Dave Smith Instruments TEMPEST - Manual (Page 31)

21 Tempest Operation Manual The Sound Controls
The Sound Controls
A Sound is a collection of all settings required to produce a drum or other type
of sound when you play a pad, including samples, oscillators, filters, envelopes,
LFOs, and more. This section provides a detailed description of each of these
settings, and is divided into subsections for each of the principal synthesis blocks:
• Oscillators
• Lowpass Filter
• Highpass Filter
• VCA (voltage controlled amplifier)
• Envelope Generators
• LFOs (low frequency oscillators)
• Modulation paths
Many of these parameters have dedicated front
panel controls, but many others are accessed only
in special Sounds screens. All sound parameters
can be visually edited by pressing the S
oundS
key (in the Screens section.)
There are a total of sixteen different sound
parameter screens. To move between them, press
the four arrow keys.
On the following two pages is a picture of all sixteen screens, with arrows show-
ing which arrow keys to use to move between them. On subsequent pages is a
detailed description of each of the parameters shown in these screens.
Undo Sound / Revert Sound
If you press S
hift
+ u
ndo
S
nd
, the selected sound will be restored to its last
loaded or saved status, undoing any edits since then.
Also, if both 16 S
oundS
(in the P
ad
f
unCtion
group) and S
oundS
(in the S
CReenS
group) are selected, the soft key allows you to R
eveRt
S
nd
. Pressing it performs
the same function as S
hift
+ u
ndo
S
nd
.