Dave Smith Instruments Temptest, Operation Manual

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59 Tempest Operation Manual Save/Load
To Save a Project to Flash:
1. Press S
ave
/l
oad
, choose Save Project, and press the n
eXt
Soft Key.
2. Select the destination Projects folder.
3. Enter the Project name using the
e
dit
f
ilename
Soft Knob to choose
characters and the l
eft
and R
ight
cursor keys to move the cursor. Press the
n
eXt
Soft Key.
• Press the i
nSeRt
C
haR
Soft Key to insert a blank space before the cursor.
Press the d
elete
C
haR
Soft Key to delete the highlighted character.
If the Project file name already exists, you will be warned that you are about to
overwrite the existing Project file .
4. Press the S
ave
n
ow
Soft Key.
Projects are saved to one of 10 Project folders in Tempest’s flash 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 flash 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 S
oundS
mode, tap a pad to choose the destination Sound.
2. Press S
ave
/l
oad
, choose Load File (Sound/Beat/Project), and press the
n
eXt
Soft Key.
3. Choose the Type, Folder, and File, and press the n
eXt
Soft Key.
4. The selected destination Beat and Sound are displayed, but can be changed,
if desired.
5. Press the l
oad
n
ow
Soft Key.
6. Press the a
gain
Soft Key to load another file or S
ave
/l
oad
to exit.
The Sound is loaded into the destination pad. Any unsaved edits to the previous
Sound will be lost. Press S
ave
/l
oad
again at any time prior to pressing l
oad
n
ow
to cancel the operation.