Riverside support

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With Riverside’s on-board Favorite switch, you can save and recall a single Favorite preset setting to provide two different settings you can toggle at any time.

• First, dial in the settings you would like to store as your favorite preset with the knobs and switches of the pedal.
  • The Favorite preset will also save the setting of the NOISE REDUCTION on Riverside so you can have independent noise gates for both the Favorite and manual settings of the pedal.
• Once you have the pedal set the way you like, press and hold down the FAVORITE footswitch for about 3 seconds to store the setting.
• Your Favorite setting will be stored for all future power ups until you save a new Favorite following the steps above.

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Riverside’s PRESENCE switch tailors the highest frequencies of the pedal’s output signal for connecting to a wide variety of amplifiers with different tone characteristics.

• 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 if you want enhanced detail in the uppermost frequencies.
• When plugging directly into a power amp, or into the effects return of an amplifier, the plus (+) position further increases high end detail that may be required. The plus (+) position will also deliver extended high end detail to the darkest amps.

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Riverside has an optional, variable-threshold noise reduction feature to tame hum, buzz, and system noise when you’re not playing.  To use the noise reduction:

• Press and hold the ON footswitch for a few seconds until the LEDs blink.
• Release the ON footswitch and turn the DRIVE knob past the 12 o’clock position to engage the Noise Reduction.  The FAVORITE LED will change from GREEN to AMBER at the 12 o’clock position to indicate the Noise Reduction has been engaged.­
  • Turning DRIVE past 12 o’clock increases the Noise Reduction threshold for louder and noisier setups. The FAVORITE LED will change from AMBER to RED to indicate the increased Noise Reduction threshold level.
• Press the ON footswitch to store the new Noise Reduction setting to the Riverside.

NOTE: The Noise Reduction setting can be saved independently for the Favorite preset and manual settings on Riverside.  To do this, set the Noise Reduction level before saving your Favorite preset.  Once your Favorite preset has been saved, change the Noise Reduction setting to work with your manual setting.

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Riverside can be set to operate in either True Bypass (electro-mechanical relay) or Buffered Bypass modes.

Setting Riverside to buffered bypass mode preserves the high frequency response of your guitar signal through your pedal chain and long cable runs.  You can also use the external Boost switch and Volume pedal modes even if Riverside is bypassed when set to Buffered Bypass mode.

• At power up, press and hold the ON footswitch while plugging in the power to Riverside.  Both the FAVORITE and ON LEDs will blink.
• Release the footswitch and turn the LEVEL knob to the LEFT (GREEN LED) for True Bypass or turn the knob to the RIGHT (RED LED) for Buffered Bypass.
• Once the Bypass mode has been set, press the ON or FAVORITE footswitches to save this setting and begin using the Riverside.

The Bypass mode is saved for all future power-ups until it is changed again following the same steps.

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You can use a TRS expression pedal to control as many of Riverside’s knobs as you like, in any direction, throughout their range.

• First, connect your expression pedal to the EXP jack on Riverside with a TRS cable.
• At power up, press and hold the FAVORITE footswitch while plugging in the power to Riverside and both the FAVORITE and ON LEDs will blink.
• Release the footswitch and turn the LEVEL knob to the LEFT of the knob range so that the ON LED lights up GREEN.
• Press the FAVORITE or ON footswitches to store this setting and use Riverside.

To assign which knobs to control with the expression pedal:

• Once Riverside is powered up, press and hold down both FAVORITE and ON footswitches for a few seconds until both LEDs begin blinking green.
• Rock the expression pedal back to the HEEL down position and only the FAVORITE LED will be blinking.
  • Set the knobs the way you would like them to be in the HEEL down position of the expression pedal. The FAVORITE LED will turn red to indicate that the setting has been adjusted.
• Rock the expression pedal forward to the TOE down position and only the ON LED will be blinking.
  • Set the knobs you would like to control to the setting for the TOE down position of the expression pedal. The ON LED will turn red to indicate that the setting has been adjusted.
• Press the FAVORITE or ON footswitch once to save the expression settings.

NOTE: Expression pedal settings are global and will affect both the Favorite preset and manual settings on the Riverside.

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Yes! Riverside has no low frequency roll-off and works well with other instruments including bass guitar.  Use the DRIVE and BASS controls to tailor the low end of your sound to use with bass guitar and other instruments.