flickr By Chris RandallChris Randall of Analog Industries and Audio Damage put up some impressions of the new DSI Tempest. He sounds pretty impressed.
"To describe this thing as bad ass is to understate the matter entirely."
If you followed the DSI line of synths you know the Evolver has four oscillators, two analog and two digital with the Prophet VS waveforms. The Prophet '08 and Tetra forgo the digital oscillators. The Tempest has the four with additional digital waveforms added. "The digital oscillators comprise several methods of making noise (they did a very good job in the noise selection department), a couple hundred different drum samples running the gamut of styles, and the complete Prophet VS waveform library. They are quite capable, and while being necessarily drum-centric, Tempest can also do a pretty favorable turn as a synth."
The one thing to note is the Tempest is six voice polyphonic, while the Polyevolver is four. Be sure to see the rest of Chris' impressions. He also comments on how the envelops differ, MPC-60 style swing on the unit and it's overall tightness.
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