Amazing Tempest videos. Thanks so much. Have u ever thought of doing, lead, bass or pad tutorials.? Anyways as a new Tempest owner these have been gold.!
Realized yesterday i can save individual sounds after tampering with beat parameters. For example snare after beat Osc pitched down can be saved to snares exactly as it sounds.
Man! I got my own, but don’t have the patience to dive deep in it haha. Would you say the design part of it is more important than the sequencing part of it? Which one should I focus on? Thank you!
There's a slight pitch bend down on the 808, maybe two semitones even. But the Tempest is just a flat pitch. It's hard for me to get that pitch bend right. In my RYTM I'm using LFO one shot exponential and Filter envelope to give two pitch bends -one for initial transient and another for longer pitch bend. I think it would be even easier to do this with the more modulation options on the Tempest.
Hi Adam, thank you for the awesome content on the tempest. I am just starting in music and wanted to know if you think the tempest is worth the investment as an instrument for sound design and composition. I’ve read some mixed reviews, but wanted to get your input since you seem to have a good understanding of instrument. I just got a poly Evolver and am looking for a companion, especially for percussion. Thank you for your insight.
Hey! If you're just starting in music and sound design, I might be hesitant to recommend the Tempest. It's a great instrument, but it's probably not the easiest learning curve if you're new to synthesis and to get the most out of it you have to have a really solid understanding of synthesis techniques and also enjoy the patch creation process as much as sequencing the sounds. That said, if you feel comfortable designing your own percussion sounds on the Poly Evolver, that might give you a good idea on how much you'd jive with the Tempest.
@@AdamSchneiderMusic Thanks Adam. I really appreciate your input. Any recommendations or advice on the best way to learn the fundamentals on patch creation and synthesis, or do you recommend just playing and practicing? Books, resources, etc?
Adam love your tutorials. Learning a lot! Do you have sound kit for sale or other tutorials for other 808 sounds such as hi hat open/closed, maracas, cowbell, low mid high toms, etc? I saw a few other beat kits for Tempest sold claiming to sound like 808 such as YA or DreamProbe and none of them actually sound like 808 where as yours matches really well. I see Dave stocked digital osc 3 & 4 with some 808ish samples but they sound quite flat and are missing the hi hat among other key 808 drum sounds. Also the analogue built drums sound much richer vs the built in digital samples the Tempest includes.
Glad you like the tutorials! I don't have a sound kit for sale at this time, although I've slowly been working on one in my free time. No plans for other tutorials right now unfortunately. Hats on the Tempest are a bit tricky to program, but I usually rely on fast-rate LFOs modulating pitch/pwm/osc mix to get some FM style metallic sounds.
If it helps anyone else, I have also been learning a lot by deconstructing the sounds that are being shared on the forum: forum.sequential.com/index.php/topic,34.0.html
