![]() ![]() One deal-breaking issue for those looking to upgrade from Iris 1 is that patches made with the original won’t load properly in Iris 2. We’ll award extra points for good use of the macro controls, though, which make every preset instantly playable and tweak-able as you browse. It’s a shame then that there’s not some sort of favourites system, as scrolling through the preset browser can be a little laborious. Many of the presets layer multiple samples and feature good use of modulation and effects, although some perhaps rely on the reverb a little too much. However, Iris 2’s trump card is the 11GB library of samples and patches taken from previous packs. There’s also been no improvement in the CPU-hungry Radius RT stretching algorithm, which is now starting to look a little long in the tooth and the fact you can only change the pitch and not the speed is an added restriction. ![]() Many hoping for new drawing tools will be sorely disappointed, as the main spectral editing remains exactly the same. You also have the breakout Mix view to tweak the parameters of each sample on one screen, but due to the nature of the new modulation system, this now lacks control for amp envelopes and LFOs, which is a shame.Įye of the Beholder Unfortunately, that’s the majority of the new features. Other new features include some tasty new filter algorithms called New York and Tokyo, new distortion modes taken from Trash 2, a global intensity dial that uses trademark iZotope compression and limiting to increase the loudness of the sound, and a small spectrum analyser view to give a more visual preview of the output.įor the most part, many of the main elements remain in place, with the ability to fill the central spectrogram view with either a single zoomed audio file, or all four channels from the audio pool. You now have five complex LFOs with 20 oscillator shapes, five envelopes with additional control over slope curves, eight macro knobs, and key tracking, velocity, aftertouch, and mod wheel external inputs.Įach of these can be easily assigned to any of over 100 parameters using a simple drag-and-drop system akin to that used on NI’s Massive.Īlthough you may find yourself having to jump between different LFO and envelope tabs to edit settings, it’s still one of the most intuitive and elegant modulation systems we’ve seen. A New Lick of Paint The layout and GUI of Iris 2 have been given a complete overhaul to allow for a much more flexible, synth-like modulation system.
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