Korg Musical Instrument Basic Navigation

TRITON Training Guide

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.

Contents

Main Page eUser Guide TRITON Features and BenefitsTRITON Features and Benefits Page FeatureFeature BenefitBenefit TRITON TRITON Highlights Incredible Sound World-Class Effects Quick and Powerful Sampling Easy and Creative Sequencing Dual Polyphonic Arpeggiators Touchview Graphic Interface Ultimate Control of your sounds User-Installable, Affordable Options Easy-routing Audio Outputs Great-feeling Keyboard Actions Connections Disk Mode Loading the Preload Disks Loading the Factory Demos and Sounds Tip: Playing the Factory demos Playing the demo Cue list Basic Navigation Front Panel Overview Page About the Touchview Graphic Interface Program Mode Selecting Programs TRITON features two great ways to quickly-locate Programs: Select-By-Bank Select-By-Category Tip: The Menu key and Jump pages Tip Performance Editing Check out the Performance Editor: Tip: The Real-time Control Knobs AMS and Effect Dynamic Modulation Check out AMS and Effect Dynamic Modulation: Try another Program: Tip: As you go through the Programs and Combinations in TRITON, make sure to work with the various Tip: Hot-Tip: For many synth, pad, motion, bass and lead sounds, moving and locking JS-Y often produces About TRITON's Program Edit pages: Very Cool Programs Tip There's soooooooooo many sounds! Arpeggiator Mode Working with the Arpeggiator in Program mode Hot-Tip: Use the GATE knob in conjunction with the REALTIME CONTROL A-mode knob 4 (EG Try out a different Program / Pattern: Take a "tour" of Program A034's arpeggio setup: Now to work with another Program / Pattern: Note: Check out the Sort function Check out the Key Sync function: Check out the Keyboard function: Tip: Whenever you make changes to the functions in the Arpeggio tab page, you are NOT editing the Combination Mode Selecting Combinations TRITON features two great ways to quickly-locate Combinations: Select-By-Bank Select-By-Category Tip: Working with a Combination Tip: Check out a few more great Combinations and features: Hot - Tip: TRITON COMBINATIONS RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Work with the Solo Function: Quick Tour of the Combination Edit Pages P1: Edit -Prog / Mixer P2: Edit -Trk Param P3: Edit -MIDI Filter P4: Edit -Zone / Ctrl P7: Edit -Arpeggiator P8: Edit -Insert-FX and P9: Edit -Master FX Very Cool Combinations There's soooooooooo many sounds! Insert and Master Effects Highlighting just a few of TRITON's many Effect Features: In Program, Combination and Song modes: In Sampling mode: Working with TRITON's Effects Tour of Insert and Master Effects in Program mode: Work with an Insert effect: Tip: More examples of Dynamic Modulation: Apply a new Insert effect: Copy an insert effect from another Program: Write the edited Program to a new location: Rename the edited Program, then write it: Note: Work with the Master Effects: Copy a Master effect from a source Program: Working with the Master EQ Work with the gain levels and Update the Program: Work with the EQ parameters: Working with the Effects and EQ in Combination mode: Work with a Combination's Insert Effects: Note: Tip: A Word About Output Bussing Working with the Audio Inputs and Effects Connect the microphone and set the input level: Tip: Note: Working with the Audio Inputs and Vocoder Effect Work with the Vocoder effect: Sampling Mode Just a bit of Korg sampling terminology Recording One -Shot Vocal Samples Input Setup Tab: Recording Tab: Preference Tab: Recording Tab: Record the samples: Here's what happened: Sampling Through an Insert Effect Tip: Naming Your Samples and Multi-samples Rename the Multi-sample: Tip: Converting a Multi-sound to a Program Using the Multi-sample you just recorded: Working with Grooves, Loops and Tempo Let's get started: Work with the Sample Edit page: Tip: Work with the Loop Edit page: Let's fix the loop: Hot - Tip: Want to turn a 4 bar Groove into a 2 bar Groove? Go to P2 Loop Edit and set the Grid to Tip: Sequencer Mode "Lot's of features ! Where do we start?" Load a Template Song: Select a Preset Pattern and Put it to a track: Note: Now to set a Play Loop for Track 1: Rehearse and record the Bass track: Note: Now for something totally outrageous!!! Is this COOL or WHAT?!?!?!?!?!? Ready to record the Guitar track? Record a couple more tracks: The Solo / Mute Functions About the Locate Key Creating a Cue List Let's get started Create a new song and copy your current song to it: Now you've got 3 identical songs, and can start to create a Cue List: Tip: Make changes to the tracks in each song: Time to review Now to create the Cue List: Tip: Converting Cue Lists to Songs Tip: RPPR (Real-time Pattern Play Record) Load "FEVER" from the TNFD-00P(US) factory disk: Now to trigger some of the assigned patterns from the keyboard: Playback the demo song: Now to create a new song using RPPR Load the Template Song: Assign patterns to keys and work with the RPPR functions: Tip: Recording with RPPR Set up and record the patterns: Tip: Using Combis and the Arpeggiators in a Sequence Let's Do It: Add a new solo track to the song: Assign an Insert effect to the track: Tip: Advanced Arpeggiator Tour Editing the Arpeggiator in Program mode: Check out the Gate function: Now to work with the Velocity function: Adjust the Swing function: Set the Scan and Velocity Zones for the pattern: Tip: Editing a User - Arpeggio pattern in Global mode: Work with a User - Pattern: Before we go any further in the Pattern Setup tab: Now to discover why this pattern is sooooooooo funky: Now back to the Pattern Setup Tab: Now to show you just how cool these functions can be: "Wait a minute! What's going on here?" "So how do I determine which drum sounds (notes) play a specific tone?" "This is too cool ! So how do I edit the kick drum steps in the pattern?" "What about editing a simple melody line in an arpeggio pattern?" Tip: Tips On Using the Arpeggiators in Combination Mode Let's look at another Combination that uses both Arpeggiators in this way: Now to tour the Arpeggiator Setup and Zoning pages: Page Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Page Page Output Routing Demonstrate output routing in Sequencer mode: Tip: Output Routing for Individual Sounds Copy a preset drum kit to a user drum kit and set a new output bus for a drum sound: Tip: User - Installable Option Boards / Memory Tip: Installing Option Boards / SIMM Modules Additional Information - OM References: Page TRITON Training Guide i Very Cool TRITON Programs! Category Program Controllers: Category Program Controllers: TRITON Training Guide ii Very Cool TRITON Combinations! Category Combination Controllers: Category Combination Controllers: