What does the sound tag "TMPS" mean?

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
#1

I am probably going to delete this in embarrassment as soon as I learn the answer. But thanks!

#2

tempo sync? :man_shrugging:

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#3

Timpanis?

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#4

The Machine Plays Sound

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#5

My guess!

#6

That MagPie Screeches

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#7

Is an Octatrack descriptor:

Time Manipulation Playback System

#8

I think so.

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#9

Tempo Sync it’s a full tag on the Mkii

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#10

Thanks, all, for the replies! The Woody Guthrie-inspired “This Machine Protects Socialists” had occurred to me.

I have a new question, then: what would a “tempo sync” tag on a sound suggest about the sound? I am seeing it in sound packs.

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#11

I’d guess those are sounds with prominent tempo synced modulation.

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#12

Thanks. I had thought that most uses of an LFO would be tempo-synced. I should just search by the tag and audition all the so-tagged sounds to see if I can hear the commonality.

#13

Yeah, lfos are usually tempo synced,
except for the speed settings with the little dot, those are synced to 120BPM (ensures patches sound the same, regardless of the tempo).
What I meant was, that under this tag, you’d find sounds which have heavy tempo synced modulation, like when you turn down the modulation, it significantly changes the sound. Similar to the tag ‘SEQ’ on other synths.
Just a guess, tho^^

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#14

Got it. And oh! there are sounds with “SEQ” in the name, and I didn’t understand that either! So much to learn.

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#15

The meaning of those tags can obviously differ from synth to synth, but SEQ on synths without proper sequencer usually features sounds which sound ‘sequenced’, usually from the use of arps, mod sequencers and/or lfos, often multiple mod sources are used. One arp/mod seq or lfo might modulate the pitch and thus creates the note sequence, other mod sources usually are used to accent certain notes in the sequence + additional modulation on filter or stuff like that. You can hold one key and it sounds like it’s driven from a sequencer.

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#16

ohhh I was wondering why TMPS sounded familiar but also not—didn’t bother turning on my mkii to check

#17

Trump makes Putin smile

#18

Totally Massive Powerful Shit, duh.