User Manual

Tempest Operation Manual

Pad Options

To use the arpeggiator:

1. In the Pad funCtion section, press the 16 tuningS button (or 16 SoundS or

16 levelS, depending on your purpose).

2. In the

SCReenS section, press the PadS button.

3. In the

Pad oPtionS section, press the Roll button.

4. Use soft knob 3 (

mode:aSSign) to set the arpeggiator mode.

5. Use soft knob 4 (

oCtaveS) to set the arpeggiator’s octave range (0, 1, 2).

6. Hold down multiple pads and press the

Roll button The arpeggiation rate is

controlled by the

BPm knob.

retrig is the default arpeggiator mode and is Tempest’s original Roll behavior.

Arpeggiator Parameters

Mode: Assign:

Sets the order in which notes play. See the table below.

Retrig Retriggers the sound on the pressed pad. (Tempest’s original roll behavior)

Up Plays from the lowest-numbered pad to the highest-numbered pad

Down Plays from highest-numbered pad to the lowest-numbered pad

Up + Down Plays from lowest to highest and back to lowest

Assign Plays in the order the pads were pressed

Random Plays in random order

Octave Range: 0 Octave, 1 Octave, 2 Octaves—

Set to 0, the sounds are

repeated only within their original octave. Set to 1 Octave, the sounds arpeggiate

in their original octave and one octave above. Set to 1 Octave, the sounds arpeg-

giate in their original octave plus one and two octaves above.

octave range applies to arpeggiated synth sounds, not drum samples.