Each of the 6 analog voice has two analog oscillators plus 2 digital oscillators
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Each of the 6 analog voice has two analog oscillators plus 2 digital oscillators (with a large bank of included samples), Dave's classic analog low-pass filter with audio-rate modulation, filter on additional high-pass, analog VCA with feedback, 5 envelopes, 2 LFOs, on extraordinary variety of analog modulation routings, and stunning sonic quality, warmth and punch. Although optimized for drum sounds, it excels at tuned sounds as well, and even doubles as a 6-voice analog synth In addition to ... the 6 direct voice outputs, there are stereo mix outputs and phones outputs, plus 2 inputs for footswitches or expression pedals, MIDI in / out and USB. The performance-oriented operating system, 90 panel controls, and bright 256 x 64 OLED display Work Together to Provide a tightly integrated, non-stop workflow: record a drum beat in real-time, switch to another drum beat and use the lit pads to record it using step programming, switch to another drum beat and record tuned keyboard parts, use the 2 touch controller to to record real-time note or beat-wide parameters animations, use the generous sound controls to edit any of the drum sounds, tweak the analog effects or drum mix, arrange beats in real time and record the live arrangement into a song, enter / exit song mode and much more, all without ever stopping play. 16 pressure-and velocity-sensitive pads are arranged in a lit 2x8 Configuraion, providing intuitive access to all your fingers and providing the ideal compromise between the popular 4x4 pad arrangement (popular for real time programming) and 1x16 arrangement (popular for step programming) because Tempest does both. The pads can be used to play 32 drum sounds (2 banks), mute / unmute the 32 sounds on playback, play and arrange 16 beats in real time, play one sound at 16 tunings (in a variety of scales) or velocities 16, or as 16 time steps for step programming. The ROLL button permits creating drum rolls or repeated groove patterns by varying pressure pad as the beat records, and doubles as a momemtary "stutter" effect when the pads are assigned to play beats. Use the Sustain button on tuned parts like a keyboard's sustain pedal, or to choke drum sounds or drum beats when the pad is released. Two pressure-and position-sensitive touch FX slide controllers permit real-time recording of note or beat-wide sound parameter changes into the drum beat as you play. For example, simultaneous record filter frequency, tuning, envelope decay and pan changes for each note, or similar control parameters affecting the entire beat. A variety of unique effects are provided while Maintaining a pure analog signal path: 1) analog stereo compressor and distortion circuits affect the stereo mix output, 2) beat-synced delay is Achieved by generating additional delayed note evnts within the sequencer, and 3) a beat-synced "stutter" effect is created entirely within the sequencer by looping short portions of the drum beat on demand. The degree of swing timing can be adjusted in real time during playback. Roger used his entire bag of tricks to make the swing sound very human and natural. Compact and portable: 15.4 "L x 9" W x 2.5 "H
Brand-Info
Dave Smith founded Sequential Circuits, the premier manufacturer of professional music synthesizers, in the mid-70s. In 1977, he designed the Prophet-5, the world's first microprocessor-based musical instrument. This revolutionary product was the world's first polyphonic and programmable synth, and set the standard for all synth designs that have followed. The Prophet instruments played a major part in the recordings of all popular music styles, and are still prized by musicians today.
Dave is also generally known as the driving force behind the generation of the MIDI specification in 1981-in fact, he coined the acronym. In 1987 he was named a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for his continuing work in the area of music synthesis. After Sequential, Dave was President of DSD, Inc, an R&D division of Yamaha, where he worked on physical modeling synthesis and software synthesizer concepts. He then started the Korg R&D group in California, which went on to produce the professional musician favorite Wavestation products and other technology. He then took over as President at Seer Systems and developed the world's first software based synthesizer running on a PC. This synth, commissioned by Intel, was demonstrated by Andy Grove in a Comdex keynote speech in 1994. Over 10 million of his second-generation software synth have been sold, which was licensed to Creative Labs in 1996, and is responsible for 32 of the 64 voices in the AWE 64 line of Sound Cards. The third generation is the world's first first fully professional software synthesizer, Reality, released in 1997. Reality was rated the highest of any synth by Electronic Musician magazine.
Now he's designing hardware instruments again with the Evolver, Poly Evolver, and Prophet '08 synths.
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