KORG TRITON Extreme music workstation/sampler - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
About this manual .......................................ii
Introduction................................................ 1
Main features...................................................................... 1
Front and rear panel.......................................................... 3
Names and functions of objects in the LCD screen ...... 8
Overview of the TRITON Extreme’s modes................ 10
About polyphony ............................................................ 12
Basic operation................................................................. 13
Setup ....................................................... 15
Connections ...................................................................... 15
Turning the power on/off.............................................. 18
Playing and editing programs
(Program Mode) ....................................... 19
Program structure............................................................ 19
Playing a program P0: Play............................................ 20
Program editing ............................................................... 23
Oscillator settings P1: Edit-Basic ................................... 24
Pitch settings P2: Edit-Pitch ........................................... 26
Filter settings P3: Edit-Filter........................................... 27
Amplifier settings P4: Edit-Amp................................... 28
LFO settings P5: Edit-Common LFO ............................ 29
Arpeggiator settings P7: Edit-Arpeggiator .................. 30
Insert Effect settings P8: Edit-Insert Effect................... 30
Master Effect and Valve Force settings
P9: Edit-Master Effect.................................................. 30
More about Alternate Modulation................................ 30
Auto Song Setup function .............................................. 30
Playing and editing combinations
(Combination Mode)................................. 31
Combination structure.................................................... 31
Playing a combination P0: Play ..................................... 32
Combination editing ....................................................... 33
Timbre 1–8 program, pan and volume
P1: Edit-Program/Mixer............................................. 34
Settings for status, MIDI channel, and pitch parameters
P2: Edit-Trk Param ...................................................... 35
MIDI filter settings P3: Edit-MIDI Filter ...................... 36
Layer, split, and velocity switch settings/Controller
settings P4: Edit-Zone/Ctrl ........................................ 36
Arpeggiator settings P7: Edit-Arp. ............................... 37
Insert Effect settings P8: Edit-Insert FX ........................ 37
Master Effect and Valve Force settings
P9: Edit-Master FX ....................................................... 37
Auto Song Setup function .............................................. 38
Producing songs (Sequencer mode) ........... 39
Features of the sequencer............................................... 39
The structure of Sequencer mode ................................. 40
Preparations for recording............................................. 41
Recording methods ......................................................... 43
Song editing methods..................................................... 50
Creating and playing a Cue List ................................... 53
Creating and recording RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/
Record) .......................................................................... 55
Recording the sound of a combination or program... 58
Caution and other functions in Sequencer mode ....... 59
Sampling (Open Sampling System) ............ 61
Features of sampling on the TRITON Extreme .......... 61
How Sampling mode is organized ............................... 62
Samples and Multisamples............................................ 63
Preparations for sampling ............................................. 64
Sampling and editing in Sampling mode .................... 68
Sampling in Program, Combination, or Sequencer
modes ............................................................................ 80
SMF (Standard MIDI File) playback ............ 85
How Song Play mode is structured.............................. 85
Playing SMF data ............................................................ 86
Playback using the Jukebox function ........................... 87
Playing along with SMF data ........................................ 88
Settings for the entire TRITON Extreme
(Global mode) .......................................... 89
How Global mode is structured.................................... 89
Basic Setup P0: Basic Setup............................................ 89
MIDI-related settings P1: MIDI..................................... 90
Pedal and other controller settings P2: Controller ..... 90
Creating original scales P3: User Scale......................... 91
Drum kit settings P5: Drum Kit .................................... 92
Arpeggiator settings P7: Edit-Arpeggiator.................. 94
Effect and Valve Force settings ................ 103
Routing settings and effect settings............................ 104
Valve Force settings ...................................................... 109
Loading and saving data, creating audio CDs,
and editing Wave files
(Media mode, etc.).................................. 113
Types of data that can be saved .................................. 113
Writing to internal memory......................................... 114
The pages of Media mode............................................ 116
Saving on media Media, Save ..................................... 117
File copying, deleting, and formatting
(Media, Utility) .......................................................... 119
Loading data Media, Load........................................... 121