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rustman · Post by **rustman** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:32 pm

Which reminds me- I dusted off CamelSpace the other night and remembered why it was fun. Maybe I'll bust out CamelPhat tonight.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:55 pm

rustman wrote:Since I'm late getting onboard, I'm not going to get my figurative buzz be killed by the (completely valid) critiques.

Absolutely. We who get the most buzz from Iris also get most annoyed with Izotope. Otherwise wouldn't care, y'know?

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:45 am

rustman wrote:Since I'm late getting onboard, I'm not going to get my figurative buzz be killed by the (completely valid) critiques.

I get to explore it and the content. For the sale price and the group discount, it was definitely worth the price. I still have Alchemy 1 and all of the expansions...

Indeed. Enjoy your 'buzz'! For the current sale price and all of the included 'content' (which many v.1 users paid extra for) it is worthwhile [IMHO] and a potentially "fun" exploratory expenditure.

skyshaver · Post by **skyshaver** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:44 pm

I did some work with a film composer this summer and he got me hooked on Iris 2. Was super stoked when it came up and sale and I finally got a copy of my own. Only bummer is the weight of the processing. Getting clicks in PT 12 with only one instance running in a bare session with a 512 buffer. I run a Quad Core 2010 Mac Pro with 16 gig of ram. Maybe it'll behave better in Logic or Live.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:11 pm

One thing that I did notice is that the samples are in .WAV format. Not so for Iris 1. That means I can use them lots of other places easily.
I spent a little time with it last night and didn't hit a single patch that used AT. Seems most use MW for filter cutoff as well. No biggie, but they could have shown it off a little better. Regardless, it was a step up and there's plenty of potential there. Likewise, it's output can be turned into something completely different (like any VSTi) by following it with some of the trillion VST effects that wait in my machine.

jackmazzotti · Post by **jackmazzotti** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:55 pm

Kalamata Kid wrote:What I would like to see in Iris 3 is more randomizers in the
tradition of Absynth.

agreed!

Ridan · Post by **Ridan** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:11 pm

skyshaver wrote:Only bummer is the weight of the processing.

That's really the only reason why I haven't taken the plunge yet, even with all of the great deals. love Iris 2, but my computer doesn't share the same position. My fault.. I know..

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:51 pm

jackmazzotti wrote:
Kalamata Kid wrote:What I would like to see in Iris 3 is more randomizers in the
tradition of Absynth.
agreed!

What it really needs is a return to compatibility with Iris 1 presets. In fact they should dump Iris 2 and go back to developing where Iris 1 left off.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:06 am

aMUSEd wrote:
jackmazzotti wrote:
Kalamata Kid wrote:What I would like to see in Iris 3 is more randomizers in the
tradition of Absynth.
agreed!
What it really needs is a return to compatibility with Iris 1 presets. In fact they should dump Iris 2 and go back to developing where Iris 1 left off.

LOL - oh come on, that train departed one year ago and never returned to the station.

jackmazzotti · Post by **jackmazzotti** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:58 am

the biggest thing would be time stretching like simpler 2 now has
that and midi mappable loop markers and scrolling sample start points
again like simpler has

musiclover55547 · Post by **musiclover55547** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 2:15 am

I'm still laughing, or remiss depending on the time of day, at the fact I bought the damn program for $249. My primary host, Apple/Logic purchased a better solution (Alchemy,) and it was released via a free point release. Point release!

As everyone knows (unless they've been living under a rock,) Logic is the best deal on the planet for us Mac owners, with a $199 price tag. 14G of the 50g download is comprised of Alchemy samples for over 3000 presets.

Just open any edition of Future Music and you'll see just how many producers use Logic as their primary DAW. Just this month, a tribute to the 808/909, there are four features that include Logic as the host, all of which use many of its included plugins, such as the compressor, channel eq, tape delay, etc.

If you have a Mac, bypass this "deal" and buy the best deal.

Astralv · Post by **Astralv** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 2:50 am

60 pages thread is way too long, and I am sure I missing the answer: is it good synth? Should I get it?

Also... did somebody says- it loads samples in .wav? Does it mean I can load any samples in .wav format?

Thank you.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:02 am

Astralv wrote:60 pages thread is way too long, and I am sure I missing the answer: is it good synth? Should I get it?

Also... did somebody says- it loads samples in .wav? Does it mean I can load any samples in .wav format?

Thank you.

You can load .WAV samples in both 1 and 2. The factory and expansion libraries for Iris 1 are in a format that is protected. Since 2 comes with all the stuff right out of the box, they don't have to protect paid expansion sounds (I guess).

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:05 am

rustman wrote:
Astralv wrote:60 pages thread is way too long, and I am sure I missing the answer: is it good synth? Should I get it?

Also... did somebody says- it loads samples in .wav? Does it mean I can load any samples in .wav format?

Thank you.
You can load .WAV samples in both 1 and 2. The factory and expansion libraries for Iris 1 are in a format that is protected. Since 2 comes with all the stuff right out of the box, they don't have to protect paid expansion sounds (I guess).

It's actually not protected, if you right click on an Iris preset -> show content you can access the wav samples directly (shhh, don't tell anybody).

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:09 am

Sampleconstruct wrote:
rustman wrote:
Astralv wrote:60 pages thread is way too long, and I am sure I missing the answer: is it good synth? Should I get it?

Also... did somebody says- it loads samples in .wav? Does it mean I can load any samples in .wav format?

Thank you.
You can load .WAV samples in both 1 and 2. The factory and expansion libraries for Iris 1 are in a format that is protected. Since 2 comes with all the stuff right out of the box, they don't have to protect paid expansion sounds (I guess).
It's actually not protected, if you right click on an Iris preset -> show content you can access the wav samples directly (shhh, don't tell anybody).

That of course only counts for patches which have the samples embedded via the export function, I think the factory content links to separate sample folders though, in my patches I always use the embed-function.

iZotope Iris 2