System information
17
Tempest Operation Manual
The Screens Keys
If Shift is on, the soft key and soft knobs 3 and 4 change their function as shown 
below.
The center area of the screen displays a scrolling window of 4 steps within the 
selected play list. Each step contains the beat number (1-16) and its name, the 
number of bars it will play, and the calculated start bar for that step. A triangle on 
the left edge of the screen indicates which step is currently playing. The high-
lighted step indicates that it is selected for editing. The Location eld (bottom of 
the screen) displays the bar.beat.tick location within the play list instead of within 
the beat. 
PlyList EvntsDelete Step 120.0 1. 1. 1
Step Select ListBeat RT Rec: Off
2 5/Basic 4-count beat 7 bars (Bar 2)
1 bar (Bar 9)3 3/Basic beat with fill
4 -
Play List: 1/Favorite arrangement End: Loop to Step 2 
1 12/Four hihat ticks 1 bar (Bar 1)
Soft Knob 3:
Select List
Turning this knob allows 
you to select one of the 
four Play Lists.
Soft Knob 4:
RT Record Off/On
When Real-time Record is Off, Play Lists can only be created 
manually by entering data into the Play List screen.
When RT Rec is On, you may create a Play List by recording a 
live beat arrangement, described on page 18. 
This is a System parameter so it always remains as set even 
after loading a new Project file.
Note: Keep this set to Off when not recording real time play lists, 
in order to prevent accidentally overwriting your play list steps. 
Soft Key
Delete
Pressing this will delete 
the selected step from 
the play list. 
All subsequent steps will 
be moved up by one step 
to fill the deleted step. 
SHIFT ON










