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