Waldorf Iridium Deep Dive

Waldorf CTO and Developer Rolf Wöhrmann takes you on an exciting journey deep into the inner workings of our Iridium synthesizer. Discover things that no one has ever seen before!
More information about Waldorf Iridium: waldorfmusic.com/iridium
Listen to the sound of Iridium: • Waldorf Iridium Sound ...
00:00 Start
00:57 Classic Waveforms
03:50 Resonator
07:21 Wavetables
11:16 Kernel Synthesis
18:37 Live Granular
23:07 Delay FX Modulation
27:35 Layer Sequencing
32:39 Komplex Modulator
36:55 Resampling
41:12 Chord Patterns

[@infamouscircuits]

This seems to come directly from the synth-nerd-heaven 😅👍🏼

[@XanderEwald]

US synths: Fat. Japanese synths: Bright. German synths: Ze only limit is your imagination.

[@zipnone1996]

what an excellent synthesizer, would love to hear more! Deep Dive Pt 2? :)

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I need more super-synth-Germans videos! 💖 Love this. Better than Disney+ 😂👌

[@briansherling5515]

I truly am in love with my iridium! It’s a constant happy accident of sound fabric! I am also noticing that this German man is using the English language in a much more coherent way than a large percentage of men I know in Texas! It’s a crying shame that the people of my country have allowed the idea of intellect-as-measure-of-manhood to have diminished as it has. Maybe that desert has forced me deeper into my music! Thanks Waldorf! I still love my pulse 2!

[@oscillated139]

Expertise seems to be a dirty word in post Trump America. Just bought my iridium and have enjoyed scratching at the surface before diving into its depths.

[@vampolascott36]

Thanks to these engineers for the great tips. I will be getting my Iridium tomorrow.

[@MrDeeKayTV]

Ein Meisterwerk der Ingenieurskunst. Bin froh dieses Teil zu haben...

[@TeslacoilDD]

Durch das Video habe ich erst die komplexen Möglichkeiten erahnen können. Vielen Dank für dieses wunderbare Instrument.

[@stephenanthonythomas3533]

Wow! What a well thought out synth! I love the layout and the form factor as well! 🙏

[@Rightly_Divided]

I am so glad I got me one of these. Thanks guys you are killin it!

[@burnyhuber939]

Thanks guys..you are awesome, I love Waldorf for all their gear !!

[@alexdiakov_ambient]

Thank you for you time and inspiration. Will be glad to get more hidden tricks video.

[@witherwillowsounds3935]

Thanks for this! Deep dive 2 would be great, perhaps some more complex sound design tips.

[@paulburkhart2619]

Thank you for the video, the Iridium or Quantum are my dream synths! Didn't know about the 8 operator FM capabilities!

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Great job guys!!

[@electroniccaveman3493]

As the owner of this wonderful synth, I hope to be able to thank Rolf personally at the Superbooth.

[@andrewgenner2613]

I've had my Iridium for a few weeks now and I'm enjoying it hugely. What a synth! I will be exploring its sound capabilities for years - so many ways to sculpt sound. Build quality seems great too. I thought the Iridium would make my Blofeld totally redundant, but that is not the case. There are some characteristics of the Blofeld sound that I have found difficult to replicate in the Iridium - which is just fine - I now have two complementary keyboards! I also use an NW-1 in my modular rack, mainly in sequences. Keep up the great work Waldorf!

[@ElpakoMUSIC]

Already have one! It is amaizing!

[@modularsoundbath]

Thank you! This video has good content :)

[@TroyBlackford]

This is a beautiful machine. Amazing engineering, lush and vivid sounds. Such a range of sound with this one unit. And these guys are charming in their enthusiasm and mild banter: they aren't trying to be hilarious, but they definitely made me laugh when they were being funny. I hate when presenters either act like its an SNL audition or just sound like a substitute teacher reading out of the book with no tone in their voice. This was a great, natural balance.

[@andrewgenner2613]

Completely agree. This is what happens naturally when people really care about what they are doing.

[@Drew_Vernon]

Probably my favourite synth I've ever used.

[@GeekGearSynths]

Aaaaaaaaaaand sold.

[@Cyberpunk9000]

Thans for buiding such an amazing machine!

[@IanAlderige]

Getting this synth next week , super excited!!! 😊

[@P-S-T]

Do you like it? On the fence to buy it. 😊

[@Schilliebillie]

This is the ultimate dream synthesizer!

[@dirkkeersmaekers4343]

Again?What is it tomorrow?

[@expeditiondechouette]

@@dirkkeersmaekers4343 we do not know yet 😉

[@2112jonr]

@@dirkkeersmaekers4343 Purple.

[@AdamsOlympia]

I can't wait to get an Iridium. The last synth I'll ever need! Just gotta sell my Machinedrum MK2+ to raise the money.

[@markramsey5482]

This is great stuff! I'm going to try the DX7 stuff tonight!

[@markramsey5482]

I did try the DX& import stuff, but it failed. I'm wondering what OS they are working from. I'm at 2.5.3.

[@donkeyfacekilla1]

man i want one of these!

[@thaexception3406]

Insightful

[@bassphat1046]

Hi guys! The Iridium looks very cool, but I cannot tell if it will be useful for the kind of music I make -- bass house, dubstep, heavier modern music and deep house. There is little to no content showcasing sounds for these kinds of genres. It looks great for cinematic, ambient, etherial stuff. However, there is a HUGE market segment making the kind of music I'm focused on. Can I request one or more videos on the following: Sound demos specifically for bass music genres, AND an in-depth look into LFO modulation. A "holy grail" for many producers is a hardware Serum. We care about being able to draw and loop LFOs (or at least control the shapes), and the ability to apply them to parameters to make those modern bass music sounds. As a comparison -- while at a different price point -- the Korg Modwave looks pretty sick for bass music, as does the Argon8. Both of them are running campaigns targeting this market segment, which Waldorf is not. I *think* the Iridium might be great for these styles, but there's no way to know for sure. Help?

[@2112jonr]

Take a look at Martin Sturtzer's videos - he's worked with Waldorf and uses the Iridium in his tracks. He also does some dubstep tracks, there may be an overlap between the two.

[@AnotherMachines]

🖤🖤🖤

[@Wulfcry]

31:35 Iridium has 3 sequencers, Arpeggiator , Step sequence and a modulation sequencer. I'm quite interested in the parameter sequencer how that fits in and how it works regarding if its pure modulation alone or as the arp and step sequence if it's with note events.

[@neotropeusa]

Love my QUANTUM :-)

[@mike7755]

Fun video to listen to, and now this synth is on my short list of legendary synth desires. :)

[@AhrenPatritti]

relationship goals 💕

[@notsure1135]

I want this.

[@gsjward]

I have decided after thinking long an hard (about 50 minutes) to buy one after watching this and a few other videos about the Iridium, I do have one suggestion/request as it is something I am not 100% sure about (but I am sure is possible) which is could you do a video on how to pacify our wives/husbands/angry partners please? I am hoping there is a sub menu within System settings or equivalent that will reduce/cancel the ear bashing imminently due or perhaps this can be something implemented in a later firmware update. Thanks!

[@GeekGearSynths]

Did you miss the voice wavetable? You can synthesize compliments to your wife all day long

[@mattlaws1]

Rotating the volume knob clockwise seems to cause some sort of external noise cancellation.

[@andrewgenner2613]

The Iridium has a range of filter models - maybe one of those would work! Especially if you turn the cut-off right down with zero resonance.

[@junkiebass]

They refuse to honor their warranty. We have gone thru 4 of this in a year. One failed after it was turned on, one wouldn't even turn on, another died after about 20 minutes of use, and the. Current replacement arrived without the screen in.

[@modularsoundbath]

Can you use the sequencer to sequence chords from the chord generator?

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Man this thing is awesome : I would dedicate this just for bass in my EBM trax !

[@jameshorton7651]

Thanks that maybe a waste of this synth look at moog subphaty its a bass beast

[@atomaalatonal]

waldorf has the tendency to always sound, and look, like something from the future. wish i´d had the moneys

[@borislau]

I really miss the possibility to change programs via MIDI for the two layers independently. Also, the limitation to address only 120 patches via program change is kind of weird, given that the Iridium can do so many different sounds. But it's a really great synth, I love it!

[@YOUrDEAlerwiThHell]

19:30 the idea of using the input for the granular and polyphonie is crazy ! love it

[@fernandochapa1433]

I'm a little confused does the Iridium desktop have aftertouch with MPE support or only the keyboard version has it?

[@2112jonr]

Yes, it has MPE and aftertouch. However, the pads are just on-off switches. To take advantage of MPE and aftertouch, you need an external midi controller or keyboard that supports one or both.

[@darkcognitive]

I'd die to be able to own a synth like this

[@YOUrDEAlerwiThHell]

Gibt es einen anderen Hardware syntehsizer der so einen Resonator mode hat? is there another synth with a resonator mode like this? Or maybe which plugin (/vst) can do this :)?

[@chriscopeman8820]

After searching for an iridium for sale (all over Canada), I thought I'd found one and placed my order this week. Alas your Canadian distributor didn't have one either. It was just an inventory mistake! I'm hoping you Waldorf folks take pity on us and send so more iridiums to Canada PLEASE. I really want one.

[@jawsh1971]

B&H Photo in New York has them in stock and they ship to Canada.

[@chriscopeman8820]

@@jawsh1971 Ooo. Tempting. I avoid cross boarder entanglements (free trade ha ha) with customs etcetera, but this is tempting. Thank you so much for the good info. I'm going to seriously think about this possibility.

[@chriscopeman8820]

@@jawsh1971 Well, I didn't think about that for too long. I just hit the "place order" buy button - no problem. Thanks again.

[@jawsh1971]

@@chriscopeman8820 You're very welcome and congratulations!

[@fahadahmadkeyboardist792]

how many sounds preset . if you pls

[@urielterry]

In Cubase you can do everything of it. FOR SURE!

[@user-fo5bw6kl4d]

So including subs that’s 48 osc, blimey I’m indecisive maybe I should just get a moog sub37. Both would be my dream pair!

[@axs203]

What a nice looking synth and sounds really interesting.. I think you should get Wolfgang Palm out of retirement and get some PPG vibes in there!

[@andrewgenner2613]

If only!

[@junkiebass]

Well got mine and after a few hours the left part of the screen started fading out, the screen became less responsive, the Particle button on Osc 1 was broken and the rest of the Osc buttons barely worked. Sucks dropping almost $3k on a synth and having to return it after a few hours, and they aren't sure when I will get my new one either.

[@2112jonr]

Almost all products suffer from a percentage of initial defects. However, Waldorf seem to be suffering from a higher percentage of these than any other synth manufacturer. They need to get on top of it swiftly instead of shipping more and more new synths, otherwise they'll suffer severe reputational damage. I hope they succeed as their synths are excellent.

[@junkiebass]

@@2112jonr oh it gets worse. 6 months later I received my replacement. After 3 or 4 months it died. I went to file a warranty claim, and they told me just send it back to rhe seller they fix it. I know that's not the case, so called the seller. They said Waldorf keeps doing that to them instead of honoring their warranty. I've read several other people online of having the same issue. It's sad we are a professional studio, and buy a lot of gear regularly. This is our first, and will be our last Waldorf purchase.

[@kisho2679]

With all those really great software capabilities it has, why can't this hardware simply offer more physical I/Os nowadays e.g. for Aux SND/RTRN (like further TRS channels to route the sound out, as the "Kodoma essenceFM")?

[@LocaliLLocano]

Do the Kyra next please

[@honer777]

…an explanation of how to set the sequencer up to play two patches would have been nicer than demos

[@Johnsormani]

When an engineer tries to sell you a synthesizer 😊

[@junkiebass]

Why are we now on our fourth replacement in a year? You have refused to honor your warranty or respond to us or our dealer. They have replaced it 3 times now since you will not respond, but now that this one arrived without the screen even in it they won't replace it, and said they cannot get Waldorf to even respond to them about anything. This thing is an almost $3k paperweight. We've been able to use this synth a total of 45 minutes between all 4 replacements.

[@binarysun_]

With that iridium I am pretty sure you don’t need that Xt in the back, right? Please sell it to me 😁

[@pixelissue]

Mid life crisis synth, activated.

[@GingerDrums]

Looks like somebody build sirum in an analogue box

[@jeffallen8689]

Unfortunately not having a direct sound from the synth makes, makes it sound worse than it should!

[@chriscopeman8820]

Okay, my new iridium is on it's way. I've been watching videos and reading the manual. With regards to updating the software (which is usually required right out of the box) the manual says: " Do not under any circumstances turn off Iridium while the update step is in progress. A complete loss of data may occur and it will be impossible for you to make your machine work again!" This is a little concerning. Our power went off twice today!! That isn't the normal here, but it can happen. Do I need to connect my iridium to my car batter when I'm doing an update?

[@Rightly_Divided]

While that may be concerning, I accidently slammed a knob against my desk. It was my whole body weight. The knobs are DURABLE. I actually was able to bend it back in place and now don't even notice and it functions all the same.

[@2112jonr]

That's exactly the same for any synth and any computer that requires an update. Why would you be so concerned about this only for a Waldorf device? Seriously, if your power is that unreliable, get a UPS and power conditioners for your gear, it will save it from brownouts too and extended the life of all of your gear.

[@dannpainting2588]

are you aware of thousands of Iridiums having hardware issues after few months?

[@petraliebkind9309]

Good and informative Video! THX!***** But this with the safety distance? Why the most people doesn't recognise how brainwashed and (mind)destroyed we're all are?..... When do we live our lives again normally?

[@2112jonr]

Why not make your own choices and stop butting in on the choices other people make? You'd not like that if your government acted the same way towards you as you're acting towards others. And you're very typically being too dimwitted to recognise that different places in the world, even within the same country are coming out of the pandemic at different rates, due to stupid early decisions by people like Trump. Basically, mind your own business. x

[@Matthewsavant]

Hmmm buy this or spend $2500 on modules..the eternal struggle 🤔

[@dreamspeeddsp-musik932]

Wie gerne hätte ich diese Maschine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sITHm4Noo92qldk

[@Dangerousdaze]

FFS Waldorf! Why do you hate my bank balance? :/

[@tommyg5095]

Why do you not communicate with buyers of the Iridium that have problems. You do not acknowledge the owners of bad products that you sell ,, you take the money, but you don't sell quality products, and you do not even answer emails or phone calls,,, no support from you... Sad,, very sad indeed.. I was looking to buy this.. but after 3 weeks of research from other buyers that have had numerous problems, I am taking my money elsewhere...

[@festeplatte4225]

Zwei Deutsche unterhalten sich auf Englisch...FACEPALM

[@ogasi1798]

please - STOP using touchscreens

[@just_pierre9730]

This is the same video that was here on KZbin months ago. Why did you remove that one and put the same again with a new date??? Sorry to say this, but this looks like a slapstick movie, 2 b-movie actors try to act, this is really terrible. The Iridium deserve much better than this ridiculous acting.

[@dirthawk]

why insult the actual creator of the synth with this completely meaningless negative comment?

[@janne-seta]

It's not acting, it's the creators of the synth taking us through its features. At least I much prefer this over some sales BS. Although there are a few great sales guys demoing synths in KZbin as well. Still diving into my Iridium...

[@2112jonr]

What are you wittering on about Pierre? You sound like you forgot to take your medication this morning, you make no sense. This is a useful tutorial. Or did you just want some shiny shoed sales guy to sell at you? Pay attention ! x