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Strymon Iridium User Manual

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Table of Contents Connecting Iridium Controls and Connections Live Edit Functions Power Up Modes External Control MIDI Functionality Factory Reset Features Specifications Appendices Live Edit and Power Up Quick Reference IR Cab Details Audio Routing...

  • Page 3: Connecting Iridium

    MONITOR(S) NOTE: Because the purpose of Iridium is to deliver amp and cab tones, it is not desirable to enable Iridium in front of a guitar amp. If you use the same pedalboard both with an amp and in direct situations, simply bypass Iridium when using your board with an amp.
  • Page 4 ADDITIONAL TIPS FOR STAGE, STUDIO, AND HOME Iridium can be used on its own or as part of a pedalboard. • Place Iridium at the end of your signal chain to capture the sound of the entire pedalboard connected to the front of an amp.
  • Page 5 WARNING: Never connect the Speaker Output of a guitar amplifier to Iridium! If you wish to use Iridium’s IR cabs with a guitar amp, you can either use a line out from the amp or the amp’s effects send. Note that you will still need to connect a load to the speaker output with either of these options.

  • Page 6: Controls And Connections

    *All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Strymon. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Strymon’s sound design process.
  • Page 7 Mono cabs have the same IR DRIVE LEVE loaded into both sides. Iridium is pre-loaded with a curated set of 9 speaker cabinet IRs from top IR vendors Cabir.eu, Celestion , OwnHammer, and Valhallir.at. ® MIDDLE TREBLE...
  • Page 8 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Controls and Connections - Front Panel (cont.) DRIVE Adjusts the amount of gain applied to the incoming signal, controlling both the analog JFET input stage STEREO MONO and the preamp gain of the selected amp. As the DRIVE...
  • Page 9 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Controls and Connections - Front Panel (cont.) Each tone knob on a classic amplifier controls a potentiometer that interacts with the other components that make up the tone stack, creating a complex, interdependent frequency response. Our Matrix Modeling™...
  • Page 10 STEREO IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab MONO OUT L OUT R Controls and Connections - Front Panel (cont.) round chime punch DRIVE LEVEL MIDDLE TREBLE BASS ROOM amp & ir cab Recalls a stored Favorite setting. Activates amp, cab, and room Includes all knob and switch processing.
  • Page 11 OUT R OUT R Stereo high impedance round Multifunction communication jack chime input. Use a standard for external control of Iridium’s punch instrument cable for mono. features and functions. Use a DRIVE LEVEL Use a TRS stereo adapter/ standard TRS expression pedal to cable for stereo input.
  • Page 12 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Controls and Connections - Rear Panel (cont.) STEREO MONO POWER OUT L OUT R Can be used to load IR files Use the included power and firmware updates via supply or an adapter with computer.

  • Page 13: Live Edit Functions

    IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab STEREO Live Edit Functions - Room Size MONO OUT L OUT R Determines the size of the room reverb. round chime punch DRIVE LEVEL MIDDLE TREBLE Press and hold BASS ROOM ROOM the ON footswitch.
  • Page 14 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Live Edit Functions - Level Trim STEREO MONO OUT L OUT R Adjusts the output volume without altering the level that is saved to a Favorite setting. This is useful when monitoring with headphones.

  • Page 15: Power Up Modes

    STEREO IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab MONO OUT L OUT R Power Up Modes - Output Mode round chime punch DRIVE DRIVE LEVEL MIDDLE TREBLE Press and hold the BASS ROOM ON footswitch while connecting power to the pedal. Once both amp &...
  • Page 16 STEREO IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab MONO OUT L OUT R Power Up Modes - Input Level round chime punch DRIVE DRIVE LEVEL MIDDLE TREBLE Press and hold the BASS ROOM FAV footswitch while connecting power to the pedal. Once both amp &...
  • Page 17 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab STEREO MONO Power Up Modes - EXP Jack Options OUT L OUT R Press and hold the FAV footswitch while connecting power to the pedal. round Once both LEDs flash, release the chime punch footswitch.

  • Page 18: External Control

    Iridium’s on-board FAV switch for 2 seconds. NOTE: The on-board FAV switch will not toggle the Favorite preset when Iridium is set to External Favorite mode and a MiniSwitch is connected to the EXP jack. pg 18...
  • Page 19 Use a TRS Expression pedal to control the knobs of Iridium. Configure the EXP jack for Expression mode. (See page 17 for configuration instructions.) Connect an Expression pedal to the EXP jack of Iridium using a TRS cable. STEREO MONO OUT L...
  • Page 20 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab External Control - Expression Pedal Setup (cont.) Now, rock the expression pedal to the TOE position. Now only the ON LED will blink GREEN. Set the knob(s) you would like to control to the desired settings for the TOE position of the expression pedal.
  • Page 21 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab External Control - MultiSwitch Plus Configure Iridium and MultiSwitch Plus for remote access to three additional presets in addition to the onboard Favorite setting. Disconnect USB from Iridium, if connected. Disconnect power from Iridium and reconnect while holding down both footswitches.
  • Page 22 Press the A, B, or C footswitch on MultiSwitch Plus to save the desired preset location. Press the onboard FAV footswitch on Iridium to save to the desired location. NOTE: The onboard FAV footswitch preset on Iridium corresponds to MIDI program change 0. pg 22...
  • Page 23 Configuring Iridium to Use MIDI Using MIDI unlocks a set of tools that can be used to load any of Iridium’s 300 preset locations and automate knob changes using a suitable MIDI controller or interface connected to Iridium’s EXP jack.
  • Page 24 LED is BLUE. Press the ON or FAV footswitch to exit and store the EXP Jack setting. NOTE: If you are only sending data to Iridium – the most common configuration – the MIDI Output mode must be set to OFF. (See page 23 for details on configuring the MIDI Output Mode.)
  • Page 25 Step 2 – Set MIDI Channel This determines which MIDI channel Iridium will use to send and receive MIDI data. See the illustrated guide below for complete instructions. To select channel 4-16, you will need to connect Iridium to a MIDI device. STEREO...
  • Page 26 LEDs flash momentarily to indicate status. ON - GREEN Using Iridium’s knobs and switches generates MIDI messages that are sent out of Iridium. (Set to ON when using MultiSwitch Plus.) THROUGH - AMBER Incoming MIDI messages are sent out of Iridium without any additional MIDI messages generated by Iridium.

  • Page 27: Midi Functionality

    Iridium will respond amp & ir cab to incoming MIDI Expression messages (CC #100). ON LED indicates status. OFF - Iridium will not respond to MIDI Expression messages. ON - BLUE (default) Iridium will respond to MIDI Expression messages.
  • Page 28 MIDI Functionality - Saving Presets with MIDI chime punch DRIVE LEVEL When in MIDI mode, the currently loaded settings can be saved to any of Iridium’s 300 preset locations at any time. MIDDLE TREBLE BASS ROOM To enter SAVE mode, press and hold the FAV footswitch.
  • Page 29 MIDI BANK 1 = PRESETS 128-255 MIDI BANK 2 = PRESETS 256-299 Iridium always powers up in MIDI Patch Bank 0, so if you plan to stay within the first 127 presets, simply send a standard MIDI Program Change message to load a preset.
  • Page 30 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab MIDI Specifications (cont.) MIDI CC NUMBERS PARAMETERS RANGE NOTES Bank Select Volume Pedal 0-127 Level 0-127 Drive 0-127 Bass 0-127 0-127 Treble 0-127 Room Level 0-127 (1=small, 2= medium, Room Size 3= large) (1=small, 2= medium,...

  • Page 31: Factory Reset

    - Amp & IR Cab Factory Reset STEREO MONO Factory Reset restores Iridium to its factory default state by erasing OUT L OUT R all custom IR cabs, stored presets, Power Up modes, expression pedal assignments, and Live Edit parameters.

  • Page 32: Features

    • Simple, responsive amp-style to 300 preset locations controls for Drive, Level, Bass, (requires Strymon MIDI EXP Middle, and Treble cable or MIDI > TRS interface) • Stereo Input (requires TRS • Ability to globally bypass amps...

  • Page 33: Specifications

    IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Specifications Input Impedance 1M Ohm Output Impedance 100 Ohm A/D & D/A 24-bit 96kHz Max Input Level +8dBu Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz Signal to Noise 110dB typical DSP performance 1585 MegaFLOPS Bypass Switching...
  • Page 34 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab US Registered Trademarks Fender , Deluxe Reverb , Blues Junior , and Vibrolux are registered trademarks ® ® ® ® of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Vox is a registered trademark of Vox ® R&D Limited. Marshall is a registered trademark of Marshall Amplification Plc.
  • Page 35 IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Appendix 1 Live Edit Functions and Power Up Modes pg 35...
  • Page 36 Live Edit Functions Quick Reference Below is a list that details how to access parameters that are adjustable from Iridium’s interface but do not have dedicated knobs or switches. Press and Hold the ON footswitch until both LEDs start blinking to enter Live Edit mode.
  • Page 37 Power Up functions persist through power cycles. Return all function defaults with factory reset. Press and Hold the ON footswitch while connecting power to Iridium until both LEDs start blinking to enter Power Up mode. Release the footswitch and use knobs as described below.
  • Page 38 Power Up functions persist through power cycles. Return all function defaults with factory reset. Disconnect USB from Iridium, if connected. Press and Hold the FAV and ON footswitch while connecting power to Iridium until both LEDs start blinking to enter Live Edit mode.

  • Page 39: Ir Cab Details

    IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Appendix 2 IR Cab Details pg 39...
  • Page 40 *All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Strymon. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Strymon’s sound design process.
  • Page 41 *All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Strymon. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Strymon’s sound design process.
  • Page 42 *All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Strymon. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Strymon’s sound design process.

  • Page 43: Audio Routing

    IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Appendix 3 Audio Routing pg 43...
  • Page 44 RIGHT IN IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab STEREO INPUT Audio Routing - MONO Input LEFT 1/4” INPUT RING (R) LEFT IN LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT Mono signal (e.g. a guitar or pedal) connected to IN. Stereo Output appears at OUT L and OUT R.
  • Page 45 LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT RIGHT IN IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab LEFT IN Audio Routing - STEREO Input MONO BYPASSED RIGHT IN Stereo signal is connected to IN via a TRS cable. Stereo output appears at OUT L and OUT R.
  • Page 46 LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT RIGHT IN IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab LEFT IN Audio Routing - SUM Input (Stereo In - Mono Out) STEREO BYPASS RIGHT IN Stereo signal is connected to IN via TRS cable. The stereo signal is summed to mono, and mono output appears at OUT L.

  • Page 47: Sample Settings

    IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab Appendix 4 Sample Settings pg 47...
  • Page 48 STEREO STEREO MONO MONO IRIDIUM - Amp & IR Cab OUT L OUT R OUT L OUT R round round chime chime punch punch DRIVE LEVEL DRIVE LEVEL MIDDLE TREBLE MIDDLE TREBLE BASS ROOM BASS ROOM amp & ir cab amp &...

  • Page 49: Warranty

    In no event will Strymon be liable for more than the amount of the purchase price, not to exceed the current retail price of the product. Strymon disclaims any other warranties, expressed or implied.

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