2be wrote:How do you like Tempest? I heard the software wasn't really finished upon release, has it improved?
Tempest is probably the best thing I ever bought.
That said I really needed to scratch the analogue drum machine itch.
I thought about getting a Machinedrum first. If I would have I would be thinking maybe Tempest sounds more of what I wanted because it's analogue. In other words I needed to experience the difference, first.
However, I would probably be equally satisfied with a Machinedrum, now that I know.
Programming drum sounds can be tricky.
The best part about Tempest for me is that I spent a lot of time making 1 custom DrumRack, and using the APC40 through Bomes to control the rack.
Tempest is like having all of that in it's own little box.
Super easy to use, ultra performance friendly.
ALSO, Tempest makes for a killer polysynth. In my drumRack I would have a couple Operators for creating sounds. But as everyone knows, you have no parameter store and recall on Ableton devices. So if you want a flexible variety of sounds "for performing," coming from one instance of Operator, your kinda screwed. Tempest makes this idea stupid simple.
Over at the DSI forums in the Tips and Trick thread for Tempest you will see a long list of things that have been updated, and cool things the Tempest does.
They have addressed many of the things that were not available upon it's release.
They also offer beta OS updates of the latest fixes and features.
The rub comes from wanting to independently run each voice through Ableton Live. Gonna have to drop some coin on a new audio interface, and those kind of toys arent cheap, and they are kind of in a holding pattern over USB 3 or Thunderbolt etc.
