Bad Gear - Dave Smith Tempest

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the DSI Tempest Analog Drum Machine. Is this hybrid drum machine created by two of the most influential figures in music technology, Dave Smith (creator of the Prophet 5 and important contributor to the midi standard) and Roger Linn (father of the Akai MPC and all that fancy 80s drum machines), the gold standard for hardware-based music production or did the two legends aim too high?

Thanks to my neighbor Paul for lending me his Tempest, check out his Insta:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:13 Overview Dave Smith Instruments Tempest
01:45 Sounds, analog/digital oscillators, Prophet VS waveforms
02:07 Filter, high pass, feedback
02:30 Delay
02:39 Envelopes, LFOs
02:54 Modulations, mod matrix
03:01 MPC elements, pad modes, roll, arpeggiator, aftertouch, reverse
03:20 Sequencer, 16 Beats
03:40 Touch strips, real time FX
03:59 Distortion, compressor
04:12 Controversy, limitations
04:46 UI/UX, menu diving
05:10 Synth Voices = Drum Voices???
05:24 Polyphony, note stealing, voice allocation, outputs
05:51 Sample import (or lack thereof), memory limitations, pricing, thanks
06:11 Hate
06:37 Jam 1
07:31 Jam 2
08:35 Finale
09:07 Verdict