Waldorf Iridium MK2 Review

Iridium Desktop MK2 is new generation of highly acclaimed Iridium Desktop synthesizer introduced in 2020 by Waldorf Music, and since then used by countless artists and sound designers. After 6 years time has come to advance sonic success story even further. MK2 features new and fresh design, improved CPU board with more RAM and flash storage allowing for more sample storage and opening whole new world of synthesis capabilities. Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Overview 01:55 - Oscillators 02:50 - Filters 03:10 - Routing & FX 03:30 - Modulation 03:50 - Workflow 04:25 - Build & IO 05:00 - 4 Timbres (MK2) 05:30 - Round Robin (MK2) 06:25 - Seeds (MK2) 07:50 - Parts Seed 08:30 - Wave Seed 09:20 - FM Seed 10:00 - RM Seed 10:30 - Dirt Seed 10:50 - Lucky 12:00 - Note Locks (MK2) 12:10 - Drum Synth? 15:30 - Flavor (MK2) 16:10 - v4 Features 16:30 - Mutator 18:10 - Poly Arp 19:20 - Pros & Cons 21:45 - Outro Who 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 knobs + More flexible arpeggiator + Desktop version is smaller, 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 table) - No...