i read some stuff on the web but that there has had me in stitches, great comment

I tried this "TIM SHOEBRIDGE" in an epic voice thing and my cat was really scared! 🤣

The Quantum does of course allow a stereo filter using its "Digital Former" section. You can choose between a Waldorf Nave, Waldorf Largo or PPG - like sounding stereo digital filter. Each comes in various types (LP,HP,BP,Comb...)

Hi, Could you tell me which VESA mount size fits the Iridium well? Thanks

Would really like the original Valkarie pref version in blue and orange pre waldorf if anyone was lucky enough to ever get sent a demo version and wants to get shut though CALL ME !! LOL

I got it on Amazon. Just do a search for VESA and Amazon will return you literally hundreds of options ;)

Some great sounds out of them

I have the Spectralis one :)

Thanks very much. Yes the Iridium has a "MIDI learn CC" option for all FX parameters and also the glide options, not for the master compression though.

The Hydra is pretty different. It doesn’t do any sample playback, it’s wavetable-only. Also the Hydra has a great feature called mutators. Watch some Hydrasynth videos. I love the way the Hydra is structured. Besides ‘normal’ stuff like FM, you have unusual things like a harmonics generator. It’s a wonderful synth, but it’s very different from the Iridium, which has several different engines that are deep in themselves at the root level. Rather than using 1 type of synth engine and offering insane tone-mutation possibilities to give you varying tones. The Iridium also has a more clean, precise sound. The Hydrasynth i think they wanted to give it more of a vintage character. It still sounds digital. But it can be a bit fuzzier than the Iridium.

The LoopOp video on the Iridium goes into detail on that

Thanks a lot. If I were to choose three instruments to have in my studio for ambient soundtrack work, the Iridium would definitely be in that list. As a companion to it I'd add a workhorse digital keyboard or sound module packed with PCM samples, you always need access to decent stock sounds and such a unit would provide the Iridium with endless material for further mangling. For the third slot I'd add something very analogue, I have the luxury of a Moog One but otherwise a small collection of eurorack modules, or a choice selection of semi modular synths, basically a small rig to get experimental with, to create rhythmic patterns, weird drones and textures. To be honest I hink the Iridium - or Quantum - sits perfectly at the centre of those two worlds...

Is M bad for folks inexperienced with wavetables? I just want some ppg sounding presets the rest is gray

@@TwinCitiesOxygen No, not at all. The M comes with all of the original PPG patches. The M is actually more friendlier than most, the big red knobs allow you to scroll through the wavetable positions, then you have your typical VCF and VCA envelopes. The M couldn't be more user friendly and also has the original PPG patches, it's everything you're looking for.

I own a Q Phoenix as well. Do not sell ! Just add the Iridium. ;-) The Q is irreplaceable.

In price is it also a winner:-)

@@dirkkeersmaekers4343 And the 16 voices, and the stereo, and its form factor. My Iridium is ordered. ;-)

The four CV connections are actually CV ins, so they are intended for modulating the Iridium using external gear rather than the other way round. You could take the MIDI out, pass it into a eurorack MIDI-to-CV converter, and then control external filters and envelope generators that way, but there would be definite limitations in terms of polyphony vs paraphony

@@TimShoebridge Thank you Tim .The instrument stands quite on it's own .Even though the filters are digital we are spoilt with versatility and choice .

Not a daft question at all. One thing's for sure, we're not short of choice at the moment! :) I do not own a hydrasynth so can not comment on it apart from reiterating what you probably have already seen over and over which is loads of people raving about it and its poly aftertouch capability. I guess from a live performance point of view that capability is definitely something to consider if you went for the keyboard version. As for the Kyra, my conclusion about it was that at this point in time I don't see a substantial benefit over a virus Ti or Ti2. It has huge potential and I'm hopeful that new features will find their way into the firmware but for now I'm not so convinced about trading in a virus for it, but I stress that is very much a personal point of view. The Iridium is my number one synth currently. I absolutely love it. It is so flexible, easy to work with, and capable of such a huge spectrum of synthesis options and sounds. The only downside I would say for live use is that there are a few initial bugs with the firmware at this point in time. I occasionally get stuck notes controlling it over midi and very rarely I'll get white noise glitches playing sample-based patches. In a studio environment these become minor annoyances, they don't happen very often anyway, but at this point in time I would personally be wary about using an Iridium in a live environment. Hopefully these issues will be eradicated in the next firmware release.

@@TimShoebridge Thankyou. Confirmed my own view of Kyra. No arp latch on iridium is a PITA, and it does offer much more than I actually need - Love the Visa mount option though..... Could probably add it rather than replace something with that (as its stand space that the factor - I could add a mic boom mounted on top of my K&M spider coming over the top of peak/virus and mount iridium on that). Again with Hydrasynth, the module does lack some of the key points in control - and its a module Id have to have.

@@paulmapp8306 That latch bug is so basic. Clearly never tested :(

Hi Mark, Yes I have a Blofeld, I definitely hope to do a video on it one day. As for synths without presets, that's an extremely good question, but it's one that is so much down to personal preference. I'm also a photographer, I sometimes shoot with digital cameras all day, they're so convenient, they can automate almost every aspect of photography for you these days, people will argue that they let you get on with the job of composing the photo, of creating art. And while that's undoubtedly true, I still have an overriding urge just once in a while to take out a 30 year old view camera, no batteries, no automation, it takes ten minutes to set the damn thing up to take just a single photo! And that's exactly how I feel about fully manual analogue synths, they're highly impractical if you are making music to a deadline, but they're something I simply have to have on hand once in a while to bring me back down to the ground and to experience synthesis they way it was some 40 or so years ago, even down to needing to tune each oscillator before you start! They can be highly inspirational, but for the right project and when you're in the right mindset. Hope that helps.

Two very different beasts there, but you can't go wrong with a minilogue. Absolute workhorse. In time you'll want a proper analogue mono, however.

Thanks a lot. To be honest I did that video quite a long time ago so it's hard for me to remember how the sound was created. But it utilises a long and complex evolving sample that comes with the synth as part of the factory preset bank.

The Iridium has a very cool MIDI CC learn feature, lots of parameters can be automated, but not absolutely everything. To be honest I'm not sure if those mappings are global or per patch, I have a sneaking suspicion they are per patch, but that's still ok, you could create your own INIT patch if needed....

@@TimShoebridge any update on this? have you tried it out?

Hi, Sorry for the late reply. The mount I got was a very basic - and cheap - desk mount off of Amazon. I think it cost about £20. It didn't come with bolts so I had to buy those separately but they are a standard size for VESA. The mount I bought has sets of holes for different sized VESA mounts, so the metal plate is larger than it needs to be, given the sculpted back of the Iridium I'd recommend getting a mount for the exact size of the Iridium so that it ends up being a flush fit when you screw it in. There are literally dozens of mounts to choose from online. Hope that helps.

I asked the Waldorf lead engineer working on the Quantum and Iridium; twitter.com/thajeztah/status/1284787610267930626?s=21 And he replied on the 16 voice: "working on it, but less trivial than it sounds"

@@thaJeztah Rolf is pretty active on the Quantum thread on Gearslutz.. so you can keep up with development there.. or get access to beta firmwares from him

The Quantum and PX are real analog filters, which really does make a huge difference. It’s a shame the PX is so tough to add your own samples to, because the stereo analog filter setup sounds beautiful. The filter on the PX beats either of these synths, really. That’s an opinion, and grain of salt because i generally prefer Prophet filters over anything else for polyphonic material. OB filter is amazing too. I wish Sequential made a sample playback synth with filter switchable between Oberheim and Prophet. I have the Pro 2 and looove the filters.. but no sample playback, and paraphonic.

It doesn't have any brand or model written on it, it's just a very cheap VESA desktop mount that I found on Amazon. There are loads to choose from...

@@TimShoebridge thanks very much 🙏👍

You're very welcome. The stand is just a vesa mount desk stand I found on Amazon. Very cheap, to be honest I can't remember the exact one but there are many to choose from if you do a search 👍

Thanks Tim !