User Manual
Riverside - Multistage Drive
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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.
• BOOST
Boost Switch Mode - Use an external Favorite 
switch to toggle up to +6dB of post boost on/off 
(See page 8 for setup).
Favorite Output Mode – Connect to the EXP input 
of another Strymon pedal set to work in Favorite 
EXP mode to toggle the Favorite setting of that 
pedal with the on-board FAVORITE switch (See 
page 8 for setup).
• EXP
Can be used in one of two ways with a standard 
TRS expression pedal:
Expression Pedal Mode – Allows continuous 
control over any of the knobs (See page 11 for 
more info).
Volume Mode – Allows control of the output 
volume of the effect (See page 11 for more info).
• IN
Mono instrument input.
• OUT
Mono signal output.










