System information

Tempest Operation Manual

The Sound Controls

A Sound is a collection of all settings required to produce a drum or other type

of sound when you play a pad, including samples, oscillators, lters, envelopes,

LFOs, and more. This section provides a detailed description of each of these

settings, and is divided into subsections for each of the principal synthesis blocks:

• Oscillators

• Lowpass Filter

• Highpass Filter

• VCA (voltage controlled amplier)

• Envelope Generators

• LFOs (low frequency oscillators)

• Modulation paths

Many of these parameters have dedicated front

panel controls, but many others are accessed only

in special Sounds screens. All sound parameters

can be visually edited by pressing the

SoundS

key (in the Screens section.)

There are a total of sixteen different sound

parameter screens. To move between them, press

the four arrow keys.

On the following two pages is a picture of all sixteen screens, with arrows show-

ing which arrow keys to use to move between them. On subsequent pages is a

detailed description of each of the parameters shown in these screens.

Undo Sound / Revert Sound

If you press Shift + undo Snd, the selected sound will be restored to its last

loaded or saved status, undoing any edits since then.

Also, if both

16 SoundS (in the Pad funCtion group) and SoundS (in the SCReenS

group) are selected, the soft key allows you to ReveRt Snd. Pressing it performs

the same function as Shift + undo Snd.