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TRITON Training Guide

 

11 

 

 

Basic Navigation 

 

Front Panel Overview 

 

 

1> SW1 / 2 

2> Joystick 

3> Ribbon: 

These controllers are  used to control tone, pitch, volume, 

effects, the arpeggiators and more - in realtime, while you play and record. 

 

4> Headphone Jack 

 

5> Disk Drive 

 

6> VOLUME slider: 

Controls master volume and headphone volume. 

 

7> REALTIME CONTROL Knobs: 

 

Four knobs, with two modes of operation  - in 

A

 mode, filter cutoff, 

resonance or hi-pass filter cutoff, filter envelope intensity, and filter/amp envelope release time are 

controlled. In 

B

 mode (press the REALTIME switch) the four knobs are independently-assignable for 

Programs, Combinations and Songs. They can be set to control volume, portamento time, pan, effect send 

levels, and a host of other functions.  

Summary of Contents for TRITON Musical Instrument

Page 1: ...User Guide...

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Page 3: ...ry Cool Demo Combinations 33 Effects Mode Inserts and Masters EQ 34 Working with the Audio Inputs and Effects 42 Using the Vocoder Effect 43 Sampling Mode Overview 44 One shot Sampling Sampling w Inse...

Page 4: ...ITON s Hyper Integrated HI synth engine combines PCM ROM sampling RAM and optional MOSS synth engines with rich filters complex modulation routings and the most versatile effects system in a synth tod...

Page 5: ...s can u se 1 arp pattern Combis and se 1 arp pattern Combis and s e q u e n c e r c a n u s e 2 s e q u e n c e r c a n u s e 2 Arp patterns can be recorded to sequencer or Arp patterns can be recorde...

Page 6: ...output or stereo pair with any effects routing desired 61 76 61 76 note synth and 88 note synth and 88 note note weighted action models available weighted action models available w w V e l o c i t y a...

Page 7: ...chain effects can be used in a Program Combination or Song Process everything through two master effects with 89 algorithms to choose from then finish off your mix with a powerful 3 band EQ TRITON al...

Page 8: ...Two polyphonic arpeggiators with 237 patterns 232 programmable 5 preset add new dimension to your Programs Combinations and Songs You can even run both arpeggiators in a Combination or Sequence and sy...

Page 9: ...ination sounds on disk for each EXB PCM board offered EXB SCSI Load save and easily manage your sounds samples and sequences in record time with the user installable SCSI board Supports both removable...

Page 10: ...6MB in the display Disk Mode Loading the Preload Disks TRITON ships with two floppy disks TNFD00P and TNFD01P Note The earliest shipments you ll be dealing with include a third disk TNFD OOPUS This di...

Page 11: ...AD KSC too A radio button will indicate Clear which means that the sample data you load will overwrite any previously loaded sample data from the beginning of the sample memory area Note If you were t...

Page 12: ...sting all the demo songs you loaded from the PRELOAD SNG file For now press anywhere outside of this popup menu or press the EXIT key to return to the Play page P0 Playing the demo Cue list One of TRI...

Page 13: ...Controls master volume and headphone volume 7 REALTIME CONTROL Knobs Four knobs with two modes of operation in A mode filter cutoff resonance or hi pass filter cutoff filter envelope intensity and fi...

Page 14: ...t it at the end of this section 12 EXIT key When you are working with pages in a mode pressing the EXIT key will take you to the first page of that mode P0 You can also press the EXIT key to close dia...

Page 15: ...ages edit cells popup buttons and menus pins scroll bars category buttons check boxes radio buttons tabs dialog boxes text edit and toggle buttons page jump buttons and more You ll discover many featu...

Page 16: ...he center menu you ll see the Bank tabs Pressing these tabs will take you directly to a desired bank of Programs Press the Bank B tab then move the scroll bar to the right and select Program B033 Pian...

Page 17: ...ip You can move any Programs to any category in edit mode and you can rename the categories to suit your music applications The Menu key and Jump pages The MENU key displays a list of Jump pages in a...

Page 18: ...ay and slope time of the filter and amp envelope generators IFX Balance Simultaneously adjusts Wet Dry balance of all insert effects used in the Program MFX Balance Simultaneously adjusts the return l...

Page 19: ...an toggle between each mode by pressing the REAL TIME CONTROL key In A mode cutoff resonance EG intensity and EG release are controlled for every Program Combination or Song When each knob is set to t...

Page 20: ...e the sound 3 While continuing to hold the new Ribbon position press SW2 to Lock the current position 4 Now release your finger from the Ribbon Controller and as you play you ll notice that the last p...

Page 21: ...ock as well Hot Tip For many synth pad motion bass and lead sounds moving and locking JS Y often produces syncable LFO modulation that also will sync with the arpeggiator After locking JS Y use the Sw...

Page 22: ...0 B072 B106 HIT ARPEGGIO A034 A050 B044 DRUMS A004 B004 C020 Tip There is a more complete chart at the end of this Guide listing controllers and other helpful information There s soooooooooo many soun...

Page 23: ...rd nice piano sample right 2 Now press the ARPEGGIATOR ON OFF key lit 3 Play the keyboard again instant songwriter A pattern has been assigned that will work well with this Program a great way to demo...

Page 24: ...the pattern 3 The tempo for this Program s arpeggio pattern has been set to 148 BPM upper right of the display You can change the tempo of the pattern with the Tempo knob in the ARPEGGIATOR section or...

Page 25: ...play and hold down C2 again you ll hear the arpeggio pattern play through a 4 octave range then continue to loop The Octave setting lets you specify the range of octaves for the pattern 3 Press the Oc...

Page 26: ...05 Acoustic Guitar Note that the ARPEGGIATOR is automatically ON when this Program is selected 2 Play various notes and chords to get and idea of how well the assigned pattern works with this sound 3...

Page 27: ...hanges you make to an arpeggio pattern s functions or tempo in the Arpeggio tab page can be quickly saved to the same Program press the REC WRITE key and then press OK to update the Program You can al...

Page 28: ...and EQ Combinations can be copied to TRITON s sequencer with or without their effects and used to create new songs If the EXB MOSS option board is installed up to 6 MOSS DSP timbres can be assigned to...

Page 29: ...am mode Select By Category lets you manage and select Combinations by instrument family making sound navigation easier than ever This feature helps you keep all your sounds organized and easily access...

Page 30: ...ombinations are displayed with 16 Category tabs on both sides of the center menu 8 Press the 12 BassSplits tab then use the Scroll Bar to move to the second group of 16 Combinations in this category 9...

Page 31: ...the Real time Control knobs in both the A and B modes use the Ribbon Joystick and SW1 and 2 and try out the ARPEGGIATOR Gate and Velocity knobs All this sound from only 3 Programs with room for 5 more...

Page 32: ...om the popup menu 4 Press B023 the Program number or INT in the Timbre 1 column to Solo the Bass play in the low range to hear it 5 Press A000 the Program number or INT in the Timbre 2 column and hold...

Page 33: ...plus a new TRITON feature a Bank Select EX2 function that sends Bank and Program changes other than the TRITON s internal Bank Program settings when Status is set to EX2 The OSC tab provides independe...

Page 34: ...s Real time Control knob assignments for B mode functions P7 Edit Arpeggiator This page provides settings for Arpeggiator including timbre assignments Arpeggiator A and B settings and Arpeggiator Key...

Page 35: ...6 DRUMS HITS A006 B111 D006 D022 Tip There is a more complete chart at the end of this Guide listing controllers and other helpful information There s soooooooooo many sounds KORG s fantastic programm...

Page 36: ...n Program Combination and Song modes All Insert and Master effects are available for processing of internal sounds and in addition any external source mono or stereo can be processed through the effec...

Page 37: ...ain in the display You can copy and swap insert effects and write the Program from the page menu tab 6 Press the Insert FX tab bottom In this page you can select the type of effect chain on off status...

Page 38: ...of 53 While you play move the joystick in the Y towards you position to hear the Stereo Phaser wet dry mix being controlled 13 Press the IFX3 tab and view the Wet Dry Src JS Y note that the Joystick Y...

Page 39: ...TOR ON OFF key lit Now play notes chord to trigger the arpeggio pattern assigned to this Program and work with the effect parameters as the pattern plays another great application for the Arpeggiator...

Page 40: ...and a Write Destination menu appears Note the Bank tabs to the left of the center menu 33 Press the Bank E tab and in the center menu press E003 then press OK the dialog box appears again with the ne...

Page 41: ...buttons allow you to copy one source effect insert or master to a destination effect insert or master or you can select All to copy all Master effects from the selected source to the current Program...

Page 42: ...r each of these parameters to view the Dynamic Modulation sources available Working with the Effects and EQ in Combination mode Editing Insert Master and Master EQ settings in Combination mode is basi...

Page 43: ...and 2 levels to the Master effects Timbre 5 SE IFX3 No Stereo Graphic EQ IFX1 or Stereo Compressor IFX2 for this timbre it s bus starts at IFX3 Stereo Phaser and is chained through IFX4 and IFX5 Timb...

Page 44: ...ress the GLOBAL key to enter Global mode press the MENU key then press P0 Basic Setup 4 Press the Audio Input tab 5 In the Input 1 field press Pan L000 and type 64 ENTER on the numeric keypad to set t...

Page 45: ...ly the right channel signal Modulator to the left channel signal Carrier In the factory Programs and Combinations where the Vocoder effect is present it has been selected as IFX2 When you want to proc...

Page 46: ...ON to 64 Mbytes sample RAM this allows total recording time of well over 11 minutes giving you four mono samples of almost 3 minutes each or four stereo samples of well over 1 minute each Just a bit o...

Page 47: ...d press the popup button and set the BUS IFX Select to L R 4 Set the Input 1 Pan value to C064 with the DIAL or Numeric keys 5 In the Recording Setup field press the Auto radio button set the Threshol...

Page 48: ...top sampling then press Create above the Recording Level indicators 15 Press the START STOP key and say the word To Press START STOP again to stop sampling then press Create above the Recording Level...

Page 49: ...ll 24 Speak in the microphone to hear the effect being applied Press the IFX1 tab at the bottom of the display to view and edit the Reverb Hall parameters to your liking 25 Press the MENU key then pre...

Page 50: ...Shift 4 Press each Text box to rename the multi sound TRIDEMO then press OK The dialog box returns press OK again and note the new multi sample name in the upper left of the display Tip Just so you k...

Page 51: ...ess the PROG key to enter Program mode then select Program E004 Play the keyboard from C2 up to hear the multi sound It s new home is oscillator 1 Working with Grooves Loops and Tempo It can t get any...

Page 52: ...New Sample field The beauty of this lies in the fact that when you convert this multi sample to a Program the L R samples will find their way instantly to oscillators 1 and 2 Cool huh Leave these val...

Page 53: ...corded but you probably need to trim some of the fat off the Loop End point chances are your loop is not perfect 19 Press to highlight the End value then as you continue to hold C2 and play the loop r...

Page 54: ...nd End points are posted in the Range field and radio buttons let you decide to truncate Front End points or Front or just the End of the loop Truncating deletes unwanted sample data that lies outside...

Page 55: ...view as desired set the Grid Resolution finer as desired Hot Tip If there s a slight flam in the End point even if it s exactly on the Grid line this might be due to slight inaccuracies in BPM sometim...

Page 56: ...terns and triggered with the RPPR function Each song can use five Insert effects and two Master effects with 3 band EQ and the effects are realtime controllable for performance and sequencing Samples...

Page 57: ...ess P6 Pattern RPPR The current song is highlighted at the top of the display 9 Press the Pattern User popup button then press Preset Now press the P00 Pop Ballad popup button to the right A popup men...

Page 58: ...heckbox below Drums 1 st column 19 In the Drums Track 1 Loop End Measure field set the value to 004 Press the START STOP key and the Track 1 will Play Loop continually so you can rehearse and record a...

Page 59: ...ard to get an idea of how FUNKY this guitar Program sounds especially with that fine Delay Insert effect 27 Now press the ARPEGGIATOR ON OFF key to turn the Arpeggiator ON lit 28 Press START STOP and...

Page 60: ...the solo function for this track You can also press the SOLO buttons for more than one track to isolate sections while the song plays 3 Press the Page menu button upper right then press Solo Selected...

Page 61: ...cer Introducing the Cue List Let s get started Create a new song and copy your current song to it 1 Press to highlight the popup button to the left of S000 Acid Jazz then press S001 from the popup men...

Page 62: ...Edit Page button upper right then press Delete Measure A popup menu appears set the From Measure to 009 and the To End of Measure to 032 Next press to check the All Tracks checkbox then press OK You v...

Page 63: ...earned about the Solo Mute functions 3 Then you created two new songs copied the original song to both new locations and renamed all three songs INTRO VERSE and CHORUS Three identical songs with diffe...

Page 64: ...you convert a Cue List to a song the Programs note and event data Effects and Tempo changes as well as Transposed track data Play Loops and Repeats will all be converted There are certain settings tha...

Page 65: ...ss the Song popup button and select the next available empty song from the popup menu then press OK to load FEVER 5 Press the SEQ key and make sure you re on the P0 Play REC page EXIT Prog 1 8 tab Now...

Page 66: ...4 In the RPPR Setup field press to highlight the KEY parameter then hold down the ENTER key and press key C 2 Press the Assign checkbox to assign RPPR to this key 5 Press the Sync Beat popup button an...

Page 67: ...n real time you can trigger the assigned preset or user patterns even quantize on input to keep your triggering time perfect In the following exercise you ll take the previously assigned patterns and...

Page 68: ...to the left of the song name field and select the next available empty song Press OK from the Are You Sure dialog box to create a new song 2 Press the Page menu button then select Copy From Combi from...

Page 69: ...om the popup menu Play the keyboard to hear the Program and assigned Insert Effect 12 Press the EXIT key to return to the P0 Play REC page 13 Press START STOP to playback the song and rehearse the new...

Page 70: ...of each note in the pattern Rotate the DIAL clockwise to increase the note length A setting of 1 100 means that all notes sounded will be played with a specific gate time You can also control the gat...

Page 71: ...wing setting to a value of 000 2 Press the Scan Zone tab button at the bottom of the display 3 Press to highlight Top Key G9 in the display 4 Hold the ENTER key and touch C4 middle C on the keyboard T...

Page 72: ...s is an example of a polyphonic arpeggio pattern Let s see how it was created 5 Press the GLOBAL key to enter GLOBAL mode then press the MENU key 6 Press P6 User Arpeggio Because you began by selectin...

Page 73: ...ep No 01 below the step grid 8 Rotate the DIAL clockwise slowly it will click at each step in the grid Pay attention to the parameters below each Step No Here s an overview of what they mean Pitch Off...

Page 74: ...ss drum Tone 01 as your snare etc We ll take a look at this in a few minutes Now to show you just how cool these functions can be 1 Press the PROG key to exit GLOBAL mode then Select Program A052 Psyc...

Page 75: ...f not use the 6value key to set it to 01 The vertical line on the left of the Step grid indicates the selected step number Also make sure that the Tone No right side is set to 00 13 Press the 5value k...

Page 76: ...On Using the Arpeggiators in Combination Mode 1 Select and Play Combination C097 Bumpin Thumpin Question I hear the drum arpeggio pattern but when I play the keys no drum sounds are triggered what s...

Page 77: ...DI channel Let s look at another Combination that uses both Arpeggiators in this way 5 Select Combination A086 SciFi Chase Scene 6 Play in the range above Middle C no arpeggio patterns assigned to thi...

Page 78: ...two different approaches As a result there are two methods outlined in this tutorial to allow full use of all Combinations in the Triton s sequencer Since the setting of arpeggiations vary from Combin...

Page 79: ...ting Dummy Tracks a track that is on the same channel as the rest of the Combination but is actually turned Off under the track s on off status This Dummy Track is assigned to the same Arp as the trac...

Page 80: ...2 Single Channel Combination Using Example Combination A28 Random Blocks First we ll get the Combination into the Sequencer mode 1 Press the SEQ button to enter the Sequencer Mode 2 Touch the arrow o...

Page 81: ...k 9 6 Touch the MIDI channel for track 9 7 Using the value wheel slider or buttons select MIDI channel 1 8 Touch the Track Status setting for track 9 INT 9 Using the value wheel slider or buttons set...

Page 82: ...TOP button to finish recording then the LOCATE to rewind back to the start That s all there is to it Once you have finished recording you can undo the status of the Dummy tracks and reuse them to play...

Page 83: ...ass BUS Select to 1 from the popup menu 7 Press the Routing Page menu button upper right and select Solo Selected Track After you ve soloed Track 12 solo Track9 and other tracks by pressing their BUS...

Page 84: ...he From field then locate and select 07 A B Hip Hop Kit from the popup menu Press OK 8 Now go back and press the DrumKit 07 A B Hip Hop Kit popup button and use the Scroll Bar to locate and select the...

Page 85: ...e structure and all six voices can be used in any F Bank Program any Combination or Song And best of all the EXB MOSS is 6 part multitimbral so you can use more than one MOSS Program in your Combis an...

Page 86: ...two slots available for EXB PCM boards When both boards are installed TRITON s PCM memory is expanded to a whopping 64 Mbyte Tip When you install an EXB PCM board you ll also get a disk with a PCG fil...

Page 87: ...e indicated in the display Additional Information OM References Save and Load Procedures Refer to the TRITON Basic Guide page 92 Song Play Mode Refer to the TRITON Basic Guide page 85 Global Mode Refe...

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Page 89: ...Airy A011 Fresh Breath JS Y SW1 K1 4 B046 Dolphin Ride SW1 ARP B027 Vocalesque SW1 K3 4 SL B082 Space Pod for 2 VEL K1 4 T B091 Take Voices VEL K1 R ARP C078 Water is Deep K3 HOLD ARP D027 OohSlow Voi...

Page 90: ...001 Lonely Moon VK GK R C027 Future Brass VK SL R C001 In The Room R SL VK C091 Aggessive Horns R SL C097 Bumpin Thumpin SL R K4 Orchestral A002 Dyn Orchestra 1 R K1 K2 D081 Jungle Split JS Y ARP R A0...

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