Dave Smith Instruments TEMPEST - Manual (Page 17)

7 Tempest Operation Manual The Pad Function Keys
16 Time Steps
If 16 t
iMe
S
tePS
is pressed, the sixteen
pads represent sixteen time steps within
the beat, useful for step programming. A lit
pad indicates the presence of a note of the
selected sound, and an unlit pad indicates
its absence. Pressing a lit pad toggles
between deleting and inserting a note (of
the selected sound) at the pad’s assigned
location in time and at the velocity level at
which the pad was struck.
If the P
adS
key (in the Screens section) is lit, the following screen will be
displayed, showing the assignment of each pad plus related controls:
Note that it is often more useful to view the Beat Events screen while step
programming your beats. See Beat Events on page 13.
Quant: 16th
All Off 120.0 1.1. 1 16 Steps
1.1.1
1.3.1
1.1.7
1.3.7
1.1.13
1.3.13
1.1.19
1.3.19
1.2.1
1.4.1
1.2.7
1.4.7
1.2.13
1.4.13
1.2.19
1.4.19
Bt: 14/Swing beat 100 bpm Snd: A12/Boomy Kick
See: 1.1.1
Soft Knob 1:
Quantize
Same as the Quantize
setting in the 16 Sounds
screen, in this case it
sets the Time Step size
for the 16 pads to a value
between 8th notes
through 32nd triplets.
Selected Beat & Sound
Displays the pad number
and name of the currently
selected Beat and Sound.
Soft Knob 2: See
The screen can show only a portion of the
entire beat. For example, if Quantize=16th, the
16 pads show 1 bar of 4/4. Turning this knob
moves between displaying (seeing) sequential
time blocks within the beat. The circular icon
at right appears if LoopScreen is on.
Shift + Soft Knob 2: Loop Screen
If on, the time steps shown in the screen
are played in a loop.
Time Locations
This area shows the Time Location
of each of the 16 pads in
Bar.Beat.Tick format.