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Tempest Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Roger Linn, Andrew McGowan & Riley Smith

Version 1.4

Feb 2015

Dave Smith Instruments

1527 Stockton Street, 3rd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94133

USA

www.davesmithinstruments.com

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Default Chapter5
- Table of Contents5
What's a Tempest11
Quick Start12
- Overview of Panel Controls12
- Sounds, Beats, and Projects13
- Going Deeper13
The Pad Function Keys14
- Beats14
- Sounds15
- Sound Bank B16
- Selecting Sounds by Category16
- Mutes17
- Time Steps18
- Tunings19
- Levels20
Pad Options21
- Reverse Playback22
- Roll with Arpeggiation22
The Screens Keys24
- Events Key: the Beat Events Screen25
- Note Event Parameters26
- Play List28
The Sound Controls33
- Undo Sound / Revert Sound33
Oscillators37
- The Analog Oscillators37
- The Digital Oscillators40
Lowpass42
- Highpass43
Amp44
Envelopes45
- A Note about Envelope Shape47
- Lfo 1&249
- Free-Running Lfos49
Modulation Paths50
Choke and Voice Assign51
Beat-Wide Parameters53
Mixer and Effects54
- Compressor Envelope55
Real Time FX56
- Beat FX56
- Note FX57
Rec/Edit Keys59
- The Click Key59
- The Undo Rec Key59
- The Erase Key59
- The Copy Key60
The Edit Function63
- 1 Copy Sound63
- 2 Initialize Sound63
- 3 Rename Sound63
- 4 Copy Beat64
- 5 Initialize Beat64
- 6 Rename Beat64
- 7 Copy Bars64
- 8 Insert Bars into Beat64
- 9 Delete Bars from Beat65
  - Initialize Project65
- 10 Change Time Signature of Beat65
  - Copy Playlist65
- 12 Rename Project65
- 14 Rename Playlist65
- 15 Initialize Playlist66
  - Turn All Notes off66
Save/Load67
- Project and Beat Compatibility with Older os Versions67
- Saving Sounds, Beats, and Projects68
- Loading Sounds, Beats, and Projects69
- Load Beat Options (Including Loading Sound Kits)70
- Loading Sounds Quickly from the Pads Screen71
- Exporting Sounds, Beats, and Projects72
- Importing Sounds, Beats, and Projects76
- Important: Import Notes76
- Renaming Files77
- Deleting Files77
System Settings78
- System: General78
- System: Foot Pedals79
- System: MIDI Remote Pad Play80
- System: MIDI Polyphonic Keyboard Play82
- MIDI: Sequencer out Channel: Off, 183
  - Selects the Channel Used to83
  - Output MIDI Note Number Messages from a Sound's Sequencer Track83
- MIDI: Sequencer Sound: A183
Modulation Sources88
Modulation Destinations89
Samples90
Support95
- Troubleshooting95
- Contacting Technical Support95
- Warranty Repair96

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