Cusack Music Tap-A-Whirl 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. There is also an inter­nal volume for the Right output, when used in Stereo Mode.

Rate - Controls the Speed of the tremolo effect. Turning this knob will
over-ride the current tempo. While adjusting the tempo with the Rate
knob, the Tap-Divide does not operate. Tapping a tempo with the foot­switch will override the Rate Knob.

Depth - Controls the depth of the tremolo effect. Left is no effect, and
right is full effect. Above about noon the waveform (Not the audio) will
start clipping, and become asymmetrical.

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

waveforms .

Bank Switch - Se-

lects between banks
A, B, and C. See waveform
images on the next page to
see which waveforms are in
each bank.

Mode Switch - Preset

and Live. In Preset mode
changing the waveform will load
the saved parameters for that
waveform. In Live mode, all cur­rent settings will apply to ALL wave­forms. While in Preset Mode, any
changes made are temporary. They
will revert back to the saved settings if
you change the waveform.

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.

Right Level – Internal Trim Pot for Right Output Level.

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.

Tempo LED (Blue) - This LED
gives you a visual view of the

tempo, and waveform.

External Tap –
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 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 momentary switch IN to this jack

to set the tempo remotely.

Power Consumption - ~15mA.

Updated 7/21/11

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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.

Depth Setting - The Depth 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

Stereo Jumper
Short A-B for Stereo
Short B-C for Mono

NOTE: If the pedal is set for
Stereo operation and a Mono
plug is used on the output, it will
cause the bypassed level to be
loaded down. It usually sounds
weak with a loss of high end if
set improperly. Make sure to
set the jumper to Mono if used
with mono cables.

Right Output Level