Delivers even more HI synthesis system sounds than the acclaimed Triton board in a rackmount design. The Korg Triton Rack is a rack mountable version of the Korg Triton synthesizer, sampler, and sequencer. The main reason for the rackmount is to save space. The rackmount version is placed inside your 19" rack for easy access. The rack should be somewhat close to you so you can access it but remember that you can also edit it using a Triton Software Editor.

The performance and sound design of the keyboard can really bring your musical art form to life. Tired of your old sounds? What to modernize your sound? The Triton brings your studio very expressive tool for the ultimate in modern day sounds and sound design. The keyboard is also available with three different keyboards: The Triton 61, Triton 76, and the Triton 88. The 88 key version has weighted keys for a very realistic piano feel. The studio version has a CD-R/CD-RW burner built right into the keyboard.

Korg has updated the triton's software to OS2 you can find out more on obtaining the free update by going the Korg Triton Webpage. You can be sure of some great samples and sounds as well the ability to expand the sonic horizons of the Korg keyboard to include over a 1000 sounds at your fingertips in almost an instant. It uses an open sampling system that is a synergy of sampling and synthesis technology. Add to this the top quality onboard effects and very versatile routing that has up to 6-channels of audio input and output.

Korg has really put some thought into the killer powerful polyphonic arpeggiators along with the real-time pattern play and record system that is just out of this world. You get a sequencer and the ability to create and burn your own CDRs. Lets not forget the real-time performance controllers expand your musical ideas in seconds.

Korg has also come up with a new synthesis system for the Triton called HI which means Hyper Integrated synthesis system. It's a high capacity sound synthesis engine that uses a very powerful and fast Digital Signal Processor as well as other support processors. There are 48 MB of PCM sounds in ROM. This 48MB is broken down into 429 multisamples and 417 drum samples. The new Korg studio version includes a newly developed acoustic piano sample set that features two levels of velocity. There is also room for more PCM sounds by using up to 7 PCM expansion cards. You can also extend the sampling RAM to 96MBs. This gives a total of 256 MB of sounds in the triton.

There are a large number of programs (samples + sound parameters) that Korg has created that range from the high-quality acoustic piano, guitar, organ and drum sounds to the modern rave and dance synth sounds. There are a total of over 1500 programs that can be user modified. There is also 256 drum set samples stored into 9 drum sets as well as a superb General MIDI set of samples for playing MIDI songs at weddings or clubs. You can combine up to 8 of the programs into a combination. Each program in a combination can have its own MIDI channel for instance for full tilt multi-channel multi-timbral playback. There are also over 1500 user modifiable Combination patches. You can load any of the PCM expansion card sounds into a combination patch. The amount of sounds you can create is just endless.

The Korg Triton is also a great digital audio sampler. You can record either mono or stereo samples at 16-bit depth and 48kHz sample rate. There is 16MB of onboard sample ram that can easily be expanded to 96MB of sample ram using inexpensive 72-pin SIMM ram modules. You'll need three 32 MB SIMMs which means you would take out the 16MB SIMM that the triton comes with and replace it with a 32MB module.

The sampler section of the keyboard well allows you to edit your samples using functions like: Normalize, Cut, Copy, Reverse, and Remove. You can see the sample and edit it by view the touch view graphic LCD display screen. You can even convert between different sample rates because the Triton runs at 48kHz for instance and Redbook audio CDs run at 44.1kHz sample rate. The sample editor effects also include a LO-FI function for adding that distressed distorted sound. You can also do time slicing using the triton's time-slice function as well as stretch a sample over time using the time-stretch effect. Also cross fade between two samples. This keyboard has all this and more a truly power music creation station.

The triton has four basic modes of operations: Program Mode, Combination Mode, Sequencer Mode, and Sample Mode. When sampling you can insert digital plug-ins to create another sample or to resample and write over the current sample (destructive). The program, combination, and sequencer modes you can use filters and digital effects or arpeggiators and sample from external audio sources. This allows you to create in tempo loops (grooves). This allows you to free up all the Korg voices currently being use so that you can now layer more audio tracks while listening to the previously recorded tracks mix down to a stereo wave file.

The outputs are broken down into a stereo pair and then 4 mono outputs. This allows for some very flexible routing to occur. There is an option available for even adding more outputs of both digital as well as analog.

The dual arpeggiators on the triton have to be one of the greatest features Korg has ever put on a keyboard. It uses polyphonic phrases rather than single notes for arpeggiation. The keyboard has 5 presets for storing the most current arpeggiators sequences. It also has hundreds of built-in arpeggiator patterns from which you put into these presets. You can have a fixed bass note and change the drum arpeggio pattern or you can use a single not arpeggio sequence. Remember that Korg has introduced the RPPR system (real-time Pattern Play/Record). The number of possible combinations is just limitless. You can also synchronize them to MIDI clock. All of this is done inside the keyboard.

Features

• Expands with up to eight PCM boards
• 2,057 programs
• 256 GM
• 1,664 combinations of each
• 160MB PCM wave memory
• Dual polyphonic arpeggiator
• Runs at 48kHz 16-bit
• linear sampler with 96MB of sampling memory
• S/PDIF connector
• optional EXB-DI for 8-channel ADAT output
• Supports all Triton option boards