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 45.)

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 file 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.

A Beat is loaded into RAM from flash and assigned to one of Tempest’s pads. Beats can also be imported via MIDI. (See “Importing Sounds, Beats, and Proj­ects” on page 45.)

To Load a Beat:

1) In 16 Beats mode, tap a pad to select the destination Beat.

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 is displayed, but can be changed, if desired.

5) Press the Load Now Soft Key.

6) Press the Again Soft Key to load another file or Save/Load to exit.

The Beat is loaded into the destination pad. Any unsaved edits to the previous Beat will be lost.