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43 Tempest Operation Manual Beat-wide Parameters
Beat-wide Parameters
Normally the panel sound controls operate on a single sound. However, if Pad
Function is set to 16 B
eatS
, only eight of these controls are enabled and they
affect the playback of all sounds playing in the beat. These eight parameters are
called Beat-wide parameters:
The eight parameters are Oscillator Pitch, Lowpass Frequency, Lowpass Reso-
nance, Audio Mod, Highpass Frequency, VCA Feedback, Envelope Attack and
Envelope Decay. For each of these eight parameters, moving the knob causes the
playback of all sounds to be altered simultaneously. Because the parameter values
can be very different for different sounds, the individual parameters are moved
proportionally in a way that results in the overall change sounding very natural.
If the
S
oundS
key (in the Screens section) is pressed, one of the following two
screens is displayed:
Notice the R
eveRt
Soft Key. After any of the Beat-wide parameters is changed,
this soft key appears. Pressing it reverts the beat playback to its original state
before any controls were changed.
Proj: Saturday night gig Beat: 14/Uptempo beat
Beat: 14/Uptempo beat Proj: Saturday night gig
OSC Pitch LP Freq LP Reson Audio Mod
Revert 120.0 1.1.1 Beat FX1
Beat FX 2
AUDIO MOD
50
OSC PITCH LP FREQ LP RESON
50 +0 50
HP Freq Feedback Env Attack Env Decay
Revert 120.0 1.1.1
ENV ATTACK ENV DECAY
50 +0
HP FREQ FEEDBACK
50 +0