.pcg files
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.pcg files
How can you put .pcg files on the Korg Triton Extreme without overwriting the other banks or files? I haven't tried bank E because I am afraid of losing all of the hours I have worked on making sound files or certain songs I play.
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You can download patch by patch or maybe bank by bank, but you might consider using PCG Tools, which is a free offline (computer) program to copy patches from one bank to another easily.
See the link in my signature below.
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If your Extreme is actually FULL then you'd have to overwrite something or move a bank off in order to open up program locations to save new material.
First thing to know is that it is really easy to save on the Extreme - you can save the entire set-up to a USB data key -- the hardest part of the process is deciding what to call the .pcg file. An Extreme .pcg takes up most of a floppy… maybe 2 per, but a 2 or 4 GB key is the equivalent of several hundred floppies -- you can hold the entire KorgForums Triton Library on one key. Handy!
The USB key goes in the USB slot on the back, and small capacity keys work a bit better/faster. The extreme likes to "look" at the whole key -- that takes longer for large capacity keys so if you can find small keys thats better (small capacity data keys used to be given away at trade shows but they're actually getting hard to find under 2GB). USB data keys are accessed using the "media" button and USB can be used for saving partial or complete .pcg files including global and sequencing data.
Then consider using a librarian like MK's to get rid of any program that is (a) not used in a combi, (b) not used in your personal arsenal of sounds (bagpipe… really?!?), and (c) any combi sounds that you think you'd never use. MK's PC-based program will let you do all that. I believe that PCG Tools will also let you move programs and keep the links to all the combis that reference them, which is a huge advantage in managing your voices -- normally, moving a voice, especially a "popular" one will break links to a number of combinations in which it is used.
All the voice memory on the Extreme is volatile. So there is actually should be plenty of places to overwrite if you follow the guidelines above.
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If you have a .pcg file on the USB key you can navigate down to the program level and audition program voices before loading them -- providing that they don't use MOSS, 3rd party samples or an EXB sound (Extreme has many of the best EXB samples but not all of them from every card, and they're in different locations within the Extreme's ROM). You should be able to pre-audition/load any single program written for the "Classic" Triton to any location with no trouble.
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First thing to know is that it is really easy to save on the Extreme - you can save the entire set-up to a USB data key -- the hardest part of the process is deciding what to call the .pcg file. An Extreme .pcg takes up most of a floppy… maybe 2 per, but a 2 or 4 GB key is the equivalent of several hundred floppies -- you can hold the entire KorgForums Triton Library on one key. Handy!
The USB key goes in the USB slot on the back, and small capacity keys work a bit better/faster. The extreme likes to "look" at the whole key -- that takes longer for large capacity keys so if you can find small keys thats better (small capacity data keys used to be given away at trade shows but they're actually getting hard to find under 2GB). USB data keys are accessed using the "media" button and USB can be used for saving partial or complete .pcg files including global and sequencing data.
Then consider using a librarian like MK's to get rid of any program that is (a) not used in a combi, (b) not used in your personal arsenal of sounds (bagpipe… really?!?), and (c) any combi sounds that you think you'd never use. MK's PC-based program will let you do all that. I believe that PCG Tools will also let you move programs and keep the links to all the combis that reference them, which is a huge advantage in managing your voices -- normally, moving a voice, especially a "popular" one will break links to a number of combinations in which it is used.
All the voice memory on the Extreme is volatile. So there is actually should be plenty of places to overwrite if you follow the guidelines above.
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If you have a .pcg file on the USB key you can navigate down to the program level and audition program voices before loading them -- providing that they don't use MOSS, 3rd party samples or an EXB sound (Extreme has many of the best EXB samples but not all of them from every card, and they're in different locations within the Extreme's ROM). You should be able to pre-audition/load any single program written for the "Classic" Triton to any location with no trouble.
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Thanks for mentioning. Indeed PCG Tools keeps all combis intact after moving programs. The easiest way to remove as many programs as possible is:billbaker wrote: Then consider using a librarian like MK's to get rid of any program that is (a) not used in a combi, (b) not used in your personal arsenal of sounds (bagpipe… really?!?), and (c) any combi sounds that you think you'd never use. MK's PC-based program will let you do all that. I believe that PCG Tools will also let you move programs and keep the links to all the combis that reference them, which is a huge advantage in managing your voices -- normally, moving a voice, especially a "popular" one will break links to a number of combinations in which it is used.
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- Make a copy of your PCG file.
- Open both PCG files (calling Org and Copy from here)
- Copy all combis you want to keep using from Org to Copy. Also paste the used programs (only used by the copied combis)
- Copy all programs you want to keep using (not necessarily used in combis)
- Use the compact button to remove empty spaces if needed.
Only disadvantage is that the order of programs might be different between Org and Copy, but all combis work.
You can then move or sort the programs/combi based on name or category (sorting programs will also keep combis intact).

Developer of the free PCG file managing application for most Korg workstations: PCG Tools, see https://www.kronoshaven.com/pcgtools/