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Old-school Vibe Meets Modern Tech!
Say you could get anyone on earth to help you make the ultimate drum machine. Anyone at all. You'd pick Roger Linn, right? OF COURSE! And that's just what Dave Smith did, 'cause, well, he could. And what did they come up with? The Dave Smith Instruments Tempest - the biggest, baddest, most mind-blowingly awesome drum machine you've ever dared to dream of. This baby's got it all - a VCA with feedback, five envelopes, two LFOs, and a massive selection of analog modulation routings to go with a stupefyingly cool analog/digital hybrid sound engine.The Tempest's got six totally sick analog voices, each armed with two analog oscillators plus two digital oscillators. The Tempest comes loaded with a crazy selection of samples too. And whether you're a control freak or just a casual patch tweaker, you're gonna love the Tempest's realtime controls. We're talking about 90 hands-on controls, including a pair of wicked-cool FX slider ribbons and 16 drum pads. These backlit pads are also arranged in an 8 x 2 configuration, so you've got instant step sequencing whenever you want it. When you buy your Dave Smith Instruments Tempest, just go ahead and clear your calendar for the next few days - you're NOT going to put this puppy down!
Dave Smith Instruments Tempest Analog Drum Machine Features at a Glance:
- 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive backlit drum trigger pads in an 8 x 2 matrix
- 6 analog voices each with 2 analog oscillators and 2 digital oscillators loaded with a large bank of included samples
- Modulation path includes Dave Smith's classic analog lowpass filter with audio-rate modulation, highpass filter, analog VCA with feedback, 5 envelopes, 2 LFOs, and an extraordinary variety of analog modulation routing options
- Doubles as a 6-voice analog synth
- 6 direct voice outputs plus stereo mix outputs, headphones outputs,
- 2 inputs for foot switches or expression pedals
- MIDI in/out
- USB
- 90 panel controls
- Bright 256 x 64 OLED display
- Realtime and step recording
- ROLL button permits creating drum rolls or repeated groove patterns by varying pad pressure as
- the beat records
- ROLL button doubles as a momemtary "stutter" effect when the pads are assigned to play beats. Sustain button holds the note of tuned parts (like a keyboard's Sustain pedal) or to choke drum sounds or drumbeats when the pad is released
- 2 pressure- and position-sensitive Note FX slide controllers permit real-time recording of note or beat-wide sound parameter changes into the drumbeat as you play
- A variety of unique effects:
- Stereo analog compressor and distortion circuits affect the stereo output mix
- Beat-synced delay is achieved by generating additional delayed note events within the sequencer
- A beat-synced "stutter" effect is created entirely within the sequencer by looping short portions of the drumbeat on demand
- Adjustable swing timing with realtime control
- Dimensions: 15.4" L x 9" W x 2.5" H
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