Thanks Yorgos! your notes proved to be useful and just for a refresh I did the calibration, even if the main source for this inconsistency (at least in my Tempest) seem to be self-oscillating kicks.
John: thanks, probably one of the reasons I got the Tempest has been its "twisted" character, even if I must admit that this issue to me sounds more like a bug than a feature (I had and still have many mono and poly analog synths and never heard anything so relevant): inconsistencies occur always on the same beat, which is annoying: would you suggest to update to last OS?
thanks to both anyway, nice community here ^_^
Hmm...
If it's happening consistently on the same beat, you might try looking at the sequencer data in the 'Events' screen, and see if there isn't some 'Note FX' data recorded on that step.
I don't suppose you have the 'Click' track engaged by chance? If so, turn it off (smirk).
And if it's a self-oscillating filter kick that is the culprit, you might check to see that the resonance is all the way up: i.e. some people design these kicks with the filter just on the cusp of self-oscillation, which can lead to drastic inconsistencies.
As for updating, I personally recommend it. The latest beta fixes a lot of the bugs found in OS 1.4, offers many U.I. and file management improvements, and is no less stable. Note that you must update both the 'Main'
and 'Voice' operating systems for this beta to work, then calibrate everything again afterwards.
Cheers!