Korg Triton

I am Using Software Version 1.1.1. It is extremely simple to learn, and the touch screen makes it a joy to use. I have only needed to consult the manual a couple times and it is reasonably good.

The extremely large feature set is why I bought this Keyboard. I was looking for a keyboard that had both analog emulation and digital synthesis, which this does if you own the MOSS Board. On top of those synthesis methods you also get Korgs Physical Modeling and a built in sampler. Along with all of that you have the standard aftertouch, velocity sensitive keyboard as well as plenty of real time modulating devices(knobs, joysticks, etc). The Triton also has an On-Board Sequencer which is convenient to use when setting up instrument configurations you want to quickly recall, however if you are planning to record you songs with this it is still far short of a software synth.

The sounds on this thing are extremely diverse and all very good quality, with the possible exception of the Acoustic Pianos. Standouts in the Sounds can be found in almost every category including Drums, Organs, Winds, Brass, Strings, and plenty of otherworldy and classic Synth sounds. The MOSS board is amazing if you are looking for analog emulation, it is very tweakable and everytime you play with it you find something else you can modify. To my ears the MOSS board sounds great, eventhough I have heard some complaints that the filters were to "digital" sounding. Not only did Korg do an excellent job at putting together the various synthesis systems but they also added a KILLER effects processor on the top. This really sets some of the sounds you can make with synth apart from any other, because some of the effects are so amazing! I havent used the Sampler very much as I am still caught up with the On Board sounds, but from what I hear it is far above average for a built in sampler, and I believe Version 2.0 will have many new features here.

On a High level I have had no problems what so ever with reliability. However there are a number of small bugs in the software, that I and others I have spoken to are experiencing. These surround saving Instument selections in the sequencer. You can certainly work around this if you are using an external sequencer but they will annoy you one way or the other. The construction of the keyboard itself is solid, but not something you would coin as rock solid.

I Havent used customer support, but the mail group can be very helpful.

This is my first real synth and I am very glad I choose this one. If you are looking for ONE synth that can provide you with most of the popular synthesis forms and do so in a refreshing and elegant manner then you wont go wrong with this synth. This synth is as much a Workstation as a synth can be. Read the reviews in Sound on Sound(UK magazine) and Keyboard and you will believe me.

The touch screen interface is greatly improved over the Trinity's. Very quick, responsive and intuitive. This keyboard is a joy to use.

I'm pretty sure it will wash your car! All kidding aside, the Triton has 62-note polyphony, a 16-track sequencer, sampling and vocoding capability, 2 master and 5 stereo insert effects, 6 outputs and lots of expandability. Can't beat it.

If you like the Trinity sound, you'll love the Triton. Very realistic accoustic emulations coupled with richly textured synth sounds. The drums and brass are punchy and the strings and voice patches are lush.

The sounds are all high quality, 48 kHz samples.

So far, so good, and my other Korg keyboard have never had problems.I've fou

I've found them to be very helpful.

Best sounding, most versatile synth available for under $3K. I think it's the best value on the market.

I have had the Triton for 2 months now and am starting to get into it! My software version is 1.85. Refer to my previous review regarding the sounds/presets. I only wish to say that some of the Trinity's waveforms which I liked are missing- but this is a different instrument after all!! The operating system is excellent- I have hardly referred to the manual!!!!

Refer to my previous review regarding what I wrote about the Triton's features. I have gotten into using the onboard sequencer for a couple of songs. It is easy to use and offers a reasonable amount of editing functions for a workstation sequencer. Refer below for what I want improved.

The sounds are awesome- However I find it strange that Korg skimped on the flexibility of the filter- the Trinity's filters were more flexible offering more types not only low and high pass filtering. The effects are fantastic and easier to get around than those in the Trinity. Again refer to what I want improved below.

I will be taking mine back to the repair centre as I hear an annoying high pitched sounds coming out of all my outputs- it is a fault of the instrument. Also the Triton is no as well built as the Trinity. It has a plastic case that is very easy to scratch! It's touch screen feels better to operate than the Trinity's however.

Korg (Musiclink) here in Australia are excellent!!!!

I really like this instrument! Let me say that loud and clear. I would definetly get another one if it were lost or stolen. I have gone back to using it as my only sound source on a few projects. However Korg must upgrade the operating system in a number of important areas-

a). SAMPLER- Allow us to use all 64MB at once instead of chopping it up into 4, 16MB chunks.
b). ADD INTERNAL RESAMPLING- THIS IS ESSENTIAL!!!!!!!
c). ADD TIMESTRETCHING.
d). ADD CROSSFADE LOOPING.
e). ALLOW US TO FILTER/ENVELOPE INDIVIDUAL SAMPLES instead of having to convert multi-samples to programs.
f). Vastly improve the disk operating system for storing samples.
g). Allow us to use flash RAM in the Triton.

SEQUENCER- a). ADD MORE QUANTIZING FUNCTIONS- Groove and Swing quantising at least. We are in the year 2000 not 1984 Korg!!!!
b). CUE LISTS- Don't let sounds cut off when going from one song to another. Allow user to set up at which bar or bars songs with start playing. This would allow us to automatically shorten songs when we need to do this. Also Korg, look at C-Lab's old Notator Sequencer and it's pattern mode.
c). Allow the sequencer to record system exclusive information.
d). Allow 'multi track' as well as single track patterns such as in Rolands XP series sequencer.

SYNTHESIS- a). Upgrade the filters to those of what the Trinity had. Why Korg skimped here is beyond me!
b). Allow more than 2 expansion boards to be used- perhaps those not fully expanding the sample Ram to 64MB could use that space to add 1 or 2 more boards.
c). Allow more synthesis parameters to be applied to individual drum sounds.
d). Release CD ROM versions of PCM expansion boards for those who already have the 2 PCM slots filled up and own a CD ROM drive.
e). Whilst a hardware upgrade, give us the option to add something like an internal hard drive or Zip drive for mass storage.

Anyway, I hope Korg is listening to all it's users. Particularly with regards to sampling, Korg need to remember that they are competing with EMU, AKAI and YAMAHA who have some wicked samplers out there with features that the Triton must have added as mentioned above. LETS HOPE THAT KORG CONTINUE TO UPGRADE THE TRITON'S OPERATING SYSTEM BY LISTENING TO USER FEEDBACK!!!! If some of the above (most notably, sampler and sequencer features) are added, I would give it an 11 out of 10!!!!

The Korg Triton is best workstation on the market in my opinion. I have owned and borrowed and begged and stealed almost everyone on the market including the Roland XP-80, XP-60, XP-50, MC-505, MC-303,SP-808, Yamaha QY-300,QY-70, and the Korg Trinity. Also for sounds and ease of use I compare to other modules and programs including the Korg X5D, Various casio crap, Cakewalk 6-9, roland SP-202, and JP-8000.
The Triton can easily be compared to the Trinity, Which I have owned and used for over a year. I ate the price difference of the Trion vice my used trinity when I sold it specifically for the EXTRA FEATURES of the trion. Knobs control cut off and resonance which greatly makes dong Crystal Method type stuff a breeze. An accent knob woulda been nice, but hey, you cant always have it your way. Also the "category" feature, allows you to browse sounds by category ofcoarse,..this is very handy. The Trinity did this in program mode only, not in seq mode like the triton. Also you will note the page buttons are gone. Now you just hit the [menu] button and a screen pops up with links to other windows(yes, its actually alot like windows).
If your into Arranging and arppegios then you'll love the triton. It has something called the RPPR which was featured in the N364 and N264 workstations. This can be compared to Rolands "RPS" function. Basically it allows you to play patterns with one key,.they also record the note info of that pattern to a track if desired.
Also there is the programable arpeggiator,...its dual, meaning there can be two steps goin on at once with one apeggio. Its much like Korgs Z1 arpeggiator only the interface is much better. Theres a huge graphic display of what not is where just like on a computer sequencing program. Its also very easy to design an arpeggio that is actually a drum pattern. You can really get some interesting and unexpected grooves goin like this by pressing random keys when applying an arpeggio to a drumkit.
I do wanna WARN YOU,..if you are a newbie the the manual will kick your ass. There is no way an inexperianced person will walk away from the manual knowing everything. You are sure to giveup and wind up letting this thing collect dust,..perhaps everyonce in a while powering it up to impress your freinds. If you are a veteran Trinity owner you will work your way through the manual in a week or less. If you have serious workstation knowledge of something comperable to the XP series then you should be halfway through it in a couple of weeks. If this is your first workstation but you have experience with midi and sorta know what your doin then you can expect to be a triton expert in approx. 2 months. If you Listen to NIN and expect to become the next Trent Reznor then continue Riding your skateboard or find another hobby.
Again, this is the easyest and best out there for the pro musician wanting complete workstation.

PS, go ahead and forget that it has a sampler, unless you wanna use it strictly for playback and arranging, the editing capabiltys is something to laff at,..it doesnt even allow internal resampling.

You can read the polyphony and stats on someone elses comments, let me get down to the dirt.

The built in effects are awesome, you will find yourself not editing the sounds much, but rather tweaking out the effects in song mode to get the desired feel. This is great because its faster, and allows you to not have to load a seperate sounds set up(pcg) for each song. The actual effects kick ass too, greatly improved over the Trinity are the BPM effects,...oscillators and delays, as well as flangers and what not now can be effortlessly synced to the bpm of a song. Theres a master 3 band eq aswell that the trinity didnt have. However , the trinity had 8 mono effects(4 stereo), and the triton has only 5 stereo effects, or 5 mono effects,...see where this is going? I kinda prefer the trinitys set up to the tritons, but still look at the other workstations on the market that only allow one insert effect and two masters (yamahas EX5 and Rolands XP-80)
I do have the SCSI and I must admit, its a must. Especially if your composing with samples. the 3.5 holds 1.4 meg and an external zip holds 250Meg,..you do the math. You can expect to pay about $300 for drive and scsi card. Installation is only 10 or so screws,..its so simple a Marine could do it.
Dont forget to max out the RAM for sample time. 64 megs will cost you about $100 bucks. Any 72 pin simm will do, get them at your local computer store, they will know what your talkin about.
I listend to the PCM expantion boards, you can get one with pianos and strings, some chorus sounds are available too,..I suggest that you get good at sound editing and just use the ones built into the board. They sounds "amazingly similar" to the preset Multisamples. (korg, who are you trying to fool?)
The MOSS board,.. I played with it for about 15 minutes and realized that I just didnt need those sounds for $450 bucks. If your good with PCM editing then you will work your way around needing that board aswell. I would even buy a used JP-8000 or something similar for the same money. IF your a diehard korg fan then check out the prophecy or the MONOpoly. If you really got a hardon for silver then buy the z1.
The biggest thing about the midi is that everything is controllable with midi, I mean everything. Theres probably even a way to control the frikin screen contrast with midi! Ofcoarse filters, track vol, fx levels, and all those goodies are.
The sequencer is great, you can actually see whats goin on in the track display, perfect if you dont use a computer base program. However there is no way to start record with the press of a key like on the xp-80,..there is no way to copy, paste, erase, any length less than one measure. (there are ways to get around this though)
Despite those two drawbacks, prettymuch the tritons sequencer is the bomb. You can see what midi filters are applied, what zones are set for keys, what track is patched to what effect, Every aspect of a song is visible , no maps or letter designations, its all legible and easy to follow. Also the refresh rate of the screen is almost 3 times faster than that of the Trinity.
Probably the biggest new feature of the tritons sequencer is the loop function. You can assign any portion of any track to loop independantly from any other track. This allows you to get a groove or song idea goin in a matter of seconds.

All sounds sound better than any other module or keyboard on the market,..period. If your an analog junky then even you too should give the triton a whirl,..you will be amazed at its capabilitys.
I though the Trinity lacked for electronic sounds, well, thats cause it did. The Triton is packed with electronic sounds, and the drums, guitar, strings, chorus, and keyboard sounds are as good as ever. Most of the programs are preset to control vol, cutoff, rez, volume, or what not with the ribbon or joystick. You can change whatever you wish to control with any of the knobs aswell too. Like I said, you can control anything with anything. Even switch and pedal inputs.

I have had it lock up once during sequencing, and lock up one other time at powerup. but I have had it since it hit the market in september. I wouldnt recomend droping it off a 3 story building or the back of a gig van either.

Dont expect anyone at the place where you bought the thing to know anything at all about the board. They will shake their heads or even worse tell you something that is incorrect about the board. I have even heard about korg reps being asked questions by salespersons and them being givin the wrong answer. Your best bet is to find a forum.

Its the board you would own if you were traped on a desert island and could only have one keyboard. It is not however ment to replace a dedicated sampler, an actual piano, a software sequencing program, or a Analog synth. Weigh the options with the price, it might not be the board for you, but its the one for me.

I am presently using software version 1.0.8. My presets sound very good after modification. I also purchased the Piano PCM card that added nice colorful sounds to the selection I already had. The manual is a pretty reference to utilize, and I also was able to get started right away sequencing songs!

It has nice polyphony and good keyboard action. The effects are easy to use. I am planning to add the MOSS board, SIMMS for the Sampler, and SCSI board options within the next 30-60 days! I am really impressed with my board so far. However, I wish it had some Rhodes piano sounds! This would have really made it more complete! Although the selection of Tines and EPs are really nice.

The instruments are very good right now, however, I know it will be even better sounding after the MOSS board is installed. I would say that the board is very good for Gospel, HipHop, R&B, POP, Techno, and some Classical aspects. It will definitely depend on which PCM boards are added to expand either types-- also whatever other PCM boards KORG plans to introduce! Also, because of the stereo capabilities I will need to add another Amp.

I've only had it for less than a week right now and it hasn't crashed yet. Hopefully, it will NOT crash at all!

No experience with this area yet even though I presently still own an N364 keyboard from KORG.

I pray that nothing happens to it, I would have to purchase another one! This board is able to do everything that I need right now. Once I get it fully expanded, it will be that much more Da Bomb! All my colleagues presently have XP-80/60/30 boards, and I wanted something outside of Roland that would still give quality sounds and provide the same or better functions/capabilities without sounding the exact same as everyone else.

Manuals are extremely difficult to understand. Step by step guide should
be included for each kind of operation.

Instrument seems well designed. Effects are good. The sequencer is fine.

No problems here, except medicore acoustic piano sounds

As a former Roland user, I'd probably go with Roland again.

Although I have only tested a Triton I think my comments will be helpful. I'm a fair jazz pianist and I was looking to find better conventional sounds than my Korg M1 so I took my M1 to a pianist friend's home where he has a Triton and tried the M1 against the Triton. I was amazed. After how many years is it that the M1 was introduced the sounds are in many cases better than the Triton. We both agreed, the other pianist and myself. We set both keyboards up with identical speakers and tweaked the sounds so they corresponded. The Triton piano is not better, and that's the core sound of most gigging synths. Vibes and guitars are worse, Hammond B3 is a little better. I do know about sounds, particularly piano because I've got a newish Grotrian Steinweg real piano in my home sitting right next to my M1. What have Korg been doing all those years? Perhaps they know their marketing and they sell the Triton for it's facilities. I'm amazed.

I'll try the Kurzweil.

I will submit another review in a few months when I have gotten into the guts of the instrument. I just picked up the Triton a few days ago. The presets are typically Korg- huge (like since the M1- I said in my T3 review that the 1st time I played an M1, I though I was going to have a sexual experience with a keyboard! SORRY- I AM NORMAL!) The dual arpeggiators do alot to create interesting textures particularly in combination mode with sounds that are like mini soundracks in themselves! The manuals are above average- nearly as good as my Wavestation manuals but not quite! Korg should get the same author to write ALL their future manuals- So should every other manufacturer for that matter! His name is DAN PHILLIPS. I have used Korg equipment extensively over the last 12 years (I have a special effection for Korg gear as I learn't alot on a Poly 61) so I had no trouble getting around the Triton. The new sampling section is one area which I need to consult the manual for however. The huge touchview screen is almost like a mini computer monitor to me- it feels alot better than my old (sold) Trinity's display.

62 note polyphonic (much better than 32 notes on the Trinity and TR Rack) 68 with the MOSS board (I have this installed). This is very decent and at least it is always 62 notes in single mode (unlike the Yamaha EX5 which changes polyphony dramatically depending on the synthesis being used). I wish the MOSS board had more polyphony but 6 voices is adequate. The keyboard has a nice unweighted feel- nice for quick passages and organ parts- not good for piano- no unweighted keyboard is!!!! It has the best effects system of any synthesizer ever designed- 5 insertion effects, 2 master effects and 1 3 band master EQ. Some say that the Trinity is better here because you can have up to 8 'size 1' effects but in fact the Tritons system is more flexible and easier to use- the 5 insert effect are stereo in stereo out and the sound can be panned anyway when going through the insert effect (unlike the Trinity). The master effects contain 89 effects as opposed to the trinity's 14 effects and the EQ is 3 band as opposed to the Trinity's 2 band EQ. It has every kind of effect imaginable- all high quality- I ran a mic through the Triton's input and the reverb's are much more transparent than I anticipated- I will use this board as another dedicated effects unit!!!! The vocoder will be great and the effects are also MIDI syncable (GREAT!). The Triton can be expanded with 2 PCM expansion boards- ONLY 2!!!!! WHY KORG?????? At least they are user installable and I have the Piano/Keyboards board- I am very fussy with my piano/organ sounds coming from that background and teaching those instruments so I was pleasantly surprised at the patches on this board- These are the first sampled pianos that I would consider using on a serious recording- until now I would preferred to properly mic up a real grand! This is saying something- again this is a very subjective issue! I tried out the orchestral board which is also available, but I didn't think that it sounded any better than what was already in the Triton. I spoke to a Korg rep who said that they will shortly be releasing some Dance/Loop boards- I WILL GET THESE!!!! You can get the 6 voice MOSS board which I have- it is simply(????) the guts of the magnificant Korg Z1 synthe (which I also own). One glaring limitation here is that if you use more than one sound from the MOSS board multi-timbrally, they all go through the same effects!!!!!! THIS IS BULLSHIT KORG- WHY???? This makes the MOSS board much less usefull in a multi-timbral context than it should be. I have the SCSI option which enables you to hook up an external hard drive (I will get a 250MB zip drive when I can afford it). It comes with 16MB of sampling RAM which is expandable up to 64MB- One big limitation here is that you cannot use all 64MB at once- it is broken down into 4 16MB blocks- this is also stupid!!!!
The onboard floppy disk drive loads quite fast. It has a 61 note velocity/mono aftertouch sensitive keyboard, ribbon controller, 4 controller knobs, 3 knobs to control the dual arpeggiators (yes it has two Z1 type polyphonic arpeggiators- can't wait to get into these!), Korg joystick for pitchbend and modulation (X/Y axis) and THANK HEAVEN'S 6 assignable outputs!!!!! Finally, Korg have taken a page from the Roland JV1080/2080 and given us some flexibility in the outputs department. The Triton is 16 part multi-timbral, is able to control up to eight internal or external zones from a combination and supports all the major midi controller numbers using it's real time controllers. It is fully general MIDI compatible (I HATE GENERAL MIDI AND NEVER USE IT!) and reads SMF files 0 and 1 directly from disk (handy for gigging and getting songs of the internet). I used the sequencer in my old Korg T3 to death before I got my Atari and Notator. This took me off hardware sequencers- I didn't use the Trinity's even though it was well laid out (LOGIC IS JUST A BIT BETTER FOR ME!) However, I have decided that I will make an effert to get into the Tr

FUCKING GREAT SOUNDS! That is all I can say as my opening statement. I would use this as my only sound source with no problems. As a matter of fact, I could get buy with just a Triton (and mayby a JV2080) at a pinch if I had to sell all my other gear (WHICH I WILL NOT!!) I don't think too much of the stock acoustic piano although it is better than the other 'stock' offerings in my other bits of gear. That is why I also have the piano expansion board- these sounds are great as far as sampled pianos go! The electric pianos are all fantastic, as are the guitars (both acoustic and electric). The electric basses are also very playable (although the ones on my Roland bass&drums boards are better). The synthe basses rock (or dance!). The strings (both solo and ensemble) are the best that I have heard from a synthe (better than my Roland orchestral expansion board!) Solo trumpet and sax sounds are great for a sample based instrument although I am not a mad fan of the ensembel brass patches (no sample based instrument excells here!) The drums are superb (both electronic and real) This and my TR rack contain the widest variety of drum sounds of any synthe that I have played (although I love the drum sounds in my Roland bass&drum board also!) Bell and percussion sounds are top notch and there is much potential in creating some trully huge choir sounds- I have already started to do some editing. I can honestly say that the Triton (and Trinity and TR Rack) instruments do not sound weak in any particular area- they have a great well rounded sound to them. I like the fact that you can velocity switch up to 4 samples in a program. The filters sound good also (althoug the ones in the Trinity offered extra flexibility by offering more types- not only low and high pass). The LFO's are MIDI syncable, as are the effects (unlike the Trinity). Combination mode contains sound HUGE sounds and as with other Korg instruments since the M1, this area has heaps of scope for building up massive splits and layers with the added flexibility of more polyphony and great effects routing possibilities. NOW IF ONLY THEY COULD MAKE IT 128 note polyphonic? (DOESN"T EVERYONE!!!!). The MOSS sounds are everything you could expect from the Korg Z1 (see my review under it's section) FUCKING FANTASTIC!!!! They shit all over the overpriced analogue modelling synthes out there- again this is only my opinion.

I haven't had it long enough to see whether I might experience problems with it (TOUCH WOOD!).

Music Link (Korg's Australian distributor) has provided excellent and prompt service each time I have dealt with them. I email them quite often now and John McCubberry (I hope I spelt it right) and John Grant are great product reps. Keep up the great work guys!!!!

Of course I would buy it again!!!!! I have been playing since 1980 and also teach piano and organ privately. I co-own a MIDI based studio in Melbourne using LOGIC platimum 4 on PC, a Yamaha O3D mixer (GREAT BOARD) plus assorted Korg and Roland bits. I can see the Triton becoming the centre of the studio. It is basically everything I wanted my old Trinity to be (and I loved that keyboard to death before I sold it!) plus more. A WORD OF ADVICE- if you already own a Trinity and don't need the extra features the Triton offers than hold on to it as they both sound the same- THE TRITON DOES NOT SOUND BETTER OR WORSE! If however you have bought neither, than definetly go for the Triton- the extra features are well worth it! I will repeat this again- I COULD DO ALL MY WORK JUST USING THIS BOARD (and the soon to be released Korg D16 hard disk recorder!!!!). PERHAPS KORG SHOULD TRY TO SELL THE TRITON AND THE D16 AS A SELF CONTAINED HARDWARE RECORDING SOLUTION! (Just add mics, monitors and musical creativety and ideas!) Me being me, I would also use a Roland JV2080 because I love both Roland and Korg sounds. If Korg iron out a few of the issues listed above and bring out heaps of PCM boards, I would rate this synthe an 11 out of 10!!!!!!!! THIS KEYBOARD IS HOT. GO BUY IT!

I'd like to leave a short note about the effecter system. My pesonal opinion is, this effect system is realy good. It has two master(system) effects and five insert effects. You put channels to the insertion effect, instead of putting effects on channels. That means, you can asign any numbers of channels to a insertion effect or a group of insertion effecter. And the variety and quality of effects were pretty cool too. Especialy for the stereo compressor and Hi-gain Overdrive/Wah-Wah, which are my favorites. Using Triton's X-Y controller stick on the Wah-Wah was just full of joy. And the stereo compressor was pretty useful in making drum sounds fat. I would appreciate some more effects like just plain distortion or something like that, though. And five insertion effects are plentyful, but I think it would be really fantastic with about a couple of more insertion effects, like we have on Trinity.

Well, frankly speaking, I don't really like the accoustic sounds on Triton. Like guitar sounds, are totally out of my taste. Though I found that some of the accoutic piano sounds in the Piano ROM, was pretty good when you turn off the preset effects, but in my opinion it only matched well with some modern style music. It might have been better if it included some of the better (and bigger) samples from that SG proX. But, sounds from MOSS option board, were very good with that analog synth taste, and some sounds like electric pianos and some string section, as well as some of the drum set, were pretty useful for me.

This is my second review. I have TRITON for about two months now.
TRITON is very easy to use. Good interface.

SEQUENCER: 1
ONE OF THE VERY SAD THINGS IS THAT THE SEQUENCER DOES NOT RESPOND/RECORD/SEND TO SYSEX MESSAGES. SO ALL THOSE PRO SEQUENCING PEOPLE, STAY AWAY FROM TRITON SEQUENCER. EVEN IF YOU HAD A MIDI FILE WITH SOME SYSEX DATA EMBEDED, THE SEQUENCER WILL NOT SEND IT TO IT'S MDID OUT PORT. SO IF YOU WERE THINKING TO PLAY MIDI FILES OR SEQUENCE ON TRITON FOR YOU SOUND MODULE, YOU MIGHT BE STUCK, AS I AM RIGHT NO. I HAVE A YAMAHA SW1000XG SOUND CARD. I HAVE LOTS OF MIDI FILES WHICH HAVE SYSEX DATA IN THE FIRST MEASURE TO SETUP SW1000XG. WELL GUESS WHAT, THE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER WILL PLAY IT FINE, BUT TRITON WILL GO CRAZY. IT JUST DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME SYSEX DATA, AND IT HAS TO SEND IT OUT TO MIDI PORT. I HAVE CONTACTED KORG SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. BUT THEY SEEM NOT TO CARE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THE SPECIFICATION. ALL THEY SAY IS MOST POWERFULL WORKSTATAION. HAHAHA, YEAH RIGHT.

THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE, BECAUSE WITHOUT SYSEX, YOU CANNOT DO REAL CREATIVE STUFF. YOU ARE LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE FEW MIDI CONTROLLER MESSAGES. YOU CAN NOT CONTROL EFFECTS FROM THE SEQUENCER.

SOUND EDITING: 4
DRUM PROGRAMMING IS VERY POOR. THERE ARE ONLY FEW PARAMETERS THAT YOU CAN SET FOR INDIVIDUAL NOTES. I WOULD LIKE TO SET VELOCITY TO CONTROL CUTOFF FOR EACH NOTE, ALSO PANNING CAN NOT BE RANDOM FOR EACH NOTE. SO THE DRUMS ARE NOT REALLY EXPRESSIVE AND LIVE.
ACTUALLY, TRITON'S SYNTH ENGINE IS PRETTY BASIC. I WISH IT WAS UPTO PAR WITH XP/JV SYNTHS.

EFFECTS: 10
GREAT EFFECTS, I WISH THEY WERE CONTROLLABLE VIA SYSEX IN SEQUENCER.

EVERYTHING OTHER THAN ACUOSTIC PIANO IS NICE!!
EDITING COULD BE IMPROVED.

KORG USA WEBSITE SUCKS.
I GOT MORE ANSWERS FROM KORG UK AND KORG ITALY.

A GOOD OVERALL WORKSTATION/SAMPLER. BUT DO NOT BE CAUGHT IN ALL THE HYPE IT HAS. MAKE REALLY SURE THAT YOU DO NOT NEED THE FEATURES THAT IT IS MISSING.