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Overview of the Cyber Commander CT Software
Our first goal was to make the original Cyber Twin’s controls simple and
easy to use with a simple left-mouse-point-and-click interface. The
left-mouse-point-and-click allows quick and easy Real-Time control of
all the original Cyber Twin’s settings and presets (Custom Shop,
Player’s Lounge and Your Amp) as well as the MIDI Map.
Our second goal was to provide you with easy to use graphical Player’s
Lounge and MIDI Map editors. These are accessed by left-mouse-clicking
on the Build Player’s Lounge or Build MIDI Map buttons. The key feature
of these editors is a click-drag’n’drop graphical editor that let’s you
see the entire Player’s Lounge or MIDI Map as an ordered list. You can
easily re-order the list, modify it, or add new presets to it by simply
clicking and drag-and-dropping any preset or group of presets.
Cyber Commander CT Screen Organization
The Cyber Commander CT screen layout is depicted below:
A brief overview of the four screen sections of the Cyber Commander CT
is as follows:
Section 1, displayed on top, the Menu Bar is mostly used to set
up the original Cyber Twin, Fender Foot Controller, and the MIDI
communications between Cyber Commander CT and the original Cyber Twin.
To use these Menu Bar buttons, just left-mouse-click the Menu Bar buttons.
The Menu Bar buttons are either one-shot commands or a procedure selection
(such as System Setup). The first button you will probably use is the System
Setup button. The second button will probably be Connect Amp/FC once you have
set up the MIDI devices, the original Cyber Twin and Cyber Commander CT.
Section 2, from just below the Menu Bar to the Cyber Twin Master Control
knobs, displays all of the original Cyber Twin’s internal settings. This entire
area allows you to access all of the original Cyber Twin’s tone controls, amp
settings, effects, reverb types, and effects foot button switch, with a simple
left-mouse-point-and-click.
This part of the screen will always display exactly what the original Cyber Twin
is set to, this is the What-You-See-Is-What-You-Hear (WYSIWYH) screen. Whenever
any of these settings are modified, the original Cyber Twin will be instantly set
to these as well. This also applies to retrieving any single preset file (from
your PC or the original Cyber Twin). When loaded into Cyber Commander CT, the
riginal Cyber Twin will be set to the same settings as on Cyber Commander.
Section 3, displays Cyber Commander CT’s Master Control knobs, Data Display
Window, and the original Cyber Twin jewel. Section 3 cuts the screen in half.
The Master Control knobs are always set to the Current Settings. When the mouse
pointer enters a Master Control knob area, it’s border will become highlighted
in Yellow indicating that you can rotate the knob by left-mouse-clicking, holding
down the click, and dragging the mouse to rotate the knob. When the mouse click
is released, you release control of the knob.
Section 4, the lower part of the screen below the
Master Control Panel and Display window has three functional areas:"
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Just below the Master Control knobs on the left of the screen, there are 4 subgroups.
- The first subgroup, the Single Presets and Player’s Lounge buttons, allows
the retrieval and storage of files and settings to/from Cyber Commander CT,
to/from the original Cyber Twin, and to/from your PC. Get and Save Factory
Presets simply saves the original Cyber Twin’s factory default Player’s
Lounge to your PC.
- The MIDI status lamps and warnings are displayed and provide feedback on
the MIDI status. Use the Menu Bar’s Cyber Twin Sys Utils or Cyber Commander
CT MIDI Comms to set the MIDI communication parameters. The Refresh/Test
MIDI button is used to refresh all MIDI parameter information. It will also
retrieve all of the original Cyber Twin’s System Utilities including the
MIDI Map and load them into Cyber Commander CT.
- The Amplifier Presets and Quick Acc buttons allow you to select the original
Cyber Twin’s Active Preset. The most important of these is the Amplifier
Presets window, it allows you to load any of the original Cyber Twin’s
Presets in one click. As soon as a preset is selected, the entire top half
of the screen is updated and the original Cyber Twin is set to the selected
preset – it becomes the Active Preset. The Amplifier Presets window also
contains the Build Player’s Lounge button which when clicked, opens the
Player’s Lounge editor. The Quick Acc buttons give you the same functionality
as the original Cyber Twin’s Quick Access. Memory Protection should be unchecked
to allow the saving of data onto the original Cyber Twin.
- The Fender Foot Controller state is displayed at the bottom. As the Foot
Controller’s buttons or pedals are used, the lamps and pedal action will
be displayed.
- From just below Cyber Commander CT’s Cyber Twin Data Display Window, the
lower middle half of the screen displays the MIDI Map settings and file controls.
This window is used for setting up the Fender Foot Controller’s MIDI Map
Program selections. The MIDI Map can be edited, saved, or retrieved from
either your computer or the Cyber Twin. The Build MIDI Map button opens
the MIDI Map editor and allows you to create, edit, save and restore the
MIDI Map to/from Cyber Commander CT, the original Cyber Twin, or your PC.
- The lower right of the screen, just below Cyber Commander CT’s Cyber Twin
Data Display Window, displays the Pedal Assignments (Expression pedal and
the Continuous Controller pedal).
Although the Pedal Assignments are displayed in the lower right of the screen,
the entire top half of the screen and Pedal Assignments are part of the Current
Settings. Whenever Current Settings are saved, the Pedal Assignments are saved
along with all of the settings in the top half of the screen. The Pedal
Assignments and the settings in the top half screen define all of the original
Cyber Twin’s Current Settings.
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