This worked well.įor a home studio, I can't stress enough how integral a mixer is. Or what I did was use the usb out on my mixer (didn't need an interface). You can feed the interface for recording. Then you can go Iridium into mixer, out to monitors. If you go through your computer, then you will probably noticed some lag. If you go through your interface and out to monitors, it should be very little latency. Dial up to add some space to solos, or pull back for a more intimate, focused feel.I had an Iridium. To further sell that amp-in-a-room vibe, the Strymon Iridium gives you four mesmerizing stereo room convolution reverbs in a simple one-knob interface.
Even so, if you've got a collection of custom or homemade cab IRs you're picky about, the Iridium lets you load them in over USB using the free Strymon Impulse Manager, with support for mono/stereo files up to 500ms in 24/96 quality. We found these a great starting point for each of the onboard amps, with very little need to modify. The Strymon Iridium comes stock with nine choice speaker cabinet impulse responses (IRs) from leading third-party manufacturers like OwnHammer and Celestion Digital. Opening up the throttle moves you well into hot-rodded Van Halen territory and beyond. Gain settings at 2:00 on the Iridium gets you that classic Plexiglas-paneled snarl and growl. It's modeled after a particularly coveted British hundred-watter of the '59 vintage.
At lower gains, the Chime channel is jangly and present, with great touch dynamics and a sweet harmonic breakup.
Chime Amp - The British Invasion owes more to the TB channel of this particular 30-watt combo than any other in history.Additional gain on the top end gives the Iridium a velvety crunch you'd never be able to coax out of the genuine article. At higher values, Tweed-era tones start to appear. Unique to the circuit is the Iridium's midrange control: at noon, you get all the chunk and quack of the original tone stack. Round Amp- The Normal channel of a classic American 1x12" is the basis for the Round amp's mid-scooped, high-headroom character and gentle tube breakup.
Strymon's Matrix Modeling technology brings you compelling virtualizations of three iconic tube amps. Meanwhile, a front headphone jack lets you monitor yourself directly from the stage - no in-ears required. A preset switch gives the Iridium the functionality of a 2-channel amp for clean/dirty applications, with an additional 300 accessible via MIDI switch. Whether you're playing the blues through chunky American 1x12 or raising the roof through a dimed British high-watt, the Strymon feels and handles much like your favorite stacks and combos. Its analog front end feeds a powerful 2-stage DSP processor which carefully approximates the tube bais, harmonic breakup, cone compression, and EQ interaction of some of your favorite front ends. Iridium's Class A JFET preamp handles your guitar and stomps just like a true tube amp. Love your pedals, but hate hauling an amp to practice or play out? The pedal-sized Strymon Iridium gives you the tube staging, tone stack, and touch response of three iconic amplifiers, each with three corresponding cabinet choices, all in a line-level stereo output which you can send straight to FOH.