Waldorf unveils Iridium Desktop MK2 with Aphex Twin feature

An Aphex Twin collab feature letting you lock unique parameters to every single note just became this synth's wildest flex.

Waldorf Iridium Desktop MK2 drops

• Waldorf upgraded the original 2020 Iridium Desktop design.
• Beefed-up CPU, expanded RAM, and more flash storage inside.
• Multi-timbral layers jumped from two to four.
• Round-robin and random-robin modes are freshly added.

Per-Note-Parameter-Locks are insane

• Aphex Twin collaborated directly on this feature with Waldorf.
• Each of 128 notes gets up to 16 parameter variations.
• Users just hold a note and twist knobs to assign.
• Even oscillator synthesis modes can differ per note.

Seeds bring a sixth synthesis method

• Seeds dynamically synthesize wavetable waypoints from sub-oscillators.
• Ring mod, FM, wavetable, and partials drive recombination.
• Predefined timbral journeys ship, but custom ones are buildable.
• Extra RAM made this entire engine possible.

Flavour knob and OS 4.0 incoming

• Protein's Flavour knob injects micro-variations into every patch.
• Timing, timbre, and pitch all get subtle randomized movement.
• OS 4.0 brings new features to older Quantum and Iridium units.
• A polyphonic arpeggiator and microtonal support arrive with it.