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aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:22 pm

DJ Warmonger wrote:Why Iris 2 is so poorly optimized? With "Africa Sunrise" patch and 20% CPU usage in Task Manager I already get buffer crackles. I also store samples on SSD as the manual suggests...

It might be you have the HQ Radias timestretch enabled? That can cause glitches in realtime.

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:15 pm

I am raising this thread up from the dead.

Iris 2 is on sale for fifty bucks. Is it worth considering again?

I wrote it off due to all the bad feedback here. Has Izotope put any work into debugging and optimizing the synth. I own an Iris 1 license and always liked it.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:25 pm

Worth is subjective, its no worse or better than it was
No it hasnt had any updates

nordickvr · Post by **nordickvr** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:39 pm

VariKusBrainZ wrote:...
No it hasnt had any updates

And that's really a shame.
What an interesting/unique instrument.
So much potential.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:51 pm

It still does want it does, you buy a piece of hardware it doesn't get updated, unless it has digital firmware for example

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:48 pm

Thanks, that is all I needed to know.

I own quite a bit of hardware, too, and read forums, groups, and even email lists to check out whether firmware is essentially in beta before buying. Sometimes it never leaves that state...

nordickvr · Post by **nordickvr** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:05 am

Firmwares don't change surrending hardware/ecosystem at any given moments.
Them way of development/evolving are quite different too, so to speak.
But yes, Iris does what it does and in his own unique way.

ErikH · Post by **ErikH** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:49 am

On another thread about another synth I like, I read the word 'abandonware'.
I'm afraid Iris 2 is indeed abandonware.

But I still like it a lot as it is. I have no experience with live performance, but I guess it won't be of much use there. But to create sound textures at home, it is, my idea, pretty unique. Which is why I bought it.
And I am pretty happy with it.
As I prefer external effects, I never use the built-in ones. I only use it for its visual tweaking capabilities.

I come from the era of hardware. When you buy an instrument, be it an organ, a guitar of whatever, it won't be updated or upgraded. You have to use it as is, including its limitations. A Strat does not sound like a Les Paul.

So, my idea, if you like Iris' visual tweaking and you can live with its bugs - read Simon's list a few pages back - you may well consider it. it is not 'must-have' but a very inspiring sound-tweaker.

crawlingwind · Post by **crawlingwind** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:13 pm

With Iris 2, you get all that extra content that you had to pay extra for the first time around. Also, the samples can be used outside the app unlike v1. So you get a large sample set with an app that you are familiar with for $49.

Ben H · Post by **Ben H** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:13 am

crawlingwind wrote:Also, the samples can be used outside the app unlike v1.

So basically they're saying: we know our software is a flakey, buggy, piece of crap, so we're also going to allow you to use the samples OUTSIDE of Iris to try and placate you.

planetearth · Post by **planetearth** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:52 am

Aren't most iZotope products slow to update? I've had (the admittedly entry-level) Neutrino Elements, iZotope Delay, Vinyl, and a couple of other things, and other than Vinyl going to 64-bit, I've never seen an update on any other iZotope product I have. They're all still either version 1.0.0, or whatever version they were when I got them. No updates on the website after 2 years, either.

Steve

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:36 am

I very much like Iris 1 and 2, and even subscribe to Iris Patchpool. I have also talked with iZotope about Iris issues, understand their 'bean-counter' strategy, and disagree with it. But if you enjoy Iris, get it! It's 97% great.

jbw · Post by **jbw** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:43 am

Getting a ton of stuck notes in Bitwig, when using the caps lock keyboard entry.

Kind of a pain, because that's generally how I create patches.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:02 am

crawlingwind wrote:With Iris 2, you get all that extra content that you had to pay extra for the first time around. Also, the samples can be used outside the app unlike v1. So you get a large sample set with an app that you are familiar with for $49.

Not all the content, just the samples, the presets you don't get and they are not 100% compatible.

crawlingwind · Post by **crawlingwind** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:28 am

Yes, that is correct.

aMUSEd wrote:
crawlingwind wrote:With Iris 2, you get all that extra content that you had to pay extra for the first time around. Also, the samples can be used outside the app unlike v1. So you get a large sample set with an app that you are familiar with for $49.
Not all the content, just the samples, the presets you don't get and they are not 100% compatible.

iZotope Iris 2