Strymon Announce New Riverside Drive Pedal

Press Release…

What is Riverside?
Riverside has an analogue front-end, backed up by the DSP wizardry that has has earned Strymon its reputation over the last ten years. It is designed to compliment your amp at every level as it continuously ‘tunes’ the circuit by making tiny changes to parameters under the hood as you change the gain. This means a highly dynamic and musical result whatever level the gain is set to, as the pedal adjusts itself to deliver the optimum tone. Bass, Middle and Treble as well as a three-position presence switch enable you to tweak your sound to account for the tone of your amp.

What’s inside?
The first stage of Riverside’s custom multistage drive topology is an all-analog, ultra low noise, discrete, class-A JFET circuit. This gain stage is digitally controlled to maximize headroom while adding as much as 20dB of pure analog gain, with tight integration to the subsequent DSP gain stages. With our hybrid approach you get the best of both analog and digital worlds: The JFET stage provides exceptional touch sensitivity and dynamic interaction with your guitar, while the incredibly powerful SHARC DSP facilitates the great level of detailed complexity and responsiveness you’ll want to hear.

Riverside Key Features

Favourite Switch
Riverside allows you to save and recall your favorite settings. Simply dial up your favorite sound, and press and hold the Favorite switch to save these settings. Instantly recall these settings with the press of the Favorite switch, or press again to return back to the current knob settings. It’s like having two drive pedals in one.

Presence Switch
Riverside gives you a three-position presence switch to tailor the highest frequencies of your output signal. Minus (-) provides clarity with a controlled top end that works well with brighter amps. Enhanced (center) extends the top end to allow for more sizzle on high gain tones. Plus (+) delivers extended high end detail to the darkest amps, and is also useful when plugging directly into a power amp.

Optional Noise Reduction
Riverside has an optional, variable-threshold noise reduction feature to tame hum, buzz, and system noise 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, including staccato bursts and slowly decaying sustained notes.

Boost Pedal Input
Chances are, you won’t want to wait for your solo to turn on Riverside. The boost pedal input allows you to leave Riverside on all the time with just the amount of dirt, distortion, and drive you desire, and then boost your overall output signal by up to +6dB when you need to jump up in the mix. Connect an external footswitch to engage and disengage Riverside’s Boost.

Expression Pedal Input
Connect an expression pedal, and enjoy a whole new level of instantaneous, continuous control. Set as many knobs as you like for the heel position and toe position of your expression pedal, and all settings will simultaneously morph throughout the full range of the expression pedal. Riverside becomes part of your musical instrument, an extension of your musical voice, an active part of your performance.

Volume Mode
The Expression pedal jack can be set up in Volume Mode, which provides a logarithmic taper for smooth volume control. If you have an expression pedal, this provides an excellent alternative to a standalone Volume pedal.
Favorite Out Mode
Want to control the Favorite preset settings on multiple Strymon pedals with just one switch? Connect a TRS cable from Riverside’s BOOST jack to the EXP input of another Strymon pedal and simultaneously engage the Favorite settings on both pedals.

Riverside will be available to buy from November 2016

The suggested retail price is €349.99 // £299.99

Musicpsych Ltd distributes Strymon, Bigfoot Engineering, Hotone and Blue Microphones across major European and Scandinavian territories.

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