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It's a Korg Triton Sorkstation Sampler Synthesizer from 1999, fully-loaded with SCSI and MOSS boards. - Hudba
I bought a Triton in 1999 instead of using the money to go on holiday with my girlfriend. She was really angry about it, but I still have the Triton all these years later. Totally worth it!
And what happened with the girlfriend ;-) ?
Totally worth it, indeed. Girls come and go anyways. Triton is a keeper!
Either the girlfriend went on to become your wife or she's gone while the Great Triton prevailed! Either ways...good decision! Lol
ricoF She’s now my wife, so the gamble paid off 😀
I did the same thing but with driving lesson money, decades later, still can’t drive.. hahah
I still have my Triton, which I purchased in 2000. I’d been in hospital for nearly a year, so when I got home, I treated myself to a new synth. I haven’t switched it on for a year or so, and my wife has taken over the office/studio ‘cause she’s working from home! I’ll never get rid of it, and as time always bears out, if one keeps gear for long enough, it always ends up becoming sought after and “fashionable” with each new generation looking for solid classics.
I agree with what you were saying the other day. These Korg workstations absolutely excell at those huge sweeping, evolving pads, punctuated by little bubbly effects and sounds that fluctuate and sizzle in the background.
The older 90s korgs are built like tanks I ordered a 1993 korg x3 from Japan and in amazing condition I also have a Yamaha dx7 and it plays like new still!
My first experience with a Triton was playing around with one in a music shop as a teenager. It felt like an unattainable dream at the time, but in 2006 I finally had a the money to buy a used one and I've held on to it ever since. It's been plugged in and powered on for 10 years and has never missed a beat. Love it!
When I bought my Korg Triton Studio back in 2002, (I think), it was a beast to learn everything under the hood. I still have it, although it's in storage as I do everything in ProTools. My Triton got me so many studio customers that it literally paid itself off ($2500) in one session by one client.
After all those years the Mighty Triton still holds its own. I always wanted one but like the majority the dream never came true. I look forward to hearing and seeing more of this legend. Keep well and safe, the danger is still lurking out there so be careful on your synth buying trips.
The korg Triton series and korg x series are some of my favorite synths!
I was 10 when I was introduced to the Triton Studio at my church. I immediately loved the sounds and the orchestral COMBIS I still use today. Now I use the VST version to work with the MIDI files I’ve made.
Same. It was Triton and triton le. I fell in love with Korg from that day forward
I was in high school when workstation keyboards were at their peak with the Triton, Motif and Fantom. I would go to guitar center and play around with these unattainable beasts only to go home uninspired by the lackluster gear available to me.
I was awe stricken by the realism of the piano, string and drum sounds .
In ‘07 I was in my early 20’s and I spent an entire paycheck on the Korg X50. I didn’t know it was essentially a stripped Triton, I just loved the sounds. I used that X50 for everything until I sold it when I moved.
I later bought the Korg MicroSTATION (another Triton variation) and sold it because it didn’t work in my setup at the time.
Most recently, I got a Triton Rack partly because of my familiarity with the presets, and partly because many producers I admired used it. The Rack fits well in my setup and it’s affordable.
The Triton is the sound of the early 2000’s, but it also transcends that. It’s no wonder there’s a VST version available now.
I love the Triton, and it’s remained a permanent fixture in my ever evolving and changing rig.
Cheers for making this video!
I was lucky to own all 3 over the years and you're right what a great era of workstations
Finally an Triton video!!! For how common they were, there’s no videos on it...
Common? Yeah right I know loads of top producers who have never owned one. Nobody knew how to use it back then, or nobody I knew.
@@G1tube2020 it was definitely common. Common enough to define a a decade in music lol. I got one way after the heyday and had a hard time finding any video tutorials on how to get into the nitty gritty. It’s well worth the time it took to learn though, it runs circles around the mpc IMO
@@AT-eh2eo its been used on some hits i brought one in 2003 maybe, never had a clue how to use it to its full potential till over ten years of ownership. Some jealous engineer turned the contrast down. 😂
Great vid.. Bought mine for $130..fixed it for $170..So far so good.It has a better keyboard than most new synths sold today for over $3000. Think i will be keeping it for a while plus reading the downloaded manual..Great vid. Cheers Woody..
If you like synthesizer sound, make a program of each raw wave form in the rom (saw tooth program, square wave program, triangle etc). The real fun starts with using those waves in combi mode
That intro song when I get notified of a new woody video and speed off the highway to the nearest exit to watch
I bought a Triton Rack some months ago, and the Vintage PCM expansion as well. There are loads of great waveform samples in this machine, excellent modulation possibilities and an outstanding effect unit. Difficult to find anything more comprehensive for 300 euro...
Great video as always, Woody. I like to think of the late nineties as the time when synthesizers finally became the thing we dreamed of as kids: A band in a box. Around 1998, synth pianos finally became playable, for example, and virtual instruments and amplifiers sounded quite good and still do today. VSTs hadn't yet taken off, so many of those instruments are "forgotten classics" today.
Waooo . I missed the Korg triton . This was all you needed back in the days .
The end bit sounds like something you would hear on a fitness DVD. I might have a small work out with that on.
I Have the Pro X 88 note version of this , It is roughly the weight of the sun !
My Kurzweil k2600X weighs exactly the same! i could i hell find a Pro X so went for the Kurz in stead.
I just got a Triton in December... Its the studio version and bloody huge!
Being a bassist it's waaay too much for my pedestrian skills on keys, but i couldn't resist when it came up via a friend.
Congrats. You will not regret the purchase. I've had my Triton Studio 88 for 19 years - I still use it in my studio.
Wow, what timing. I actually had just bought a Triton rack yesterday! Got it at a good price because the screen has vertical lines. Cool demo! Thanks for posting!
Awesome tutorial, the Triton is still great today, and about the touch-screen question, as far as i know the Korg Trinity was the first to have a touch-screen
Korg Trinity was the first.
Not sure “tutorial” is an accurate description for this, most of it’s just a bloke who seems not to have used the synth much or read the manual going through the buttons and sockets and having a guess at their function based on what’s written above them.
A pleasant surprise to see a new demo on an old synth...I still use my triton for remixing and live set...a classic
Danke dir für die tolle Präsentation
Gruss Markus
Awesome...as always!! X
I still have my Triton Extreme 88. Dated for sure, but still an awesome board.
Last year i bought one but didn't have time yet to try it out. It is still in its heavy suitcase. Need to try it out soon i see. Thanks Woody 👍😆✌
Still have my Triton Extreme that I got as an early 18th birthday present
Great video Woody, I have a Triton Le, Triton Extreme 88 with MOSS board fitted.(Multi-Oscillator Synthesis System using multi Oscilators. Same as Prophecy & Z1 VA Synths. Mixed with the on board PCM and FX its a massive synth! and the sampling is another story too. Very powerful.
Hey Woody, don't forget to show case the vocoder on the Triton next video. I sold tonnes of them when I worked at Mars Music at the flagship store in Ft Lauderdale FL in the late 1990's and early 2000's. The vocoder was a huge part of my demo to my customers. It's what pushed most of them over the edge. Also you can expand the memory in the Studio version if the instrument to hold more samples. There is no arppegiator that compares to the Triton. It's programmable - the possibilities are endless.
I owned a fully expended Triton Classic with the first 2 PCM boards, MOSS board, fully expanded sampler memory and I used it for full music production with just its very intuitive built in sequencer. I sold it back in the late 2000s when I went fully software based but I now have all the Korg instrument plug ins including the Triton and Triton Extreme in software.
I found the Studio model to be fantastic, even as recently as three years ago when one was the church keyboard (for reference I own a Motif XF, Kurzweil PC3, and Korg Krome for modern boards, and the Triton Studio held its own). “Hero’s Piano” was great. Not as much of a fan of the original like this one, but that’s because pianos are always used by me live unless I’m playing 2nd keys and the Studio piano was so much better.
Also loved the action on the Studio 76. Best semi-weighted action I’ve ever played.
The Triton Studio is a beast and it's basically everything that the Triton Classic should have been in the first place, including having proper internal resampling, more polyphony, more PCM expansion slots, audio recording in the sequencer and internal hard drive.
Had one when i was a kid.loved it
That's so cool! Korg released sounds from the Triton so I could load those straight into my PA1000 arranger. There are some really cool sounds from back then! :)
I bought my Triton when it first came out and it's still in regular use. Added more RAM and the MOSS expansion early on. Always loved the sounds :D
It still sounds pretty decent by today’s standards. For me the mid-through-late ‘90s was the golden age of the synth workstation - sure there are more lifelike instrument samples these days, but these old ‘90s boards just have their own great vibe and sometimes I’m quite surprised how good some of these patches still sound today. I look forward to hearing one of your great sound demos getting stuck in with the presets 👍
Also thanks a lot for the great description of the physical characteristics of the hardware instrument (I can’t see so for me the description is very handy and a great regular feature of your walkthroughs.) 👍
workstations are so much fun. i bought an Ensoniq TS10 in the mid 90s and got every penny out of it before it finally died.
Another great video Woody thanks. Still have my Triton from brand new in 1999 including the MOSS board. I'd better dust it off and play it after seeing this video. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch.
Here we goooo!
FF=Fast Forward 👍🏽 Love this keyboard. I have an 88 Triton Studio I bought in early 2000. Still have it! Great video.
Just love the Triton! Got mine on 2002 and still is my main instrument today. Powerful insert effects and awesome patches. My touchscreen is almost invisible now, though. Great video Mr. Woody! Try BeeGeePads and play Forever Young with it, you'll love it! :)
Cosmic Effect Have you tried the contrast knob at the back side of the instrument to fix the screen invisibility? Did the trick to me.
@@doh35 Oh man it would be so good if that was the problem... But no, it's a common problem from touchscreens of that era. Only changing to a new one would do the trick.
Nice! I have the Triton Studio.
Im going to get one for sure .
I had the OG 88 key back in the day. I just picked up the VST and can’t get enough of it!
Also @woody, the Trinity was the predecessor to this. My memory tells me it was an early adopter of adding polyphony (64 maybe) and the Triton took the Trinity to the next level in every way
6:05 - Trinity had the same screen since 1995. The first ever touch screen on a synth/workstation. The M3's screen is in the same size and 320x240 (poor) resolution, but in full color.
Yay! Nice video! I wonder about awesome condition of that synth! Seems like it used only at studio with high care!
Almost the same interface today on the 21 years later Korg Kronos 2. Still have the 10-digit keypad BTW
Great video Woody. I have a Triton classic, without MOSS and SCSI. Bought it about 3 years ago and currently use it in two cover bands. I absolutely love the keybed and the aftertouch. Just wish it wasn't so heavy. But it's built like a tank.
This board change the coarse of keyboard history. Korg always changing history. Remember when they dropped the m1. That was the best selling keyboard at its time.
Re: the joystick - my first synth (back in the late 80's) was a Korg Poly-800 II which has a similar one on it - L/R for pitch and vertical for LFO.
i was too young to afford one but i was one of those kids at Mars Music and Guitar Center producing on one for hours at a time!
I love this piece. Did you try the demo on the country song?
I appreciate this so much - the 76-key model is available near me. Did you do the follow-up to this video that you mentioned? Can't seem to find it among their other selections.
don't remember what follow-up I promised, but I recall we did some more demos.
The vst is also very good!
Great video! MOSS stands for Multi Oscillator Synthesis System and I think was first developed in the Karma, then implemented in the Trinity, Z-1 and the Prophecy which is a smaller monophonic version of the Z-1 if I remember correctly.
Korg Karma was a Triton offshoot from 2001 and did not come wirh a MOSS board, but it was an option. Prophecy and Trinity both came out in 1995. Don’t know when the MOSS boards were first available for the original Trinity, but the Trinity versions including a MOSS board came out in 1996(Solo-Tri ,Plus) and 1998(MOSS-Tri ,V3). Z1 came out in 1997, before its board was then available in the Trinity V3.
@@xp50player you are spot on with your information. Thankyou for your reply.
MOSS sounds for Multi Oscillator Synthesis System if I remember correctly? The Triton does have a velocity and channel aftertouch sensitive keyboards. Even the Triton LE and TR had aftertouch.
I’ve got one of these, haven’t played for years, wonder if it still works? What happens to old keyboards, do they really go to the metal scrap yard? I’ve still got my first Korg an old 01Wfd from 1991
Hi Woodster,
Looks similar screen to my krome. Comment regarding boot up time, 64 mb is a whole lot smaller and quicker to load than several gigs.
Korg Triton wonderful in synthesis of sequences....
I found a studio 88 key triton. I’m getting it Friday.
I have a 2nd hand hardware version of the 61 key le version and still gig with it. :)
Do you know if this keyboard can read floppy disc's from the dss1 synth? I hope it can
I used a Triton on a studio session around 2010. Not certain which model but as I recall it was a classy bit of kit. Touchscreen interfaces can be a bit of a stumbling point from a blind player’s perspective but I think that particular Triton had quite a few physical buttons for main functions like patch selection etc.
My main workstation is a Korg N364 which is a couple of years before Triton - i’m pretty sure it was the last expansion in the line of M1/T/01/X3 chronology of Korgs. sounds like they went back to the drawing board and started afresh with the sound engine for the Triton as it does seem to have a different sound character from these previous series. but they are all pretty decent in my book from the sounds angle, and there is no touchscreen involved with the interface of N364 which for the likes of me makes it great and a lot easier to use. would be worth getting one of those in the shack for a tri-out if you happen across one.
I had a Trinity Pro/X. I got it in 1997. It had the joystick, as well. I loved that joystick. I can't properly use wheels to this day. The Trinity did also have the exact same touchscreen. I kept that keyboard until 2018, and everything still worked on it, including the touchscreen. The price of my Trinity Pro/X, which was 88 keys, in August of 1997 was around $3700 US, in 1997 dollars, so this Triton was probably comparable, depending on the number of keys. In my opinion, the drums and percussion on the Trinity/Triton were their strongest feature, followed closely by the EPs.
I’ve got a prophecy and on my second trinity , will be getting a triton at some point , still some of the best synths :-)
What software was bundled with the triton?please help
What were the drum kits used on this keyboard in this intro?
Cool 💯🎹💯
It boots faster then my Zoom H4n pro audio recorder, that one is pretty slow to startup. It’s such a nice synth, I need to get that VST someday.
WOW , in perfect condition , The sequencer is amazing on that, one of the first touch screens. I believe you can get a scsi floopy or cd drive for that. How are those keys. Should I buy this synth , roland fantom g, or korg m3. I have and fantom X8. I love hardware even though I can go the vst rout , I just love having the actual unit. Maybe I should go back and get a DX7
I bought one in 99, the 73-key. I still LOVE It. In fact, when I upgraded to an 88-iey board. I just bought another triton so I wouldn't have to relearn another synth. Since they have floppy drives, I didn't have to reproduce anything. My needs musically, are simple. I just like authentic-sounding pianos & strings & got more than I hoped. My next one's a Krome. I'm waiting until they're replaced by the next generation.
Hi, I have this Triton, but I have a little issue with it. The screen started to send me some systems errors, I try to factory reset it but now is totally blank. It doesn’t boot up, what can I do with it. It has solution by any code or I have to take it to a technician?? Hope you can help a little with it.
Does the Triton have the M1 organ and piano patches?
I still have my Triton ProX with MOSS board! 88 weighted keys. It’s a bit rough on the outside now but plays perfect.
1:16 - I think M1 was the first one to have that joystick... Wavestation had classic wheels, 01/W and Trinity continued with the joystick. The touch strip appeared on Trinity first, 01/W didn't have it.
Now i am trying to Buy This Keyboard as used
A powerful Sorkstation indeed!!! Lol
I love these! i did manage to play the newer version, the Korg triton studio. Very easy to get going and so open! this year i decided to change my Alesis Qs 8.1 for something more better, and could i hell get my hands on the Pro X version, From what i read though on the forums, the Kurzweil K2500/ K2600 gave these a right old run for their money. i ended buying the Kurzweil K2600, got a class deal. I would love get the rack version of the korg triton though. To go with the kurzweil
The Japanese Korg and American Kurzweil make a beautiful sonic combo.
There’s a discount on the Korg Triton VST again. Just bought the Triton, Wavestation and M1 :)
Where do I purchase the vst?
I love it how the older synths/workstations boot up within 5-20 seconds. The newer ones are incredibly annoying to wait. Even Korg M3 is slow as hell, and it's just the next generation after Triton and before Kronos. (Oasys is a different breed IMO).
I have the possibility to buy a triton pro or a tr76, which you recommend?.........
The EXTREME is still a great machine.
Yep....still have my pretty blue Extreme.....it’s great!
I miss mine
It's pretty much the reason I haven't been convinced to buy a Krome. I'm more of a Roland and Yamaha man these days
A demo of Korg triton extreme. what do you think? czcams.com/video/ArMeX6jcUxk/video.html
Congrats Woody that you get a Triton in such a good condition.in 2003when I was working in a studio got the Triton full equiped with all 8exp bords moss 96mb sample ram scsi .only 2 things I dislike the bus rotary whell and the display .it's my all time favorite synth from korg.it reads even the akai samples and had amazing arpegio.nowadays I use the rack version .have a nice day .
The Disc-Button should be for the build in floppy-drive.
MOSS = Multi Oscillator Synthesis System.
I Love Triton series
Never wanted one of these when they were new, happy with my XP-50/30s. By this time, I had moved on to Cubase with VST plugins and Creamware DSP platform. Nothing hardware tripped my trigger again until the Kronos came out.
I want this synth. I have the latter day "stripped down" Korg TR, which has the same patches and controls as the Triton LE, and has even less controls than the Triton, no touchscreen, no "value" slider, sampler available as a plugin board, the MOSS engine option are not included. Fewer master effects and insert effects. The effects engine on your Triton is super fun to play other synths through. I have a Yamaha DX7 running through my TR's effects, via the sampler input. You can play both keyboards at once and put the external synth's audio through the effect section of your Triton.
Function Buttons on the TritonLE and KorgTR that are below the screen are used instead to access the deep dives into the system that on the Triton are done on touchscreen for Tritons.
I really enjoy the sampler feature, and the drum kit designer and the arpeggio building features, and the sequencer.
I use a label maker to tell me where my favorites are on my Korg TR. My go-to EP sound for instance, and a serviceable Hammond B3.
The boot time is "fast" sure but remember that that boot time doesnt include the manual reloading of your samples into RAM which must be done at every cold boot. You can't keep samples in Flash as these devices did not have flash EEPROM sample or patch storage.
You can't actually load new samples into flash memory on these. Patches play from RAM, or from what is basically one of the built in banks of ROM. There's no way to download a sound onto the board. You can load a PCG which is a program but the program is just your parameters, envelope, arpeggiator setups, and a pointer to a rom or ram slot where some predetermine waveforms exist. You literally can NOT put a new sound that is not on there at all, onto this synth, except in the form of a .KSC sample (a wave file) which must be manually reloaded onto your board after EVERY TIME you power the board up. WOW right?
On this triton, you wouldn't want to load samples from a 1.44 meg floppy, but you could on my Korg TR88, load up to 16 megs of sample memory from an SD card.
same
The SCSI port (optional on the 'Classic' Triton keyboards/rack - shown in this video - and standard on the later Triton Studio) allow connection to mass-storage (hard drive, CD-ROM, today's SCSI2SD) for very quick loading of sample data into the Triton's sample RAM. SCSI was replaced on later Tritons with solid-state card slots, like your TR, and the Extreme.
How many songs it hold?
That Tropic of Cancer patch sounds soooo Yanni.
In india Roland is popular keys and 75% market occupied by their products but some how I got Triton classic in one of studio , bought for my live performances, it’s really best for all kind of sounds and can easily create indian sounds, I really loved it, but very heavy to transport
THE TRITON WAS MY FIRST KEAYBOARD NOW I GOT THE OASYS 88
Mine is tucked away sleeping at the moment. I don’t really have room to put it anywhere but I just can’t bear to part with it.
Please ....... Can someone tell me how much the cost for a Triton 61 Keys Classic was when they first came out in 1999 ?
The menu button should work in all mode, your is probably a bit stiff, it allow to change between screen pages.
I’m pretty sure the original triton have after touch. But I do found one my extreme that not a lot patched actually so crazy things with after touch like a D50 would and found about the fact the truth had after when I got my D-05 years later 😂 (and you are part of the reason I bought a D05 with you D-50 videos)
Have fun! Can’t wait to hear more from the MOSS!
The user modes are copies of other patches but with numbers in parentheses
I have a Pro X, love it! Almost as much as my Kronos. But there's the rub. Mind you, I still use it. It will always sound great!
The Korg Poly 800 used a joystick and that was circa 1984.
The Triton is really dope to this day, the real question is: What's better? The Triton or Kronos? I don't really know because I only tried the Triton TR and I wan't to get a new workstation but don't know what to choose.
I remember seeing the Triton on the back page of Future Music magazine back in the late 90's/early 2000's and just wishing I could afford it. I had to make do with a Yamaha DJX lol
I like you stared in awe at the Triton. I also ended up with the mighty Yamaha DJX.....and for a stupid amount £5-10? I forget as it's years ago put a bid on, and was the only person that did, got a DJX2. We all make mistakes in life.
I feel for you son
@@davidm3569 the DJX was alright. The mark 2 was "Meh!!" I made enough money from one project that I used the DJX on to buy a Triton but I thought not having to work for 6 months outweighed getting a Triton, lol.
Definitely groundbreaking for the time but can't see myself using it today
You should have gotten the Triton studio with the CD drive
The one I want to see you demo is the Oasys....still brings the moon on reverb :)