Waldorf Iridium Desktop Synthesiser
Waldorf Iridium follows on from Waldorf Music’s forward-looking flagship keyboard synthesizer, the Quantum, as their latest addition.
The Waldorf Iridium shares futuristic functionality and advanced tonality and applies those traits to a compact desktop form factor living up to the high-quality synthesizer developer’s demanding design standards.
Features
The Waldorf Iridium Synthesiser features a generous high-resolution multitouch display working — with haptic help — together with an adroitly arranged control panel positioning all functions for speedy operation.
Noticeably new to the demonstrably different Iridium Synthesizer is its integrated 4 x 4 pad matrix, used to call up sequences, chords, scales, and arpeggios.
A quick glance under the hood, however, reveals that the Iridium Synthesiser still shares the same selectable sound generation processes per oscillator (OSC 1, OSC 2, and OSC 3).
As such, it can convincingly and comprehensively reproduce the sound spectra of the following five synthesis types: Wavetable, Waveform, Particle, Resonator, and Kernels.
Up to 7000 patches can be saved in Iridium. Patches from Quantum can be loaded in Iridium and vice-versa.
Iridium features three digital filters per voice. Two in the Dual Filter section and another one in the Digital Former. Several types are available to choose from:
- 12 or 24dB and Lowpass/Highpass/Bandpass with optional saturation or dirtiness.
- Various filter models are available including those from Waldorf Nave, Largo and PPG 3V.
- The Dual Filter section can be controlled independently or together in several different link modes.
- The Digital Former offers all the filter types and models from the Dual Filter plus unusual models like Comb, Drive, Bitcrusher and more in addition.
Waldorf Iridium Touchscreen
Iridium’s large colour touch screen offers a host of tactile controls.
Upon moving a knob, Iridium gives you an optical feedback of your changes in real-time. Filter curves move, Particle grain sizes change, Envelopes warp and much more:
- Komplex Modulator curves can be drawn with your finger
- Envelopes show at which point the voices currently are
- Wavetables are displayed in comprehensive view modes
- VU meters show which voices are used and the individual voice levels
- Different Analysers show the audio signal at different points
Waldorf Iridium is available through Waldorf Music’s global network of distributors at an SRP (Suggested Reseller Price) of €1,960.00 EUR (excluding tax). That’s approximately R 38,000 excl. import duties in South Africa.
