Strymon Iridium: Different Signal Chain Placements + Mono/Stereo (which is best?)

►► Get your Strymon Iridium here (this Sweetwater affiliate link supports my work at no extra cost to you. Thank you! 😊) → https://sweetwater.sjv.io/zN5O2M ►► Free Mini-Course on Ambient Guitar Chord Structures: 🎁 → https://www.electricguitarcomposing.c... __________ Let’s experiment some more with the Strymon Iridium, shall we? This time, I’ll be switching places on my pedalboard to see if I can get better sounding results than my real amps. I’ll also test to see if plugin the Iridium in mono or stereo makes a difference when it’s not placed at the end of the chain. Here’s what I tested: Real Amps (no Iridium) End of the chain Before time-based effects (in mono) Before time-based effects (in stereo) Tell me in the comments below what you thought sounded better! 0:00 Intro 0:39 Test #1 - Real Amps (no Iridium) 1:21 Test #1 - Iridium (end of the chain) 2:02 Test #1 - Iridium (before time-based effects, in mono) 2:44 Test #1 - Iridium (before time-based effects, in stereo) 3:26 Test #2 - Real Amps (no Iridium) 4:07 Test #2 - Iridium (end of the chain) 4:48 Test #2 - Iridium (before time-based effects, in mono) 5:25 Test #2 - Iridium (before time-based effects, in stereo) 6:08 What do you think? ________________________________________ ► Full list of the pedals and gear I use to make music (these Sweetwater affiliate links support my work at no extra cost to you. Thank you! 😊) Singular Sound Aeros Looper Gold Edition (get 10% off by entering ANTOINE10 at checkout): https://www.singularsound.com/product... Strymon BigSky: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQqBPR Strymon Timeline: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JzvW0R Strymon El Capistan: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PxqY9 Strymon Ola: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/21LJ6O Strymon Iridium: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/zN5O2M Mission Engineering VM Pro: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eQD4N EHX Micro POG: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eK5jjZ EHX Mel9: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/m5J1NM TC Electronic Polytune: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PyvnnM Vox AC15 with Alnico Blue speaker: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/QyvEE9 eBow Plus: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PxMoo Mogami Gold Cables: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XYvKBg George L’s Patch Cables: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/OrvWjA Arturia Keylab 88: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/ZQvR51 Arturia Keylab 49: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AW1537 Focusrite Scarlett 18i8: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AW155J Shure SM57: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/VmvddJ Shure SM7B: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XYvE5y Sennheiser MKE 600: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/0ZMzBY Yamaha HS8 Studio Monitors: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/OrvELK Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 4x4: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R5NED2 Sennheiser HD280 Pro: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PxMBL Pedaltrain Classic Pro: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkvEYP Cubase Artist: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9vKkK Strymon BigSky Plugin: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/m5J1ky