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THE PROS & CONS
+ Unique design belies a smart and easy-touse workflow
Capable of fantastic, complex ambient sounds
Multitude of sample recording and import options
- Better configuration of the overlay keyboard would be nice
Emitter placement can lag occasionally HANDS-ON CONTROL
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HANDS ON CONTROL
Beyond the touch grid (used for Emitters and the overlay keyboard) Tempera doesn’t have masses of hands-on control, but it’s smart with what it has. Buttons down the side of the grid are for navigation between menus, while the four chunky rotaries are for parameter control.
Performance-wise, these have two main uses: in the main sample view, they’re used to adjust the playback volume of each of the eight tracks. But most useful is an easily-assignable Macros mode