The owner’s manuals and how to use them
About this manual
Data handling
Conventions in this manual
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basic functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P3: Edit-Filter
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Main features
Introduction Introducing the TRITON
Introduction
Overview
Sampling
Sequencer
Song Play
Dual polyphonic arpeggiator
Overview of the modes
Program mode
Combination mode
Sequencer mode
Song Play mode
Sampling mode
Global mode
Disk mode
Front and rear panel
Front panel
6. VOLUME slider
Introduction
Rear panel
11.Contrast adjustment knob
MIC-LINEswitch
Introduction
13. AUDIO OUTPUT
Names and functions of objects in the LCD screen
a:Current page
b: Edit cell
c: Popup button
e: Category popup button
f: Check box
g: Radio buttons
h: Tab
Basic operation of the TRITON
1.Selecting modes
2. Selecting pages and tabs
Selecting a page
3. Setting a parameter
VALUE controllers
BANK keys
Basic operation of the TRITON Introduction
Popup buttons and popup menus
COMPARE key
Keyboard input
1.Connecting the power cable
2.Connecting audio output devices
3.Connecting audio input devices
Connections
4. Connecting pedals etc
Foot switch connections
5.Connections to MIDI equip- ment
6. Connections to a computer
Quick Start Turning the power on/off
1.Turning the power on
2.Turning the power off
Quick Start
1.Loading the demo song data in Disk mode
Listening to a demo song
Contents of the disks
Quick Start
mode
Listening to a demo song
3. Playing a cue list
Selecting and playing a program
Selecting a program
and playing a program Quick Start
Selecting programs from Bank/Program Select
Using a connected switch to select programs p.125
Selecting programs from Category/Program Select
Other ways to select a program
Selecting programs from a MIDI device p.114
Selecting a combination
Selecting and playing a combination
Selecting and playing a combination Quick Start
Selecting combinations from a MIDI device p.114
Other ways to select a combination
Combination banks of the TRITON
Using controllers to modify the sound
Ribbon controller
SW1, SW2
Joystick
Realtime control knobs 1, 2, 3,
A mode controls
Ribbon controller
After touch
VALUE slider
Keyboard
B mode controls
Knob 3: EG-INTENSITY
Assignable Foot Switch
Foot pedals
ARPEGGIATOR TEMPO knob, GATE knob, VELOCITY knob
Note Number
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
Adjusting the length of the arpeggio notes
Adjusting the strength of the arpeggio notes
Selecting an arpeggio pattern
Select the arpeggiators that will run
Settings in the LCD screen
Other settings for the arpeggiator
Using the arpeggiator while you play Quick Start
Arpeggiator-A, Arpeggiator-B
Other settings for the arpeggiator
Linking the arpeggiator to combinations
Creating an user arpeggio pattern
Playing with the RPPR Realtime Pattern
Play/Recording function
Shutdown Key
Pattern Assignable
Simple program editing
Performance Edit
Realtime controls
Octave
Simple combination editing
An example of editing
Selecting the program for a timbre
Quick Start
Adjusting the stereo position
Adjusting the volume
9Press timbre 2 “Volume” it will be highlighted
7Press the Mixer tab
Basic functions Saving data
Types of data that can be saved
Writing to internal memory
Saving data Basic functions
Using a page menu command to write
Writing a program or combination
Assigning a name Rename
Using the REC/WRITE key to write
Using a page menu command to write
Saving data Basic functions
About the Edit Buffer
Using the REC/WRITE key to write
Saving on external media
Memory in Global mode
MIDI data dump
Saving data Basic functions
Other ways to save
p.119 in the Parameter Guide
Restoring the factory settings
Loading the preload data
Program mode
About the pages in Program mode
Playing a program
P0: Play
How a program is organized
The Arpeggio tab
P1: Edit-BasicOscillator settings
Basic program editing
Program Basic tab
OSC Basic tab
Velocity Zone tab
When “Oscillator Mode” = Double
When “Oscillator Mode” = Drums
About High/Low
P2: Edit-PitchPitch settings
Controller Setup tab
OSC1 Pitch Mod. tab
Pitch EG tab
P3: Edit-FilterFilter settings
Filter 1 tab
Filter 1 Mod. tab
High pass filter
P4: Edit-AmpAmplifier settings
Filter EG
Filter 1 LFO Mod. tab
Filter 1 EG tab
P5: Edit-CommonLFO LFO settings
Amp1 Mod. tab
Amp1 EG tab
Use DKit Setting
P7: Edit-arpeggiator Arpeggiator settings
P8: Edit-InsertEffect Insert Effect settings
P9: Edit Master Effect Master Effect settings
More about Alternate Modula tion
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 1–8program, pan and vol- ume
Layer, split, and velocity switch
Velocity switch
P2: Edit-TrkParam
MIDI Channel tab
OSC tab
Pitch tab
P3: Edit-MIDIFilter MIDI filter settings
Layer, split, and velocity switch set- tings
Key Zone tab key zone settings
P4: Edit-Zone/Ctrl
P7: Edit-Arpeggiator Arpeggiator settings
Vel Velocity Zone tab Velocity zone settings
P8: Edit-InsertEffect Insert Effect settings
P9: Edit Master Effect Master Effect settings
Features of the sequencer
Sequencer mode
Track status settings in Sequencer mode
About song data
Memory Protect
The Compare function
The structure of Sequencer mode
About each page in Sequencer mode
Songs
Patterns
Cue List
As track musical data of a song
The RPPR Realtime Pattern Play/Recording function
Playback
Playing a song Play
Other playback
LOCATE settings
Recording
Recording on a track, and recording on a pattern
Recording on a track
Recording on a pattern
Preparations for recording
Realtime recording on a track
Overwrite
Overdub
Manual punch-in
Auto punch-in
Loop All Tracks
Multi multitrack recording
Using the Track Play Loop function to record
Recording the arpeggiator
Template Song
Sequencer mode Basic functions
Copying combination sounds to multiple tracks
Realtime recording to a pattern
Quantize
Step recording on a track or pattern
Reset value
Sequencer mode Basic functions
Controller
Editing
Creating and playing a Cue List
Track editing
Pattern editing
Converting a cue list to a song
Sequencer mode Basic functions
RPPR settings
RPPR Realtime Pattern Play Recording function
RPPR playback
Realtime recording an RPPR perfor- mance
Multitrack recording
RPPR performance techniques
Single track recording
Sampling mode
Features of sampling mode
Sampling mode Basic functions
Pages in Sampling mode
How Sampling mode is orga nized
In Sampling mode
Sampling frequency and bit resolution
Samples and Multisamples
Samples
Multisamples
Using multisamples
Connections and settings for a monaural source
Connections and settings for a stereo source
Sampling recording a sample
Preparations for sampling
Manual sampling
Using an insert effect
Sampling mode Basic functions
Auto sampling
Creating multisample indexes and sampling
Sampling mode Basic functions
1In P0: Recording, select the Recording tab
3Press the Create button to create an index
The grid display
Loop settings
p.95 in the Parameter Guide
Sampling mode Basic functions
Sample waveform data editing
A note on saving samples
Modifying the settings of an index
Multisample editing
Converting a multisample to a program
Editing the indices
Song Play mode
The pages in Song Play mode
The structure of Song Play mode
About SMF
Mute/Solo function
Playing SMF data
Insert effects and master effects
Starting/stopping playback for each song
Playback using the Jukebox function
Song Play mode Basic functions
Saving procedure
Loading procedure
Playing along with SMF data
Saving a Jukebox list
About the pages in Global mode
Global mode
Global mode Basic functions
Creating a drum kit
About drum kits
Editing a drum kit
Multisample programs and drum kit programs
Sample Setup tab
Voice/Mixer tab
Global mode Basic functions
Assign
Data loading procedure
Disk mode
How Disk mode is organized
Loading data
Basic functions
Disk mode
Formatting media
Saving data
Types of data that can be saved
Cautions when handling floppy disks
Head cleaning
Floppy disk type and format
Floppy disk handling
Arpeggiator settings
Arpeggiator settings for a pro gram
Arpeggiator settings
Arpeggiator on/off
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
Arpeggiator settings
Linking the arpeggiator to a program
Arpeggiator on/off
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
Combination A003 Drum’n’Bass Kit
Creating an user arpeggio pat tern
About user arpeggio patterns
Editing a user arpeggio pattern
Linking the arpeggiator to the combination
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
Creating an example pattern
Melody pattern
Chordal pattern
Drum pattern
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
Creating a drum pattern
Dual arpeggiator editing
About arpeggiator synchroniza tion
When the song is stopped
When the song is playing or recording
Arpeggiator settings Basic functions
Effects settings
Effects in each mode
Routing settings and effect set tings
Effect settings for a program
Routing
Insert effects
Master effects
Master EQ
Routing
Insert effects
Effect settings in Sampling mode
Effect settings for the AUDIO INPUT
Master effects Master EQ
Effects settings Basic functions
Setting example
About dynamic modulation Dmod
Connecting MIDI devices/com
puters MIDI connectors
MIDI applications
About MIDI
Connecting an IBM PC compatible
Connecting a computer TO HOST connector
Local Control On settings
PC I/F Baud Rate settings
Connecting an Apple Macintosh
MIDI applications Basic functions
Messages transmitted and received by the TRITON
MIDI channels
Note on/off
Program Change/Bank Select
After touch
Pitch bender
Control change
Program mode
Using the joystick to apply modulation
Controlling the volume
Selecting program/combination banks
Controlling the portamento effect
Using various controllers for control
Controlling panpot stereo position
Effect control
MIDI applications Basic functions
Controlling the tone/envelope of a program
Using RPN to edit
Resetting all controllers on a specific channel
Tuning
Silencing all notes on a specific channel
Controlling the arpeggiator NPRN
About system exclusive messages
Changing the pitch bend range
Universal system exclusive
Transmitting sound settings data Data Dump
If notes are “stuck”
Editing sounds etc
Parameter changes
Recording musical data from an exter- nal device
About GM/GS/XG
About standard MIDI files
Support for GS/XG part mode exclusive mes- sages
MIDI applications Basic functions
Song Play mode
•In Song Play mode, the TRITON can playback SMF data directly from a disk or external SCSI device if the separately sold EXB-SCSIoption is installed; i.e., the data will be played back as it is being read, and does not need to be loaded into memory
Sequencer mode
Tuning to another instrument Transposing
ASSIGNABLE Switch and ASSIGNABLE Pedal
Other functions
Bypassing the effects
Creating original scales
Changing the scale
Setting the function of SW1 and SW2
Adjusting the contrast bright
Sounding a beep when the LCD screen is pressed
Using the TRITON as a data filer
Shortcuts
Installing and setting up the Korg MIDI Driver
Appendices
Appendices
Korg MIDI Driver
Korg MIDI Driver settings
Setting up the Korg MIDI Driver Win- dows
Installing the Korg MIDI Driver into a Macintosh
Setting up the Korg MIDI Driver Mac- intosh
Appendices
Korg MIDI Driver
Wiring diagram for special con nection cables
Using PC Exchange to convert SMF data
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Appendices
Cannot record a sample
Specifications and options
Specifications
Appendices
Specifications and options
Options
MIDI Implementation Chart
Function
Transmitted
Recognized
Index
Appendices