dave smith / roger linn - tempest analog drum machine

http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/products/tempest/index.html

just got an email saying these are ready for shipping!



i think they are dope! might be my next purchase, as i was looking for a synth of some sorts, 6 analog voices..

i really have controversal feelings about that thing. one day i want it so much i could sell everything i have to have one, the day after it's way too pricey and i wouldn't buy it for the half of his price as well...

i want to **** around with one but that's the rent money for like a while

@Lampdog

ok after this video today i would sell my family to have this thing...

it looks like the best gear possible to play abstract btw...

Lampdog wrote:Tax return time is right around the corner though...

must .. resist ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWc5GQoM648

^ best video i've seen, shows some good live performance features, track mutes and the stutter edit like thing

Needs to sample so you can layer sounds with the monster analogue drum hits, and then it would be pretty unrivalled IMO.

As it happens I don't think £1500 is that big a rip off considering it's features and how good it looks, but I don't think it's close enough to the right price for me to ever consider investing.

I'd probably stretch to about £800-900 tops.

I can see me getting one eventually.

scoobylol wrote:Needs to sample so you can layer sounds with the monster analogue drum hits, and then it would be pretty unrivalled IMO.

but u own a mpc right... then i dont see an issue

one of these hooked up with an mpc using da midi headphones and u got a beast of a set up

Yes, I think it is very expensive gear (I definitely don't have money for this right now), but this is much more than drum machine, this is more like multi-timbral polyphonic analog synthesizer with sequencer. If you think that way, the price tag is understandable.
It seems like many people already got it (lucky people!), but I want to hear baselines and lead keys (should be able to done with Tempest), done with Tempest. I think MIDI keyboard can be connected so that baseline etc. can be played on keyboard instead of pads.
I think Tempest is very unique product because of the fact that it is not sampler.
You can MIDI up samplers of your choice with Tempest. (I'm speculating, I want to find out more about Tempest!)

yeh for sure.. i wanna see bass and lead sounds out of this box too, i have heard some random synth things on the youtube vids..

i just think it seems like a very versatile box, like its only as capable as the user.

thing is dope, but that's hella money...I'll wait for second hand deal and 3rd hand price..

It's doesn't allow sampling so I wouldn't even pay as much as the asking price. I'm with Scoobs. Rip off if you ask me.

Big mistake to not include a sampler if you ask me. Everyones grandma and dog would have wanted one if it did.

Oh well I still want one though I'll have to put it on my Christmas list

padlock wrote:

scoobylol wrote:Needs to sample so you can layer sounds with the monster analogue drum hits, and then it would be pretty unrivalled IMO.

but u own a mpc right... then i dont see an issue

one of these hooked up with an mpc using da midi headphones and u got a beast of a set up

That's not really the point, I'd rather have the option to edit, layer and sequence everything in the one machine. Before some smart arse says, well ye datz wot da mpc is 4. We all know about the MPCs limitations with polyphony and RAM, what happens if you want to do some really intricate progressive drum track where the analogue parts constantly evovle over 2 or 3 minutes? I personally am far too lazy to sample everything and then re-sequence it, even on the beloved MPCizzle.

Also I don't want to have to re-sample the analogue part two or three times before I've even tracked it into a DAW, I'd like to retain the analogue signal path for as long as possible. I also still want that accessibility and ability to change things quickly and intuitively whilst layering with other samples, just in case they need a bit of tweaking.

I do see your point, the two together would still make a fine team. But just not for me personally.