User Manual

Tempest Operation Manual

Save/Load

To Save a Project to Flash:

1. Press Save/load, choose Save Project, and press the neXt Soft Key.

2. Select the destination Projects folder.

3. Enter the Project name using the

edit filename Soft Knob to choose

characters and the left and Right cursor keys to move the cursor. Press the

neXt Soft Key.

• Press the

inSeRt ChaR Soft Key to insert a blank space before the cursor.

Press the delete ChaR Soft Key to delete the highlighted character.

If the Project le name already exists, you will be warned that you are about to

overwrite the existing Project le.

4. Press the Save now Soft Key.

Projects are saved to one of 10 Project folders in Tempest’s ash memory. They

can also be exported and saved as system exclusive MIDI data. See page 64.

Loading Sounds, Beats, and Projects

A Sound is loaded into RAM from ash and assigned to one of Tempest’s pads.

Sounds can also be imported via MIDI. (See “Importing Sounds, Beats, and

Projects” on page 66.)

To Load a Sound:

1. In 16 SoundS mode, tap a pad to choose the destination Sound.

2. Press

Save/load, choose Load File (Sound/Beat/Project), and press the

neXt Soft Key.

3. Choose the Type, Folder, and File, and press the

neXt Soft Key.

4. The selected destination Beat and Sound are displayed, but can be changed,

if desired.

5. Press the

load now Soft Key.

6. Press the

again Soft Key to load another le or Save/load to exit.

The Sound is loaded into the destination pad. Any unsaved edits to the previous

Sound will be lost. Press

Save/load again at any time prior to pressing load

now to cancel the operation.