Strymon Iridium

Nothing reveals the true nature of the guitar and playing style like a world-class tube amplifier paired with a perfectly matched speaker cabinet in a room with a full, rich sound. The Strymon Iridium delivers that tone and feel, with simple controls to effortlessly dial in the perfect amplifier sound.

With Iridium, you can leave the amp at home. Simply mount it on your pedalboard and gain access to all these features:

• Three amplifier types

• • Round Amp: based on a Fender Deluxe Reverb
  • Chime Amp: based on a Vox AC30
  • Punch Amp: based on a Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959

• Nine cabinet types with different configurations

• • Deluxe Reverb 1×12″
  • Blues Junior 1×12″
  • Vibrolux 2×10″
  • AC30 2×12″ AlNiCo
  • 1×12″ AlNiCo
  • Mesa 4×12″
  • GNR 4×12″
  • 2×12″ Vintage 30
  • Marshall 8×12″ AlNiCo

Iridium also allows you to load your own impulse responses using the free Strymon Impulse Manager software.

"Room" Control

Iridium features a hybrid room ambiance design that combines 256 ms impulse responses from real rooms to create realistic early reflections. This setup places your amplifier and cabinet in a room with a natural sound, creating a space for your amp to open up and breathe.

• Control the amount of room ambiance
• Select between small, medium, or large room sizes

Analog/Digital

The Iridium input features a discrete, ultra-low noise, class A JFET preamp circuit that provides up to 20 dB of pure analog gain. This variable-gain JFET circuit works in harmony with DSP to create the tube-driven input stage of each amplifier in Iridium. With this hybrid approach, we get the best of both worlds—analog and digital.

The JFET stage acts as an analog input buffer, offering exceptional tactile sensitivity and dynamic interaction with your guitar, while improving noise performance. The powerful SHARC DSP enables complex, detailed response and modeling capabilities for each tube amplifier circuit.

• Simple, intuitive controls: Gain, Level, and 3-band EQ (Bass, Middle, Treble)
• Stereo input (requires TRS jack)
• Stereo output
• Works with line level or instrument impedance
• Expression pedal input
• MIDI control accessible via the EXP connector for remote parameter control and access to 300 presets (requires a Strymon MIDI EXP cable or MIDI to TRS interface)

If you want to learn more, check out this in-depth tutorial from Strymon, where they explain all the features of this pedal:

About Strymon

Talking about Strymon means high-quality effects pedals. They are known for their "High End" pedal lines that combine analog circuitry with digital signal processing, achieving truly impressive results. They describe themselves as a small company, yet their effects are used by world-renowned artists.