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About this manual
Data handling
Conventions in this manual
 Table of Contents
 Song Play mode
Combination mode
Sequencer mode
Sampling mode
 Other functions
Installing and setting up the Korg Midi Driver
Troubleshooting Specifications and options
Midi applications
 Main features
Introduction Introducing the Triton
Introduction
 Dual polyphonic arpeggiator
Sampling
Sequencer
Song Play
 Overview of the modes
Program mode
Combination mode
Sequencer mode
 Disk mode
Song Play mode
Sampling mode
Global mode
 Front panel
Front and rear panel
 Realtime Controls
 Sequencer
 Velocity knob
Rear panel
 Front
Rear panel
 Popup button
Names and functions of objects in the LCD Screen
Current
Edit cell
 Tab
Category popup button
Check box
Radio buttons
 Selecting a
Basic operation of the Triton
Selecting modes
Selecting pages and tabs
 Basic operation of the Triton Introduction
Setting a parameter
Value controllers
Bank keys
 Compare key
Popup buttons and popup menus
Keyboard input
 Connections
Connecting the power cable
Connecting audio output devices
Connecting audio input devices
 Connections to a Scsi device
Connecting pedals etc
Connections to Midi equip- ment
Connections to a computer
 Press the TRITON’s Power switch to turn on the power
Quick Start Turning the power on/off
Turning the power on
Turning the power off
 Loading the demo song data in Disk mode
Contents of the disks
Listening to a demo song
 Press the front panel START/STOP key
Press the OK button
Press the Select button to resume loading
Press the SEQ key the LED will light
 Press either P1 Cue List or numeric key
Playing a cue list
 Selecting programs from Bank/Program Select
Selecting and playing a program
Selecting a program
Playing a program Quick Start
 Press the Category popup button
Selecting programs from Category/Program Select
Selecting programs from a Midi device p.114
Program banks of the Triton
 Selecting and playing a combination Quick Start
Selecting and playing a combination
Selecting a combination
Selecting combinations from Bank/Combination Select
 Selecting combinations from Category/Combina- tion Select
Selecting combinations from a Midi device p.114
Combination banks of the Triton
 Lock function
Using controllers to modify the sound
Ribbon controller
SW1, SW2
 Realtime control knobs
Mode controls
 Knob 4 EG-RELEASE
Value slider
Keyboard
Knob 3 EG-INTENSITY
 Assignable Foot Pedal
Assignable Foot Switch
Foot pedals
Damper Pedal
 Adjusting the arpeggiator tempo
Using the arpeggiator while you play
Using the arpeggiator in Pro Gram mode
Settings using controllers
 Settings in the LCD screen
 Using the arpeggiator as you play in Combination mode
Sounding both the arpeggio notes and the notes you play
Select the arpeggiators that will run
 Linking the arpeggiator to combinations
Arpeggiator-A, Arpeggiator-B
 Shutdown Key
Pattern Assignable
Rppr function Quick Start
 Simple program editing
Performance Edit
Realtime controls
 Press the Prog. Select tab
Simple combination editing
An example of editing
Selecting the program for a timbre
 Adjusting the stereo position
Adjusting the volume
Press timbre 2 Volume it will be highlighted
 Basic functions Saving data
Types of data that can be saved
Writing to internal memory
 Using a page menu command to write
Writing a program or combination
Assigning a name Rename
 Using the REC/WRITE key to write
About the Edit Buffer
Press the front panel REC/WRITE key
 Memory in Global mode
Press the Disk key. You will enter Disk mode
Saving on external media
 Other ways to save
Midi data dump
 Press PRELOAD.PCG. The display will be high- lighted
Restoring the factory settings
Loading the preload data
Press Disk
 P0 Play
Program mode
About the pages in Program Mode
Playing a program
 Arpeggio tab
How a program is organized
 OSC Basic tab
P1 Edit-Basic Oscillator settings
Basic program editing
Program Basic tab
 About High/Low
When Oscillator Mode = Double
When Oscillator Mode = Drums
Velocity Zone tab
 Pitch EG tab
P2 Edit-Pitch Pitch settings
Controller Setup tab
OSC1 Pitch Mod. tab
 P3 Edit-Filter Filter settings
Filter 1 tab
Filter 1 Mod. tab
 Filter 1 EG tab
P4 Edit-Amp Amplifier settings
Filter EG
Filter 1 LFO Mod. tab
 P5 Edit-Common LFO LFO settings
Amp1 Mod. tab
Amp1 EG tab
 Suggestions on using alternate modulation
P7 Edit-arpeggiator Arpeggiator settings
P8 Edit-Insert Effect Insert Effect settings
P9 Edit Master Effect Master Effect settings
 Selecting a combination
Combination mode
Pages in Combination mode
Playing a combination
 Arpeggio Play A/Arpeggio Play B tab
How a combination is structured
Basic combination editing
Mixer tab
 P1 Edit-Program/Mixer Timbre 1-8 program, pan and vol- ume
 Midi Channel tab
OSC tab
Pitch tab
 Other tab
P3 Edit-MIDI Filter Midi filter settings
Key Zone tab key zone settings
Delay ms
 Vel Velocity Zone tab Velocity zone settings
 Sequencer mode
Features of the sequencer
Timing resolution is a maximum of /192
 Operations for which Compare is available
Track status settings in Sequencer mode
Sequencer mode Basic functions
About song data
 About each page in Sequencer Mode
Structure of Sequencer mode
Songs
 Rppr Realtime Pattern Play/Recording function
Patterns
Cue List
As track musical data of a song
 Other playback
Locate settings
Playback
Playing a song Play
 Recording on a pattern
Recording
Recording on a track, and recording on a pattern
Recording on a track
 Press the REC/WRITE key
Realtime recording on a track
Preparations for recording
Overwrite
 Loop All Tracks
Overdub
Manual punch-in
Auto punch-in
 When the song ends, stop the external sequencer
Multi multitrack recording
Start the external sequencer
 Record a drum phrase on track
Using the Track Play Loop function to record
Recording the arpeggiator
Template Song
 Quantize
Sequencer mode P6 Pattern/RPPR, select the Pattern Edit tab
Realtime recording to a pattern
Copying combination sounds to multiple tracks
 Press the START/STOP key. Pattern recording will end
Step recording on a track or pattern
 Pattern editing
Editing
Creating and playing a Cue List
Track editing
 Converting a cue list to a song
If necessary, check the Load FX? check box
Select the Convert to Song page menu com- mand
 Rppr Realtime Pattern Play Recording function
Rppr settings
Make track settings just as when preparing to record tracks
Sequencer mode P6 Pattern/RPPR, select the Rppr Setup tab
 Rppr performance techniques
Rppr playback
Realtime recording an Rppr perfor- mance
Multitrack recording
 Single track recording
Check the Rppr check box
Location, specify the point at which recording will begin
 Sampling mode
Features of sampling mode
KHz 16 bit linear mono/stereo sampling
 Sampling frequency and bit resolution
Pages in Sampling mode
How Sampling mode is orga Nized
Sampling mode
 Multisamples
Using multisamples
Samples and Multisamples
Samples
 Preparations for sampling
Connections and settings for a monaural source
Connections and settings for a stereo source
Sampling recording a sample
 Using an insert effect
Manual sampling
P0 Recording, select the Recording tab
 Set the Threshold
Select the Sample Mode
Auto sampling
Play the C2 note on the keyboard
 Select Index
Creating multisample indexes and sampling
 Select P2 Loop Edit
Loop settings
Select the page menu command Grid
Grid display
 Select P1 Sample Edit
Sample waveform data editing
 Editing the indices
Modifying the settings of an index
Multisample editing
Converting a multisample to a Program
 Song Play mode
Pages in Song Play mode
Structure of Song Play mode
 File Select will show the SMF filenames
Playing SMF data
Direct playback from external media such as a floppy disk
Insert effects and master effects
 Check the Jukebox check box Select P3 Jukebox
Playback using the Jukebox Function
Starting/stopping playback for each song
Press the START/STOP key once again to stop playback
 Saving a Jukebox list
Saving procedure
Loading procedure
Playing along with SMF data
 About the pages in Global mode
Global mode
 Multisample programs and drum kit programs
Creating a drum kit
About drum kits
Editing a drum kit
 Voice/Mixer tab
Sample Setup tab
 Disk mode
How Disk mode is organized
Loading data
 Basic functions
 Saving data
Formatting media
Types of data that can be saved
 Disks
 Pattern, select the arpeggio pattern
Arpeggiator settings
Arpeggiator settings for a pro Gram
Arpeggiator settings
 Make settings for the various parameters
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
 Linking the arpeggiator to a program
Select Combination P1 Edit-Program/Mixer
Combination P2 Edit-Trk Param, select the Midi Channel tab
 Make Arpeggiator Assign settings
Make Arpeggiator Run settings
Combination A003 Drum’n’Bass Kit
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Creating an user arpeggio pat Tern
About user arpeggio patterns
Editing a user arpeggio pattern
 Select the Pattern Edit tab
101
Creating an example pattern
Length, specify the length of the pattern
 Chordal pattern
102
 Program mode, select a drum kit program
103
Drum pattern
Creating a drum pattern
 Dual arpeggiator editing
104
Set the parameters for each step
 105
About arpeggiator synchroniza Tion
 Categories of the 102 effect types
Effects settings
Effects in each mode
106
 Routing
Routing settings and effect set Tings
Effect settings for a program
107
 Master effects
Effect settings in Combination, Song, and Song Play modes
Make settings for Send 1 and Send
108
 Master effects Master EQ
Effect settings in Sampling mode
Effect settings for the Audio Input
109
 About dynamic modulation Dmod
Setting example
Using Dmod to modify the feedback level from SW1 key
Rotate the Tempo knob, and the delay time will change
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Connecting Midi devices/com Puters Midi connectors
Midi applications
About Midi
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Connecting an external Midi sequencer or computer etc
Connecting an IBM PC compatible
Local Control On settings
 KBPS
Connecting an Apple Macintosh
PC I/F Baud Rate settings
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Messages transmitted Received by the Triton
Midi channels
Program Change/Bank Select
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After touch
Pitch bender
Control change
 Selecting program/combination banks
Using the joystick to apply modulation
Controlling the volume
116
 Effect control
Using various controllers for control
117
Controlling panpot stereo position
 Controlling the tone/envelope of a program
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Using RPN to edit
 Changing the pitch bend range
Controlling the arpeggiator Nprn
About system exclusive messages
120
 Editing sounds etc
Transmitting sound settings data Data Dump
If notes are stuck
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Playing the Triton multi-timbrally from an external device
Synchronizing the playback of the arpeggiator or sequencer
Recording musical data from an exter- nal device
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Support for GS/XG part mode exclusive mes- sages
About GM/GS/XG
About standard Midi files
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 Bypassing the effects
Tuning to another instrument Transposing
Specifying the function Assignable Switch Assignable Pedal
Other functions
 Creating original scales
Changing the scale
126
 Using the Triton as a data filer
Setting the function of SW1 SW2
Adjusting the contrast bright Ness of the LCD screen
Sounding a beep when the LCD Screen is pressed
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Shortcuts
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Appendices Installing and setting up the Korg Midi Driver
Installing the Korg Midi Driver into Windows 95/98
Appendices
 Korg Midi Driver settings
Setting up the Korg Midi Driver Win- dows
130
 Installing the Korg Midi Driver Into a Macintosh
Setting up the Korg Midi Driver Mac- intosh
131
 Wiring diagram for special con Nection cables
Using PC Exchange to convert SMF data
132
 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
133
 Cannot record a sample
134
 Specifications and options
Specifications and options
Specifications
135
 136
Options
 Triton pro, Triton
137
[62 notes Music Workstation/Sampler]
Triton proX
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Index
Numerics
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