Waldorf IRIDIUM: Review and full tutorial (applicable to Quantum too)

Pretty much every important feature of Iridium tested and reviewed. If you’d like to know what to do with all those features, check out my ever-expanding book below: ► Patreon: Check prices here (affiliate links help the channel): ► Sweetwater: ► Thomann: ► Amazon: Other Gear in the video (affiliate links help the channel): ► Blackbox from 1010Music: ► Adam A8X Monitors: (affiliate link) Other places I hang out: ► Instagram: ► Facebook: ► Twitter: ► Web: My music: ► Bandcamp: ► Spotify: ► Apple Music: TIMELINE: 0:00 Overview 7:50 User Interface 13:00 Osc controls 13:55 Wavetable 18:10 Waveform 21:15 Sampler 22:15 Multisamples 24:25 Granular 27:30 Live granular 28:40 Resonator 32:45 Kernels synth 38:00 Subharmonic kernels 39:05 Kernel macros 41:40 Stereo filters 45:15 Digi former 47:50 Effects 50:30 Modulation 53:10 Controllers 55:15 LFOs 56:10 Envelopes 57:15 Komplex mod 58:30 Layers & unison 1:00:20 Arpeggiator 1:01:40 Sequencer 1:04:13 Pad config 1:05:00 Pad trig sequencer 1:06:55 Misc 1:08:10 vs Quantum 1:09:00 Pros & cons I was asked how Iridium compares to Hydrasynth. Here are some pros and cons: Hydrasynth pros: - Less expensive - Velocity and pressure sensitive pads (desktop) poly aftertouch and ribbon (keyboard version) - More filter and reverb models - Different wave mutators vs digiformer - Macro mode for the knobs - More flexible arpeggiator - Desktop version is smaller and lighter, and comes with rack ears Hydrasynth cons: Monotimbral, 8 voices vs Bi-timbral and 16 voices on Iridium No resonator engine No custom wavetables Shorter wavetables (8 vs 128 waveforms in a table) No sampler/granular playback engine No engine like the kernel engines Mono filters as opposed to stereo filters in Iridium No proper sequencer vs two sequencers on Iridium Want to email me personally? ► Ziv (at) NOTE: Occasionally I’ll try out affiliate marketing and include affiliate links. This means that I may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via affiliate links. The content of this clip is entirely my opinion, and was not paid for or dictated in any way by the company creating the gear. Without addressing the particulars of products shown here as they might be under NDA, gear shown on this channel may be either sent by the manufacturer, on loan for review or bought at a discount.