System information

62 System Settings Dave Smith Instruments
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 congured 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.