Bypass options
To access the Bypass Menu, hold down Bypass while
applying power to Ribbons. The page LEDs will indicate
your current bypass setting. You can toggle between
three options using the push button. After saving or
exiting Ribbons will boot up normally.
• To save a new setting press Touch
• To exit the menu press Bypass
1 —TRUE BYPASS (default)
Uses a mechanical relay to completely bypass Ribbons’
electronics when the pedal is disengaged.
2 —BUFFERED BYPASS
A silent switching option where your audio still runs
through Ribbons’ electronics when disengaged.
3 —BUFFERED BYPASS WITH TRAILS
Another silent switching option, where your input signal
will no longer be aected but the device still acts as a
sound source, so you’ll continue to hear certain eects
being generated (reverb tails, noise, looper, etc).
Mixing and bypass settings are persistent between
power cycles, so you only need to visit these menus
if you want to change them.
Factory reset
To restore all of the factory presets and default mixing
and bypass settings, you can perform a quick factory
reset on your unit. This option was introduced in
rmware v1.2, so users with earlier Ribbons from the fall
of ‘22 may need to update their rmware as a rst step.
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