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Have had my Triton Studio for about 3 weeks now and am really chuffed with it. That is, except for the piano sounds. They sound pretty poor.

I also have a Clavinova clp170, so I know I'm kinda spoilt when it comes to piano sound quality, but the Triton doesn't come even close.

Is there a better piano set I can download from somewhere?

I know I could sample the Clav into the Triton, but it would take aaaages.

I have 96mb of ram fitted, so would like a sample set that would fit into this.

Have you looked at Ebay to see if there's an EXB-08 expansion board that you can pick-up? They are out of production, but if you can find one (it should be between $100-150) it will give you a pretty good Concert Grand, and the EXB's have the advantage of being an auxiliary ROM so no loading is required. The Studio'd engine would see it as "normal" ROM multisample... so all the hard work is done for you.


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Triton studio already has the extra piano set built in. (I'm pretty sure).

From the Triton Studio FAQ, modified by me to correct bad links:

Getting More From The Concert Grand Piano - TRITON Studio

The TRITON Studio Series keyboards come with the Concert Grand Piano (EXB-PCM08) expansion board pre-installed. The board is installed inside the keyboard so do not be alarmed if it is not seen in the expansion bay! The TRITON Studio however, does not come with all 32 Programs and 64 Combinations that were made for the PCM08 board. The complete file can be downloaded from www.korg.com and loaded into the TRITON Studio. This tutorial explains how to do so.

First we’ll download the file from the Internet.

1. Click on the following link or copy and paste it into your browsers address window.

http://www.korg.com/SupportPage.aspx?productid=523

Scroll down and click on, "Soundware"

2. Scroll down a bit more, then click on the “EXBPCM08PC.EXE” file for PC/Windows or the “EXBPCM_08.hqx” file for Mac users.

3. Download the file to your hard drive.

4. Click on the file to open it. You may need WinZip (www.winzip.com) or Stuffit (http://www.aladdinsys.com) to open the file properly.

5. Copy the EXBPCM08.PCG file unto a freshly DOS formatted floppy disk. Next we load the data into the TRITON Studio. For this example we will load the new data into the Expansion Bank A (E-A).

1. Put the disk into the TRITON Studio.

2. Press the DISK button followed by pressing the “Load” tab on the bottom left hand corner.

3. Turn the value wheel to select “FDD” (Floppy Disk Drive) as the load source.

4. Select the EXBPCM08.PCG file on the screen and go to the upper right hand corner pull down menu and select “Load Selected.”

5. Change the “.PCG Contents” field from “All” to “Bank I-C to Bank E-A” .

6. Press “OK” The new data will now be found in Program and Combination banks EXB-A.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, but I already have that installed, but it just sounded lacking.

I have now solved the problem by adding a new Kronos to my setup, problem solved. I LOVE the piano sound on the Kronos.