Strymon Iridium | The Most-Asked Questions | IRs, DI Boxes, and Wet FX

[@stephenmackellar5072]

I appreciate your video. Good info on aftermarket IRs that I'm going to use. I'd like to add that the "Round" amp sim is based on the "Normal" Deluxe Reverb channel--the one that almost no one plugs in to. It's not the [sic] "Vibrato" channel with the bright cap. Nearly all the demos I see on KZbin comment on the "Round" being dull and flat. That's the way it's supposed to be: round, not scooped--a stated design goal. If you add the Flint, it can sound more like the the brighter channel. For distortion pedals like the Friedman Small Box, DS-1, etc., etc., it sounds much better through the normal channel of a real DR. The real DR also has the tremolo circuit, which adds gain and also doesn't play so nice with distortion pedals. The Iridium is set up to best take all gain pedals like a true pedal platform.

[@mkrj2576]

Excellent advice on the stock cabs and exactly how I feel about the idea of Strymon likely knew what they were doing when they picked the stock cabs. Besides a lot of the differences in cabs can likely be matched with an eq. And anytime I’m running my board direct to a PA I’m using an eq pedal anyway as you never know what you’ll get with different house speakers. Thanks again.

[@therealone1288]

Its a lot of fun experimenting with new irs though

[@Celticsaint777]

Great to see another video from you.

[@Celticsaint777]

I’m think I’m changing my pedalboard to put the iridium at the end of my pedals and my mobius, blue sky, and DIG delay before it.

[@LeFeversAudio]

Yeah I’m generally an ‘amp at the end’ person, that’s how I always ran my (real) amp back when I had one so it feels right to me. It was fun to try the other way for this video - I’d never really done it before - but now I’m back to my usual, hah.

[@MattD86]

How would I record right into a computer? Just connect via USB?

[@LeFeversAudio]

The Iridium is just an amp modeler, not an audio interface as well, so you’d have to plug into some kind of audio interface. (The HX Stomp is both, if you needed one device that can cover both things.) I plug my Iridium into a Focusrite Scarlett for recording.

[@darrelladams4886]

I’ve really been torn on the iridium vs the UA dream or ruby lately. It’s pretty touch to get a read on what’s the best option. The UA pedals seem to sound immediately better to my ears but lacks versatility of the strymon. And people seem to swear that all the iridium needs is the right IRS and some good pedals. I would love to try a riverside or sunset into the iridium with a good reverb or delay

[@LeFeversAudio]

You know what, I just got my hands on a Ruby for my very newest video, and I was mixed on it. It felt amazing to play, there's something about the transients of the notes and the clarity and brightness of it that I really responded to, but when I recorded clips with it and blind-compared them to the Iridium I usually preferred the Iridium. And I think the Strymon takes drive pedals better. I came away feeling that the Ruby is an excellent piece of gear but I'm quite content with the Iridium.

[@darrelladams4886]

@@LeFeversAudio the UAs seem like they sound better right out the box but the iridium has more of the potential to be amazing. I just have this nagging feeling that strymon will release an updated version of it before long. It’s been out for a bit now and has has received some challenge immediately. And I also think Strymon would want to do something to answer the competition.

[@mkrj2576]

@@darrelladams4886 they should put a simple reverb in the Iridium.

[@gordonpelto1069]

I agree with you about the IR's. I thinkalot of guitar players fall into the "chasing tone" trap. They argue about what wood to use on electric guitars. When the pickups do everything as far as sound.

[@stephenwhitney8636]

Sounds great to me… everyone thinks since ua audio is better idk but I know good sounds and tones and this is great sounding.

[@LeFeversAudio]

Yeah, the UA ones are very... buzzy? popular?... right now. I'm a little interested in trying one someday just to say that I did, but frankly I'm perfectly happy with the Iridium.

[@Peter-em7wl]

Walrus Canvas stereo or mono my man?

[@LeFeversAudio]

I went with Mono, I don’t ever play in stereo personally.

[@Celticsaint777]

It seems to me that the iridium sounds more organic with it being after the wet effects .

[@bigdaddyjoblivion]

Do you hook it up in mono or stereo?

[@LeFeversAudio]

I always do mono - there’s nowhere that I play where stereo would make any difference.

[@bigdaddyjoblivion]

@@LeFeversAudio Since you go effects into iridium, do you hook up your effects stereo into it or leave them mono too?

[@LeFeversAudio]

I have all of it in mono, I didn’t want to get into summing etc for no reason 😅

[@bigdaddyjoblivion]

@@LeFeversAudio Ok thought so!. Just wondering as a drummer/bassist delving into the world of guitar lol

[@Celticsaint777]

I believe strymon Are the best. The iridium will be my amp fir all future recording and I’ll likely stay stock as well.

[@mattvoss564]

Phoenix? Which church up there? I play for Zion City in Tucson.

[@LeFeversAudio]

Oh, nice. We're called The Well, up in Chandler.

[@mattvoss564]

@@LeFeversAudio, I'll have to check it out!

[@rayfromvegas]

Of course if they brought it out with no IR’s then there’d be complaints of no IR’s lol

[@LeFeversAudio]

Haha yeah I think Universal Audio is finding that out these days.

[@bdtiger91]

Should I plug a Strymon Iridium into the Hi-Z input or the line-level input on my computer’s audio interface?

[@LeFeversAudio]

Hmm. I've done it both ways and it works fine, though you might have to crank up the Iridium's output to get up to line level. To be honest I don't understand impedance well enough to know for sure if there's a 'correct' input to use there but I've had good results either way on my own preamps and interfaces.

[@waltuhhimself]

Hi man, What's your experience using overdrive pedals with the iridium compared to UA pedals? How is the iridium better?

[@LeFeversAudio]

I only used one of the UA ones for as long as it took to make this comparison video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmebaWyrrrKteKssi=gVIaqUBSOQWE6rdr There were things I liked about the Ruby (a sort of brightness and 'feel' to it) but by and large I am much more comfortable with the Iridium, perhaps just because I know it better. It doesn't get as 'woolly' and bass-heavy as when I was trying to drive the Ruby. I don't know if any of that helps but those were my impressions.

[@waltuhhimself]

@@LeFeversAudio The ruby is very scooped. Can that be dialed out?

[@LeFeversAudio]

@@waltuhhimself I'm not sure... a certain amount of extreme low and high end seemed to be built into the pedal, so perhaps not. But I also didn't spend a ton of time with it so I could be wrong.