridium had an effects loop. Have you tried the simplifier?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I haven’t. It’s similar to an effects loop to run effects after the Iridium though not exactly the same.

[@eanroad]

Would you happen to know if we can do a dry/wet set up with the input using a TRS male to TS TS female Y cable?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

If I understand your question correctly it seems like that would work!

[@eanroad]

@@MichaelWWestbrook Cool! I basically use the Iridium as a pedal platform amp and it is at the very end of my chain (after the delays and Reverbs). I was thinking about splitting the signal after my drives, so I can do a dry/wet into the Iridium.

[@Qstick333]

Great video. If you are going to use different IR’s, do you run 2 outputs into your interface and 2 channels into your DAW? I’m just starting to learn about the digital world.

[@markelias5990]

I'm a newbie to using IR's I purchased your pack and when I extracted all are showing as WAV files. am I missing something?

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

IR’s are wav files! Email me (easy to find on my website) if I can be any more help!

[@gitarbangsatchanel8036]

I have alot irs, but can not use to iridium .. can you?

[@shankrl1]

Hey man I'm super new to IR's, I've had the iridium for 2 years but never changed the IRs. How much difference to the different IRs actually make? Bit of a noob uestion I know but I just have been running it "set and forget" - any help is appreciated :)

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

Hard to say as taste vary but it seems most people prefer other IR’s compared to the stock ones. I much prefer mine or other “aftermarket” IR’s to the stock ones.

[@MakeLikeAFridge]

There are free IRs available that you can find. Some are quite decent. You will notice a huge audible difference because it interacts with your distortion+gain pedals, and have unique EQs. It's a little bit overwhelming trying to find the 'best' because there are so many to try, but I think it's worth trying out for you, can't go wrong with the free ones! I have removed all of the stock ones except 1, I just find others feel a bit more 'realistic'.

[@DToneQuest]

what do you use regarding interface? Iridium doesn't seem full when i try to record with it. Thanks

[@duncancartledge1667]

Have you tried boosting the levels of the IR in the IR manager? Every thing you connect to can respond differently and need different levels.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

I use a Focusrite interface. I run the iridium into 2 Radial JDI’s into 2 Neve style preamps. I prefer my direct sound to the headphone out on board the iridium by far.

[@DToneQuest]

@@MichaelWWestbrook I run a roland quad capture interface which i thought was pretty decent but its dated these days I assume since its discontinued. But if your running 7-800 bucks more in front of the pedal it probably makes a serious bit of difference.

[@MichaelWWestbrook]

​@@DToneQuest Yeah, it's a difference but I haven't compared it to anything else... it's just what I have in my home studio so it's easy to set up that way. I good DI and quality Preamp will help but I'm not sure it would be a huge difference in most scenarios.

[@1970sman]

This looks like one titanic rabbit hole 👀🐇