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CAUTION IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. 1) Read these instructions. Replace only with the same or equivalent type. 2) Keep these instructions. THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for U.S.A.) 3) Heed all warnings. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits 4) Follow all instructions. for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. These limits are designed
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COPYRIGHT WARNING Data handling This professional device is intended only for use Incorrect operation or malfunction may cause the con- with works for which you yourself own the copy- tents of memory to be lost, so we recommend that you right, for which you have received permission from save important data on a floppy disk or other media. the copyright holder to publicly perform, record, Please be aware that Korg will accept no responsibility broadcast, sell, and duplicate, or in
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Thank you for purchasing the Korg TRITON STUDIO music workstation/sampler. To ensure trouble-free enjoyment, please read this manual carefully and use the instru- ment as directed. About this manual Conventions in this manual References to the TRITON STUDIO The TRITON STUDIO is available in 88-key, 76-key The owner’s manuals and how to use and 61-key models, but all three models are referred to without distinction in thi
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Table of Contents Data handling...............................................................iii Using controllers to modify the sound ................25 Handling of the internal hard drive .........................iii Joystick......................................................................... 25 COPYRIGHT WARNING ..........................................iii Ribbon controller........................................................ 25 About this manual....
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Song editing methods.................................................88 Basic functions .................. 55 1. Copying a song..................................................88 2. Naming a song ..................................................88 Saving data ...............................................55 3. Setting the number of measures in the song.88 Types of data that can be saved ............................... 55 4. Changing the key Writing to internal memory........
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Creating an audio CD from WAVE files sampled to hard Other functions ......................................... 145 Setting the function of [SW1] and [SW2] .............. 145 disk ....................................................... 118 Setting the B-mode functions of REALTIME SMF (Standard MIDI File) playback ................. 120 CONTROLS [1]–[4] ............................................. 145 The structure of Song Play mode ........................... 120 Adjusting th
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Introduction Effect section: Main features • Five insert effects (stereo-in/stereo-out), two master effects (mono-in/stereo-out), and a three-band master EQ (stereo-in/stereo-out) can all be used Overview simultaneously. You can select and edit any of 102 The TRITON STUDIO is a music workstation/sampler types of effect algorithms. that features the HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis system • The effect routing is highly flexible. Effects can be as its tone generator
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In Combination mode, Sequencer mode, and Song Play Sampling mode, the TRITON STUDIO provides dual arpeggia- The TRITON STUDIO features an Open Sampling System tors that can simultaneously play two arpeggio pat- that allows sampling and resampling to be performed not terns. You can apply separate arpeggio patterns to only in Sampling mode, but also in Program, Combina- drum and bass programs, or use keyboard splits or tion, or Sequencer modes. velocity to switch
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Front and rear panel Front panel 8 16 4 569 12 1 2 3 7 10 11 13 14 15 17 18 19 Use the [REALTIME CONTROLS] key to select A or B 1. [SW1] key, [SW2] key mode for the realtime controllers, and use knobs [1]–[4] to These keys are on/off switches, their function can be control the tone, effects, and MIDI control changes etc. in assigned in Program, Combination, Sequencer, Song Play, realtime (p.26). and Sampling modes. When on, the LED will light (p.25). [REALTIME CONTROLS] key
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[SAMPLING] key 9. LCD screen Sampling mode will be selected. The TRITON STUDIO features a Touch-View system that uses a touch-panel LCD screen. By touching on objects that are shown in the LCD screen, [S.PLAY] key you can select pages, tabs, and parameters, and set values Song Play mode will be selected. (p.8). [GLOBAL] key 10. [EXIT] key Global mode will be selected. When a dialog box is open, this key will cancel the set- tings made in the dialog box and close the dialog box (cor- [DISK] k
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13. SEQUENCER 14. ARPEGGIATOR These knobs control the performance of the arpeggiator in realtime (p.29). [PAUSE] key In Sequencer mode, this key pauses the playback of the [TEMPO] knob song or cue list. In Song Play mode, this key pauses SMF This adjusts the base tempo of the arpeggiator and playback. When paused, the LED will light. Press sequencer. The LED will blink at quarter-note intervals of [PAUSE] once again to resume playback; the LED will the current tempo. turn off. [GATE] kno
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For details on handling floppy disks, refer to “Cautions when handling floppy disks” (p.62). Eject button To remove a floppy disk, make sure that the disk access indicator is dark, and then press this button. If the disk is 17 18 19 not ejected when you press this button, do not attempt to forcibly remove the disk, but contact your Korg distribu- tor. 17. Headphone jack A set of headphones can be connected here (stereo 1/4" Eject button jack). Disk access This allows stereo monitoring of the
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programs or combinations, or to start/stop the sequencer 5. S/P DIF (p.125). OUT(MAIN) jack PEDAL jack This is an optical type S/P DIF format (IEC60958, EIAJ An optional Korg EXP-2 or XVP-10 expression pedal can CP-1201) digital output jack. be connected here (p.11). It outputs a digital version of the same audio signal as the Its function can be assigned in Global mode, allowing you AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN) L/MONO and R jacks, at sam- to use the pedal to control the volume etc. (p.124) pling
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Names and functions of objects in the LCD screen The TRITON STUDIOuses Korg’s TouchView graphical * Popup menu user interface. Pin By touching on objects displayed in the LCD screen, you can select pages, set parameter values, rename programs and combinations, write data, and perform many other operations. References in the TRITON STUDIO’s owner’s man- ual to the “... button” or “... tab” refer to objects dis- played on the LCD screen. References to the “[...] key,” “[...] knob,” “[...] di
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f: Check box * Page jump menu Each time you press a check box, a check mark will be added or removed. When checked, the parameter will function; when unchecked, the parameter will not function. g: Radio buttons Press a radio button to select one value from two or more choices. h: Tab Press the tab to select a page. In Combination, Program, Sequencer, Sampling, Song i: Page menu button Play, or Global modes, you can press the front panel When this button is pressed, a list of page menu com-
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N N N N N N I I I I I I A A A A A A V V V V V V B B B B B B G G G G G G Connections Connections must be made with the power turned off. Please be aware that careless operation may dam- age your speaker system or cause malfunctions. If a passive type guitar (a guitar without an internal preamp) is connected, it will not be possible to sample at an appropriate level 3. Analog audio input connections due to the impedance mismatch. CD player, Such instruments must be analog record player, et
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1. Connecting the power cable 4. Digital audio input/output con- nections Connect the included power cable to the AC power supply inlet of the TRITON STUDIO, and then con- nect the other end of the cable to an AC outlet. Digital audio output The same audio signal present at the TRITON STUDIO’s AUDIO OUTPUT (MAIN) L/MONO and R jacks can be output in digital format to a DAT, MD, or digital multi- 2. Analog audio output connec- track recorder that can accept a digital audio input with a sample
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6. SCSI device connections 7. Connections to MIDI equip- ment/computers By connecting an external SCSI device such as a hard disk drive or CD-R/RW drive to the SCSI connector, you can manage large amounts of data on devices other than the Connections to MIDI equipment internal hard drive. If a hard disk drive is connected, it The keyboard, controllers, and sequencer etc. of TRITON can also be specified as the destination when sampling. STUDIO can be used to control an external MIDI tone F
