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Dave Smith Instruments TEMPEST User Manual

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62 System Settings

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3 . Click Level: 1...127—

Sets the volume of the metronome click.

4 . One bar count in: Off, On, Record Only

— When On, one bar of metro-

nome clicks plays before recording or playback begins. If set to Record Only, the

count in only plays before recording. If Off, no count in plays.

Note:

Count in does not play when syncing to an external MIDI clock.

5 . Fixed Level Velocity: 2...128—

Sets the velocity value used when Fixed

Level in Pad Options is on.

6 . Pad Velocity Curve: 1…4—

Sets the overall velocity response curve for

Tempest’s pads. The velocity curves allow you to tailor the response of the pad to

your personal playing style. The default value is 2.

7 . Local Control: Off, On—

Local Control performs a similar function to

MIDI Local Mode on keyboard synthesizers—it internally disconnects the drum

pads from the sound generator. This is useful, for example, if you are using

Tempest with an external MIDI sequencer and wish to avoid sounds playing

twice for each pad hit, due to notes being sent and rerouted back over MIDI to

Tempest. When Off, the pads transmit note and velocity messages via MIDI as

normal, but will not cause Tempest’s internal sounds to play. By default, this is

set to On.

System: Foot Pedals

1 & 3 . Pedal 1/2 Mode:

Controller, Switch: Norm Closed, Switch: Norm

Open

2 & 4 . Pedal 1/2 Assignment:

See table— Tempest’s two Pedal/Switch

inputs can be configured to work with either momentary footswitches or expres-

sion pedals to control various functions.

Use Pedal Mode to choose the input device: Controller for an expression pedal,

Switch, Norm Open for a normally open footswitch, and Switch, Norm Closed

for a normally closed footswitch.

Mod Source Pedal 1 or 2 routes an expression pedal directly to the Foot Pedal 1

or 2 modulation source. (See “Modulation Paths” on page 37 for more infor-

mation.) Master Volume routes an expression pedal directly to master volume.