Strymon Riverside Operation & User’s Manual

® pg 2 Technology Overview – Multistage Drive Topology Riverside achieves its sound by passing the signal through a cascade of individual gain stages. Dynamic complexity and additional harmonics are generated at each stage as the signal travels from one stage to the next. STAGE ONE: Class A Analog JFET Input Gain Stage Touch r ...

® pg 3 Technology Overview – Multistage Drive Topology (cont.) STAGE TWO, THREE AND FOUR: Tube-Inspired DSP Gain Stages Our analysis of tube gain circuits has resulted in a wide-band series of cascading gain stages that are detailed, rich and full of complex harmonics. At each stage, more harmonics are generated and the signal ...

® pg 4 PRESENCE SWITCH The minus (-) position provides clarity with a controlled top end that works well with many amps that have a brighter voice or extended top end character. The enhanced (center) position extends the top end to allow for more sizzle on high gain tones. This works well with amps that have a warmer voicing, or ...

® pg 5 Controls and Connections – Front Panel • GAIN Toggles between the low or high gain channel. • DRIVE Adjusts the amount of gain applied to the signal. Employs continuously variable circuit tuning to adjust many circuit parameters as you turn the knob. • BASS Active shelving/ parametric low frequency control. • FA ...

® pg 6 Controls and Connections – Front Panel (cont.) • PUSH Toggles between flat or enhanced midrange frequencies. • LEVEL Controls the output volume level when the effect is ON. • TREBLE Wide-ranging high frequency active shelf control. • MIDDLE Parametric mid boost/ cut control with optimized frequency center. • O ...

® pg 7 Controls and Connections – Rear Panel • POWER Use an adapter with the following rating: 9VDC center negative. 250mA minimum. • PRESENCE SWITCH Tailors the top end character of the output to match your amp. Try minus (-) or center in front of an amp. Try plus (+) when plugging straight into a power amp. • IN Mono i ...

® pg 8 Controls and Connections – Rear Panel (cont.) • BOOST Can be used in one of four ways: Boost Switch Mode – Use an external Favorite switch to toggle up to +6dB of post boost on/off (See page 14 for setup.) Favorite Output Mode – Connect to the EXP input of another Strymon pedal set to work in Favorite EXP mode to ...

® pg 9 Live Edit Functions – Noise Reduction Threshold Riverside has a variable-threshold noise reduction feature to tame hum and buzz when you’re not playing. A downward expander with advanced signal detection techniques creates a seamless transition to noise reduced silence with all types of input signal dynamics, includin ...

® pg 10 Live Edit Functions – Noise Reduction Threshold (cont.) Turn the DRIVE knob past the 12 o’clock noon position to engage the noise reduction. The FAVORITE LED will change from GREEN to AMBER to indicate the noise reduction has been engaged. Turning DRIVE past 12 o’clock increases the noise reduction threshold for lo ...