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  • Page 3 A PRODUCT OF FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORP. CORONA, CA USA Copyright © 2000 by FMIC...
  • Page 4 Fender, Cyber-Twin, Virtual Tone Interpolation, “Better Tone Through Cybernetics”, “Innovate… Don’t Emulate”, the Fender logo, the Cyber-Twin logo, the VTI logo, the Fender “F” DSP logo, ‘59 Bassman, Bassman, Pro Amp, Prosonic, Dyna-Touch, Hot Rod, Twin Amp, Twin Reverb, Super Reverb, Deluxe Reverb,...
  • Page 5 KEEP 6 INCHES (15.3 cm) OF UNOBSTRUCTED AIR SPACE BEHIND THE UNIT TO ALLOW FOR PROPER COOLING BY VENTILATION. FENDER AMPLIFIERS AND LOUDSPEAKERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HIGH SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS WHICH MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE. USE CARE WHEN SETTING AND ADJUSTING VOLUME LEVELS DURING USE.
  • Page 6 The result is nothing short of stunning. Unlike the “snapshot” amps, each master program or “Source Amp” on the Cyber-Twin is a different amplifier, each one with its own complete palette of tones and feel waiting for you to explore.
  • Page 7  4 8 , & . 6 7 $ 5 7 48,&. 67$57     Plug in the supplied power cord after reading, “Important Safety     Instructions” on page 1. Turn MASTER down and plug in your guitar. Switch the POWER ON.
  • Page 8 Cyber-Twin Description and Features ........

  • Page 9: Fx Edit Mode

     & R Q W H Q W V  * 3 3 3 3 U U U U H V H W ( G L W (AMP Edit Mode) H V H W ( G L W H V H W ( G L W H V H W ( G L W $ 0 3 0 R G H Menu Navigation—AMP Edit .
  • Page 10 How Cyber-Twin Becomes an Amplifier ........
  • Page 11 Cyber-Twin Specifications ........
  • Page 12 Pro Amp™ and “Her Majesty’s Bassman,” to name just a few. The Cyber-Twin allows you to be the amp designer. You’ll truly appreciate the ability to pull the drive circuitry off of a Hot Rod™ for instance, and put it with the tone stack from a British amp—...
  • Page 13  , Q W U R G X F W L R Q F e a t u r e s o f t h e C y b e r - T w i n 40 Character Display gives menu driven options, prompts for input and basic amp design information 1 Dynamic DATA WHEEL controls the major parameter in most operations to keep your input simple and focused on the messages apprearing in the Display screens.
  • Page 14 Plug in your guitar to the INPUT jack on the front panel of the Cyber-Twin. Switch ON the POWER to the Cyber-Twin and the red jewel on the front panel will illuminate. Set the TRIM and MASTER knobs to desired levels.
  • Page 15 The first-time the Cyber-Twin is set up or after a factory preset restore, the DEMO Mode will display a screen prompting you to try the demonstration, as in the example screen (left).
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  • Page 17 Changes are saved as a new P ’ preset. LAYER OUNGE You can use the Cyber-Twin’s MIDI dump functions to copy ‘ ’ presets to a storage device such as a MIDI LAYER OUNGE equipped computer.
  • Page 18 ) U R Q W 3 $ 1 ( / TUNER - Press this key to use the Cyber-Twin’s built-in guitar tuner. Audio is automatically muted and a tuner scale is displayed. Strike a single string and the tuner will show the letter of the nearest note with a needle indicating cents flat or sharp if not in-tune.
  • Page 19 LED flashes while the Cyber-Twin is transmitting, Ð receiving, or passing MIDI information. DISPLAY SCREEN - The Cyber-Twin uses the tinted window on the front panel of Cyber-Twin to communicate options and information to you, (see “Cyber-Twin Interface” on page 18).
  • Page 20 5 H D U S D Q H O 5HDU SDQHO POWER - Switches the POWER ON or OFF to the Cyber-Twin. IEC AC POWER LINE CONNECTOR - The power line cord must be & & connected to a grounded AC receptacle in accordance with the volt- age and frequency ratings as listed on the rear panel of the unit.
  • Page 21  5 H D U S D Q H O - Input MIDI jack for connection to the output of a MIDI MIDI IN device. MIDI OUT - Output MIDI jack for connection to the input of a MIDI device. MIDI THRU - Any MIDI signal received at the MIDI IN jack is immedi- ately sent out the THRU jack.
  • Page 22 , Q W H U I D F H &\EHU7ZLQ ,QWHUID.H The Cyber-Twin appears and acts like a traditional guitar amp on the left side. On the right side, more advanced functions are accessed. Now, take a look at how the Cyber-Twin communicates with you to become the most flexible guitar amp on the planet.
  • Page 23 PLAY Mode screens. Stereo Output Level Indicator Temporary screen - Rotate any of the 8 motorized knobs on the Cyber-Twin and a temporary display will appear with a bar graph indicating its setting. The eighth note icon indicates that the value displayed is the stored value for current preset.
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  • Page 25  3 U H V H W ( G L W $ 0 3 0 R G H 3UHVHW (GLW 0RGH [ [ [ [ The AMP Edit Mode contains 18 menu items that are core components R emember to SAVE your modifications to a P ’...
  • Page 26 ' 5 , 9 ( & , 5 & 8 , 7 5 < type. Blackface – Fender Blackface amps; Tweed – Fender Tweed amps; Hot Rod - Fender Hot Rod amps, HMB – typical UK style; Dyna-Touch - Fender Dyna-Touch amps.
  • Page 27 5 ( 9 ( 5 % ' , ) ) 8 6 , 2 1 the smoothest high density Reverb. 1.0–10.0 Shifts the equalization of the Cyber-Twin to provide tone shaping in a particular area of the spectrum. This can be useful as an instant 7 , 0 % 5 ( correction for poor room acoustics.
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  • Page 29 Reverb (such as the’59 Bassman). In the Cyber-Twin, the Fender Reverb is placed before any of the Drive Circuitry or tone controls, just like an original ‘63 Fender Reverb. This allows the amp to drive the guitar sound into the distortion circuitry with Reverb. This is a real difference from post-distortion Reverb (like on a master-volume amp with an effects loop, e.g., Fender Hot Rod Deluxe/DeVille).
  • Page 30 Reverb, originally found only in recording studios, generates bright timbres yet retains warmth. Arena gives the sound of a very large sized space. And finally, Blackface Reverb is the classic Fender spring Reverb sound found on Blackface-era amps (e.g.,’65 Twin Reverb, ‘65 Deluxe Reverb).
  • Page 31 0 R G H ) ) ) ) ; ; ; ; 3UHVHW (GLW 0RGH There are 28 FX (effect) types available on the Cyber-Twin, each with a e vel parameter and other parameters ( ] ). FX type and all FX parameters are saved as part of a preset.
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  • Page 33  3 U H V H W ( G L W 0 R G H Wah Heel Wah Toe Pedal Wah Out Level Frequency Frequency Sweep Type The Baby’s Cryin’ or 1.0-10.0 1.0-10.0 1.0-10.0 1.0-10.0 The Real McCoy Wah Minimum Wah Maximum Touch Wah Out Level...
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  • Page 37 . P r e s e t E d i t M o d e Delay Rev Feedback. Adjusts the number of delay repeats. Select between 1.0 for a single delay repeat and 10.0 for many repeats. Note that this control will alternately reverse and unreverse delay repeats. Because there are two feedback controls for this effect, use each one with regard for the other to avoid uncontrolled feedback.
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  • Page 39 . P r e s e t E d i t M o d e ) O D Q J H ( I I H F W V 6 L Q H ) O D Q J H 7 U L D Q J O H ) O D Q J H Description Stereo flange effects with sine-wave or triangle-wave delay modulation.
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  • Page 41  3 U H V H W ( G L W 0 R G H Pan Shape. Continuously adjusts the smoothness of the AutoPan waveform. Select between 1.0 for a subtle and natural effect and 10.0 for a choppy effect. Pan Phase.
  • Page 42 0 R G X O D W L R Q ( I I H F W V 7 \ S H V 9 L E U D W R Q H Description Rotating speaker effect. Based on the CBS-era Fender Vibratone, which was a cabinet equipped with a single speaker and a two-speed rotating baffle. Adjustable parameters Vibro Out Level.
  • Page 43 . P r e s e t E d i t M o d e 3 K D V H U Description Twelve-stage, stereo phaser effect. Adjustable parameters Phaser Out Level. Adjusts the wet/dry signal ratio. Select between 1.0 for 0% wet (no effect) and 10.0 for 100% wet (all effect). Phaser Rate (Hz).
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  • Page 45  3 U H V H W ( G L W 0 R G H [ [ [ [ Delay Time Change. Select Ramp or Step to change the way the T o use MIDI continuous controller messages to instantly effect responds to changes in the Delay Time parameter.
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  • Page 47 . P r e s e t E d i t M o d e 5 L Q J 0 R G ' H O D \ Description Ring Modulator+Mono Delay. The Ring Modulator creates tones above and below your original guitar signal. Adjustable parameters Wet Out Level.
  • Page 48 There are 13 UTILITY parameters, all accessed through the The UTILITY Mode. Nine of these parameters are used for MIDI functions and the remaining 4 are used for Cyber-Twin system management. UTILITY functions are global in scope and are not affected by presets. Below are navigational instructions for the UTILITY Mode, followed by a map of the UTILITY Mode on pages 46 and 47.
  • Page 49 Select a preset with the DATA WHEEL to dump. Press the TAP once to dump. This function w ill dum p ALL presets from the Cyber-Twin to a M ID I device. MIDI DUMP – ALL PRESETS The item s sent in the dump include all the para meter values for every preset.
  • Page 50 But it is the engineers that are the heart of the Cyber-Twin. They know intimately what those endless strings of 0’s and 1’s racing through the Cyber-Twin represent - because they put them there.
  • Page 51 “You know, it’d be even cooler if it did this...” Those ideas led to many improved functions in the Cyber-Twin. In fact, this is how the ability to fully sequence the Cyber-Twin was born. When a new must-have idea arose, the design team pulled together, figured out what it would take, and made it happen.
  • Page 52 B ut w hen I spoke w ith the people at digital nail came streaming in. F en der a nd vie w ed the first Cyber-Twin response characteristics phrase “Wouldn’t it be prototypes, I w as quickly reassured that of any tone stack we great if …”...
  • Page 53 The Cyber-Twin w as a different story. B ecause of the fact that the digital section of the am p is necessary for tone controls, voicing, and the like– I’m talking about am p tone here, not effects–...
  • Page 54 (1959), which we call “Tweed”. Next is one that originated in 1964 that we call “Blackface” (so-called because the Fender amps of this era had black dial plates). Last, we have a brand new set of tone controls we call “Modern”, which originate in the 2000-2001 era.
  • Page 55 Bassman”. Because of tone stack types, tone stack location, drive types, and a Dyna-Touch guitar power amplifier section, the Cyber-Twin has the ability to “become” just about any amplifier, not just model it. This is one reason why … ™...
  • Page 56 In/Dwell, • Reverb Tone/Shape • Reverb Time, and • Reverb Diffusion. Set the Cyber-Twin to match the continuous controller device number. The default setting on the Cyber-Twin, is 11, the number used by many MIDI pedal manufacturers. [ [ [ [...
  • Page 57 This feature will aid in recording continuous controller sequences. Any MIDI program changes contained in bank #00 can be mapped to any preset on the Cyber-Twin. Two of the FX knobs are used to select the values in this menu. The FX LEVEL knob selects MIDI program change numbers 0 - 127 and FX VAL2 selects the target preset for control.
  • Page 58 T ’ to save. LAYER OUNGE this menu. Dumps ALL Presets on the Cyber-Twin. The items sent in the Dump are all the parameter values for every preset. Only T ’ presets are loaded back into the Cyber-Twin. LAYER OUNGE They are loaded into their original locations.
  • Page 59  $ S S H Q G L F H V $SSHQGL.HV $ S S H Q G L [  MIDI Implementation Chart ..... . . 56 $ S S H Q G L [  MIDI Program Changes .
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  • Page 61 0 , ' , 3 U R J U D P & K D Q J H V T h e Cyber-Twin w ill respond to M ID I program changes if the M ID I channel is either set to O m ni or set to the sam e M ID I channel as the M ID I controller.
  • Page 62 Fender’s Manufacturer ID nn = Device ID (minus one) Numbers Description Amp ID number 11H. The upper nibble identifies the Cyber-Twin and the lower nibble is the software version Utilities Message Function ID number. See table to the right for values.>...
  • Page 63 Fender’s Manufacturer ID nn = Device ID (minus one) Amp ID number 11H. The upper nibble identifies the Cyber-Twin and the lower nibble is the software version Message ID number for additional parameter controls Parameter ID Number. (See list below)
  • Page 64 05H = Small Plate 06H = Large Plate 07H = Blackface Reverb 08H = Gated Reverb 09H = Small Ambience 0AH = Fender Reverb Timbre Selection 00H = None 01H = Full Body 02H = Razor’s Edge 03H = Bright & Light...
  • Page 65 Fender’s Manufacturer ID nn = Device ID (minus one) Amp ID number 11H. The upper nibble identifies the Cyber-Twin and the lower nibble is the software version Message ID number for additional parameter controls ID number indicating requesting a MIDI Dump...
  • Page 66 Make sure it is plugged into the footswitch jack and not a MIDI jack. An Error message appears on Screen... Write down the message exactly as it appears on Screen, and contact your local Fender repair center with this information.
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