Things you dislike about your triton

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:06 am

This is an odd idea for a thread but I think its sorta appropriate..
What do you not like about your triton? extreme? studio? classic? le? all are welcome!
Whether it be (in your opinion) lack of good samples, filters, Not enough flexibility.
Also post what you thought could have been better, and if youve found a work around.
personally, i love my triton extreme.
I hate the filters though. perhaps im doing something wrong? have any of you found your self limited by the quality of the filter when working with analog stuff?
other then that... its pretty good to me!

please share!

Goom · Post by **Goom** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:56 am

I've never been totally happy with the acoustic OR electric pianos.

Other things that are a slight nuisance:

The idea that I have to extra careful with the side panels, due to their propensity to cracking/breaking.

Some of the editing parameters are in the wrong menus (IMHO).

Non-available parts for future repairs (though this applies to all synths)

The high cost of repair if/when the LCD dies.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:51 am

Only thing I can think of is the Hammond organ which I never got a program that is good along the whole range.

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:11 am

The filters. Well, the low pass resonant one. That resonance in particular - it just sounds like it mixes in a sine wave as you turn it up.

Oh and the acoustic piano multisample. and the factory organ programs - made a better one within 20 minutes of getting the board.

Also I don't know if it is just the KARMA, but the programs and the combis particularly seem to have a stupid amount of reverb and bass boom. Tweaking of the reverb and EQ immediately makes it sound much more fresh and modern.

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:13 am

X-Trade wrote:The filters. Well, the low pass resonant one. That resonance in particular - it just sounds like it mixes in a sine wave as you turn it up.

Oh and the acoustic piano multisample. and the factory organ programs - made a better one within 20 minutes of getting the board.

any workaround in terms of the filter?
also. you oughta send me that organ! Im in need of a good one........

SharkGTS · Post by **SharkGTS** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:33 pm

Too much 'verb for sure.

I wish there was a PC interface so I see what was going on with the thing vs using a silly little screen. drives me nuts

bsr2002 · Post by **bsr2002** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:06 pm

Yes, even though I tweek the cr@p out of my organ patch, I can't seem to get that dirty Hammond sound with leslie. Kinda like Lord's organ sound. And I agree with acoustic pianos, I have a studio, karma, and TR...though the TR's in box piano is slightly better but can't be compared next to my Motif...lol

Goom · Post by **Goom** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:54 am

X-Trade wrote: Also I don't know if it is just the KARMA, but the programs and the combis particularly seem to have a stupid amount of reverb and bass boom. Tweaking of the reverb and EQ immediately makes it sound much more fresh and modern.

Yes! The exaggerated bass EQ on a lot of the programs is just plain NUTS!!! It drives me crazy! I forgot about listing that one.

The reveb is also too heavy on a lot of programs, but it doesn't bother me as much as the overbearing bass EQ. At least we're able to tweak it back to a reasonable setting.

xmlguy · Post by **xmlguy** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:44 am

What I dislike about the Tritons is that people think that the M3/M50 is so much better, when they're not. The M3 has nothing that I want pay extra for, and I'd never give up my Triton Extreme for a ROMpler like the M50. Even worse is when I talk to someone who owns an M3, and they think their keyboard is better, then I quickly find out that they couldn't program a patch if their life depended on it. Pretention plus ignorance makes me puke.

Oh, I also hate how the tubes make me want to play the TrEx for so long that I get tired. I just hate that. I only wish that Korg made a software editor for all the other Tritons besides the X50/microX.

korglifeguy · Post by **korglifeguy** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:42 am

I dislike the colour of my Triton extreme. I think they could have been a bit more flash for a top of the triton range dont you think? Youve got the nice silver tritons and red coloured karma and I would have like to have seen a jazzy yellow, red, purple, brighter blue or an amalgam of colours for it.(or even part silver and red or something) The waldorf Q and nord range stand out because of this.
yes I also agree the piano is a bit weak. (but I have a kurzweil for that)

billbaker · Post by **billbaker** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:47 pm

So far it doesn't appear that any one of us hates the T-Rex enough to get rid of it. Maybe we can re-title the post "What ANNOYS you..." and get more response.

The action on my 88 is a little sluggish, it has a very consistent feel, but it's a little bit... I dunno, the best I can think of is hydraulic feeling. I want something where I can feel more snap in the action, and less like I'm working out my fingers on a tiny exercise machine.

The boomy bass verb is only apparent if you play it on a good system - I think it was intended to compensate for the crappy systems most of us play with live; in which case it sounds OK. Not a hard fix if you don't like it, and it IS fixable at least.

I have my own horror story of the cracker box end panels - UPS (rhymes with OOOPS! for a reason) delivered mine with a gigantic "fell off the truck" crunch on one end. When I opened it, sure enough the end panel was shattered. BUT... if it hadn't broken the shock would have crushed the joystick deck and broken off the last two or three keys. Glued it back together - it's ugly, but it all works.

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korglifeguy · Post by **korglifeguy** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:16 pm

a couple of other things, the calender battery going flat is a minor annoyance. But more annoying is for moss Z1 owners like myself, there is not enough free combi and program banks for all the sounds I want to load in. An extra moss combi and program bank would have been good.

rravenscraft · Post by **rravenscraft** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:25 am

My main gripes are: like others, I can't find (or seem to create) that wonderful B3 grinder and leslie. And, this really bothers me: many sounds have some really noticeable zone tone/eq differences. Really annoying to be playing a nice clav riff across the keyboard, and hear the sound going from bright and bity, to down right muffled for a few notes, then back to bright again. They could have done a much better job matching the sample zones.

insanitor · Post by **insanitor** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:27 am

The sampler will not continue to play the sample all the way through when I let go of the key.

biggrime · Post by **biggrime** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:58 am

xmlguy wrote:What I dislike about the Tritons is that people think that the M3/M50 is so much better, when they're not. The M3 has nothing that I want pay extra for, and I'd never give up my Triton Extreme for a ROMpler like the M50. Even worse is when I talk to someone who owns an M3, and they think their keyboard is better, then I quickly find out that they couldn't program a patch if their life depended on it. Pretention plus ignorance makes me puke.

Oh, I also hate how the tubes make me want to play the TrEx for so long that I get tired. I just hate that. I only wish that Korg made a software editor for all the other Tritons besides the X50/microX.

I am a M3 owner. And yes my keyboard is better. I kinda feel the same way about Kronos as you feel about the M3. No doubt the M3 is a better keyboard in that is offers things you do not have on a Triton. Really its up to the person to say is it worth the money. The faders and buttons to select modes dramatically advance your work flow. For some people that may not be a big deal. For me I don't I could live without that.