Saturation is also the essence of what makes analog hardware sound musical and pleasing. Iris 2’s deep collection of patches will inspire you to create never-before-heard compositions and intricate, evolving soundscapes.What is audio saturation, and what are the best saturation plugins? This Icon Picks roundup features 20 saturation effects that will harmonically enhance your music.Īudio saturation is an effect that generates harmonics and applies soft-clipping compression. Sound Library - Get a great sound quickly with an epic library of new patches and audio samples-all included with your purchase of Iris 2.Effects - Iris 2 features some of the best of iZotope’s award-winning signal processing technology, including distortion, chorus, and stereo delay effects.Modulation - Bring movement and expression to your sound with dynamic tremolo effects, expressive vibratos, and radical filter sweeps, all easily synced to your host tempo.Spectral Filtering - Load up to four individual audio files to form your sound, and "paint" filters onto each sample using Iris 2's unique Spectral Filtering system.The unique Spectrogram interface lets you manipulate your audio by “painting” in filters, unlocking creative filtering possibilities that would be impossible with traditional synthesizer controls. Iris 2 generates sound by playing back up to four audio files at once, allowing you to mix instrument samples, found sounds, and synthesizer waves into nearly unlimited combinations. Iris 2 is iZotope’s inspiring sample-based synthesizer, combining the power of a sampler, the flexibility of a modular synth, and the fun of spectral filtering. Get even more possibilities with additional distortion and filter options Delay - Experiment with 6 different delay types: Tape, Tape/Tube, Analog, Lo-fi Digital, Broken Bit, and Digital.Multiband Dynamics - Squash the peaks, add grit and character, silence the noise, or draw out sustain with the Dynamics module, also featuring multiband and sidechain processing.