System information

7
Tempest Operation Manual
The Pad Function Keys
16 Time Steps
If 16 tiMe StePS is pressed, the sixteen
pads represent sixteen time steps within
the beat, useful for step programming. A lit
pad indicates the presence of a note of the
selected sound, and an unlit pad indicates
its absence. Pressing a lit pad toggles
between deleting and inserting a note (of
the selected sound) at the pad’s assigned
location in time and at the velocity level at
which the pad was struck.
If the
PadS key (in the Screens section) is lit, the following screen will be
displayed, showing the assignment of each pad plus related controls:
Note that it is often more useful to view the Beat Events screen while step
programming your beats. See Beat Events on page 13.
Quant: 16th
All Off 120.0 1.1. 1 16 Steps
1.1.1
1.3.1
1.1.7
1.3.7
1.1.13
1.3.13
1.1.19
1.3.19
1.2.1
1.4.1
1.2.7
1.4.7
1.2.13
1.4.13
1.2.19
1.4.19
Bt: 14/Swing beat 100 bpm Snd: A12/Boomy Kick
See: 1.1.1
Soft Knob 1:
Quantize
Same as the Quantize
setting in the 16 Sounds
screen, in this case it
sets the Time Step size
for the 16 pads to a value
between 8th notes
through 32nd triplets.
Selected Beat & Sound
Displays the pad number
and name of the currently
selected Beat and Sound.
Soft Knob 2: See
The screen can show only a portion of the
entire beat. For example, if Quantize=16th, the
16 pads show 1 bar of 4/4. Turning this knob
moves between displaying (seeing) sequential
time blocks within the beat. The circular icon
at right appears if LoopScreen is on.
Shift + Soft Knob 2: Loop Screen
If on, the time steps shown in the screen
are played in a loop.
Time Locations
This area shows the Time Location
of each of the 16 pads in
Bar.Beat.Tick format.