Nothing matches the clarity and crystalline beauty of the sound of the Korg Trinity. This one is a standard Trinity, not the Plus or V3, no MOSS installed either. Images sourced from r/vapourwaveaesthetics
I've got one! The keyboard player of my band gave it to me in 1997 after he moved to Indonesia to play there as a Jazz pianist. He told me never to get rid of it and I'm glad I didn't!
Korg ROMplers (particularly the M1, Trinity and Triton) are truly masterpieces. They sound so distinctly of the time period they were made yet somehow sound so timeless and ethereal. Can't say that about a lot of gear from the late 90s/early 2000s. Sad that Korg didn't make a VST version, at least we have the M1 and Triton.
@@baroque4days Yeah, but that depends on which Model of the Trinity you're getting. I already have a TR-Rack, but having SOLO-TRI or MOSS synthesis would be nice.
@@ecclesoul same with the Tritons to be fair. An LE61 will set you back £200 yet an Extreme will be £1,500. I only have one sample synth/ROMpler, the Roland XV-5080. It's basically the highest end one in the JV/XV series. Was £540 with some expansion cards included. Sold them off so basically I realistically got it for like £400 or something. The JV-1080 usually goes for like £150 sometimes. The way I see it, £400 is 2 years of Roland Cloud Pro and the only thing on there I wanted was the JV/XP/XV sounds so like, why rent it for 2 years when I can own one forever for the same money? XD Finally having one just sat away from my PC has helped with my songwriting process a lot. I can just play something on it, sing or fiddle with my MS-20. Currently just taking a break from cabling it all across my room into my interface so now I'll be able to just boot Cubase and record what I'm doing. Best part that I'm controlling it with a MIDI controller which also is hooked into my PC so I should be able capture the MIDI input and the 5080's output at the same time so no need to transcribe or anything. But yeah, I have tp say, the Korg sound equally appeals to me. I love the Roland stuff for more sort of orchestral mock up stuff but the Korg sounds are just amazing when it comes to pad patches and I love their choirs. My earliest sort of core memory of music was the old Tomb Raider PS1 era soundtracks, which were all done on the Roland JV-1080 and later 2080. I heard the other day from the composer that he'd used a Trinity at some points too. The other was 808s & Heartbreak. Majority of the pianos, choirs and I think some percussion came from the Triton Extreme. So I can just flick through these synths and find sounds that defined the first 16 years of my life!
like the music from the 80s and 90s all the synths were amazing fresh and new...today in 2024 ? nooe...... nothing really happens........ i had the trinity pro 73-keys with the ram upgrade back then......lovely and great workstation for live sessions.... miss that boy
Yup. Really in a technological respect hardware synths are obsolete. You can do it all and more with plugins, sample libraries and a good controller. I read somewhere recently that the magic of these older workstations comes from the fact the core sample waves were fairly crude, so the designers worked the synthesis engines much harder to make up for that and the results have a sort of lovely synthetic depth and clarity that makes them sound appealing. That's why the JV1080 for instance is still so highly regarded, and why the D-50 still has a cult following.
Honestly one of Korg's best synths. Love the sound and the build of the board. This synth to me is still a killer for sound design, song writing, live performance, and multi tracking with your DAW. I try to avoid buying older hardware, but of all the 80s and 90s boards this would be one of the few I'd consider getting. Stunning sounds!
Have one and i Will never sell it !!! This keyboard have something spécial with magic sounds ^^ especially the rock guitars, warm sounds And orchestrals drums ^^it was my first workstation actually have the MOXF 6 YAMAHA , JDXA ROLAND AND THE FAMOUS KURZWEIL PC4 88 keys !!! But the TRINITY have special place in my heart :)
This was one of the last 'larger than real life' synths. After that synths sounded more realistic and produced, but not more impressive. I had a TR-Rack to replace my trusty 05R/W, but it couldn't do all the sounds the 05R/W could do, even if the 05 was of a less quality. But the Korg sounds are about pads and all warm sounds, so a powerful piano is not needed.
Absolutely wonderful sounds here! When you starting to play the pads I imidiately imagine the retro electronica, vaporwavepictures ... Thanks for sharing such inspiring sounds. I`ll try to make something like this with SY77 layering with JP8000 and some of my fav VSTi.
V I B E S ! This sound outstanding even by todays standards! Perfect breathy and spacey sounds for dream progressive, new age, ambient, trance ecc... Are these preset patches/performances?
Thanks! These are all my own combis, aside from the last one which is a preset called 'Dream Theatre'. There's tonnes of downloadable program banks online and there's infinite scope in combi mode for making weird and wonderful combinations of these. The touch screen is a bit slow these days but still a breeze to edit with.
Hi ! thank you for sharing this demo. I have the identical keyboard stored in a flying case because I di not have any place in my flat. I am looking to move and of course I will look at a dedicated place for my Korg and my piano. Would it be possible to share some of your "splits" please ? Nice job anyway. Greetings from Switzerland and stay safe
I have one of these and still gigging regularly as my main syth in preference to my Korg Kross, which is much newer but feels less substantial and doesn't have the bite of the trin for my rock band
I have a Trinity and pleeeeeeease don't compare the toy Kross(had that toy before, keybed cheaper than the cheapest Casio) to this beautiful well made piece of machinery 😊
Congratulations very good! I wanted to ask you how you processed the Trinity, i.e. the audio output is directly recorded, or did you use some equalizer, delay, reverb, or compressor. If the answer is yes, then which one? Thanks
What’s the patch at 2:50? It was an instant wave of nostalgia from there on...like many scenes from tv shows and movies from back in the day... I miss those days 😢
These are all my original combi patches (save for the very last one, which is "Dream Theatre"). The main characteristic of the pad at 2.50 is use of the built in step filter effect. Sadly the battery on my Trinity died and I lost all the patches.
@@lukekessler2503 it's the RAM backup battery, so sadly the patches are gone. I need to replace it and reload the factory patches. Haven't gotten around to it yet.
@@knutespenbergby3265My trinity wasn't broken. The battery just died, so all my user patches vanished and I stupidly didn't have them backed up. That combi is a piano program layered a custom program with the belltree wave with a descending pitch envelope, then a nice long decay hall reverb. There might be a tiny bit of choir in there too.
Your sounds are so sweet and warm. I just stumbled onto this and now subscribed! I bought the Trinity Pro 3 88 key . . . . along with a Roland JV 2080 filled with 8 expansion modules. Keeping both, I updated to Kronos 2 and a Roland Integra 7. This spring, I bought a Roland Fantom 7. I want to now get a Montage to round out the collection, but first, I wanna get a new 75” Samsung 4K HDTV, so it might be a while. What else do you do videos on?
Cheers! Sounds like quite the collection you have. I like the 90s sound and have a lot of gear from that era, though my newest thing is the Roland System 8. I'm planning more videos like this featuring different synths. Stay tuned!
Is there anywhere I can buy these sounds or do you ever plan to distribute them for free? Or at all? Absolutely love the sound of these, and I'm always happy to have more stuff for my Trinity Plus ^^
No plans at the moment, not really sure what online platforms there are to facilitate distribution of sounds to be honest. Any pointers appreciated and I'll see how much demand there is.
@@Nismology5 I've seen some people sell them on Reverb and email them to buyers, others like Don Solaris and Soundsauca use their own websites. I bought the JD-990 Superluminal soundset from the latter (I think it was $20); just paid via PayPal and was directed to a web page with a download for a ZIP containing a SysEx file. I'd be happy to throw down that much cash again for a full bank of Trinity sounds! I had actually been meaning to do something like that myself for both the Trinity and V-Synth, but making good patches takes way more time than I thought, though I have a few I'm proud of ^^;
@@Nismology5 I have both and its worth keeping both. The Trinity has an open, airy, warm sound that blends into pretty much anything but doesn't fit everything - acoustic sounds are NOT the Trinity's strong suite and your typical analog sounds aren't what it's best at, but nothing besides the JD-990 matches the Trinity in warm digital synth sounds~ Fantom-X basically does everything and has some great acoustic sounds with the charm of older sampling synths while still sounding modern, is the best way I can put it. And it does those nice analog sounds and everything else Roland is known for, but it doesn't excel at digital pads and hybrid sounds like at 1:40 in this vid. Basically, the Fantom-X is a jack of all trades, master of some, and the Trinity does just a few things but does them so well it's hard to argue there's a better fit anywhere ^^
@@SpeedySPCFan I find I end up playing my trinity as a standalone instrument much of the time, it doesn't blend well with my other Synths (I have a lot of VA stuff- virus, Nord, system 8 etc.) But it's such a beautiful piece just in sound and physical design that I'd never let it go. The keyboard feel is sublime too. I also have the M50 which is a powerhouse in combi mode, but lacks the sonic depth of the trinity, which sounds like being wrapped in a warm duvet while sitting in a vast glass cavern.
Triton can do more but the Trinity sound is out of this world. Best to get the Trinity rack (TR-Rack). Takes less space, has 2 more banks and you don’t have a sluggish user interface 😎
@@hispanochino I'd skip the 01w and go Trinity. The UI is much better and it doesn't cost anything more. For EPs you could do better than either to be honest, I'd go Yamaha or something more modern.
I have a Trinity V3 with all the options including hdd and 4 channel digital recorder. Sounds like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--yx5uCCl_u8.htmlsi=-tW9X4wag35QVH82 Vocals were recorded with a mic plugged directly into the Trinity.
From VSE: The Trinity(s) has been used by Juno Reactor, David Holmes, Antiloop, Dream Theater, A-Ha, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Mike Oldfield, Kitaro, Rick Wakeman, Yes, Vangelis, Yesterdays, Spocks Beard, Alphaville, and Max Martin.
please tell me how you got your audio to sound so good? is it your set up, or the trinity? I can't get my korg sv2 to sound this clear through the same monitors
It's nothing fancy, just the direct stereo out of the keyboard into the mixer, then out if that into a basic USB audio interface. The Trinity has a crystal clear sound, probably moreso than the SV2, so that could well be what you're hearing.
@@Nismology5 I’ll take your word for it, but what kind of mixer are you using? I use a Scarlett focus rite. The sv2 also sounded better in guitar center 🤔 for some reason.
@@kaliqnero2783 Again, nothing special. In this video it's an old Fostex 2016 rack mixer, and a cheap Beringer U-Phoria interface. Now I use a Sansom SM10 and the same interface. Remember the clarity of sound through your monitors depends a lot on the room you're listening in. Is it acoustically treated? If you're playing piano and EP sounds on your SV2, it can't really be compared with the sounds in this video... Apples and oranges.
@@user-sx2iw2hq3l It sounds very nice for digital pads and textures, very clear and open sounding. Acoustic tones and analog simulation are not very good but today's standards. Build quality and keyboard touch are excellent, as is the touch screen UI. There is also the Trinity Plus and Trinity V3 that includes the MOSS card (like Korg Z1). But these are more expensive. The Triton sounds different, but also very nice.
@@Nismology5 It seems to me, but in my opinion, all synthesizers of that time, regardless of whether they are analog or digital, sound an order of magnitude higher than all modern
Need a Korg Trinity expert opinion here: Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes is playing a piano here. He's sitting in front of a Korg 01/W pro X, Korg Trinity and Korg Triton. Which device has this piano patch? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TRTrnNIrN3M.html
You should get yours looked at then. Maybe the rubber parts have perished or something because the Trinity has the Yamaha FS action (DX7, Korg M1, Triton, Motif, etc), which is one of the best quality synth actions ever made and is very widely acclaimed. Mine feels really great to play, second only to the keys on the Jupiter 80 (as far as semi/unweighted action keybeds are concerned anyway).
