We Just Got A Waldorf Iridium Core!
Well folks, after getting our hands on the Iridium keyboard and MK2 desktop at Superbooth this spring, we were bitten by the Iridium bug, and we knew we just had to get our hands on one!
So when it came time for us to mosey over to Sweden to visit family, we figured a trip into the EU was as good a time and place as any to get one!
The full size Iridium was too large for us to take on a plane in a carryon bag, and the keyboard was a nonstarter cause it’s just too dang big. So the Iridium Core seemed like the best compromise for size, space, and features. The 12 voices versus 16 wasn’t ideal, but we figured we could still make killer sounds on it.
And after a few months of hunting, and waiting for a good deal, we scored one off Reverb from Musicom in Spain, they got it delivered to us up in Sweden a couple weeks later, and we are now halfway through our first Trance soundbank for it!
You can expect tons of classics, deep cuts, and more obscure but super epic patches on that bank, and there will be many more soundbanks to come for that mighty machine!
Which will be even more awesome than we originally planned, as Waldorf just released a beta OS update for the Core that expands it to 16 voices, so now we don’t have to make as many compromises in the sounds we design!
Keep an eye on our store page in the coming months, as we will have many soundbanks for this killer Waldorf unit (and by extension the Quantum series) coming!
** We are not affiliated with nor are we receiving any compensation from Musicom or Waldorf Music for mentioning or linking their products/sites in this article. We’re just really enthusiastic about the synth and were very satisfied with the service from the shop, and wanted to give them a shoutout for exemplary service.
101 uplifting Trance presets, compatible with the Waldorf Iridium and Quantum hardware synthesizer series. This soundbank is 100% Trance-oriented and comes packed with euphoric leads, majestic pads, thundering basses, epic plucks, and screaming 303 acid patches, with no filler sounds. The patches in Arete come straight out of songs written using the legendary Waldorf Q, XT, microQ, Blofeld, and Pulse synths. Designed to fully exploit the Iridium’s advanced virtual analog engine, complex wavetables, deep mod matrix, and dual multi-mode filters, this soundset pushes the Iridium and Quantum to their fullest potential!
Patches in Arete are based on sounds from songs by the likes of Rank 1, Pulser, Driftmoon, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Tayle, 7 Skies, DuMonde, Arctic Moon, Wavetraxx, Aly & Fila, Tom Porcell, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Roger Shah, Ferry Corsten, Ralph Novell, Basis 1, Gaia, Alphazone, Aimoon, The Mystery, Dawnchaser, Denga & Manus, The Thrillseekers, Airbase, BT, Manian, Ace Da Brain, Akira Kayosa, Ron van den Beuken, Scooter, DJ Scot Project, Vengeance, Marcel Woods, Ruff Stuff, K-System, Mike Shiver, Phalanx, and many many more!
No additional FX were applied to these sounds post-recording
Many sounds use the Modwheel for added control
Sounds in this preset pack are suitable for the Uplifting Trance, Hard Trance, Tech Trance, Progressive Trance, and Classic Trance genres, and are organized by category into Leads, Plucks, Pads, Acid sounds, and Basses, for quick reference
All patches are royalty-free and delivered instantly via email as a 24-hour download link
Requirements: Waldorf Iridium synthesizer
Also compatible with Waldorf Iridium Core and Waldorf Quantum Series