Korg Triton

The korg Triton is much easier to use than the Roland XP-50 that I had before, thanks to the Touch screen, and I found it very user friendly straight away.
I have bought it 5 years ago and have done gigs with it, as well as recordings.
I am very slow to understand technology and didn't find the manual very comprehensible (but then I struggle on most manuals, it's a dread)
The sounds are beautiful, I am originally a piano player and found that the piano sounds were very nice(comparing to the XP50) and am surprised to hear people complaining about those piano sounds.
Editing patches is easy once you manage to find which bit of the menu you need to do what you want...Which I still struggle with because it seems spread all over the place!

Polyphony is good, built in effects are easy to use.
I have never dared expanding it because I am sure I would do something wrong and kill it...
On-board sequencer is very good except it is very hard to edit and somehow seems to act a bit strangely as far as the software is concerned (once, I recorded 2 separate songs and when I was working on the second one, I went back to the first one to see it had deleted itself, even though you are supposed to be able to record many songs at the same time)

Great velocity and aftertouch.
It works well for rock, which is what I used it for.

I have used it at gigs many times and it has never let me down.

They were allright except they said I may have to send it for repair which would have cost a fortune, so I didnt go ahead with it.

Problems arised lately: I think it is a software issue.
A couple of times when I turned it on and started playing, the pitch has sudddenly change itself, without me touching anything, to something completely different, and a few times also rattled on itself when playing a dance pattern . It suddenly starts doing very weird things and I cannot understand why. It is very frustrating.
Something is odd with the Damper pedal also, which seems to sometimes change its effects without me touching the Global buttons. I had saved it to Polarity + as I ised a non korg pedal and this really seems to have a mind of its own, sometimes teh sound stops when I touch the pedal. Again, I think there is a software issue with it.
I wish it was lighter...17kg with the case makes it impossible to rehearse outside without having a car...
I chose this one because I was recommended it as being a good keyboard. I wished it stopped playing tricks on me, though...It has only happened lately...

I use OS 2.53. The presets are decent, If your for sounds and don't care about the workstation, go with something like a Roland Juno-D. The keyboard is easy to use compared to many, but is still difficult in some ways. Editing sounds can be hard, but If I had some analog experience, I believe this would be easier for me. But as far as FX routing, setting up combis and sequences, and simple sound edits are simple. The manual isn't as good as Yamaha and Roland, but is pretty good.

Polyphony isn't a big issue, I would think there would be note cutoffs in combi mode because of only 62 notes and 8 parts, but this really isn't a big problem. For 61 keys, they feel good. The fx can be hard to use at times, but 102 is alot. The vocoder is real cool. I'm able to upgrade to to EXB-PCM cards, 2 32 mb DIMM cards, SCSI board, and a MOSS board. The sequencer can do alot of stuff, I think the Motif's is better

The sounds are great. The keyboard doesn't have a crispyness like newer models have, but it still is good. It has great acoustic instruments. The saxaphones sound good. The organs are good. The piano is horrible, you must add $100 if you want this board cause the pianos are 10x better. I give it a 7 because of the bad pianos. It has good E. pianos.

Its used, so it has some bugs with the audio outs, I have to wiggle the cord just right so it don't buzz. It has had some other issues also, but it usually works good, I can still depend on it.

Korg is real helpful

Paid 540.00 us dollars I'm using software v. 2.1
presets sound pretty good
I don't edit patches
the manual is rediculously hard to understand

the polyphony is 62notes
effects are great
can expand with sound roms and ram 64 mb max
can send on all channels and recieve and pressure sensitive
the sequencer is hard if you had a lot of time you probably would figure it out I like the sequencers on the command stations better looking to trade for a mp-7 e-mail me jdnett@sbcglobal.net
I give it a 6 sequencer tidious

instruments sound good
dance,hiphop,rnb
it sometimes play different notes or sounds
verygood in the velocity after touch department

sometimes the track button wont' respond
would use it on a gig

I called them alot about the seqeucer some of them don't know about the keyboard themselves finally got a good answer afet the third day of calling about not to chain songs together in the cuelist

if it was lost or stolen i would beat myself because i could have sold and beat the guy who stole it.
i'm not a keyboard player thats one reason why I should have bought it
I chose this one because It was a deal I really want a mc909 but it cost too much might be selling it to guitar center to get emulator x or proteus x
I like the sampling ability and the sounds I hate the sequencer
I wish it had a better sequencer
it does get in the way of making music
anyone do you think its a good Ideal to sell it to get a mp-7 or emulator x

Triton classic.
The touchscreen makes this the first synth where you can actually tweak patches live ,because youi can go right to the parameteryou want ,instead having to scroll,Assignable knobs are nicetoo,though more would be better.
I have little use for emulations of acoustic instruments,esp witha decent sampler.for anything but pianos acoustic emulations are never convincing because keyboards just don't phrase like strings,horns drums etc.I'm more interested in getting sounds >

Lo he probado en na tienda, y muchas veces me lo han prestado.
pero debo decir, que Korg, desde que saco los Trinity, nos ha cerrado la puerta a gente discapacitada, que es lo que sacan ellos poniendo un tuch screen?, lo siento pero es lo peor que Korg a echo en su existencia.
Con los triton y Trinity, Korg ha avierto las puertas a muchos en cuanto a tegnologia, pero nos ha cerrado las puertas, creo que este va a ser un llamado que haga a los fabricantes de korg para que el triton sea mas accesible.
Dear friends of Korg.
The Trinity and Triton series, is a exelent keyboard with HQ Sounds and Powerful sampler.
But, How about with the accesivility?.
With your tuch screen you cloced the dords of the blind musicians! is hard to say, but the Tuch screen is the crap part of the Trinton and Trinity series!! Sorry!!.
the past n Series like the n-264 364, and n1, has more buttons and has more accesible menus and the sequencer is all so accesible!!
I dont know why!!, Korg has decide to poot a tuche screen!!,.
Dere Korg directors!!, this is a call for you!!, before billd a new triton series, Pleace Thing in all the people!!, and pleace poot more buttons in the Triton synths.
Creo que con mi poco ingles, pude escribir lo que pienso yo de estos modelos, que si no fuera por el tuch screen, lo compraria, y sin miedo!!.
Pero lamentablemente no es asi es muy triste decir que Korg dejo a un lado a la gente ciega, para usar teclados, y pienso que Korg haciendo eso, nos Discrimina!!.
Conoci hace poco el Triton Studio 88, y para ser sincero, no tenia casi botones!!.
Como espera una compania grande que le compren sus productos, si no es aceesible para muchos?, Digame usted!!.
Una vez mas digo, que los triton y Trinity, son la mayor equivocacion de Korg! en cuanto a accesivilidad se refiere!!.
Pongamos el ejemplo de Yamaha.
el Motif ES 8 si lo puedo manejar, porque tiene muuuchos botones, y aunque jamas me lo pude comprar, sigue siendo el teclaod de mis sue?os
espero que Korg se acuerde de todos sus usuarios, no solo los que no tienen problemas, sino usuarios discapsitados visuales como yo.
Atentamente.
Milton Paredes

i m using version 2.0 , the presets are really godd except the sitar and santor tones they are GM tones just little bit tweaked but at an average the tones are fabulous, editing is tough it is moreindepth u have to dig to tweak 1 sound, the manual is really worst i dnt like it i hardly refer to it as i get confused with it nothing is clearly given.

polyphony is good the keyboard action is awosome.

someinstruments like strings , basss drum kits and other wind instrumenst are real but some are not even close to real.it is good for any sort of project you handle , onboard effect r just what you need for a superb stagering sound , velocity and aftertouch are good

ya i m depending on it as it is my dream machine and i love it more than myself.

never had any .

i will go mad if it is stolen , i love its color gradient it is just toooooo ssseexxxy man.i had used roland XP 60 earlier it is also a good keyboard but at a low end this is a high end sexy machine.i love the way it understands my taste each time i work on it .

I'm using 2.0. The presets are fabulous - great acoustic strumming guitar (pre Virtual Guitarist, of course for you computer users, I've cut a couple of very convincing elec guitar solos, especially when you gut the effects yourself and make use of the joystick etc (feedback excellent). Orchestra sounds are brilliant, as usual with Korg (I have owned M1, X2, X3, N364 so far) they do better horn sounds than Roland, better sax, etc. Some wonderful loops, great for modern music, a songwriters dream, very user-friendly, amazing writing tool. CRAP ACOUSTIC PIANO SOUND (sorry, Roland and Yamaha once again blow you away on this score).

Polyphony 60+...I have owned a good few keyboards and consider myself a 'pro player'..like most pros, a lightweight keyboard is a compromise on space, weight and effort on gigs, we all love a good Clavinova board with that real piano feel, but this keyboard goes back to the old school...very expressive, all things said and done I love the feel of it despite being a 61 noter. MIDI is great, TOUCHSCREEN IS A GODSEND! On gigs, finding a patch is like thinking of it and it just appears! Nobody has bettered this feature to date.

All of the above. Great for all styles, would firmly recommend getting your acoustic piano sample from somewhere else, say a JV synth or an XP...hell if you can afford it a FANTOM/MOTIF.

Had no probs in this regard, had it since 2000.

I honestly don't think I could manage without KORGS fabulous player-friendly sound selection. The touch screen turns the thoughts in your head to music under your fingers. I work in a lot of improvised musical and theatrical areas, and feel like the TRITON has become my personal assistant. LOOPS, ORCHESTRAS, SFX -wonderful stuff. Korg unfortunately don't seem to have grasped the essence of our most frequent tool - the Acoustic Piano sound. This knocks off two points, but if you have that base covered by Roland, and you can afford to pay the 6 - 700 quid - do it now! You won't regret it.

using ver. 2.51
very easy to use. presets sound more dance oriented, except for the guitars, organs, and basses.these sound great. easy to find other sound banks for this instrument, which makes it extremely versatile.
I loaded in some triton studio patches in mine-great stuff.

polyphony is fine for me. never dropped a note. however, I've been using it for 5 piece band style arrangements. The action is the best i've felt.i.e. very fast and responsive. The effects separate this keyboard fron all others- true studio quality. This thing sounds like a record.

if I had to rate this board for the stock sounds I'd give it a 7. But, I've never just played the stock sounds. I originally bought it for hiphop music, but now it is my prefered board for rock and jazz. not the best for techno.

of course

can't live without it.

This is a review for the Triton Classic. I've had it for more than 3 years now. Software version 2.0. I haven't upgraded because I really didn't get around to it yet...I enjoy playing it so much. The factory presets are cool at first right out of the box, but when you spend just a little time tweaking them, or downloading new sounds online, you'll have an arsenal of killer patches! I'm a sound "junkie" so I'm always tweaking--with all my synths. After reading the manuals, basic editing isn't bad at all. (Yes, there are two manuals, and they are very much "tech speak." Korg could have done better with this.) Just spend time with it. As with any new toy, trial and error pays off. It's not going to blow up, and as long as you don't save any changes, it's cool! Gotta love that touch screen.

60+ Polyphony. The keyboard is nice, but would benefit from being weighted. The built-in effects are amazing. Some people have commented on the fact that the Triton's effects do more than the samples themselves. I haven't stripped the individual programs down to bare necessities to check it out.

Expansion ROMS are available in many flavors. I haven't bought any, nor have I purchased the MOSS board. Why? Very pricey for starters, and besides, I've spent a lot of time with the basics and have been rewarded with the results. I'm a sound junkie like most other synth players, but I also discovered that it's too easy to drop another $500 plus on extras. Spend a few minutes changing samples, playing with the filters and efx. The results are staggering. MIDI implementation is excellent....of course the Triton has velocity and pressure sensitivity. The sequencer takes a bit of time to learn, but from what I've heard, it's a BREEZE compared to the Motif or Kerzweil systems.

Everyone complains about the Triton piano. So what! First off, it's not that bad overall, but if you can't tolerate it, buy a real piano for heaven's sake! Many synth players couldn't care less. I enjoy pads, filter sweeps, popping bass lines, Fairlight-type vocals, analog replications and all that. The Triton does them very well along with its vast arsenal of acoustic samples.

It fills the bill nicely for most any type of music you're doing. The internal effects are very good and there are so many of them! It's fun to experiment with efx and "stack them up." The Triton reacts well to my style of playing, I only wish it had weighted keys and offered better pressure sensitivity. My D-50 does a better job in that area.

My Triton has been on MANY gigs in the last 3 years. It's very reliable. I read a review below where someone said they wouldn't take theirs out on the road. Not sure why. I can't afford a backup!

I've called KORG with basic questions....they've always been very friendly and have also sent helpful info via email. I haven't done any upgrading yet on my Triton, nor has it been in the shop, Thank God.

If it was lost or stolen....HELP! Yes, I'd buy another one. I've heard a lot about the Motif, but when I played one in the store I couldn't find anything that really made me say "wow." The Motif is better in the acoustic sample department, but I don't care about a "perfect" sax, violin, or oboe. This is an electronic instrument and I treat it as such. I love sounds that only a synthezer can make.
I've listened to the Triton's wind, brass and string sounds and they sound pretty amazing. The Hammond organs are good too. People should stop whining about the acoustic sounds! Modify the filter, change the sample, adjust the effects! You'll come close to what you want, or even better....you'll create something you never knew you would hear from the Triton.

I've been playing for over 20 years and this is the best synth I've owned. It's getting a bit old now, technology wise. Korg should have installed a USB port and given the unit a built-in hard drive. The floopy drive is ridiculously slow when loading a file of both programs and combinations. I also wish it had a buffer to allow you to load new sounds while you keep playing.

Bottom line, I've had this keyboard for over 3 years. Every other board I've owned started getting "old" after a couple of years, but the Triton still shines. I've created many new programs for it and downloaded a couple thousand more online. It just gets better every day!

This is the one of the easiest keyboards I've used. The presets are good, but if you load in the Triton Studio patches you'll be a lot happier. You can also load in PA80 patches and Karma pathes as well. This makes for a great palette of sounds. I purchased the board used without a manual, and never needed one.

I love the keyboard action. Makes playing runs very easy. It has 60 notes of polyphony. 2 master effects and 5 insert effects. The effects are a dream to use. I plugged a dynamic mic into the inputs and it sounded like a large diaphram studio condenser. No joke! With expansion cards you can add some great sounds and arpeggios. All around great keyboard. 192 ppq. 200,000 note sequencer.

Here's where a lot of people differ in opinion. If you go by the stock sounds, you'll have a keyboard good enough for hiphop, dance. With the expansion cards, you have possibly the best sounding keyboard available today. It's very advanced.

Mine is used. Haven't had any problems yet

Never used them

This is the one keyboard in my arsonal I cannot live without. I own the RS7000, MOTIF CLASSIC, FANTOM S, XV5080, JV2080, JX-305

Presets sound ok, you can tweak it and make it better. Patch editing is easy, and thanks to chicken systems software, and touch screen, its very easy to work with, compared to a yamaha motif. Manual is decent.

Nice dual poly arpeggiators really rock! polyphony is limited compared to say the new motif es yamaha (128 notes+polyphony of expansion board)....where as in triton its only 60 notes + additional 60 for expansion boards. Sometimes when you play piano sequences, the poly phony may seem to lack. Effects are nice 4 inserts. The onboard sequencer is only 192 ppq, compared to yamaha sequencers like rs7000 or rm1x with 480 ppq. I would use a korg triton with a yamaha rm1x.

Great pads, fx, and some synth sounds, crappy acoustic sounds though.
For best acoustic sounds, get motif es with mega voice technology. Filters on the triton are quite weak again compared to yamaha filters.
(I have korg triton and yamaha es, so i am comparing the two).

Very reliable unit for the most part, though the disk drive was quirky at times... I wish korg would put a smart media card like Yamaha does.

Never had to use it.

If it was lost or stolen, I would buy an access virus c instead for analog sounds. I have plenty of superb drum and acoustic sounds from yamaha motif es, that beats the pants out of the triton. Plus I like yamaha's smart media cards. Triton is great for dance songs, but if I get a access virus C desktop module to go with motif es, i wouldn't need the triton. However, triton is indeed better than roland synthesizers I have used, except the roland jv 5080 which is 32-multi-timbral and 128 note polyphony.

software version 2.5 as easy as it should be.

playing with this keyboard action feels good!effects are good .
sequencer is good but could be better by having sequencing diagram on the main page to see what you have done and what are you doing now like Fantom .polyphony is not impressing but does the trick .there is no room for storing programs i dont know why they put 4 sluts for sample memory and expansion boards when you dont have enough room to store the programs!

i think this machine fits nicely in dance music.it seems all the sounds are created for dance music. strings are good . guitars are crap.there is no applicable saxiphone and solo violin ...what should i say ... no impressing piano ...there are only pads this machine has only pads and bases....enjoy it !!

in my country customer does not mean so much!!!(and God created Iran!)

if it were lost or stolen i would buy Fantom and spend my money on ex. boards for Fantom . i ve been playing for 15 years and i play acoustic guitar(aria elecord pure like the name guitar!) , electric guitar( peavy with zoom ps-02 ) , drums(roland V-drums) and keyboard
(korg triton and yamaha dx-27 ). i like triton for its beautiful!but i think if you compare triton and fantom without expansion board triton will win but if you spend mony to expand both of them Fantom will kill triton . i like this tuch screen i love the ribbon controller i love some of the sounds i wish it had more space to store programs and a diagram in sequencer for monitoring the tracks and before these things a built in piano sound!!

Quiete straight forward and simple. Editing features are well laid out. Software Version 2.5.

In patch mode it uses only 2 voices which I dont like. Onboard FX are top notch. I hate the sequencer and I prefer to use Sonar, I think Korg could have did a better job. Now the thing I hate most is the stupid stiffy drive they put in. Korg did a good job overall with this machine but skimped on storage for the sampler. Why could they not have put a USB port at the back it would have made newer technologies possible, like pen drives etc. Instead we have to buy a SCSI interface which loads at approx. 150kB/s.

Most of the sounds are very good. except for the acoustic pianos. I bought the MOSS board also. It is a worthy addon IMHO. Some of the sound on it are very expressive like the nylon acoustic guitar, which does a cool fretboard-like pitch bend. Fat synths as well.

This thing is built like a tank. I havent dropped it yet to test it, and dont wish to! It has never frozen up or dropped notes etc. on me yet. I use it live regularly.

Never had to contact Korg yet.

If it were stolen I might consider the Roland Fantom-S. Ive been playing for 16 years now.

I'm using v2.5 which has an up-dated sampling and quantizing function. The latter lets you swing the rhythm to greater effect than previous versions.

The presets?. I think many of them sound great and it would take some really un-imaginative monkeys not to be able to put them to good musical use. Knocking up a library music track on one of these takes next to no time if you're strapped for time.

Thanks to the touch screen it remains the easiest of all the synths I own to program. The two supplied manuals mean that it doesn't take long to figure it out but I have to say its software is incredibly well designed and I've sussed out most of it without having to open the manuals.

Actually now is a good time to point out that editing samples in the Triton could not be easier (as easy as doing it in Kontakt, and easier than Gigastudio). If you're an avid sample maker like me you'll love this feature.

Its got 62 voices on an ok keyboard. The action is quite nice although I use my Synclavier's ORK keyboard and my SY99 as controllers so I don't tend to do too much playing on it. The aftertouch is pretty stiff and less effective than some synths I've played on, but the wealth of other controllers makes up for it.

The built in FX are the best and most flexible on any workstation. The are not just of high quality (and quantity) but it really is like having a few good grade FX units inside the machine. There's some really unusual ones such as the piano sympathetic strings preset which works well with sampled pianos. I've created a LITE version of my EASTWEST Steinway B sample CD and created a program that loads into the Triton and the result is fantastic. There's barely any difference between it and the Gigastudio version and the good quality reverbs have put the icing on the cake. Great stuff!.

It accepts a MOSS board which I haven't yet done, but intend to soon. You can also insert a SCSI board - which I have done and is essential for those who intend to use the sample option - and two korg cards such as the PIANO or ORCHESTRAL series. The sampler takes up to 64mb.

Thanks to the ribbon controller, 2 assignable switches, value slider, 4 assignable knobs and the X-Y joystick, the Triton makes a good controller keyboard if its your main synth. It also has 3 knobs for its very powerful dual arpeggiator and sequencer and makes controlling these features on the fly very enjoyable and easy. No data entry buttons needed :-))

The sequencer is suprisingly powerful (workstation seqs are often a bit of a let-down and take ages to program compared to software ones). I'm used to programming my Synclavier's sequencer so by comparison this is very easy and quick to learn and use!. It can handle 200 events and has a really good cue list feature that lets you assemble pieces in different sections then type in the order at the end to create your final track. Also, there's a cracking pattern feature that lets you create loops of any length, from the usual 4/4 4 bar to a Boulezian 11/32, and assign the finished loop to any key on the keyboard. You can then trigger the loops anywhere anytime in your track and save on using up all your events. R&B, Pop etc are all going to like this feature. I use Cubase SX for a lot of my sequencing work, but often, when I'm up to just sitting back with a beer and writing what the mood takes me, I just use the onboard sequencer for inspiration.

Oh, and it has a GM soundset onboard which can be used with the sequencer to playback standard midifiles. The result is like a high quality version of an SW1000XG doing karaoke (which is meant as a compliment!).

Well, its a sampler, and one with a clear, rich sound. If you don't like what's on offer,put in what you'd prefer to hear. The Chicken Translator will help convert if you don't mind using your computer, or you can import WAVS and akai/EMU format disks directly. It is only limited by the imagination. I happen to really like a lot of the core wavs and some of the presets are really fantastic. The arpeggiator plays an important part in a lot of the COMBIS (combinations of up to 8 basic presets simultaneously, each preset consisting of 2 oscillators/wavs) and helps create some incredibly complicated and evolving sounds.

The Triton works well in any style. I can't think of an area where it couldn't excel. I use it mainly for contemporary classical session work and tv/library music so I can vouch for its effectiveness here. Several times I've had really complicated percussion tracks bursting out of this thing (think "Percussive Adventures" sample CD) to great effect.

I don't use the actual keyboard a great deal so am not best placed to comment on how effective it is, but it seems to work just fine,bar the aftertouch which, as I mentioned, seems a little un-responsive. Of course, that may just be my model, or because I haven't needed to program in a response curve.

The actual side cheeks are thick plastic, but seem pretty strong. Its quite heavy and the touchscreen and joystick need protecting if you carry it around but its been durable nough thus far.

I have gigged with it several times without a backup so no probs there.

Not had any dealings with Korg yet as it hasn't broken down.

I wonder what sort of brain dead monkeys bought it and are seemingly incapable of getting good things out of it, judging by the disparaging amateur reviews I've seen posted from time to time. Its an amazing piece of equipment and I would certainly buy it again. I'm not too bothered about the studio version as it doesn't really have much extra I'd need considering the price difference. I chose the Triton because its such a friendly, great sounding instrument. I can't think of anything I dislike about it except I would quite like to be able to re-sample the internal sounds for use in the sequencer.

Its one of the best designed bits of hardware I've ever used. It helps me make music just the way I like it and has yet to throw up a feature that disappoints me.

(If you want to know my background and other equipment see my review of the Yamaha SY99)

It was the great debate. I was in the market for a new keyboard after 7 years of using my Roland XP 60. Since I thought the new Roland stuff was below average, I was told the KorgTriton or Yamaha Motif were the best choices. I rented them both for a weekend to determine which one was best. I loved the interface and creativity of the Korg sounds. I thought the accoustical sounds were horrible. The action on the Triton is average and felt the Triton wasn't to useable for anything accoustical; since those sounds were so bad. I use a piano sound regularly and Korg has never gotten that sound right. The sampled piano sounds like it was taken from a reconditioned casio digital piano. I see the triton being useable for somethings but I needed a complete keybaord and found the Triton to be lacking in many areas.

My overall rating is based upon my comments above

The triton is one of the easiest to use keyboards when it comes to live editing. All of the money sunk into that touch screen is well worth it. I play live most of the time and switching between patches and stuff is cool.

THe action on the triton classic is way better then the Karma or LE. I have never run out of polyphony live. It's sufficient. The effects really make the keyboard, though. I have played the LE and honestly I dont know how people can live on 3 or 4 effects per preset. It excepts 2 expansion cards and a MOSS board and SCSI. THe sequencer is pretty good.

It has some pretty good organs (Gospel stuff, annoying techno house organ...)THe guitars are sufficient. The piano is thin, THe drums are pretty good, and the synths are great as are the strings.

THis thing has never broken down in the 3 and a half years ive used it. It's been smacked around a little, but it's well built.

Never dealt with them

If this were stolen I'd be pretty ticked. I'd probably get the Studio version though, since its about the price I payed for this one new. If you listen to closely to a lot of rap tracks out you can hear a lot of the samples from the drums. ON Moby's new cd you hear them a lot. A lot of people use this and its very versatile.

is my first workstation that i have full unterstand without the manual!

since os v 2.0 you have a full featured sampler and since 2.5 the triton studio sounds are combatible. the triton is now very long on the market and have all (nearly) what i want.

sounds full triton-studio kombatible (with piano board). very good effects. lots of different sounds

very stable os. no problems.

very good help on phone and in user forums.

now i have the triton since 5 years an i love it for all the time.

I think the preset sounds are good (not great)

KOrg is known to have good built in effects, and ease to use
the action is "normal" overall is good.

I'll give some suggestions to my Pro's in here.
Piano playes users: for realistic feel: For Ambient sounds:
*Kurzweil *Yamaha *Korg
*Roland *Roland(Hammond souds) *Clavia
*Yamaha *Korg (sax) *Nord Lead

Allways use keyboard with backup.

never deal with them yet

I might buy a Roland xv88 this is a very good synth.
specially good Pianos.

If we compare this Beast with Motif!
Triton is peace of cake.
If we compare it with Kurzweil, kORG is peace of cake too. :-)

Sequencer is very good and ease once u get used to it. Korg is known for building good sequencers. Still the king of synths.

Here is where your eternal rival KILLS u Korg. (YAMAHA MOTIF)
Korg u need to work harder to get better samples of a more
realistic acoustic sounds as your eternal rival does. jeje.

Yea, you can depend on this synth for live performances and
studio too. techno, pads, organs are goodie sounds.

N/A

If it were stolen, i would probably get in great depression.
And if i find out who the *%$#@!@# idiot was? I Might cut him in
pieces, and eat him with bacon and egg every morning till he desapears from earth. LOL. (JK) after that, i might buy it again.

OS 2.5 is the latest softare version. The touch screen is great for ease of use and makes it relatively simple to edit samples & patches. Although it looks daunting at first, the Triton is a fairly easy keyboard to get to grips with if you give it some time. The only function I still have problems with is the confusing Sequencer, although you can load MIDI files into it which makes life easier. The manuals are total shit. The 'Basic' manual only tells you how to switch the thing on, but you need to be Mr Korg himself to understand the 'Parameters Guide'- there is no middle ground.

I was pretty excited when I upgraded from my X-5 to this in 2001, but my feelings about it are bitter-sweet. So far as the basics are concerned, they're all what you'd expect from a mid range pro keyboard. The ribbon, 4-way joystick/pitchbend and control knobs are very useful.

The value of this keyboard depends entirely on what you want to use it for. I don't normally write these things, but I'm doing it now to warn you that if you're planning on buying a Triton for it's onboard sounds- forget it. I've recently installed a bunch of software synths & progs on my PC, so the Triton has been relegated to the status of a MIDI controller in most respects. The Piano sound is passable with a ton of reverb, as are the strings, the single ARP synth & the Jazz kit. Other than that, Korg seems to put most of their efforts into creating pisspoor gimmicky rythmic patterns and Combis that will really stamp '1999' into any music you create with them. It is possible to rescue some of the sounds through careful use of FX- the graphic EQ in particular (all the FX are very good, though limited in MIDI sequencer mode). You can also do cool things to all the sounds, including samples with the instantly accessible filters.

Where this keyboard really comes into its own is with it's sampling section. For live use, this is invaluable. It's amazingly easy to reconstruct live instruments and to mix and match sampled sounds as programs and combinations. You'll also find it pretty hard to run out of memory even without an upgrade. For live stuff I've sampled in sounds from several knackered analogue keyboards & other instruments which I wouldn't trust on stage. Incorporating them all into the Triton has saved a lot of backache and stress. I don't know why Korg even bothered with the floppy disk drive- it's a complete waste of space. You'll need a SCSI card with a Zip or CD-R drive which'll set you back a few more dollars. The sample time slice function is great for cutting up breaks/loops & automatically assigning them to keys.

My beautiful silver Triton became covered in a thick layer of grey/brown crap within months (a problem that seems to plague all Triton owners) apparently you can clean it, but I'm sure it offers some sort of protection against the elements. It's a heavy bastard and dents easily, which means that if you're taking it out live it's far more liable to get beaten up, even if you're careful. Technically the Triton hasn't failed me yet. My X-5 took a direct hit from a pint of beer once and survived, so I have faith in all Korgs in this respect. You can back up pretty much everything onto disc, so if you can get your hands on a spare, it's no problem loading in all your customised settings.

Never bothered, but the website has OS downloads etc, so I suppose they're not the worst in the world.

As far as sampling features for live use go, I couldn't do without this keyboard. If you take some time to get to know it, you can pull off some fairly impressive tricks with it. In the studio it's just an attractive MIDI controller. To be fair, I haven't seen a keyboard yet with a full set of decent orchestral and synth sounds, so my Triton will probably stay where it is for a while.

Very good specs (on the paper) huge waveform memory and sampler, touch screen etc..

In this area this is very disappointing. I've got a korg m1 and a wavestation SR. Before hearing the triton i thought it was -the monster-, so i was planning to sell all to get this one. This is not true ! I only heard preset at the store, but all samples are rather thin and flat, all sounding in the same way :-(.
Even my m1 sounds are fuller !. I don't know if there are dac problems but for sure, this is NOT professional gear. Kurzweil and roland boards destroys this one.
Good hammond sounds anyway.

Very good customer support (i own wavestation and m1). I called them twice and they have been very helpful

Shit

Im using the newest o.s right now this was simple to master the presets arent what there all cracked up to be i think my alesis qs 7.1 has the tritonbeat in that area. i dont feel like bothering with patch editing if they wanted to have a good sounding patch it whould have been on the board. i never used the manual

the polyphony is fine where it is the keyboard action is strait with the price of a triton then with the prices of the expansions their trippin at korg the can suck a fat one on those prices

the sounds to me are the wackest ive ever heard in my life of using synths people say the tritons the best it really isnt to me any synth you need to buy expansions for to get the best sounds out of it is crappy

i wouldnt take this thing on any kind of gig

korg support is shitty ill never call or email them again its a waste of time

if it were lost or stolen id buy a fantom its not worth the price thats why im selling it on ebay basicaly crap

I don't have my own Triton! Still, I've worked in 2 studios which used this keyboard. I love it!
Gotta get one of these soon! Maybe a used one! If you guys are bored with your Triton, let me know!

Using 2.01. great combi patches, good program patches - but brass is far from the truth. Touch display is a great help in live & studio.

I had some troubles using MIDI - why do I have to go in the sequencer mode? otherwise as most korgs, has cool effects 7 arpegiator. Again, the touch display - big & visible makes all the money. It moves reallly slow in sequencer mode if not added ram.

I got the Dance extreme PCm card - new funky patches.

You have to use this keyboard with a foot pedal - it's a different world! Maybe not the best aftertouch, but... you can't have them all, right?

Always excellent. I never had to open it - excluding the day I added SCSI & PCM cards.
I would take it on a tour without a second thought!

As you can see above (Reliability), no problems inquired.

I work on Triton since 2000. At the time it was the best. Unbeatable!

Well, there are 2 years now, and I'd still love to buy a used one, just for myself, so I don't have to deal with studio owners and other kinds of authority.

used it very well for commercials - writing a jingle with Triton is a matter of minutes!

If you guys have a good deal on this - just let me know! Thanx!

Just got a slightly used unit, sys. vs. 2.1.1
Simple. If you've ever used Korg products since the M1, you're in.

62 voices. Action feels very close to original DX7. If you're a strong player, you will love it. Haven't tried sampling on it yet, but understand it is a breeze. Looking forward to adding more RAM, sound boards and MOSS board. SCSI interface will make life easier too.

Wonderful. EPs, Organs, Strings, Pads, Leads, Drums, Basses, Brass sections, all tremendous. Weaker are the woodwinds, solo strings, guitars, mallet percussion. Wurlitzer EPs are close to perfect. Rhodes pianos sound great, and are fun to play. Typical Korg strengths here.

Only had it a couple days, but I've used and owned Korg products since the late '70s. Never had problems with Korgs, except for my T3 I bought new in 1991. It was a solder problem on the R output. Was fixed and never had a problem after that.

Well, it depends on who you talk to. And on what day. I'm leaving this blank as I know many time poor customer support comes from overworked, underpayed folks who have to deal with klutzes calling up all day saying, "This @#$%*$ thing doesn't work!!" when in reality they have the volume turned down, or it's not plugged in.

I owned a T3 and Trinity TR Rack before getting a Triton Le last February, thinking it would be the same as a regular Triton. Wrong. Triton Le is inferior sounding, has a lame keybed (springy, mushy, and oh-so Casio), and the user interface is twisted. After getting this just 48 hours ago, what a difference. Simply put, the Triton classic is a pro piece of gear, and the Triton Le is not. This feels like a real instrument to me, as my T3 did for so long. The Le always felt like crap. Anyway, this will be my main controller for synth stuff for a long time. Everyone knows by now, the acoustic piano sounds onboard are pretty useless. That's not why you buy a 61-key synth, anyway. Get a good 88-note controller with good pianos, and you won't care. The Triton is still the best all around workstation on the market. Oh, by the way, did I mention that the Le ISN'T??!! ;-)

Im using V.2.1.1 of the OS. This version mostly updates the sampling capabilities to include time stretching etc.....The presets range from average to outstanding. Some of the leads, pads and organs are good. Some drum maps are good also. Built in appregiator is very tight and can render some excellent riffs but the create your own is a tad tedious, but works however. Editing patches is a doddle. Combi mode can create some stunning sounds that you'd try hard to re-create with other synths in this class. The manual....I've rarely needed to look at it except for some sysex info.

Keyboard action on the Triton I think is pretty crap. Dont get me wrong, aftertouch and like is very responsive and realistic but those keys....awwwww ! They are far too 'springy'. No sooner than you've pressed them they are really springing back up at you. Expansion wise its easy to expand and there are endless possibilities.....standard PC100 ram I've installed works a treat bringing the sampling ram up to 96MB. SCSI can be installed to use CDROM/CDR or HD for that matter.
The onboard sequncer is OK, not for total prduction use but its excellent for getting down tracks in a hurry which can then be passed to Cubase or whatever.

Sounds wise, its in a class of its own. The pads are lush and can swirl and sweep whatever way you want. I use it mainly for ambient, chilled out stuff and progressive/funky house. Some sounds can take a bit of tweaking in the effects section in order to sit in some mixes but maybe this is due to the style of music in doing.

I had my Triton for 2 months when the outputs started giving me trouble. I would only get sound coming from the left channel. I resorted to using the headphone out which is naff. Rather than part with my bitch by sending it to Korg in the UK (from N.Ireland) I resorted to opening it up to suss it out. There seemed to be a small component around the amp circuit close to the main L/R out that was completely off the PCB. After removing various circuit boards I managed to resolder it back to the board. It worked for 10 minutes then a slight buzzing sound came from all channels with NO sound when keys were pressed. Next day I turned it on and it worked a treat. It hasnt happened since, even through a house move and being in transit for a while. For a gig I would depend on it due to this problem, although I may have just had bad luck in getting a triton with this problem.

Never dealt with customer support. Korg web site has updates for the OS though.

Lost or stolen.yes I would buy it again but not at the price I paid for it. It is a tad expensive. Dont think it was worth what I paid....would have liked to paid around IR#1500 for it. Love the screen, the UI, sounds, looks. I hate the weight...its damn heavy and difficult to lift. I hate editing the Appregiator. I was looking for other synths at the time I bought this. I played it once and decided to buy :-) I wish it had some more analogue(ish) sounds in it. Sometimes it can sound a bit digital, most likely due to the HI synthesis engine.