Triton Studio 1 year evaluation anyone?

[Hypervoxal]

Hey everyone!, now that many creative minds have had some time to work with the Triton Studio, I think it's time to give Jerry and the rest of the Korg gang a product evaluation on the Triton Studio since it's been out about a year now.

So what's your evaluation on the TS? You can answer the following if you want;

1) How long have you had the TS.
2) What things can be improved on.
3) How do you use your TS.
4) How many keys.
5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)
6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.
7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

Any other comments are encouraged and of course up to you.

I've also included a best feature poll for everyone.

[Sharp]

1) How long have you had the TS.

I’m not really sure, but lets just say that I was one of the very first in Ireland to own one thanks to KORG . They really looked after me.

2) What things can be improved on.

I have two points.

1: On an AKAI Sampler you can move and listen to the loop points live. This is an extremely fantastic feature as it makes looping samples childs play. I would like to see this feature added to the Triton because the current method is very inefficient.

2: On page 5 SEQ mode you have an “All Tracks” tick box for every feature except one. In my opinion, this looks like a mistake that KORG made.

Lets say you wish to delete CC#07 from measure 4 of all Tracks. YOU CANT !!!. You have to do it manually 16 times. Surly this would be a simple fix for KORG ?.

3) How do you use your TS.

I’m not sure what you mean, but lets just say… I use every single feature it has to the max.

4) How many keys.

61 as I have no need for anymore. I’m a heavy user of the internal Sequencer.

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

LOL…. 5
In all fairness… with OS 2.0 about to be released for free, what more needs to be said. You also have Jerry here and on other site supporting us. He’s also responsible for the Tutorial video’s everyone has been asking for, OS updates, and even a large number of the files in our download sections. Remember that he also got us a bucket load of MOSS (Triton and Trinity) sounds for free…. The list goes on…………

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS

Everyone kind except Hip Hop, Trip Hop, and Metal.

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

I guess I would fall into the Professional section. Although I’m not making much money form my music at the moment. Things are kind of slow here in Ireland at the moment.

Sharp.

[KEYEDup]

1) How long have you had the TS.

About a week and love it so far!

2) What things can be improved on.

Don't think it would be fair for me to judge anything that can be improved on yet because anything that's makes me nuts so far is probably due to my lack of knowledge. That said, I'm finding the system to be quite intuitive and fun to learn. Oh, the manual could be improved on. I do like the video manuals though. I hope there will be more to come!

3) How do you use your TS.

I use it as the center of my home studio. I also use it as a controller to cntrol my VST synths of which I have many.

4) How many keys.

88

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

5 EXCELLENT. I had a couple of questions before I made the purchase and they called me back and were very helpful. Jerry is also great to have as a resource and I thank him for his time and knowledge.

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.

Hip Hop, Drum n Bass, Pop, Classic, whateva

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

Hobbyist.

[Keyare]

1) How long have you had the TS.
About a year (one of the first in Canada!)

2) What things can be improved on.
I don't understand the question. (Nyuk,nyuk,nyuk) The OS could be updated, that would be good. Oh - hey they're doing that!
ACTUALLY - phantom power and XLR-ins would be REALLY NICE , a visual EQ display so you could see your peaks/clipping etc.

3) How do you use your TS.
As an ashtray holder, beer holder but mostly for music.

4) How many keys.
75½

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)
5

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.
classical, experimental & random styles

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?
hobby

[Vidge]

1) How long have you had the TS.

Since January 2003

2) What things can be improved on.

Nothing that I can think of that is not already included in OS2

3) How do you use your TS.

In my home studio as my ONLY synth. I got rid of everything else I had accumulated over 18 years of playing synths for this one

4) How many keys.

88 of course!

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

Can I give it a 6?

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.

Different kinds, including jazz, pop, easy listening, soft rock. No hard rock or hip hop

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

I used to make my living singing and playing music 6 nights a week. Now I have a day job and play music strictly for pleasure. I only perform when I want to.

[John01W]

1) How long have you had the TS.:under a month

2) What things can be improved on:

Streaming samples from the hard drive like from ram/rom is a must if it is capable! Many samplers with equivalent speed of the Triton Studio has can stream samples directly from the hard drive. This would make the Triton Studio even more invincible and it seems to be very possible. 100+ MB samples anyone hehe?


More EXBs from Korg. Please give us some more EXBs Korg. Acoustic Drums, Ethnic, Organs, more, Please pretty please!!!


3) How do you use your TS:

For all my synth stuff and a controller for my module rack.

4) How many keys

61

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

Definite 5, doesn't get any better.

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS:

Hard to say, I guess rock/metal/prog, and a lil' classical and experimental thrown in. When you say metal most people associate it with the bowel movement singing and all that, not my style. I go for the melodic, intelligent, high quality/musicianship side with vocalists that actually sing. Some complex compositions, but very song oriented stuff with great chops and feel!!! Hard to say, the lines are so blurred really, I turn around from that and listen to Phil and Genesis among many other things hehe.

Bands/Artists influences:
Ring of Fire
Artension
Vitalij Kuprij
Greg Howe
Planet X


7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

Geez lol that's a hard one, I do make money off my music so I might be somewhere between Professional/Semi-Pro

[teuf]

Hello folks

1) How long have you had the TS.

13 jully 2002 (10 month)
The sailer said I was the first TS76 french owner (I'm a real glue stick) but I'm not sure it be true because I don't live in Paris ... )

2) What things can be improved on.

To have the ability to use a pedal up and pedal down to change sequences when we play in sequ mode
To have better acoustic sounds (sax, guitare...) More EXB-PCM of course !
(such best of T-M-01/W series)
Better aftertouch sensitivity with better velocity (such a YAMAHA SY77)
To have the allow to autoload the samples which you need when you use a prog/combi/sequ. (or Flash ROM memories )
To be able to read streaming samples from an external HDD (such a Gigasampler)...I think about a "giga bödendorfer piano"
And have a USB2 connection instead m-LAN

3) How do you use your TS.

Main keyboard (alone at home)
I like make sequences or play with the piano sound...

4) How many keys.

76 keys (61 are too little and 88 are too hard ...)

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

In france I waited 8 month to receive a DS1H sustain pedal
How can I rate that ? 0.00001 ?
But I give 5 to Jerry of course

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.

I play soft rock and pop music (I love very much Supertramp)

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

I'm a simple hobbyist

Now I'm waiting for the OS2 which have amazing feature (2 audio tracks and Sys Ex record...) I would like to try singing and record myself on TS
Even if I dream to have a S90 too, I think TS+OS2 are already the greatest workstation I ever seen and enough for me

Have fun
Teuf

[Neville]

1) How long have you had the TS.

Since Jan 2003

2) What things can be improved on.

I couldn't say, I am still so knocked out by the whole package, I can't think of anything. OS2 answers a lot of my additional desires (and more).

3) How do you use your TS.

Its the centre of my home studio, used in conjunction with a Roland D20 and Yamaha MU90R. I use the sequencer as my main compositional tool. Sampler for acoustic instruments. I'm still finding things that open new avenues to me, so my usage is developing as I discover more.

4) How many keys.

88 - I had always used light synth keyboards previously so I was a little concerned that I would find it difficult to play. In fact its the opposite, an absolute delight. Now I avoid using the D20 keyboard unless I need to.

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

My judgement on the support is based pretty much on Jerry's presence on IA, in which case 10 Other than that I've had no reason to require any support.

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.

I would guess its a mixture between light and progressive rock, new age (ish) with a bit of classical and jazz thrown in. My influences include

Genesis, Yes, ELP
Weather Report, Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, Stanley Clarke
Bach, Beethoven and Debussy
For a more comprehensive list see:
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web ... Index.html

I have written music for theatre and video which I enjoyed very much.

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

Now it is just a hobby (although I'm open to offers )
I did edge into semi-pro when I was in a band playing the pubs and clubs in the North of England, Southern Scotland and once into North Wales.
My video work was as part of a production company I set up, so while it wasn't exactly paid work, it was used in a professional context.
The theatre music was for an amateur company, so that was just for fun.

[mjdaley]

So what's your evaluation on the TS? You can answer the following if you want;

1) How long have you had the TS.

Since late Nov 02

2) What things can be improved on.

Agree with Keyare..

-Move the PSU & fit ashtray/beerholder. Gives it a more balanced look for unbalanced owners.
-Fit a rib on panel above keybed to stop pens & stuff falling off (or maybe that's part of the 'uncluttered design' ethos)
-Cheaper MLAN please (but suspect a lot of that's down to licensing)
-Something else to occupy the MOSS bay? Not that I'm not happy with the MOSS board but given the way it hooks into & extends the motherbeast it appears to be a rather powerful expansion possibility. Maybe an analogue board?

3) How do you use your TS.

Make a lot of use of the undocumented time dilation effect. ie find a spare hour to play with it, then someone like Sharp posts his loop tricks, try that out.. several hours later... Then rinse & repeat. I spend a lot of time doing simple things, like sticking a CD in & playing along with it to try and improve my technique. Rest of the time I try and emulate sounds I like.

4) How many keys.

76

5) Customer Support rating. 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

Don't know, with this place, not needed it yet. Only comment is it'd be nice if Korg was more 'global', ie the US seems to have stuff the UK doesn't (like the videos).

6) What genre of music do you make with the TS.

Odd noises mostly.. not got as far as stringing them together into a song yet. I like ambient/industrial techno mostly, but also trying to learn more classical techniques.

7) Are you in music as a Professional, Semi-Pro, Hobbyist, other?

I like the term 'enthusiastic amateur' myself

[Voorheez]

I would be interested to see what Jerry says.


Scott

[John01W]

I would be interested to see what Jerry says.


Scott

Me too, expecially on the EXB pcm issue. Please Korg release some more EXB PCMs I wish we knew if there is going to be anymore EXB pcms:( Seems like everyone want to know, and it's been an issue for a while. I'm definitely gonna pick up the two cds they are releasing, but EXBs are more critical to all of us. Please Korg, what's the word?