just a noise gate alone is a saving..now my mxr phaser I use before the Riverside is COMPLETELY silent..it used to bug me..id have to turn the pots and pickups off..now I just rack my guitar silence. But that expression mode is crazy setting it all up today
Thanks a lot for this video it is hugely informative. I have just bought the Riverside and thought it was good value and that was without all the excellent functionality you've just explained. What a pedal and what a brilliant reviewer you are
This is by far the best demo on how to use the different functions of a Strymon pedal. I own several Strymon pedals ( Mobius, Big Sky and the Timeline, Iridium Riverside and Multi-switch ) I don’t have a ton of time between work and family at the moment to sit with the pedal and figure everything out so these type of videos really help me get down the using the pedals for actual playing.
Insane features! Gotta add to my Strymon collection. ThE Zelzah phaser and Orbit Flanger, and Iridium are on my main board! Top notch sounds and top notch customer service from Strymon. 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾🤘🏾🔥🔥
The expression feature is really slick. Great video dude. Reminds me of my old Digitech GNX3, the expression pedal would evolve between two different amp models and their settings. That thing still worked last year when I checked it out again for fun. I gave it to my Son. That old huge thing actually sounds good even by today's standards. Of course this Strymon offering is a much stronger beast with just killer tone if compared. Anybody else ever play with the GNX3/4 series Guitar workstations by Digitech? I would not likely gig with it but it was fun with an 8 channel looper and recorder and loads of some of the first digital amp models and wild effects like triggered flangers and phasers.
Joe thank you so much for this ,very very helpful ,Hands on demos are the best ,I was having trouble setting mine riverside until I followed this thanks again
This was incredible helpful. Thank you so much for doing this. I’m late to the Riverside game. I just sold my Sunset and am getting the Riverside because of this video.
This a wonderful succinct concise breakdown of the Easter eggs on this bad boy… which is now on my board with th extra foot switch 4 the boost! Strymon does it again 👍🏾thanks 4 this video mane👍🏾💯🕺🏾🕺🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Brilliant video, thanks for uploading. I'm a bit behind the curve but thinking of buying a Riverside, I think your video has just made me take the plunge. I really like these additional features, especially the noise gate function and the expression pedal function. Subbed and no doubt I'll come back to this for a refresher course. Cheers.
I have it. At home its great. I have a new guitar player with me now. so playing with a guitar player other than me now, changed the dynamics. I wasnt happy last night, so today I just tweaked and found a good few spots. ill know more next week. I always really work at my sound before I keep my pedals. but....my Wampler Euphoria and Xotic EP is very, very hard to beat,
Hey Joe(no pun intended), nice demo. So what if i'm at the expression controller and some of the knob got shifted accidentally, will the settings for the exp pedal still be stored or i need to reconfigure it? Thanks!
Joe, thanks so much for this video. I've not been able to find a stomp distortion with built-in gate that can be toggled on and off with a large footswitch; you showed this set-up can be achieved on Riverside. Even Pete from Strymon doesn't show any of what you've shown here. Thanks so much. You're a Rush fan I take it?
that was awesome! THanks for making this video! I am considering buying one of these. I'm going to look on your channel to see if you have a similar video about the Strymon Sunset. :)
you did an amazing. “Deep Dive” …. I hooked the switch to do the boost. I think it gives you up to 6db buy any curve is there an internal know that would allow me to adjust the BD.
with my 2 channel and boost on dirty channel...it's 3 amp sounds/channels... this gives me 4 sounds per channel so 12 types of drive...if use the expression pedal with the favorite .then with the boost pedal function I have 24 different sounds!! Then with the expression it is near limitless in between sounds Your review sold me and I have one, it is amazing
Thanks for putting that video together. Great work. I'm very interested in this beast. How easy is it to switch between volume mode and expression mode?
So you did.. my bad.. thank you. Is it the powering off and on moment? Or the movement of the level knob through the 3 different light colours? The reason for asking is in hope that it can be done from the foot but it would seem it can't either way. Was hoping to be able to switch from volume mode to expression mode on the fly :)
Nice in-depth demo! I've a question. If i hook up the El Capistan delay with Riverside, can i toggle the El Capistan on/off by using the fav switch on Riverside? Using the Riverside's favourite out method of course.
I have a question once you have turned noise gate on , does it cut it off if you power unit down , or rather what cuts noise gate off , so if I unplug unit do I have to cut noise gate back on thanks for any help
nice demo. one question, if the right FS if OFF, can i still turn the Favorite FS ON? there is no setting that you can have two separate drives and stack them together right? thanks!
If the two settings on the extremes have the same volume, is the overall volume is more or less the same across the whole range of EXP?? or will the volume dip or raise in the middle? I am asking because I've always been dreaming of a distortion that can be controlled with an EXP pedal to morph between settings. And for that, I used a HX stomp. The problem is, in the middle settings, the volume is always higher than at the heel and toe. Seemingly, the reason is because Gain is non linear volume boost and Volume is linear. Please let me know, whether this pedal have the same behaviour? Another query: what will happen if i set the max and min for the EXP. AND THEN I move the knobs when the pedal is in the middle?
Is there any way you can show the exact steps you went through to enable the Boost function to work from the Remote Switch? I'm trying to get my Strymon TRS switch to "latch", but no matter what I do, I can't get it to function properly. I've checked the cable and made sure the Strymon TRS box has everything connected inside properly, but I can't get the boost to work. When I step on the remote, it only stays on as long as I am holding it down. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Just a follow-up: I had to send Strymon my external latching switch, and it turned out it was wired backwards. They fixed it, sent it back and didn't charge me a penny. Great Customer Service.......and theri pedals Kick butt. I own 6 of them:)
Wow! That is nifty. That's one beef I have with even great drive boxes, it's so hard to control the level when you want to vary the gain especially in a live gig. Thanks for the info.
I actually like the tones your getting....but what I really want is an amp to achieve them with out any pedals.... most of my biggest heros plugged n played. . ... I cant stand stepping on pedals all night ...its just distracting.....but you did a thorough job. Thanks
Hello guys!!! I'd like to know how can I incorporate the RIVERSIDE to my pedalboard and use it like my other midi pedals to store a different overdrive on each footswitch button of my controler? There's no IN and OUT Connections ont the Riverside! The actual MIDI path on my pedalbord: MIDI controler (Midi Out) 👉 Nemesis Delay (Midi In / Midi Thru) 👉 Strymon Mobius (Midi In / Midi Out) 👉 Strymon Big Sky (Midi In / Midi Out) 👉 Revv Generator Amp (Midi In). Please help me!!!😉 Thanks. Julien from France.
This is a great video thank you. When you save favourites, is the position of the switches saved as well as the knobs…if that makes sense!? Thank you..
