Dave Smith Instruments TEMPEST - Manual (Page 63)

53 Tempest Operation Manual Save/Load
Loading Sounds, Beats, and Projects
A Sound is loaded into RAM from flash and assigned to one of Tempest’s pads.
Sounds can also be imported via MIDI. (See “Importing Sounds, Beats, and
Projects” on page 59.)
To Load a Sound:
1. In 16 S
oundS
mode, tap a pad to choose the destination Sound.
2. Press S
ave
/l
oad
, choose Load File (Sound/Beat/Project), and press the
n
eXt
Soft Key.
3. Choose the Type, Folder, and File, and press the n
eXt
Soft Key.
4. The selected destination Beat and Sound are displayed, but can be changed,
if desired.
5. Press the l
oad
n
ow
Soft Key.
6. Press the a
gain
Soft Key to load another file or S
ave
/l
oad
to exit.
The Sound is loaded into the destination pad. Any unsaved edits to the previous
Sound will be lost. Press S
ave
/l
oad
again at any time prior to pressing l
oad
n
ow
to cancel the operation.
A Beat is loaded into RAM from flash and assigned to one of Tempest’s pads.
Beats can also be imported via MIDI. (See “Importing Sounds, Beats, and Proj-
ects” on page 59.)
Load Beat Options (including Loading Sound Kits)
When loading a Beat, there are five options to determine what data gets loaded.
Normal —All Beat data will be loaded into the destination Beat.
Sounds + Mixer —Only the Sounds and mixer settings will be loaded.
Sounds Only —Only the Sounds will be loaded.
Free 2.5MB Load Now 120.0
Load Options Dest Beat
DEST BEAT PAD TO REPLACE
14/Fast beat #2
BEAT LOAD OPTIONS
Normal
Load Beat “A Bouncy C”: