User Manual

Tempest Operation Manual

System Settings

Project. If you wish to use the Beat’s setting (and have the distortion amount

change when a different Beat is selected), set this to Beat. If you wish to use the

Project’s distortion setting (so that the distortion amount stays the same regard-

less of which Beat is playing), choose Project (factory default). If you wish the

distortion setting to always reect the position of the Distortion knob, choose Pot

Position. Saving a Beat with Distortion Source set to Beat saves the Beat with the

current distortion setting. Saving a Project with Distortion Source set to Project

saves the Project with the current distortion setting.

System: UI Preferences

1. Solo/Mute behavior:

Seq+Live, Seq Only—

In Seq+live mode, Solo and

Mute functions always affect a pad that is physically pressed (as well as any

sequenced data for its associated sound). In Seq only mode, Solo and Mute func-

tions affect only sequenced data, allowing you to trigger a sound when a pad is

physically pressed.

2. Sounds slider mode:

Step, Realtime—

In SteP mode, note FX data input

from Tempest’s Sound Sliders is recorded per step. This does not allow for auto-

mating effects such as smooth lter sweeps. In Realtime mode, the two sound

sliders affect Note FX for a sound in realtime during performance. While note

FX data is still recorded in step format when sequencing, this allows you to add

non-stepped, uid, realtime control during live performance.

3. Touch Slider Latch Mode:

Active Only, All— When set to Active Only

(the default) and latCh on is active, the latched slider value is reset to 0 when

switching between FX1 and FX3, playing another pad, or switching between 16

SoundS and 16 BeatS modes. FX2 and FX4 behave similarly.

When set to All and

latCh on is active, the slider values stay latched for a given

Sound, even when switching among FX1, FX2, FX3, and FX4, playing other

pads/Sounds, or switching between 16 SoundS and 16 BeatS. Turning latch off

resets all latched values to 0.

For details about the touch sliders, see “Real Time FX” on page 35.

4. Latch Button behavior:

Normal, Shift Switched, Disabled—

In Normal

mode, the touch slider remains at the last value when latCh on is active.

In Shi Switched mode, the un-shifted and shifted behaviors are swapped. That

is, the

latCh on buttons now switch between FX1 and FX3 or FX2 and FX4.

Shift + latCh on turns latch on and off.