Cusack Music Tap-A-Fuzz Owner's Manual

Option Knob – Function depends on what else is going on. Read each

description to see how to access each function:

Tap Divide - Controls how your tap will be divided. Positions are from
counter clockwise, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 The Option Knob will adjust Tap
Divide whenever the pedal is engaged, and you are NOT holding the Tap
Switch down.

Fade-In - All the way down the pedal turns on right away, all the way up is
about 4 seconds. The Option Knob adjusts Fade-In while in Bypass.

Brake Speed - Controls how fast the tempo will change when you hold the
Tap switch. All the way counter clockwise is the slowest. The Option Knob
adjusts this setting whenever the Tap Switch is being held down for more
than ½ second (you are using the Brake Function).

Level - Controls the output level of the Left output. Adjust this to make
the bypassed level, and effected level the same.

Fuzz - All the way counterclockwise is no fuzz, all the way clockwise is
“Broken Op-Amp” and it cuts out as your note decays.

Gain - Controls the maximum gain of the Overdrive, which is modulated
by the Tap Tempo waveform. The minimum gain is dependant on the
waveform.

Wave - Selects one of 8 waveforms in the cur­rent bank. With 3 banks, there are
a total of 24 wave­forms .

Tap Speed - Tap twice to set the tempo. It’s also a modified "brake"

control. If you hold it down, the Tempo slows down. If you let go and hold
it again it will speed up. Every time you hold and release, it changes
direction. Wherever you let go, it will stay at that tempo. It defaults to
Slowing Down whenever you Engage the effect.

Bypass - Kick the switch to change from Bypass to Engaged.

IN - This is the input to the pedal. This jack dis-connects power, so unplug

when not in use.

OUT- The Output jack is a Stereo output. The Right output is a modified
inversion of the left channel. Make sure to set the jumper to Stereo for

correct operation in bypass. While in Mono, the Right output is active
while the pedal is on, but muted while the pedal is off. In Stereo mode, both
outputs are True Bypassed.

DC Power Jack - This has the same pin-out as most standard pedal sup­plies: tip is ground, sleeve 9V.

Status LED (Red/Green) - When

the effect is bypassed the LED is off.
When the effect is Engaged the LED is
RED. When the battery is going dead
the light will blink, GREEN if bypassed,
RED if on.

Bank Switch - Se­lects between banks A,
B, and C. See waveform
images on the next page

Tempo LED (Blue) -

This LED gives you a

visual view of the tempo, and

waveform.

to see which waveforms
are in each bank.

Clip Mode Toggle - Select the
type of Clipping Diodes. To the Left

is “Stock”, to the right is “Crushed”,

a n d i n t h e m i d d l e i s

“LED” (Asymmetrical LED clipping).

Different diodes cause the overall level
to change, so you may have to adjust the
level after moving the Clip Mode Toggle.

RCA jack to another pedal’s Tap

input to use the internal switch on the Tap-A-

Whirl to tap both at the same time. Plug an external mo-

External RCA jack on

the back of the pedal.

This can be used as

either a Tap IN, or OUT.

Connect a cable from the

mentary switch into this jack to set the tempo remotely.

Mode Jumper (Internal) - Preset and Live.
In Preset mode changing the waveform will

Power Consumption - ~15mA.

load the saved parameters for that waveform. In Live mode,
all current settings will apply to ALL waveforms. While in Preset Mode, any

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External
Tap –

Operation

Adjusting Settings - To put it simply, whenever you are using the Brake Function, the Option Knob will control the Brake Speed. Whenever

the pedal is active (RED LED is on), the Option Knob will adjust Tap Divide. While in Bypass, the Option Knob will adjust Fade-In. It takes a little
getting used to, but once it is understood, changing parameters is simple.

Saving Settings - The Fade-in, Brake Speed, Tap Divide and Tempo are all programmable for each waveform independently. Once you have
the settings for a given waveform simply push BOTH footswitches as the same time to save those settings. The Status LED will blink to tell
you they are saved. Save the settings before changing waveforms or you will lose any changes. These settings are stored in EEPROM, and
will be saved even if the pedal is powered off, and the battery is unplugged.

Gain Setting - The Gain knob is set up to act like a standard depth knob between 0 and about 1/2 way up (noon). Above noon, the waveform
starts to get clipped, and makes the waves asymmetrical. For the asymmetrical amp tremolo, just adjust the depth of the sine wave to
match. While using the rhythmic patterns in Bank C, turning the depth all the way up will only accent the main beats; As you turn the depth
down, the un-accented (But still in time) beats will come through slightly lower in level than the accented beats; As you turn it down further,
the entire signal will pass, with the un-accented beats slightly louder than the background, and the accented beats the loudest.

Internal Settings

Mode Jumper

Full Gain, Always On