KORG TRITON Extreme music workstation/sampler - Manual (Page 2)

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Thank you for purchasing the Korg TRITON Extreme music workstation/sampler .
To ensure trouble-free enjoyment, please read this manual carefully and use the instrument
as directed.
About this manual
The owner’s manuals and how to use
them
The TRITON Extreme come with the following
owner’s manuals.
• Quick Start
• Operation Guide
• Parameter Guide
• Voice Name List
Quick Start
Read this manual first. This is an introductory guide
that will get you started using the TRITON Extreme. It
explains how to play back the demo songs, select
sounds, use convenient performance functions, and
perform simple editing. It also gives examples of using
sampling and the sequencer.
Operation Guide
This manual describes each part of the TRITON
Extreme and what it does, how to make connections,
basic operation, and a summary of each mode. It also
explains, for each mode, the basics of editing your
sounds, recording on the sequencer, and sampling. The
arpeggiator, effects, and MIDI are also explained.
This manual also contains other information such as a
troubleshooting guide and specifications.
Parameter Guide
The Parameter Guide contains explanations and other
information regarding the operations of the parame-
ters and settings on the TRITON Extreme. The expla-
nations are organized by mode, and page.
Explanations and other information on the effects and
their parameters are also provided for each effect.
Refer to this guide when an unfamiliar parameter
appears in the display, or when you need to know
more about a particular function.
Voice Name List
This lists the multisamples and drumsamples that are
built into the TRITON Extreme, and the factory preset
combinations, programs, drum kits, and user arpeggio
patterns.
Refer to these lists when you wish to know more about
the preloaded sounds.
Conventions in this manual
References to the TRITON Extreme
The TRITON Extreme is available in 88-key, 76-key and
61-key models, but all three models are referred to
without distinction in this manual as “the TRITON
Extreme.” Illustrations of the front and rear panels in
this manual show the 61-key model, but the illustra-
tions apply equally to the 88-key and 76-key models.
Abbreviations for the manuals QS, OG, PG, VNL, EM
The names of the manuals are abbreviated as follows.
QS: Quick Start
OG: Operation Guide
PG: Parameter Guide
VNL: Voice Name List
EM: EXB-MOSS Owner’s Manual (included with the
EXB-MOSS option)
Keys and knobs [ ]
References to the keys, dials, and knobs on the TRI-
TON Extreme’s panel are enclosed in square brackets
[ ]. References to
buttons or tabs indicate objects in
the LCD display screen.
Parameters in the LCD display screen “ ”
Parameters displayed in the LCD screen are enclosed
in double quotation marks “ ”.
Boldface type
Parameter values are printed in boldface type.
Content that is of particular importance is also printed
in boldface type.
Procedure steps 1 2 3 ...
Steps in a procedure are listed as 1 2 3 ...
☞ p. ■
These indicate pages or parameter numbers to which
you can refer.
Symbols , ,
These symbols respectively indicate cautions, advice,
and MIDI-related explanations.
Example screen displays
The values of the parameters shown in the example
screens of this manual are only for explanatory pur-
poses, and may not necessary match the values that
appear in the LCD screen of your instrument.
MIDI-related explanations
CC# is an abbreviation for Control Change Number.
In explanations of MIDI messages, numbers in square
brackets [ ] always indicate hexadecimal numbers.