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Tempest Operation Manual
Table of Contents
What’s a Tempest? ....................................1
Quick Start ...........................................2
Overview of Panel Controls ................................2
Sounds, Beats, and Projects ...............................3
Going Deeper ...........................................3
The Pad Function Keys .................................4
16 Beats ...............................................4
16 Sounds ..............................................5
16 Mutes ...............................................6
16 Time Steps ........................................... 7
16 Tunings .............................................8
16 Levels ..............................................9
Pad Options .........................................10
Sound Bank B .......................................... 10
Reverse Playback ....................................... 11
The Screens Keys ....................................12
Events Key: The Beat Events screen ........................13
Note Event Parameters ..................................14
Play List ..............................................16
The Sound Controls ..................................21
Undo Sound / Revert Sound ............................... 21
Oscillators ..........................................25
The Analog Oscillators ...................................25
The Digital Oscillators .................................... 28
Lowpass ............................................30
Highpass ...........................................31