I bought an iridium first year it was released and sold it…..last year. I bought the Keyboard version! I’ve iwned a ridiculous number of synthesizers starting in 1987. The Iridium is the most useful, beautiful, deep and easy to use synth I’ve ever owned. In my opinion nothing matches it. You surely know your way around synths and I love your videos
Excellent tutorial Martin- Love the iridium/Quantum Waldorf world of sound, and this is a great insight into how to program a very powerful layer for any electronic music. Keep up the good work :)
You made magic with the simple sample you had. It is amazing your ability. Thank you. How many hours are necessary to learn well the Waldorf Iridium synth keyboard, for people who has some knowledge of synth?
you guys who are able to do sound design, so adeptly and so patiently, using myriad hardware devices, absolutely blow my mind. especially someone such as yourself because you seem fairly young (30s maybe?) and it might've been tempting to keep it all "in the box". nice video
@@MartinStuertzer 10 years old? wowie. that's so cool. you indeed have quite some experience. i think you are also quite gifted. those two things are a great combination! take care and thanks for the reply
Nice technique, I haven't used the second layer on my Iridium yet. This Synth has a Lifetime of sound possibilities.... Also, watching your video I realized that one of the buttons one my Iridium has a wrong label, lol. I always wondered why I have two LFO buttons.
@@MartinStuertzer Yeah.... Someone in QA probably had a bad day. Not sure it's worth getting it replaced though, technically it works fine. More of a cosmetic thing. Maybe I'll send an email to Waldorf Support and see what they say haha.
To become better in dealing with my soft synth I tried to rebuild this. It came out a little bit different but I am satisfied with it. Your first two oscilators (the wavetable ones) i rebuild in Vital. (OK I did not have the wavetable you used in the Iridium but it came out quite similar.) Than I recorded it in ableton and gave the recording to two single tracks of the granulator to be able to pan them. One problem I got was the right setting of the delay. Because the delay is a bit different from yours there is another groove in there. Second problem was the timing of the granulator. So the beat of the granulator sometimes goes off. Could not fix that problem.
This is beautiful as ever Martin. I've been saving up to buy a new synth - quite possibly a Matriarch, but listening to this makes me think the Iridium could be another contender.....As a matter of interest - do you think that you could do very similar with Omnisphere? I have had Omni for a few years - like many people (I suspect) I have mainly used the massive array of presets and also a few extra libraries from Luftrum and Tom Wolfe, and haven't really gone too far into using it for sound design. I realise that of course it doesn't have wvatables as such - but seeing this gives me inspiration to look at Omni more closely to see if I can get it to do something similar! Also very pleased to see Neptune seems to enjoy relaxing to it 😃G
Vielen Dank für die vielen Anregungen, besonders: - den S/H-LFO-Wert per voice, - das Recording von Layer 1. Dass man den Iridium ‚in sich selbst‘ aufnehmen kann, hatte ich echt nicht auf dem Schirm; habe immer nur aus externen Quellen recorded. 🤦♂️
Hi Paul! I have tried the Hydra a few times in the shops and it certainly is a good synth. However I already have a few wavetable synths and think that it would be redundant in my setup.
That's a very interesting patch you got here. I'm very interesed in the Waldorf Iridium and I was afraid there is too much menu diving, but it looks very easy when you doo it and it can creat very interesting sound. Correct me if i'm wrong, but the Iridium has 6 LFO, right? But is it in total, or per layer?
yes, there are 6 LFOs. Did I say 5? You can also loop the envelopes so you have a lot of modulations. Everything is per layer, so for each one you have a dedicated set of LFOs, envelopes and everything else. It is basically two Iridiums in one.
@@MartinStuertzer No no, you didn't say anything, but I though there was 6 in total, not per layer, it's amazing to have suche possibilities. Two Iridium in one box, wonderful thing
Most important parameters can be accessed on the panel but due to the complexity of the synth with it five different engines (analog, wavetable, FM, samples and physical modeling) there are a lot of pages. But I find everything organized in a very logical way and would not call it a menu diving hell like other synths that I tried, like Jupiter Xm or Wavestate.
I looked at Google and found out that only this iridium machine you have in the beginning costs around 2500 Euro.. So you have pretty much money in your studio.. Wow
Awesome sound. Not an owner of the fantastic Iridium, but I tried to recreate the sound with what's possible on the Blofeld! th-cam.com/video/dzGUNrijJXI/w-d-xo.html Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Not only are you a master at keyboards, but you also share your knowledge with us.
Thank you. Respect.
Thank you!
It is us who need to thank YOU, what a great talk about a great patch.
The best ambient dub techno channel on the net!! Love your music Martin !!!
hello Martin....as always looking forward to your new songs and productions.... very big thanks!!! 😃😃
Das is absolut wild mit dem resample/Granular, danke für das video, mein iridium kommt nächste woche😊
Aren’t you a magician, Martin. Such a beautiful sequence. You will include it in your next Sunday concert, won’t you? 🤩
Thank you! Yes, the sound was the start of a track for the next home concert.
Really looking forward. 🎹🐈🫖
Nice one, would love to see you do more with the Waldorf Iridium, these tutorials are great and just what i needed!
I don't fully understand but I am fascinated by the methods used to create such beautiful sounds. Thanks for sharing Martin!
Thank you! I am glad that you found it useful.
I wish I had more time to spend with my iridium . It's a wonderful synth
I bought an iridium first year it was released and sold it…..last year. I bought the Keyboard version!
I’ve iwned a ridiculous number of synthesizers starting in 1987.
The Iridium is the most useful, beautiful, deep and easy to use synth I’ve ever owned. In my opinion nothing matches it. You surely know your way around synths and I love your videos
Martin, tworzysz świetną muzykę, mogę przy niej pracować, myśleć i odpoczywać. Tak trzymaj 👍 Pogłaskaj kotka ode mnie 😉
Excellent tutorial Martin- Love the iridium/Quantum Waldorf world of sound, and this is a great insight into how to program a very powerful layer for any electronic music. Keep up the good work :)
Thank you for the terrific tutorial, great ideas, would welcome future tutorials please, very appreciated
Thanks for the tutorial. It's nice and inspirational to see what others do to create a certain sound.
Amazing! I just bought one of these and am very excited! Excellent tutorial with special assistance from Neptune! :)
Great video. Looks like you’re having a great time which is all that matters. We are also having a good time right along with you!
You are a master of your tool, thank you for sharing! ❤
Fantastic video!! Bravo and cheers!
Wow! Thank You, Martin😀
You made magic with the simple sample you had. It is amazing your ability. Thank you. How many hours are necessary to learn well the Waldorf Iridium synth keyboard, for people who has some knowledge of synth?
Thank you Martin 🙏
you guys who are able to do sound design, so adeptly and so patiently, using myriad hardware devices, absolutely blow my mind. especially someone such as yourself because you seem fairly young (30s maybe?) and it might've been tempting to keep it all "in the box". nice video
Thank you very much! I am indeed in my 30s but started when I was 10 which gives me some experience already.
@@MartinStuertzer 10 years old? wowie. that's so cool. you indeed have quite some experience. i think you are also quite gifted. those two things are a great combination! take care and thanks for the reply
Excellent sequence!
Thanks Martin, I don't have an iridium, but much appreciated this!....
Great tutorial, great sound design. Thanks! And isn't it fantastic how very usable and hands on the Iridium is despite being such a deep synth?
Beautiful!
You're awesome!
thank you!
Nice technique, I haven't used the second layer on my Iridium yet. This Synth has a Lifetime of sound possibilities.... Also, watching your video I realized that one of the buttons one my Iridium has a wrong label, lol. I always wondered why I have two LFO buttons.
THEY MIXED UP THE BUTTONS???! That is really crazy.
@@MartinStuertzer Yeah.... Someone in QA probably had a bad day. Not sure it's worth getting it replaced though, technically it works fine. More of a cosmetic thing. Maybe I'll send an email to Waldorf Support and see what they say haha.
To become better in dealing with my soft synth I tried to rebuild this. It came out a little bit different but I am satisfied with it. Your first two oscilators (the wavetable ones) i rebuild in Vital. (OK I did not have the wavetable you used in the Iridium but it came out quite similar.) Than I recorded it in ableton and gave the recording to two single tracks of the granulator to be able to pan them. One problem I got was the right setting of the delay. Because the delay is a bit different from yours there is another groove in there. Second problem was the timing of the granulator. So the beat of the granulator sometimes goes off. Could not fix that problem.
Fucking awesome, Martin! Quite inspiring!❤️
This is beautiful as ever Martin. I've been saving up to buy a new synth - quite possibly a Matriarch, but listening to this makes me think the Iridium could be another contender.....As a matter of interest - do you think that you could do very similar with Omnisphere? I have had Omni for a few years - like many people (I suspect) I have mainly used the massive array of presets and also a few extra libraries from Luftrum and Tom Wolfe, and haven't really gone too far into using it for sound design. I realise that of course it doesn't have wvatables as such - but seeing this gives me inspiration to look at Omni more closely to see if I can get it to do something similar!
Also very pleased to see Neptune seems to enjoy relaxing to it 😃G
well, Iridum is expensive but also huge synth gear, greetings from Poland Martin and keep going :)
Nice sound
Vielen Dank für die vielen Anregungen, besonders:
- den S/H-LFO-Wert per voice,
- das Recording von Layer 1.
Dass man den Iridium ‚in sich selbst‘ aufnehmen kann, hatte ich echt nicht auf dem Schirm; habe immer nur aus externen Quellen recorded. 🤦♂️
Hi Martin, excellent sounds as always. What's the name of the tool you used to calculate the grains?
Thank you! I used that calculator: tuneform.com/tools/time-tempo-bpm-to-milliseconds-ms
@@MartinStuertzer THX!
Fine explanations. I have no Iridium, but nevertheless it is very interesting. Thanks.
Sehr schönes Patch. Müsste das mal mit dem Rev2 ausprobieren oder mit dem M. Könnte so ähnlich auch ohne Granular funktionieren 🤔
I like what you do,
at any moment you never thought about adding the asm hydrasynth to your setup?
Hi Paul! I have tried the Hydra a few times in the shops and it certainly is a good synth. However I already have a few wavetable synths and think that it would be redundant in my setup.
That's a very interesting patch you got here. I'm very interesed in the Waldorf Iridium and I was afraid there is too much menu diving, but it looks very easy when you doo it and it can creat very interesting sound.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but the Iridium has 6 LFO, right? But is it in total, or per layer?
yes, there are 6 LFOs. Did I say 5? You can also loop the envelopes so you have a lot of modulations. Everything is per layer, so for each one you have a dedicated set of LFOs, envelopes and everything else. It is basically two Iridiums in one.
@@MartinStuertzer No no, you didn't say anything, but I though there was 6 in total, not per layer, it's amazing to have suche possibilities. Two Iridium in one box, wonderful thing
great sound!could you share this file patch?
Hallo Martin, vielen Dank für deine schönen Videos ❤🔥
Einen Frage bitte, hat der Iridium einen Equalizer per Presets?
Beste Grüße🫶✨Chris
Es gibt einen EQ, den du als einen der fünf Effekte laden kannst. Zusätzlich hast du ein Scope, das dir die Frequenzen am Ausgang graphisch darstellt.
I am tempted to get this thing but looks like you have to do some mad menu diving to access parameters. Not sure if I have the patience for that.
Most important parameters can be accessed on the panel but due to the complexity of the synth with it five different engines (analog, wavetable, FM, samples and physical modeling) there are a lot of pages. But I find everything organized in a very logical way and would not call it a menu diving hell like other synths that I tried, like Jupiter Xm or Wavestate.
@@MartinStuertzer Thanks for the detailed response. I'm also looking at the Wavestate. Good to know.
I looked at Google and found out that only this iridium machine you have in the beginning costs around 2500 Euro.. So you have pretty much money in your studio.. Wow
Please take into account that I started 15 years ago and did not buy everything at once.
sir please tell me or provide me the full track name please I really liked that first intro track please mention that track name 🙏🥺
That sound is part of a new track that I did not release yet. It will be part of my next home concert on feb. 5th here on youtube.
@@MartinStuertzer ok will be waited 🫶
Hi, Martin and Neptun! 😻💯💥🏳🌈🍔🎹🧨🌊🔥🎼💣✨🌠🪂🍁
meaw!
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Awesome sound. Not an owner of the fantastic Iridium, but I tried to recreate the sound with what's possible on the Blofeld! th-cam.com/video/dzGUNrijJXI/w-d-xo.html Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Sounds good! I am not a developer but I guess that a lot of the Blofeld engine went into the Iridium.