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Strymon Releases the Iridium Amp & IR Modeler

The pedal features emulations of three iconic amps and stores nine different IR cabs.

Strymon Releases the Iridium Amp & IR Modeler
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By NewsOct 23, 2019
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Los Angeles, CA (October 23, 2019) -- Iridium gives you three iconic amplifiers created using our Matrix Modeling process, capturing all the subtleties and unique tonal qualities of each amplifier. Iridium’s speaker cabinets offer a level of realism and responsiveness unprecedented in outboard effects, delivering stereo 24bit 96kHz resolution for a full 500 milliseconds. Iridium comes pre-loaded with a carefully curated collection of premium cabinet IRs, and you can easily load your own.

You also get Iridium’s hybrid room reverb, which places your amp and cab in a natural sounding room. 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, PA speakers, or studio headphones.

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