If s – Dave Smith Instruments TEMPEST User Manual

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Tempest Operation Manual

The Screens Keys

If S

hift

is on, the soft key and soft knobs 3 and 4 change their function as shown

below.

The center area of the screen displays a scrolling window of 4 steps within the

selected play list. Each step contains the beat number (1-16) and its name, the

number of bars it will play, and the calculated start bar for that step. A triangle on

the left edge of the screen indicates which step is currently playing. The high-

lighted step indicates that it is selected for editing. The Location field (bottom of

the screen) displays the bar.beat.tick location within the play list instead of within

the beat.

PlyList Evnts

Delete Step

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1. 1. 1

Step

Select List

Beat

RT Rec: Off

2 5/Basic 4-count beat

7 bars (Bar 2)

1 bar (Bar 9)

3 3/Basic beat with fill

4 -

Play List: 1/Favorite arrangement

End: Loop to Step 2

1 12/Four hihat ticks

1 bar (Bar 1)

Soft Knob 3:

Select List

Turning this knob allows

you to select one of the

four Play Lists.

Soft Knob 4:

RT Record Off/On

When Real-time Record is Off, Play Lists can only be created

manually by entering data into the Play List screen.

When RT Rec is On, you may create a Play List by recording a

live beat arrangement, described on page 18.

This is a System parameter so it always remains as set even

after loading a new Project file.

Note: Keep this set to Off when not recording real time play lists,

in order to prevent accidentally overwriting your play list steps.

Soft Key

Delete

Pressing this will delete

the selected step from

the play list.

All subsequent steps will

be moved up by one step

to fill the deleted step.

HIFT ON