About this manual
Data handling
Conventions in this manual
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Table of Contents
Combination mode
Sequencer mode
Sampling mode
Song Play mode
Installing and setting up the Korg Midi Driver
Troubleshooting Specifications and options
Midi applications
Other functions
Main features
Introduction Introducing the Triton
Introduction
Sampling
Sequencer
Song Play
Dual polyphonic arpeggiator
Program mode
Combination mode
Sequencer mode
Overview of the modes
Song Play mode
Sampling mode
Global mode
Disk mode
Front and rear panel
Front panel
Realtime Controls
Sequencer
Rear panel
Velocity knob
Rear panel
Front
Names and functions of objects in the LCD Screen
Current
Edit cell
Popup button
Category popup button
Check box
Radio buttons
Tab
Basic operation of the Triton
Selecting modes
Selecting pages and tabs
Selecting a
Setting a parameter
Value controllers
Bank keys
Basic operation of the Triton Introduction
Compare key
Popup buttons and popup menus
Keyboard input
Connecting the power cable
Connecting audio output devices
Connecting audio input devices
Connections
Connecting pedals etc
Connections to Midi equip- ment
Connections to a computer
Connections to a Scsi device
Quick Start Turning the power on/off
Turning the power on
Turning the power off
Press the TRITON’s Power switch to turn on the power
Loading the demo song data in Disk mode
Contents of the disks
Listening to a demo song
Press the OK button
Press the Select button to resume loading
Press the SEQ key the LED will light
Press the front panel START/STOP key
Playing a cue list
Press either P1 Cue List or numeric key
Selecting and playing a program
Selecting a program
Playing a program Quick Start
Selecting programs from Bank/Program Select
Selecting programs from Category/Program Select
Selecting programs from a Midi device p.114
Program banks of the Triton
Press the Category popup button
Selecting and playing a combination
Selecting a combination
Selecting combinations from Bank/Combination Select
Selecting and playing a combination Quick Start
Selecting combinations from Category/Combina- tion Select
Selecting combinations from a Midi device p.114
Combination banks of the Triton
Using controllers to modify the sound
Ribbon controller
SW1, SW2
Lock function
Mode controls
Realtime control knobs
Value slider
Keyboard
Knob 3 EG-INTENSITY
Knob 4 EG-RELEASE
Assignable Foot Switch
Foot pedals
Damper Pedal
Assignable Foot Pedal
Using the arpeggiator while you play
Using the arpeggiator in Pro Gram mode
Settings using controllers
Adjusting the arpeggiator tempo
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
Arpeggiator-A, Arpeggiator-B
Linking the arpeggiator to combinations
Shutdown Key
Pattern Assignable
Rppr function Quick Start
Simple program editing
Performance Edit
Realtime controls
Simple combination editing
An example of editing
Selecting the program for a timbre
Press the Prog. Select tab
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
Midi data dump
Other ways to save
Restoring the factory settings
Loading the preload data
Press Disk
Press PRELOAD.PCG. The display will be high- lighted
Program mode
About the pages in Program Mode
Playing a program
P0 Play
How a program is organized
Arpeggio tab
P1 Edit-Basic Oscillator settings
Basic program editing
Program Basic tab
OSC Basic tab
When Oscillator Mode = Double
When Oscillator Mode = Drums
Velocity Zone tab
About High/Low
P2 Edit-Pitch Pitch settings
Controller Setup tab
OSC1 Pitch Mod. tab
Pitch EG tab
P3 Edit-Filter Filter settings
Filter 1 tab
Filter 1 Mod. tab
P4 Edit-Amp Amplifier settings
Filter EG
Filter 1 LFO Mod. tab
Filter 1 EG tab
P5 Edit-Common LFO LFO settings
Amp1 Mod. tab
Amp1 EG tab
P7 Edit-arpeggiator Arpeggiator settings
P8 Edit-Insert Effect Insert Effect settings
P9 Edit Master Effect Master Effect settings
Suggestions on using alternate modulation
Combination mode
Pages in Combination mode
Playing a combination
Selecting a combination
How a combination is structured
Basic combination editing
Mixer tab
Arpeggio Play A/Arpeggio Play B tab
P1 Edit-Program/Mixer Timbre 1-8 program, pan and vol- ume
Midi Channel tab
OSC tab
Pitch tab
P3 Edit-MIDI Filter Midi filter settings
Key Zone tab key zone settings
Delay ms
Other tab
Vel Velocity Zone tab Velocity zone settings
Sequencer mode
Features of the sequencer
Timing resolution is a maximum of /192
Track status settings in Sequencer mode
Sequencer mode Basic functions
About song data
Operations for which Compare is available
About each page in Sequencer Mode
Structure of Sequencer mode
Songs
Patterns
Cue List
As track musical data of a song
Rppr Realtime Pattern Play/Recording function
Locate settings
Playback
Playing a song Play
Other playback
Recording
Recording on a track, and recording on a pattern
Recording on a track
Recording on a pattern
Realtime recording on a track
Preparations for recording
Overwrite
Press the REC/WRITE key
Overdub
Manual punch-in
Auto punch-in
Loop All Tracks
When the song ends, stop the external sequencer
Multi multitrack recording
Start the external sequencer
Using the Track Play Loop function to record
Recording the arpeggiator
Template Song
Record a drum phrase on track
Sequencer mode P6 Pattern/RPPR, select the Pattern Edit tab
Realtime recording to a pattern
Copying combination sounds to multiple tracks
Quantize
Step recording on a track or pattern
Press the START/STOP key. Pattern recording will end
Editing
Creating and playing a Cue List
Track editing
Pattern 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 settings
Make track settings just as when preparing to record tracks
Sequencer mode P6 Pattern/RPPR, select the Rppr Setup tab
Rppr Realtime Pattern Play Recording function
Rppr playback
Realtime recording an Rppr perfor- mance
Multitrack recording
Rppr performance techniques
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
Pages in Sampling mode
How Sampling mode is orga Nized
Sampling mode
Sampling frequency and bit resolution
Using multisamples
Samples and Multisamples
Samples
Multisamples
Connections and settings for a monaural source
Connections and settings for a stereo source
Sampling recording a sample
Preparations for sampling
Using an insert effect
Manual sampling
P0 Recording, select the Recording tab
Select the Sample Mode
Auto sampling
Play the C2 note on the keyboard
Set the Threshold
Creating multisample indexes and sampling
Select Index
Loop settings
Select the page menu command Grid
Grid display
Select P2 Loop Edit
Sample waveform data editing
Select P1 Sample Edit
Modifying the settings of an index
Multisample editing
Converting a multisample to a Program
Editing the indices
Song Play mode
Pages in Song Play mode
Structure of Song Play mode
Playing SMF data
Direct playback from external media such as a floppy disk
Insert effects and master effects
File Select will show the SMF filenames
Playback using the Jukebox Function
Starting/stopping playback for each song
Press the START/STOP key once again to stop playback
Check the Jukebox check box Select P3 Jukebox
Saving procedure
Loading procedure
Playing along with SMF data
Saving a Jukebox list
Global mode
About the pages in Global mode
Creating a drum kit
About drum kits
Editing a drum kit
Multisample programs and drum kit programs
Sample Setup tab
Voice/Mixer tab
Disk mode
How Disk mode is organized
Loading data
Basic functions
Saving data
Formatting media
Types of data that can be saved
Disks
Arpeggiator settings
Arpeggiator settings for a pro Gram
Arpeggiator settings
Pattern, select the arpeggio pattern
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
Make settings for the various parameters
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
Creating an user arpeggio pat Tern
About user arpeggio patterns
Editing a user arpeggio pattern
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Creating an example pattern
Length, specify the length of the pattern
Select the Pattern Edit tab
102
Chordal pattern
103
Drum pattern
Creating a drum pattern
Program mode, select a drum kit program
Dual arpeggiator editing
104
Set the parameters for each step
About arpeggiator synchroniza Tion
105
Effects settings
Effects in each mode
106
Categories of the 102 effect types
Routing settings and effect set Tings
Effect settings for a program
107
Routing
Effect settings in Combination, Song, and Song Play modes
Make settings for Send 1 and Send
108
Master effects
Effect settings in Sampling mode
Effect settings for the Audio Input
109
Master effects Master EQ
Setting example
Using Dmod to modify the feedback level from SW1 key
Rotate the Tempo knob, and the delay time will change
About dynamic modulation Dmod
Connecting Midi devices/com Puters Midi connectors
Midi applications
About Midi
111
Connecting an external Midi sequencer or computer etc
Connecting an IBM PC compatible
Local Control On settings
112
Connecting an Apple Macintosh
PC I/F Baud Rate settings
113
KBPS
Messages transmitted Received by the Triton
Midi channels
Program Change/Bank Select
114
After touch
Pitch bender
Control change
115
Using the joystick to apply modulation
Controlling the volume
116
Selecting program/combination banks
Using various controllers for control
117
Controlling panpot stereo position
Effect control
118
Controlling the tone/envelope of a program
Using RPN to edit
119
Controlling the arpeggiator Nprn
About system exclusive messages
120
Changing the pitch bend range
Transmitting sound settings data Data Dump
If notes are stuck
121
Editing sounds etc
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
122
Support for GS/XG part mode exclusive mes- sages
About GM/GS/XG
About standard Midi files
123
124
Tuning to another instrument Transposing
Specifying the function Assignable Switch Assignable Pedal
Other functions
Bypassing the effects
Creating original scales
Changing the scale
126
Setting the function of SW1 SW2
Adjusting the contrast bright Ness of the LCD screen
Sounding a beep when the LCD Screen is pressed
Using the Triton as a data filer
Shortcuts
128
Appendices Installing and setting up the Korg Midi Driver
Installing the Korg Midi Driver into Windows 95/98
Appendices
129
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
134
Cannot record a sample
Specifications and options
Specifications
135
Specifications and options
Options
136
137
[62 notes Music Workstation/Sampler]
Triton proX
Triton pro, Triton
Index
Numerics
138
108
139
114
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