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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
Sound Bank B ........................................... 6
Selecting Sounds by Category ..............................6
16 Mutes ...............................................7
16 Time Steps ........................................... 8
16 Tunings .............................................9
16 Levels .............................................10
Pad Options .........................................11
Reverse Playback ....................................... 12
Roll with Arpeggiation ....................................12
The Screens Keys ....................................14
Events Key: The Beat Events screen ........................15
Note Event Parameters ..................................16
Play List ..............................................18
The Sound Controls ..................................23
Undo Sound / Revert Sound ............................... 23
Oscillators ..........................................27
The Analog Oscillators ...................................27
The Digital Oscillators .................................... 30
Lowpass ............................................32
Highpass ...........................................33