Save/load, Saving sounds, beats, and projects – Dave Smith Instruments TEMPEST User Manual

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Tempest Operation Manual

Save/Load

Save/Load

Pressing S

ave

oad

presents a menu of functions related to saving or loading

files. Like a personal computer, Tempest has both random access memory (RAM)

and permanent non-volatile storage for saved Sounds, Beats, and Projects. The

current Sound, Beat, or Project is always loaded into RAM for playback and edit-

ing. Tempest uses flash memory for non-volatile storage.
It is important to understand the distinction between RAM and flash. As with

most PC-based software applications, edits to files in RAM must be saved to

flash to be recalled later. But, like most synthesizers, Tempest will not prompt

you to save changes when powering down or loading another file. It would be

pretty annoying if in the middle of a frenetic, knob-twisting, performance, a

prompt came up asking you to save changes every time you switched Beats or

loaded a file! But, while you are making beats and sounds, it’s good to get in

the habit of saving your work often and, occasionally, backing your work up via

MIDI.

Note:

Beats include all Sounds used in them and Projects include Beats,

which, in turn, include all Sounds in each of the Beats. See “Sounds, Beats,

and Projects” on page 3 for a general explanation of the relationship

between Sounds, Beats, and Projects.

Saving Sounds, Beats, and Projects

Sounds are saved to one of several folders in Tempest’s flash memory. They can

also be exported and saved as system exclusive MIDI data.

To Save a Sound to Flash:

1. In 16 S

oundS

mode, tap a pad to choose the Sound to save.

2. Press S

ave

oad

, choose Save Sound, and press the n

eXt

Soft Key.

3. The current source Beat and Sound are displayed and can be changed, if

desired. Press the n

eXt

Soft Key.

4. Select the destination Sound folder.
5. Enter the name using the e

dit

ilenaMe

Soft Knob to choose characters and

the l

eft

and R

ight

cursor keys to move the cursor.

• Press the i

nSeRt

haR

Soft Key to insert a blank space before the cursor.

Press the d

elete

haR

Soft Key to delete the character highlighted by the

cursor.