iZotope Iris
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- KVRer
- 3 posts since 21 Aug, 2013 from USA
I want this software SO bad. I love it. It is loads of fun, even if alchemy is deeper..this does WHAT IT DOES, very well. I would like to have both though
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- KVRer
- 3 posts since 21 Aug, 2013 from USA
I am interested in combining it with other software as well, such as melodyne to try and further apply pitch manipulation for new keyboard kits (trying to avoid buying Kyma as well.)
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
Yes, that's just it- you end up needing to use Melodyne, Paulstretch, etc. in order to preprocess your sounds. Izotope has great timestretching technology, so why they didn't fully implement this aspect of Iris is beyond me.Freezerbitten wrote:I am interested in combining it with other software as well, such as melodyne to try and further apply pitch manipulation for new keyboard kits (trying to avoid buying Kyma as well.)
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- KVRAF
- 14989 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
I was initially put off by Iris's limitations and price, but after playing with the download demo I found it so fun to use that as soon as it popped up for a good price in the marketplace, I grabbed it. So, I agree Iris has to either step up it's game in terms of features, or bump down it's price... or maybe come with more of the preset/sample add on collections. Maybe all of the above. Anyway, it's fun to use and the resynthesis engine sounds good to me. I think it could be a hit if iZotope was smart about it.
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- KVRAF
- 1895 posts since 13 Oct, 2002
Actually, this comment made me remember that I already have a license for their Apple Logic-based time stretching algo called Radius (and it cost as much as Iris!). Maybe what iZotope should do is segregate the features and allow people to buy what features they need. Iris is a very creative tool but pitch and time alteration would definitely be a welcome add-on.deastman wrote:Izotope has great timestretching technology, so why they didn't fully implement this aspect of Iris is beyond me.
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- KVRian
- 959 posts since 27 Jun, 2011
What features would they segregate from Iris? It only has about one. Besides, at $250 it's priced at the upper fringe of softsynth pricing. It would be an interesting business model you suggest but they don't have any more room for upwards price expansion IMO.Breeze wrote:Maybe what iZotope should do is segregate the features and allow people to buy what features they need. Iris is a very creative tool but pitch and time alteration would definitely be a welcome add-on.
They haven't touched this 'synth' (arguably it's more of a sampler with spectral masking) since release and they haven't, to my knowledge, even so much as hinted at any further development plans. It is what it is.
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- KVRAF
- 4218 posts since 15 Sep, 2010
I'm a fan of spectral resynthesis and all the spectral wacky effects, but for some strange reasons I've tried Iris demo few times and each times, I was weirdly put off after few minutes only. Don't know why, I would like to love that synth but there is no way, it is simply just not for me
I'll wait until Alchemy 2, I know Camel has some nice plans for its spectral resynthesis part
I'll wait until Alchemy 2, I know Camel has some nice plans for its spectral resynthesis part
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- KVRAF
- 1895 posts since 13 Oct, 2002
Sorry, I seem to have mixed up Iris and RX3... RX Advanced is so ridiculously more expensive than the base RX, they should have optional buy-ins... that lead me to think of Iris the same way. Like you say, it could be an interesting business model: it worked for Apple...wasi wrote:What features would they segregate from Iris? It only has about one. Besides, at $250 it's priced at the upper fringe of softsynth pricing. It would be an interesting business model you suggest but they don't have any more room for upwards price expansion IMO.Breeze wrote:Maybe what iZotope should do is segregate the features and allow people to buy what features they need. Iris is a very creative tool but pitch and time alteration would definitely be a welcome add-on.
As for "room for upwards price expansion", I find that in the last couple of years, iZotope has been at the vanguard of exploring the limits of that envelope, along with Flux, Sony, and a few others...
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- KVRian
- 1379 posts since 27 Nov, 2008 from uk
I have watched this (Luftrum video)and it sounds great. I am going to email izotope with some ideas.
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- KVRian
- 1379 posts since 27 Nov, 2008 from uk
I have Alchemy and Iris. If I had to pick one, it would be Alchemy. But I really like Iris and if they update it with more features it will be great.Freezerbitten wrote:I want this software SO bad. I love it. It is loads of fun, even if alchemy is deeper..this does WHAT IT DOES, very well. I would like to have both though
Massive, Serum. Diva, Repro-1, HIVE, Spire presets, Reason ReFills more! https://NewLoops.com
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- KVRian
- 782 posts since 24 May, 2005 from PA, USA
iZotope Iris is on sale on AudioDeluxe for $139.00, don't know until when. The final price is shown after you add it to the cart.
http://audiodeluxe.com/products/izotope-iris
http://audiodeluxe.com/products/izotope-iris
- KVRian
- 910 posts since 21 Aug, 2011
No brainer.alexfalcao wrote:iZotope Iris is on sale on AudioDeluxe for $139.00, don't know until when. The final price is shown after you add it to the cart.
http://audiodeluxe.com/products/izotope-iris
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- KVRist
- 74 posts since 3 Dec, 2013 from Huntsville, AL USA
So I just bought it. And so far, I'm having a lot of fun with it. When I went through the factory patches, I was a bit put off -- a lot of them sounded awfully "cinema-y", and not in a good way. Then I realized what the problem was: they're drowning in reverb. So I've been going through and turning the reverb down on a lot of them, and now I'm starting to hear with this thing can do. I've only done a few patches of my own so far; haven't had enough time with it yet.
I discovered one thing that I haven't seen mentioned here: you can do spectral selection on the sub layer.
My initial impressions so far is that it's a good tool that produces interesting results very quickly, and I need to bring some things down to the basement and hit them to make new samples.
I discovered one thing that I haven't seen mentioned here: you can do spectral selection on the sub layer.
My initial impressions so far is that it's a good tool that produces interesting results very quickly, and I need to bring some things down to the basement and hit them to make new samples.