Basics and Macros

Basics

The top bar has controls for loading and saving presets, showing your account info, and enabling the tooltip mode.

1. Drive. Adjust the input gain. Higher levels create more intense distortion effects.

1. Drive Boost. Double the range of Drive for more intense distortion. Very high Drive amounts tend to make distortion settings sound the same. When Drive Boost is on, Drive's range is doubled.

1. Output. Adjust the pre-limiter output gain. Use this to compensate for gain added by Drive, or to push the output signal into the limiter.

1. Output Limiter. Enable a soft-clipping "glue" limiter that prevents output levels above 0 dB.

1. Off. The limiter is disabled.

1. Purple. Gentle limiting and saturation. This style is useful for preventing overs while maintaining a smoother sound.

1. Orange. Punchy soft clipping. This style is great for more aggressive sounds.

1. Dry/Wet. Mix Rift’s processed wet signal with the dry input signal.

1. Meters. On either side of the interface are Input and Output meters.

1. Input. Shows the incoming audio's level before any processing occurs.

1. Output. Shows the level of the audio after all of Rift's processing.

Macros

The two Macro knobs provide powerful control over Rift’s presets. They can be used to manipulate multiple parameters at once and to create inspiring changes to the sound. Try loading some presets and experimenting with the Macro knobs. A huge amount of variation is possible!