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Overview of the Cyber Commander SE Software
Our first goal was to make the Cyber Twin SE’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 Cyber Twin SE’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 SE Screen Organization
The Cyber Commander SE screen layout is depicted below:
A brief overview of the four screen sections of the Cyber Commander SE is as follows:
Section 1, displayed on top, the Menu Bar is
mostly used to set up the Cyber Twin SE, Fender Foot Controller, and the
MIDI communications between Cyber Commander SE and the Cyber Twin SE.
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 Cyber Twin SE and Cyber Commander SE.
Section 2, from just below the Menu Bar to the
Cyber Twin Master Control knobs, displays all of the Cyber Twin SE’s
internal settings. This entire area allows you to access all of the Cyber
Twin SE’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 Cyber Twin SE is
set to, this is the What-You-See-Is-What-You-Hear (WYSIWYH) screen. Whenever
any of these settings are modified, the Cyber Twin SE will be instantly set to
these as well. This also applies to retrieving any single preset file (from your
PC or the Cyber Twin SE). When loaded into Cyber Commander SE, the Cyber Twin SE
will be set to the same settings as on Cyber Commander.
Section 3, displays Cyber Commander SE’s Master Control knobs,
Data Display Window, and the Cyber Twin SE 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 SE,
to/from the Cyber Twin SE, and to/from your PC. Get and Save Factory Presets
simply saves the Cyber Twin SE’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
SE 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 Cyber Twin SE’s System Utilities including the MIDI Map
and load them into Cyber Commander SE.
- The Amplifier Presets and Quick Acc buttons allow you to select the Cyber
Twin SE’s Active Preset. The most important of these is the Amplifier
Presets window, it allows you to load any of the Cyber Twin SE’s Presets
in one click. As soon as a preset is selected, the entire top half of the
screen is updated and the Cyber Twin SE 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 Cyber Twin SE’s Quick Access. Memory Protection should be unchecked
to allow the saving of data onto the Cyber Twin SE.
- The Fender Foot Controller state is displayed at the bottom. As the Foot
Controllers’s buttons or pedals are used, the lamps and pedal action
will be displayed.
- From just below Cyber Commander SE’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 SE, the Cyber Twin SE, or your PC.
- The lower right of the screen, just below Cyber Commander SE’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 Cyber Twin SE’s Current
Settings.
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