Strymon Iridium

Strymon Iridium

Nothing reveals the true nature of your guitar and your playing like a world-class tube amp driving a perfectly matched speaker cabinet in a great sounding room. Now there is a pedal that truly delivers that sound and feel, with simple controls for effortlessly dialing in the perfect amp tone when going direct. Discover inspiring tube amp responsiveness, unprecedented impulse response speaker cabinet realism, and controllable natural sounding room ambience.

Iridium gives you three iconic amplifiers, with a total of nine impulse response speaker cabinets that complement the tonality of the amp. Skip the hassle of lugging around or miking amps. Place Iridium on your pedalboard and send gorgeous stereo amplifier tones, stunningly realistic cabs, and lush room ambience direct to a recording interface or PA system. With Iridium, it’s a snap to dial in a direct tone that will truly inspire and sound great whether you are monitoring through in-ears, floor wedges, reference monitors, or studio headphones. Strymon's Matrix Modeling process captures all the subtleties and unique character of each amplifier.

WELCOME TO IRIDIUM
Iridium gives you inspiring tube amp responsiveness, unprecedented impulse response speaker cabinet realism, and controllable natural sounding room ambience. There are three different amp types, each with three different speaker cabinet options that complement the tonality of the amp. Iridium is designed to be used with guitar and pedal input levels as well as line level inputs, and features stereo inputs and outputs.

THREE ICONIC AMPLIFIERS
Our Matrix ModelingTM process captures all the subtleties and unique tonal qualities of each amplifier. We’ve taken three iconic tube amps with distinct characters and mathematically modeled every aspect of their circuitry with absolute precision to deliver the response, feel, and inspiring experience of playing through the original amps at their best. Taking the process a step further, we’ve hot-rodded each amp to provide an extended range of tonal options beyond what was available from the original designs.

NINE STEREO IR CABINETS
Iridium’s speaker cabinets offer a level of realism and ultra-lifelike responsiveness unprecedented in outboard effects. Iridium delivers full stereo 24bit 96kHz resolution for the entire 500 milliseconds of its speaker cabinet impulse responses, allowing you to use the very best impulse responses available.

ADJUSTABLE ROOM AMBIENCE
Iridium’s hybrid room reverb combines a 256 millisecond stereo impulse response with Strymon’s reverb tank algorithm for extended decay. This combination places your amp and cab in a natural sounding room (small, medium, or large), creating a space for your amp to open up and breathe.

AMP TYPES

• round: Based on a Fender® Deluxe Reverb®, this amp is clean, bright, and mid-scooped with plenty of headroom. Set MIDDLE at noon for the original tonal characteristics of the Deluxe. Turn down MIDDLE for a more scooped sound, or turn it up for tweed-era tones.
• chime: Based on the Brilliant channel of a Vox® AC30TB, this amp is jangly and bright. The MIDDLE control acts as a tone cut knob, providing high-end roll-off. Setting DRIVE beyond 3 o’clock activates a frequency-shaped front end boost.
• punch: Based on a Marshall® Plexi, this powerful amp is meatier, with higher gain than the other two, and has a powerful midrange response plus a buttery smooth overdrive. Set the DRIVE control above 2 o’clock to access custom hot-rodded Plexi high gain tones.

STRYMON IMPULSE MANAGER SOFTWARE
It’s easy to replace the pre-installed IRs with custom IRs from your own collection by using Strymon Impulse Manager software.