Korg Triton Rack Expandable HI Module/Sampler: Why I Use It - Part 1 

Quite annoying tho how hes trying to sell it. Overdoing it for sure its dope im sure but im not going to sell something like that. To much hype in his voice and acting

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You're most welcome. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

Thanks for watching and sharing. It's appreciated.

Glad I could help. Thanks so much for watching. 👍🏿

Glad to welcome both you and your Trition to the group! 👍🏿

Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

Thanks so much, glad you like it.

You're most welcome. Thanks for watching.

My first MIDI keyboard was KORG Poly 800, and I''ve had KORGs in my rack ever since too. Thanks so much for watching and sharing. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic good videos and ordered the tascam recorder finally for new mixdown tool. Your comments were real helpful there. My first board was a fender Contempo! called my circus organ and integrated my first effect into the inside of it Electric Mistress best regards.

First, I'd like to say that I think your videos a GREAT. Why do you like to use for the most realistic piano sound and weighted 88-key controller? I, personally like the Yamaha Motif XS rack piano, which I use a Roland RD-7000 as the controller for. They seem to work very well together. I do like the Nord piano sounds, but the keys seem a little clumsy for high-end technical playing.

Thanks for the kind words, they are much appreciated. For years I have used the Akai MPK88 keyboard controller. I got an unbelievable deal on the unit at that time and it’s been a solid, reliable and very flexible main controller for my studio ever since. I love the hammer action on this unit, but my daughter who is a pianist, says the action is too heavy compared to a piano. I guess what I like is my preference, though it may not be 100% accurate in this case. You setup is a nice one as well and definitely more than gets the job done. It’s good when you are able to find the “sweet spot” here, as it just boosts the creativity all the more.

A wise decision. It' shard to go wrong with this one. No touch screen on the Rack though. Thanks for watching and sharing. 👍🏿

The EDO SIM chips (around $12 now) are for expanding the internal memory of the unit for faster processing and sampling only just like a PC. The sound boards are different, and add totally new sample banks to the device. Sound boards come with the samples/sounds burned on them (ROM), you don’t need to download them. They have a floppy disk that has all the default setting for initialization in the Triton Rack. I hope this information helps.

In the Korg Triton Rack, the EDO SIM chips DO NOT function as permanent storage like an ssd, usb and or hard drive. They serve as an additional processing resource for the device’s CPU. I believe I understand what you’re asking, and here are 2 solutions to your challenge: 1. Purchase and install a Korg Triton SCSI card. This will allow you to add a SCSI hard drive to your Triton. With this, you can then store all new sound samples and multi-samples to that external SCSI hard drive and have them available whenever you need them in through the Triton. Search for “Korg SCSI card for Triton Keyboard Rack” on eBay. 2. Purchase and install a USB floppy drive for the Trition to replace the floppy disk. With this, you now use USB storage sticks instead of floppy disks. This will dramatically increase storage and allow you to achieve the same results as #1, and save money. That’s what I’m going to do with mine. Search for “GOTEK 3.5" 1.44MB USB SSD Floppy Drive Emulator for YAMAHA KORG” on eBay. I hope this information helps.

Obrigado por assistir. 👍🏿

Correct. 16 Mbytes of RAM is stock and the unit is expandable to a maximum of 96mb. The 32 Mbytes of preset PCM ROM contains 425 multisamples and 413 drumsamples. We know that up to eight separate EXB-PCM expansion boards (with 16mb of PCM ROM per card) can optionally be installed to add even more PCM data and memory for that purpose. The answer to your first question is “No”. Once loaded/installed from disk, the Programs and Combi’s for each EXB-PCM expansion board overwrites the previous settings for that bank. With this, you should not have to re-load this data unless you overwrite it. Lastly, you are not limited to using only 1 or 2 of the EXB-PCM expansion boards at any one at a time. With the Combi and Multi modes, you can program and use any of the sounds in any bank together at any time. I have not had or seen any restrictions regarding this. Thanks so much for watching and sharing.

Yes. The rack basically operates the same as the keyboard version but is more expandable.

You should be good to go with the Triton extreme. I believe the only difference in the 2 units is that the Triton Rack is more expandable in regards to the sound boards and such.

If you have BOTH, you and assign one to respond to odd notes, and the other even, and then you have 124 note polyphony, 130 with MOSS!

Great question, and the answers warrant a complete video unto itself. In summary, the TRITON-Rack is an expandable Hi-module/sampler that features the HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis system as its tone generator. The HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis system is a PCM tone generator system with full digital signal processing. The INTEGRA-7 is a newer sound module that contains SuperNATURAL sounds in addition to a sound library from the SRX series, as well as “Motional Surround,” which uses RSS (Roland Sound Space) technology to offer a new type of sound field. The sound data includes PCM synth tones and PCM drum kits, and can be called up from the preset banks and expansion banks. Again, the comparisons between the two sound modules are vast. For more information, please check out the “Sound Module” playlist on this channel. I hope this information helps.

Channels are handled differently, depending on the mode. Initially, select MIDI channel 1 on the MIDI instrument that is connected to the TRITON-Rack to control it. With the factory settings, the global MIDI channel (GLOBAL 2.1: MIDI “MIDI Channel”) is set to 1. In Program mode and Sampling mode, MIDI messages are transmitted and received on the global MIDI channel. With the factory settings, the various combinations in Combination mode are also set to be operated on the global MIDI channel. Multi mode is usually used to receive channel messages transmitted from a sequencer (computer) so that multiple channels can be controlled independently. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

That's a loaded question. I have never used either of those DAWs, so I can’t address these software applications systems specifically. However, since the Trition is a MIDI sound module you should be good to go. There are many configurations for Triton setup with a DAW. It heavily depends on which audio interface you’re using along with your current studio hardware setup. If you have more than one sound module, typically, you might run them through a MIDI patchbay with your keyboard controller. You would use the MIDI Echo feature to hear the module both when recording and at playback. I strongly suggest referencing the manual for your software on exactly how to do that. I hope this helps some.

@@PowercoatMusic thank you!

You're most welcome sir. Thanks for watching.

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Interesting! What was the designer's name, and where did you find this info? Thanks.

Would that have been John McCubbery? He was a lovely guy who worked for both Korg and Ensoniq in Australia if I remember correctly?

Yes. The USB drive works for this unit and is great, but the installation is not straight forward. A suggestion is to also save via MIDI SYSEX. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

I don’t record using DAWs, so it does not make sense for me to buy VSTs. Also, I purchased my Triton Rack back in 2002 and recommend it over a VSTi version because of its hardware expandability and sampling functionality.

@@PowercoatMusic thank you for answering. 🤩 Fully understand. I also got the module and love to just use it as the wonderful hardware piece it is. However when I’m using my DAW the korg’s VST is what I turn to. 🙂👍

That makes total sense. Sounds like you've got your bases covered :-)

No. The unit does not have a built-in sequencer but naturally it can be used with one. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic Thanks. I have been enjoying your videos.

Both the arpeggiators can be used to control external devices via midi also the VST doesn't do this or allow user presets.