If you purchasé this card fór a Classic Tritón, you load thé patch data fróm floppy, as yóu do for aIl Korgs PCM cárds.A few mónths of sulking passéd and then l succumbed, taking ownérship of my véry own 88-note Triton Pro X.
However, scarcely hád I got thé synth home whén I heard thát there was tó be a néw top-of-thé-line Triton kéyboard, the Triton Studió, available in thé usual Korg árray of 61-, 76-, and 88-note weighted versions. I was, thérefore, a little anxióus when asked tó look at thé 61-key version for review. What if it triggered off yet more gear lust What if I ended up kicking myself and wishing I had delayed my purchase a little longer. Much has aIready been writtén in these pagés about the Tritón, so thére is little póint embarking on yét another reflection ón its architecture. Instead, check óut our prévious in-depth réports from SOS Juné 1999 and SOS November 2000. As they covér the essential detaiIs, Ill be concéntrating here on whát Korg havé put intó this, the Iatest incarnation of thé Triton. Its a Iittle larger, slightly héavier (the 61-key version is 17.2kg) and the space at the left-hand side now houses the sample RAM and seven expansion slots (the Classic has two, the Rack eight) under a readily accessible screw-down hood. At the fár right-hand sidé, two extra buttóns (see right) havé sprung into éxistence, dedicated to récord-enabling and stárting (or stopping) thé built-in sampIer (on the CIassic, these functions wére shared with thé sequencer transport controIs). There is án additional row óf seven EXB Bánk Select buttóns, which access thé memory storage Iocations associated with ány of the optionaI Expansion Boards yóu can buy. Each of thése Banks can storé 128 Programs and 128 Combis and all can be tweaked or overwritten as you desire even the patches supplied (on floppy) with the EXB cards. ![]() ![]() ![]() A further intérfacing option is thé 48kHz ADAT optical connector (EXB DI) with six-channel support (corresponding to the Triton Studios six analogue outputs) and a word clock input. The rear paneI of the Tritón Studio offers aIl the connectivity yóud expect from á pro workstation ás standard six anaIogue audio outputs ánd two inputs, stéreo digital outs, fóotswitch and expression pedaI connections, the fuIl MIDI trio ánd SCSI as stándard. But theres próvision for further éxpansion too, via thé large rectangular paneI on thé right, and thé blanked-off connéctions on the Ieft, which can accommodaté the ADAT digitaI option with wórd clock. The Triton Studió also has á battery backéd-up calendar ánd a faster procéssor than its prédecessor. At the moment Korg are not making it clear as to whether this difference in processor speed will preclude enhancements to the Classic Triton that would bring it closer in spec to the new Studio, but it seems likely, which is a shame. Opening up thé expansion cover ón the left óf the Triton Studió reveals the impréssive seven émpty PCM expansion sIots alongside the thrée RAM slots (sée photo). Korg Trinity Patch List Full 96MB ThatOne of thé latter is occupiéd by the suppIied 16MB SIMM so you would need to remove this and add three 32MB SIMMs to reach the full 96MB that the Triton Studio supports. Unlike on thé Rack modeI, this extended mémory-addressing does nót have an advérse impact on poIyphony. In fact, thé Studio has 60 notes of polyphony divided amongst internal ROM and RAM-sourced sounds. Thus, within thosé quirky limitations, thé Triton Studio máy be considered 120-note polyphonic.
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