Rest In Peace, Dave Smith… You’ve changed this world and we cannot thank you enough for your beautiful creations that have enhanced our lives immensely. I hope you can find peace and music there…
totally - they are like mild mannered professors who are making machines that create some of the best cutting edge electronic music - the contrast is not lost on me!
Wow...this is the world famous Roger Linn. For the younger generation, guys and gals, this is the guy who started pulled in Akai back in the 80's to enhance the Linn 9000. The Linn Drum machine soon faded out, and Akai took the lead with his idea, thus the MPC 60 was born. Yep, this guy is the REAL DEAL when it comes to innovation for this one particular product, which of course nowadays has been elevated to a whole different level in the drum machine revolution. *Nice for me to see this.
Award for best customer service in pro gear/instrument goes to Dave Smith Instruments! They care about their customers! I will highly recommend buying from Dave Smith!!!!
Two great people that make great instruments that musicians can play. No software based crap here. Real warm sounding analog. Don't let anyone fool you because you can hear the difference and it is a big difference. This is one sweet instrument and I can not wait to get my hands on one.
Great video of both rodger linn & dave smith (rip) was lucky to own their Linndrum & Sequenctial drum tracks back in the 80’s. This coalition between both music legends looks great !!
the way in which these two men explain the contents of their new manchine is really indicative of the care and passion that they have put in their job to create it. Very very good impression!
"I don't always drink IPA, but when I do...It's Lagunitas IPA, my friend!" :D That's a good beer! (if you don't know them.. find some of their "little sumthin"!)
When I'm balding and greyhaired, I want to sit with brew by my side, presenting my own drum machine. Big up Roger Linn! Old dudes on drum machines friggin' rule.
I just love and admire you, Roger Linn, you saved music, and I mean it! Your legacy will be understood maybe a 100 years from now, if ever, your impact on art is on the level with the great dutch masters or Shakespeare by my opinion. There should be a legacy collection of albums that wheren't possible without your genious, consisting of DJ Shadow's Endtroducing or DJ Premier's works and so many others. I personally hope you would built the ultimate mpc with akai, this would just make me cry til eternity.
dont forget smith, who in my opinion has an even bigger influence on music, all top quality guys in general alongside moog, kaketashi, tom oberheim and bulcha to name a few
This is an incredibly powerful rhythmic instrument. Thinking of it as a “drum machine” is a mindset that can limit one to the past. This is beyond the LinnDrum and beyond the mechanistic lifeless realities of conventional “drum-machines” because this is a performance-oriented realtime rhythmic instrument. I am appreciating the Tempest more and more.
Looks like a beautiful live performance tool. As far as drummers go, they are usually the first guys who want to play with your new instruments when they come over.
Misters Lynn and Smith are fine gentlemen. This is a very exciting joint effort that will pay dividends in popular music long after these two are gone.
I've never used true analog drum machines, but I definitely applaud Dave Smith and Roger Linn for coming out with this one. When I was previously considering a hardware machine, I almost got a MachineDrum, just because it was a modeling machine, rather than one that just played back samples. But, that was because I didn't want a Novation drum module. But, this one is fantastic. This one looks real tempting, even after having just bought a workstation.
damn I will have to get one of these some day, when I have $2000 to throw around. So good to see more innovative hardware coming out these days. It's amazing that you guys are creating instruments like this, you are legends.
This is potentially very deep and could be one for percussion obsessives, in a similar way to the R8, it is likely to reward users willingness to get in to the guts of the instrument. I would like to see more demo of the sequencer section, especially with busy hi hat patterns as this is an area that modern machines can fall down on, the x0x boxes just got that whole thing 'right''...also how is shuffle and groove implemented? Demos of the sequencer side would be nice!!
ipad into effects processors and a looper. hardware will NEVER be irrelevant because it gives you a physical connection to the music, allowing you to make your effects unique just by the specific way YOU turn a knob.
I think you guys have done such a great job on this product! if the MEK is anything to go buy I imagine it's going to blow every drum machine in the current market out of the water
People here saying this amazing machine is overpriced... Ok.... Yet people go and pay £,2,500 for a 808 or 909. And yeah, I've owned an 808 but it never had this functionality, even if it is an amazing classic. This is amazeballs and I'm getting one NOW! Well played guys, it's a wonderful machine.
Wow, i must have one of these. This is by far the best i have heard. This is exactly what people are looking for. i hope the price is right guys.....That's important
+ABAORecords but the mpc 3000 has no preloaded sounds onboard, it's a sampler sequencer in which you need to record or add a midi synth for it to be able to play any sound whatsoever?
People buying and selling old skool 808s and whatnot on Ebay all the time... finally someone makes a good modern-day analog drum machine. Dave Smith rocks.
@mantrasoul like I said it depends on the software, controller and user, Native instruments maschine will be much more tactical, practical and adapable when the next release with the ability to use vst instruments and effects as a sound source the sky is the limit.
the design looks really easy on the eyes, I love it. The architecture seems to be very good! I am wondering about a few things... are all the outputs truly balanced? Are the envelope curves continuously adjustable between concave and convex? Is is possible to tune the kick drum to a specific fundamental (C2 for example)? Are the oscillators capable of frequency modulating one another? If the answer to all of this would be yes, this would be a dream come true! Really looking forward to this!
This synth is very exciting, it's expensive but those complaining need to think about whats included and high quality build. What I'm most excited about is the fact that it looks like an analogue drum machine that has modern features, it may seem obvious, but there are not too many about. I think the Vermona drm mrk 3 is my fav atm (that thing is organic and you can here its heart beating inside) But this HAS been thought about by ppl that care...the knowledge is evedent 'listen'
I have listened to many products from the NAMM show, but this captures my imagination more than anything else. My digital studio is sorely missing real-analog stuff. Maschine/Arturia Spark etc are good but there is something about these real-analog timbres that is so dynamic, fat and stands out from anything digital. Hope you agree!
@kidgloves2 Yes via midi. There are a bunch of videos on you tube of a drummer with a trigger kit playing the tempest this way. Do a search and you should find them
Oh wow. I guess I need to prepare to start selling stuff. This looks like THE analog drum machine. Perhaps I'm crazy but even in the demos I'm hearing everything that I (personally) want out of a drum machine.
@t1mTV hell yea man, nice collection!! The reason I asked is because I was having a conversation with another DJ about analog vs digital and how people respond to it. The younger crowd these days typically don't like classic sounds (like that famous 808 kick) and a lot of the older people tend to favor older hardware/analog sounds.
oh and what you said about it being costly/difficult to pick up an MS20 or minimoog? You can get vst's for both of those for free. plus they're polyphonic and have you can store presets.
just thought of something. it would be really really good to be able to do 3 on 4 and other polyrhythms. Is it possible to have different time signatures layered together using the internal sequencer? e.g. kick in 4/4 and hats in 3/4 ?
Maschine, MPC, nothing comes close to the raw and dynamic real analog character of this amazing beast! I have a digital-only studio. But if I had the money, I would buy DSI/Roger Linn over only digital hardware or VSTs.
I hope the pads feel nice. Looks great The compact design and features are stunning. I'm curious how the D/A's compair to past masterpieces like the linn 9000 while only 8 bit really had grimy yet a full sound.The MPC3000 is also a Punchy Pro sounding Machine.Guess I'll have to load the same kit across all three machines to know.The sound quality matters to me more than the variation and features.
just purchased a Tempest analog drum machine 10 days ago, have spent a lot of time with it, the manual and several youtube videos, the latter hosted by the man himself Roger Lynn and an employee of Dave Smith Instruments, the manufacturer. I will not review features and parameters here, please go to their website. This is more of a practical users review and impressions. Let us start with the good: The Unit. It's an attractive unit, a bit on the small size but well made. The feet grip the surface well, it has attractive wood ends. The pads are velocity/pressure sensitive and they feel very good to the touch. The layout is mostly logical and it has two unique ribbon-type controllers which are also pressure sensitive. There are plenty of knobs and buttons which are easy to navigate, unless you have hands like Shaq. The quality of those are not top-notch but they are still sturdy and confident.
The sounds: There are plenty of both PCM samples and analog sources, but the emphasis on the machine is for you to edit and create and on that front you can do to lengthy degrees. There is full synth on board as well as analog percussion sounds galore. A lot of the cliche kits are here too. There are indigenous quirks, but they are not too many or too confusing but you DO need to get to know them before you will have any success on the unit. Id say the unit is 80% intuitive, the rest you will have to learn, including how they categorize things, the general architecture, load and saving, via the manual, website, or the videos. A knowledge of subtractive synthesis is advised and a general way how drum machines behave is suggested too. Sequencing/Creating a beat It's fairly easy, yet sometimes tedious (obviously depending on what you want to do) but its cool. Its the kinds machine you are going to get out of it what you put into it, its not a "happy-accident" machine. But in my book, that's a good thing. Real time or step; its easy to get around edit, o'dub, revert. I give the unit a fun factor of an 8 ( 1-10 scale)
The Bad: Sound I find the sound to be on the lo-fi side, a bit anemic for my taste. They dont pop much with presence. The PCM sounds are all in mono. If your goal is to recreate a real drum-kit performance, this is not the unit for you (volunteering that's not the intent here, so that's not really a criticism). On the good side of that is that analog responds well to outboard processing; so with some good EQs and compression you can greatly enhance the fidelity. General The unit has unbalanced outputs, and is noisy. The distortion and compression FX, located in the master-out section should have been digital modelers because these are noisy as hell and don't really help out the sound. To be fair, if you are looking for that kind of noise and grit, then go for it, but do know there are not any adjustments (even for the compressor) simple a level knob for each. The screen is a tad on the small side, its well lit but the fonts are small. There are many pages to scroll thru. Lastly, the unit makes a horrendous "POP" when turning off/on. There is no USB hosting for memory, only thru MIDI Sysex (via MIDI or USB instrument) can works be saved. Summary The Tempest is a boutique item, seemingly targeting techno-genre guys. Its not that hip-hop or pop friendly. Its power is its editing and on the fly-editing, virtually everything can be done during playback. In the studio I find it a bit lackluster and wished for more intense sounds and ones in stereo, or at least some stereo ambience instead of the sub-par distortion and compression features. It's overall feel is semi-pro to ME, and maybe that's what they wanted: higher-yield unit sales at a cheaper price, but these days when you consider the Korg and Roland products, the Akai gear, and whats used on the market, the Tempest is not that sweet of a deal.
I don't have them all, I have 606, an SDS-9, a Vermona and a MIAMI. I also have a boss HC-2 and a modular where i do all the other stuff with a bunch of VCOs for more complex drums. I like few drum machines, because most use way too simple synthesis for making drums. This is specially noticeable in hi hats and cymbals wich are the most difficult things to do well in analog. Often they just filter white noise and be done with it. Thats why i think CR-8000s and 808s are special.
Rest In Peace, Dave Smith… You’ve changed this world and we cannot thank you enough for your beautiful creations that have enhanced our lives immensely. I hope you can find peace and music there…
I love how calm and meek these two guys sound juxtaposed with the gnarly beats they're making(!)
ahh SHIT!!!...IT'S ON!!!
totally - they are like mild mannered professors who are making machines that create some of the best cutting edge electronic music - the contrast is not lost on me!
Carry a big stick or something :P
Wow...this is the world famous Roger Linn. For the younger generation, guys and gals, this is the guy who started pulled in Akai back in the 80's to enhance the Linn 9000. The Linn Drum machine soon faded out, and Akai took the lead with his idea, thus the MPC 60 was born. Yep, this guy is the REAL DEAL when it comes to innovation for this one particular product, which of course nowadays has been elevated to a whole different level in the drum machine revolution.
*Nice for me to see this.
Roger linns voice talking has the same hypnotic effect on me as Bob ross does.
Peter Mossberg asmr
"let's give this little high-hat a friend"
He's the bob ross meets mr rogers of intense electronic instruments.
@@thomas.moerman lmfao
These two guys are gentle,but the synth is brutal.
Award for best customer service in pro gear/instrument goes to Dave Smith Instruments! They care about their customers! I will highly recommend buying from Dave Smith!!!!
Two great people that make great instruments that musicians can play. No software based crap here. Real warm sounding analog. Don't let anyone fool you because you can hear the difference and it is a big difference. This is one sweet instrument and I can not wait to get my hands on one.
Great video of both rodger linn & dave smith (rip) was lucky to own their Linndrum & Sequenctial drum tracks back in the 80’s. This coalition between both music legends looks great !!
the way in which these two men explain the contents of their new manchine is really indicative of the care and passion that they have put in their job to create it. Very very good impression!
I love the IPA on the desk!
lagunitas no less!
well it must be APA - analogue pale ale
"I don't always drink IPA, but when I do...It's Lagunitas IPA, my friend!" :D
That's a good beer! (if you don't know them.. find some of their "little sumthin"!)
Right? How cool!
You guys are my heroes!! So glad i can buy physical products that you both have worked on. Really inspiring as a musician!
When I'm balding and greyhaired, I want to sit with brew by my side, presenting my own drum machine. Big up Roger Linn! Old dudes on drum machines friggin' rule.
When I'm stressed all I want is to hear Roger Linn talking. Just so f&%ing relaxing
I just love and admire you, Roger Linn, you saved music, and I mean it!
Your legacy will be understood maybe a 100 years from now, if ever, your impact on art is on the level with the great dutch masters or Shakespeare by my opinion.
There should be a legacy collection of albums that wheren't possible without your genious, consisting of DJ Shadow's Endtroducing or DJ Premier's works and so many others.
I personally hope you would built the ultimate mpc with akai, this would just make me cry til eternity.
dont forget smith, who in my opinion has an even bigger influence on music, all top quality guys in general alongside moog, kaketashi, tom oberheim and bulcha to name a few
This is an incredibly powerful rhythmic instrument. Thinking of it as a “drum machine” is a mindset that can limit one to the past. This is beyond the LinnDrum and beyond the mechanistic lifeless realities of conventional “drum-machines” because this is a performance-oriented realtime rhythmic instrument. I am appreciating the Tempest more and more.
@subclonk
You absolutely can filter each individual drum. It just depends on which play mode you're in.
Love that he’s swigging lugintas. Just purchased a tempest and im doing the exact same (:
Wow! that's my machine. I like it a lot! Very creative.
thank you dave smith for this beautiful product.
sick drum machine prolly one of the best made
It's completely sweet that Roger is digging an IPA during his demo.
The man that gave us the Drum Machine of the 80s comes back with a modern day masterpiece nice...
Oh! Awesome! It's like a Drum Machine with no boundaries, I love that the drums and synths come from the same engine. I want one for sure!
Looks like a beautiful live performance tool. As far as drummers go, they are usually the first guys who want to play with your new instruments when they come over.
This has been on my wishlist for ages now. Just bought a Prophet Rev2. This will have to be the next one.
Misters Lynn and Smith are fine gentlemen. This is a very exciting joint effort that will pay dividends in popular music long after these two are gone.
I've must have this! This is pretty much exactly the thing I've been waiting on! Very good work gentlemen!
Dave & Roger, you made my day
i was so excited from watching this, like a kid haha
looking forward to Roger's machine features
Wow! Awesome demo! Looks and sounds like a really nice machine. ☕️🎹
4 years in development and I have been wanting it the whole time, yes!
Two legends ... not much else needs to be said
I've never used true analog drum machines, but I definitely applaud Dave Smith and Roger Linn for coming out with this one. When I was previously considering a hardware machine, I almost got a MachineDrum, just because it was a modeling machine, rather than one that just played back samples. But, that was because I didn't want a Novation drum module. But, this one is fantastic.
This one looks real tempting, even after having just bought a workstation.
You build a drum machine... you sit and talk about it to the public while having a beer. Roger is awesome!
damn I will have to get one of these some day, when I have $2000 to throw around. So good to see more innovative hardware coming out these days. It's amazing that you guys are creating instruments like this, you are legends.
This is potentially very deep and could be one for percussion obsessives, in a similar way to the R8, it is likely to reward users willingness to get in to the guts of the instrument. I would like to see more demo of the sequencer section, especially with busy hi hat patterns as this is an area that modern machines can fall down on, the x0x boxes just got that whole thing 'right''...also how is shuffle and groove implemented? Demos of the sequencer side would be nice!!
I love the IPA beer and out-of-wordly drum analog synthesizer with open-minded friends vibe.
ipad into effects processors and a looper. hardware will NEVER be irrelevant because it gives you a physical connection to the music, allowing you to make your effects unique just by the specific way YOU turn a knob.
I think you guys have done such a great job on this product!
if the MEK is anything to go buy I imagine it's going to blow every drum machine in the current market out of the water
looks great. love the interface. anyone thats saying limited forgets the day and age we live in.
Heck, Roger Linn as in Linn Drum... history in the flesh!
WOW! I was thinking about getting MachineDrum this summer but it looks like I'll have to check this out.
Awesome instrument ! I want one. Good job you guys!
the sounds are simply awesome
Rockin' the IPA while rockin' the drum machine!!! Excellent work!
if i won the lottery this would be the first thing that i would buy lol
People here saying this amazing machine is overpriced... Ok.... Yet people go and pay £,2,500 for a 808 or 909. And yeah, I've owned an 808 but it never had this functionality, even if it is an amazing classic. This is amazeballs and I'm getting one NOW! Well played guys, it's a wonderful machine.
2 of the most genuine guys in the instrument bizz!!!
I love your demos, they don't have the irritating gloss or pretension or Roland's or Korg's.
Wow, i must have one of these. This is by far the best i have heard. This is exactly what people are looking for. i hope the price is right guys.....That's important
!!!! i love the funky beats these old guys are rocking.
Thank you Dave and Roger Linn. So epic!!
that is very interesting. I very want it. It is whole synthesizer, plus drum-oriented interface. I'll be waiting for more demos and specs
Legendary already, getting myself one this x-mas.
Can't wait to get it. DSI+RogerLinn= must have it now before it's vintage.
wow, i would love to pick this up. might have to save up for awhile and do so.
One of the sickest kicks I've ever heard out of a machine and I've owned 909 808 and mpc 3000. Linn's last drum machine. I'm looking more into it.
+ABAORecords but the mpc 3000 has no preloaded sounds onboard, it's a sampler sequencer in which you need to record or add a midi synth for it to be able to play any sound whatsoever?
looking at this I think this a cool drum machine/groovebox made by 2 of the best names in the game these guys are pioneers
Looks really fantastic! Hope the LEDs are not as bright as on the Evolver keyboard otherwise the unit will be unusable.
Love that you are having a Lagunitas Dave! Bay area represent!
dave and roger,
so much geniusness in one video... my computer crashed!!
Two Legends.
Can't wait for this.
A proper drum machine at last.
People buying and selling old skool 808s and whatnot on Ebay all the time... finally someone makes a good modern-day analog drum machine. Dave Smith rocks.
I wish Roger Linn was the professor for every class I've ever had in college.
@mantrasoul like I said it depends on the software, controller and user, Native instruments maschine will be much more tactical, practical and adapable when the next release with the ability to use vst instruments and effects as a sound source the sky is the limit.
And, on top of all the wonderful features, WOODEN SIDE PANELS!!!!!
Well done!
Linn very much sounds like Neil Peart!! No wonder the beats are so awesome...
Well done, guys! This sounds like a good solid beatbox.
That's what happens when you give an older engineer newer technology!!! I was looking for the Linn Drum and this fits the bill perfect.
the design looks really easy on the eyes, I love it. The architecture seems to be very good! I am wondering about a few things... are all the outputs truly balanced? Are the envelope curves continuously adjustable between concave and convex? Is is possible to tune the kick drum to a specific fundamental (C2 for example)? Are the oscillators capable of frequency modulating one another? If the answer to all of this would be yes, this would be a dream come true! Really looking forward to this!
This synth is very exciting, it's expensive but those complaining need to think about whats included and high quality build. What I'm most excited about is the fact that it looks like an analogue drum machine that has modern features, it may seem obvious, but there are not too many about. I think the Vermona drm mrk 3 is my fav atm (that thing is organic and you can here its heart beating inside) But this HAS been thought about by ppl that care...the knowledge is evedent 'listen'
I love there term Beat Orientated Music
@RhythmDroid yes, on the fly, sort of a drumroll (16->8->4->2) is possible
This one, and Pro 2. The best combo ever. THE GAME IS OVER.
is that hat your set up?
I have listened to many products from the NAMM show, but this captures my imagination more than anything else. My digital studio is sorely missing real-analog stuff. Maschine/Arturia Spark etc are good but there is something about these real-analog timbres that is so dynamic, fat and stands out from anything digital. Hope you agree!
This machine would look great next to my prophet 08' . Just lovely!
@pignouf Each of the 6 analog voices has 2 analog oscillators plus 2 digital oscillators (with a large bank of included samples).
Looks fantastic. I want one!
What a couple of legends!
that looks and sound beautiful
This is a must have...excellent work gents
I quite, quite love these sounds. Oh god.
my favorite. gear. from. mpc 60 to drumlinn. this the tempest. amazing. i usue it. on my records. :)
Looks almost like an analogue Machinedrum, f-ing wicked, I need one!
@kidgloves2 Yes via midi. There are a bunch of videos on you tube of a drummer with a trigger kit playing the tempest this way. Do a search and you should find them
Oh wow. I guess I need to prepare to start selling stuff. This looks like THE analog drum machine. Perhaps I'm crazy but even in the demos I'm hearing everything that I (personally) want out of a drum machine.
@t1mTV hell yea man, nice collection!! The reason I asked is because I was having a conversation with another DJ about analog vs digital and how people respond to it. The younger crowd these days typically don't like classic sounds (like that famous 808 kick) and a lot of the older people tend to favor older hardware/analog sounds.
oh and what you said about it being costly/difficult to pick up an MS20 or minimoog? You can get vst's for both of those for free. plus they're polyphonic and have you can store presets.
just thought of something. it would be really really good to be able to do 3 on 4 and other polyrhythms. Is it possible to have different time signatures layered together using the internal sequencer? e.g. kick in 4/4 and hats in 3/4 ?
Perfect! Congratulations!
Just 2 music legends demonstrating a drumcomputer in Bob Ross style with the most funky beat ever while drinking beer.
2 legends, 1 machine
Maschine, MPC, nothing comes close to the raw and dynamic real analog character of this amazing beast!
I have a digital-only studio. But if I had the money, I would buy DSI/Roger Linn over only digital hardware or VSTs.
I hope the pads feel nice.
Looks great
The compact design and features are stunning.
I'm curious how the D/A's compair to past masterpieces like the linn 9000 while only 8 bit really had grimy yet a full sound.The MPC3000 is also a Punchy Pro sounding Machine.Guess I'll have to load the same kit across all three machines to know.The sound quality matters to me more than the variation and features.
Roger Linn digs Lagunitas IPA!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who got excited when I saw that bottle :D
Sounds great but also looks beautiful. Music is alive while people are making gear like this.
Legends, both of them.
just purchased a Tempest analog drum machine 10 days ago, have spent a
lot of time with it, the manual and several youtube videos, the latter
hosted by the man himself Roger Lynn and an employee of Dave Smith
Instruments, the manufacturer.
I will not review features and parameters here, please go to their website.
This is more of a practical users review and impressions.
Let us start with the good:
The Unit.
It's an attractive unit, a bit on the small size but well made. The feet grip
the surface well, it has attractive wood ends. The pads are
velocity/pressure sensitive and they feel very good to the touch. The
layout is mostly logical and it has two unique ribbon-type controllers
which are also pressure sensitive. There are plenty of knobs and buttons
which are easy to navigate, unless you have hands like Shaq. The
quality of those are not top-notch but they are still sturdy and
confident.
The sounds:
There are plenty of both PCM samples and analog sources, but the
emphasis on the machine is for you to edit and create and on that front
you can do to lengthy degrees. There is full synth on board as well as
analog percussion sounds galore. A lot of the cliche kits are here too.
There are indigenous quirks, but they are not too many or too confusing
but you DO need to get to know them before you will have any success on
the unit. Id say the unit is 80% intuitive, the rest you will have to
learn, including how they categorize things, the general architecture,
load and saving, via the manual, website, or the videos. A knowledge of
subtractive synthesis is advised and a general way how drum machines
behave is suggested too.
Sequencing/Creating a beat
It's fairly easy, yet sometimes tedious (obviously depending on what you
want to do) but its cool. Its the kinds machine you are going to get
out of it what you put into it, its not a "happy-accident" machine. But
in my book, that's a good thing. Real time or step; its easy to get
around edit, o'dub, revert.
I give the unit a fun factor of an 8 ( 1-10 scale)
The Bad:
Sound
I find the sound to be on the lo-fi side, a bit anemic for my taste.
They dont pop much with presence. The PCM sounds are all in mono. If
your goal is to recreate a real drum-kit performance, this is not the
unit for you (volunteering that's not the intent here, so that's not
really a criticism). On the good side of that is that analog responds
well to outboard processing; so with some good EQs and compression you
can greatly enhance the fidelity.
General
The unit has unbalanced outputs, and is noisy. The distortion and
compression FX, located in the master-out section should have been
digital modelers because these are noisy as hell and don't really help
out the sound. To be fair, if you are looking for that kind of noise and
grit, then go for it, but do know there are not any adjustments (even
for the compressor) simple a level knob for each.
The screen is a tad on the small side, its well lit but the fonts are
small. There are many pages to scroll thru. Lastly, the unit makes a
horrendous "POP" when turning off/on.
There is no USB hosting for memory, only thru MIDI Sysex (via MIDI or USB instrument) can works be saved.
Summary
The Tempest is a boutique item, seemingly targeting techno-genre guys.
Its not that hip-hop or pop friendly. Its power is its editing and on
the fly-editing, virtually everything can be done during playback. In
the studio I find it a bit lackluster and wished for more intense sounds
and ones in stereo, or at least some stereo ambience instead of the
sub-par distortion and compression features. It's overall feel is
semi-pro to ME, and maybe that's what they wanted: higher-yield unit
sales at a cheaper price, but these days when you consider the Korg and
Roland products, the Akai gear, and whats used on the market, the
Tempest is not that sweet of a deal.
Nice sound quality of this analog drum machine..analog sound is more complete...i like it :)
Right on old doods. Can't make the crazy stuff without the IPA.
Roger has such a voice!
I don't have them all, I have 606, an SDS-9, a Vermona and a MIAMI. I also have a boss HC-2 and a modular where i do all the other stuff with a bunch of VCOs for more complex drums.
I like few drum machines, because most use way too simple synthesis for making drums. This is specially noticeable in hi hats and cymbals wich are the most difficult things to do well in analog. Often they just filter white noise and be done with it. Thats why i think CR-8000s and 808s are special.