System information
68 System Settings
Dave Smith Instruments
System: UI Preferences
1. Touch Slider Latch Mode:
Active Only, All— When set to Active Only 
(the default) and latCh on is active, the latched slider value is reset to 0 when 
switching between FX1 and FX3, playing another pad, or switching between 16 
SoundS and 16 BeatS modes. FX2 and FX4 behave similarly.
When set to All and 
latCh on is active, the slider values stay latched for a given 
Sound, even when switching among FX1, FX2, FX3, and FX4, playing other 
pads/Sounds, or switching between 16 SoundS and 16 BeatS. Turning latch off 
resets all latched values to 0.
For details about the touch sliders, see “Real Time FX” on page 35.
2. Latch Button behavior:
  Normal, Shift Switched, Disabled—
In Normal 
mode, the touch slider remains at the last value when 
latCh on is active.
witched mode, the un-shifted and shifted behaviors are swapped. That 
is, the 
latCh on buttons now switch between FX1 and FX3 or FX2 and FX4. 
Shift + latCh on turns latch on and off.
When set to Disabled, the 
latCh on buttons simply switch between FX1 and 
FX3 or FX2 and FX4 and the latch function is disabled.
For more details about 
latCh on, see “Real Time FX” on page 35.
3. Envelope Amount Encoder behavior: 
Normal, Shift Switched—
In 
Shift Switched mode, the un-shifted (aMount) and shifted (veloCity aMount) 
behaviors are swapped. That is, when Shift is off, the encoder controls veloCity 
a
Mount and when on, aMount.
4. Select Sound behavior:
  Shift On + Pad, Shift Held + Pad—
The default 
behavior is Shift Held + Pad. To select a Sound for editing without playing the 
Sound, hold Shift down and press the desired pad. When set to Shift Held + Pad, 
the pads can still be played when Shift is on.
When set to Shift On + Pad, 
Shift must either be on or held down to select the 
Sound.
5. Tap Tempo behavior:
  Shift On + Play, Shift Held + Play—
With 
Tempest’s default behavior (Shift Held + Play), must be held to tap the tempo. 
Otherwise, Play starts/restarts the Beat, whether Shift is on or not. When set to 
Shift On + Play, Play is used to tap the tempo when 
Shift is either on or held 
down.










