The Triton was (and is still) an amazing synth. Clever marketing by Korg to come up with a revolutionary synth that carried so much punch in terms of capabilities. The name "Triton" alone still provokes a sense of awe and admiration. The creativity and innovation that went into the Triton was phenomenal. We salute all the folks at Korg who contributed to the design and manufacture of such an incredible piece of machinery.
Mannnnnnnn everybody and their momma used this in 2ks. The clarity was on point period. Every song on the radio you knew where it came from. It was crazee. Every studio had a weird marriage, The MPC + Triton = crazy marriage. Lolol
Watched this and that Ensoniq video so much back to back, that when I went to pick up my electronics pick up for recycling, there was a Triton Pro at the dock (said they couldn't hear sound) and I can have it. Woah, got it home and is working great. Thnx.
Yo D I’m loving this bro. Explaining the significance of the equipment that got us though the Era’s is a dope niche. Plus you reviewed a lot of my gear so it reminds me of what made it dope in the first place which is easier than you think to forget.
Nice video. I'm not that deep into hiphop, but gotta say this thing was just as influential in so many other genres too. I still use the thing almost every day, and I produce mainly House and UK Garage. There's just something about the organs and e-pianos on this thing that to this day makes it sound so good to me. A decent sampler and a Triton can do almost everything you need.
The Trinity's filters are superior to the Triton's filters but the Triton has a much better and more responsive touch screen user interface, sampler, dual arpeggiators, improved sequencer and better fx routing.
The triton had a great time but let's not forget the yamaha motif being its stiff competition but for me...they complimented each other very well...love them both to this day.
I actually enjoyed the Korg Radias a lot more than the Triton, it was a lot more versatile as far as the sounds and rhythms that you could create, I did use the Triton for the piano samples as the korg radias lacked any discernible piano samples
Nice video series. Would be dope if you covered the E-MU MP7 rompler series. It has the Planet Phatt (or Mo' Phatt) Eprom sounds. I know RZA has used the MP7 and many others have used the Mo Phatt sounds I think from the rack unit sound module. I own the MP7 and have made many many beats with it. Have used it as a standalone sequencer or sequenced from my MPC60. Keep up the good work!
Bought a Triton Studio 88 in 2002. Over the following months I upgraded it with almost every expansion board available plus the MOSS board. After 10 moves and 3 years storage in a damp sea container (where all my other stuff was destroyed by mold) it still works great. Never had an item for so long and still using it. This is a 29,7 kg Tank!
The touch screen was great, but without a doubt, the best thing about the Triton was those Combi's!!! Layering 8 different patches on top of each other, all with independent zones, sensitivity, independent everything. Triton could do so many things that most synths even today can't do!
I remember when I first started producing, I used to hear the MPC 2000XL and Triton was HipHop standard and I needed to get them because every one else had them. I’m glad I didn’t. I went Roland
The Triton was (still is) KING! It's the best keyboard and workstation that Korg ever made. I love it, i used it in so many records and still own three of them. It's an awesome machine. Sadly, most sounds really sound dated
I have to say when I play with the Triton VST demo it sounds great in terms of fitting into the mix and the piano whilst not comparable to today's big pianos - they are very playable as are the electric pianos!
@MeneTekelUpharsin RANDY JUDAH TORREZ ❤️ < ROLAND FANTOM 7 has got BIG Piano sounds and a whole lot more 🎹 But KORG TRITON pro is iconic I'm surprised NICK RHODES of DURAN DURAN didn't own one maybe he did a kept it a secret 😆 😉 😜 Any way I've enjoyed working with FANTOM and TRITON 2 of of my go 2's All day 💯 Shalom 🫒🕊
Great video, really enjoyed it! Some really nice information in here. Would love to own one someday, even though it came out around the time I was born XD. Also, a little information outside the genre this video covers: The Triton was used heavily by Progressive Metal by keyboardists such as Derek Sherinian and Jordan Rudess!
Man Triton is still relative today. Korg still use patches from this keyboard, even the m1 in their keyboards of today. Especially this one tho. Very great board. Almost every church have a Triton extreme, which is the navy blue one
Had a buddy I was making beats for back in the day in his basement. I actually recorded all the best drum sounds off of the Triton and used them in my Roland MC909 Groovebox. I was the mann back then. Nobody was fckn wit my sound. U should speak on the roland Fantom and the Roland mc909 one day man. Good video.
@@eddiehaze3165 I thought the Fantom was legit. I know I didn't have any use for it because I started transitioning to straight software samplers, but I remember the drums being the best out of any brand, and the sounds cutting good through the mix. As soon as torrenting became big, and I was able to download Akai cds- that was pretty much it for me buying hardware.
I just picked one up from my Grandmas good friend. She was a music teacher and had this baby with a whole hell of a lot of hand drums. Carrying this thing home was a god damn WORKOUT! But hot damn, I'm about to dive in to this thing
This was spot on! I knew that Neptunes secret, I came from the KORG M1 & O1/W era.. So I knew those sounds. I worked at GC and dudes would come in and write their albums in the store on that thing.
Ended up finding a used Triton classic over the weekend for about $200 in perfect condition and I haven’t been able to stop playing and making beats with it since 😭🙏🏽
I was one of the first people in Seattle to have a Triton back in 1999 and I used it to make numerous albums up until 2005-ish when I switched over to VST instruments. And they were DEFINITELY gettin' stolen! 😂 I haven't used it in years, but I replaced the floppy drive with a USB drive a few years ago and got all the files off of the floppy disks because the drive will eventually die and the disks will get corrupted. It happened with my KORG N364 when I went to load up some old school beats - the drive was dead and some floppies were corrupted.
The touch screen was cool but it wasn't that mind blowing because the Trinity is the one that changed the game when it came out with it. The Triton was like the Trinity on Super Saiyin level 3. Nastiest part about this board I would say was the Sampler and the expansions. The Sampler gave you ASR-10 levels of capabilities where you could see the waves you were chopping and the expansions gave you access to stuff like MOSS and all the other dope stuff. Really Dope Synth!
I heard you mention Drag On- Down Bottom for using the Triton, but the lead horns actually come from a Roland JV 2080 Synth. Believe it or not Swizz sampled the full loop off the DEMO mode. Just wanted to clarify. Anyways, love this series. Subscribed for sure.
@@DyReckProductions lol. I could see how it sounds like a Triton and i'm sure they have a similar horn patch. He might have taken the drum kit from Triton though. Does sound very Triton!
"Down Bottom" By Drag-on and Juvenile (do you bust your guns? damn right we bust our guns) was actually a loop of the demo song on the Roland 2020. No matter, still a dope video DyRECK
@@DyReckProductions Exactly what I call this thing always and it is. Some of the bass sounds I have heard come put of this thing, I have witnessed serious power loss from the building it was being played in. Probably is responsible for the massive blackout of 2001 lmao
@@DyReckProductions No producer I know uses the presets anyway. It is a sampler. Any sound can be sampled into it. The signature sound isn't the synth it is the sample engine and the way it hits. IMHO. Just like my old ASR. I never used the factory sounds even though some were dope. We sample other music and chop it up. No presets back then being used by my crew of folks. Triton can sound dirty for sure and drums hit really hard out of the sampler.
@@briguy986 I just took everything apart cleaned and regressed. I did this to a normal triton too. The white keys I did a retrobright (peroxide gell and UV light). You can get spare parts from a few places just google there’s loads of options. I got them from Germany but before the Brexit trade deal so that avenue is now cut off. Replaced the rotary encoder and all the buttons. Washed it down. On the extreme it has a double layer (green) circuit board and I fked up there. Had to get a pro firm to repair my mistake. It’s not easy dealing with desoldering double layered boards!!!! I got a car paint shop to mix me up the exact colour spray paint, got a Matt clear coat spray. Masked off the letters everywhere. The front metal I sanded to bare metal and spray painted. Side end parts I had a carpenter make me new ones. Then I sprayed them.
I have just discovered an old Triton at home but it is the Le version, I understand it is the basic one. is it too limited compared to the normal one? Thanks, great video
Triton LE was the 1st piece of gear I ever bought, it was stolen a few years ago but I used to put in hours on it! At first the little screen (non touch) was annoying but after a little while it was 2nd nature flying thru the pages, deep, deep, into its brain and mine!
Man, everything you said about this was bang on! I hated what this did to hip hop at that time. I still use MPC2k and s3000xl to this day for the old bop. But maybe it's time to finally get a triton. 😆
I enjoyed the Korg radias much more than the Triton, it was a lot more versatile in terms of the sounds and rhythms that you could create, only used the Triton for the piano sounds as the radias lacked any
To be fair, when I'm making authentic 00s rnb music, I feel privileged to be able to still turn on my Triton Extreme and start sequencing. The sounds are timeless and ill never sell my Triton Extreme board.
Still have mine, in a case in my basement! Hardly ever bring it out and turn it on anymore, but I would never sell it...it was the 1st "pro level" piece of gear I bought.
That "Down Bottom" Ruff Ryder record you made mention of wasn't fully Triton sounds.The horns were actually a Roland Sound Module push to preview demo where a preset sound plays a factory setting melody. Swizz Beatz sampled and looped that melody, without even facing any copyright infringement most likely because Roland probably didn't dare think they'd have to bother copyrighting a preset melody. I'm sure Roland assumed their consumers would have enough talent to compose their own melodies after auditioning the preset demo. Swizz got over/lucky and it speaks volumes about the sneakiness and talent level of this guy because at the time, only somebody with a Roland Sound Module would know that melody was but a mere preset sound demo. The drums were Triton I believe though.
Lol. alot of folks getting on Swiss..Its crazy cause he made some of the most legendary tracks in the 90's. But no one gives him credit as a top producer..Guess it's cause of what you just said.
@@DyReckProductions Swizz got lucky IMO. His uncles were the founders of the Ruff Ryder label so it was almost a given for him to get a chance to have his beats exploited. His earlier works were trash IMO again honestly, even DMX said he didn't like the "Ruff Ryder Anthem" beat. But he did render some DECENT works into the early 2000's. Had he had time to develop his skills instead of being hoisted out to the masses prematurely I'm sure I'd feel differently.
yoooo you killed this one! I been waiting on it to drop!!! This was THEE thing to have back when it came out. This and an MPC? talk about dominant...and these joints were affordable too! This unit probably was responsible for single handedly saving the Guitar Center franchise lol these and the Yamaha Motif...which i also hope you do a video on too! Love the channel!
If u buy one nowadays should you go for the latest Korg Triton or is there a specific best one? I found a video of a 2000s Pop/R&B Producer he used the Korg Triton LE.
I remember renting the triton studio 61 as my very first korg workstation i ever gigged with, 2 months later, i bought a korg m50 as my permanent workstation, but even with the m50, there was something about the triton that always captivated me, so I eventually decided to buy the triton vst, and even the triton taktile 49 hardware synthesizer (the last of the hardware iterations of triton as of today) to take with me everywhere i go, why? Because i always enjoyed the sounds of triton
@Dyreck Production great video. The Trition is still a dope keyboard. You still see people using it at live gigs. Some of them had a cd on them. It's a classic keyboard. I wish I could find one at a cheap price. Dope video bro
MPC2000XL and Triton 🔱 was my Lovable Wepons of choice when I started Producing. Funny thing is, just was in my Storage and it was sitting there strongly against the Wall last weekend 🎹✊🏾✊🏾
@@DyReckProductions Bro,,,The crazy thing is, I’ve been slowly moving back to a Dawless Set up for Lofi House and DnB I’ve been producing lately. Definitely bringing out The Triton 🔱 and The Old Alesis 6hd. 2 great synths sitting in storage.
the big WOW about the triton back in the day when i bought one was the hdd (and cd drive) which were new for hardware and the ability to sample HOURS at 24 bit btw.....still got it.....still rock it every now n then....still cant play piano....jeah
Apple weren't the first to develop to the touch screen for consumers, but Korg was using a membrane-based touchscreen as opposed to a capacitive touchscreen. Nonetheless completely insane. I still recommend the Triton LE with the same exact sounds in a much lighter and slender package and it would still be my 1st pick for a gigging musician as FOH engineer and player myself. The MOSS expansion board was beautiful for studio use but I do not think the LE had the option. Interestingly enough, the LE being a gigging version still has the same 61 keys and I believe the same keybed as well! What dedication to the Triton synths from Korg. The only thing holding back players from the Triton is the weight. IMHO the Triton LE is the most underrated gigging synth ever made. Blow out of the water any Nord any day. Better quality than Yamah lighter offerings, that they're known for. You can get it 300 bucks!!!!!! Are you kidding me?!!! That's 4000 dollars worth of synth right there
@@nostalgiaregret the master and slave concept of midi but the audio Inputs on the asr 10 makes sampling the korg interesting because of the electronics and sample edit features on it midi connect them and let The Triton be the slave ..use the asr sequencer etc
That Triton had the best radio ready sound patches & drums ever made up to that point. The sounds were actually mastered & practically perfect out the box. Most in stereo & effected already. You didn't have to do anything but set the volume. Any doofus could sound competent with the Triton. It was a serious monster. #GreatPatches
“It was Chad, Pharrell and The TRITON!!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that had me rolling
Lmao!
That's a fact tho. I can't use it without thinking about Pharrell earlier music
where is the lie lol
Didn't they (The Neptune) also touch the Motif a little bit? I mean I know they were known for their extensive uses of Korgs but....
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Triton was (and is still) an amazing synth. Clever marketing by Korg to come up with a revolutionary synth that carried so much punch in terms of capabilities. The name "Triton" alone still provokes a sense of awe and admiration. The creativity and innovation that went into the Triton was phenomenal. We salute all the folks at Korg who contributed to the design and manufacture of such an incredible piece of machinery.
No Doubt fam.
You on fire 🔥 fam. This series brings back so much nostalgia and fun memories of the 90s and 00s. Much appreciated
No doubt bro thanks.
Mannnnnnnn everybody and their momma used this in 2ks. The clarity was on point period. Every song on the radio you knew where it came from. It was crazee. Every studio had a weird marriage, The MPC + Triton = crazy marriage. Lolol
Yeah man I feel u it was bananas lol.
@@colebrown8293 huh?
@@colebrown8293 Where the hell did that come from?
That's my current setup in 2021. Akai MPC studio midi to Triton
@@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500 say werd
Watched this and that Ensoniq video so much back to back, that when I went to pick up my electronics pick up for recycling, there was a Triton Pro at the dock (said they couldn't hear sound) and I can have it. Woah, got it home and is working great. Thnx.
They probably thought there were built in speakers.
A lot of people slept on Ensoniq it was way ahead of it’s time
That's God brother!
Yo D I’m loving this bro. Explaining the significance of the equipment that got us though the Era’s is a dope niche. Plus you reviewed a lot of my gear so it reminds me of what made it dope in the first place which is easier than you think to forget.
No doubt thanks..If you got alot of this gear your a lucky man lol.
Nice video. I'm not that deep into hiphop, but gotta say this thing was just as influential in so many other genres too. I still use the thing almost every day, and I produce mainly House and UK Garage. There's just something about the organs and e-pianos on this thing that to this day makes it sound so good to me. A decent sampler and a Triton can do almost everything you need.
I had both the trinity and the triton (still have a trinity rack). This was the “it” keyboard. This is still a classic
Yeah the Trinity had a awesome sound also.
That trinity rack is priceless'
@@desreb740 The rack is nice.
The Trinity's filters are superior to the Triton's filters but the Triton has a much better and more responsive touch screen user interface, sampler, dual arpeggiators, improved sequencer and better fx routing.
The triton had a great time but let's not forget the yamaha motif being its stiff competition but for me...they complimented each other very well...love them both to this day.
No doubt.
I always preferred the drums, keys, and bass sounds on the Motif.
I actually enjoyed the Korg Radias a lot more than the Triton, it was a lot more versatile as far as the sounds and rhythms that you could create, I did use the Triton for the piano samples as the korg radias lacked any discernible piano samples
Nice video series. Would be dope if you covered the E-MU MP7 rompler series. It has the Planet Phatt (or Mo' Phatt) Eprom sounds. I know RZA has used the MP7 and many others have used the Mo Phatt sounds I think from the rack unit sound module. I own the MP7 and have made many many beats with it. Have used it as a standalone sequencer or sequenced from my MPC60. Keep up the good work!
No doubt. Thanks fam.
Still got my Triton. Still use my Triton. Still LOVE my Triton.
No doubt.
Ditto, I have an extreme, only thing I don't like is how heavy that mother is.
Stay blessed brother we love this channel 🙌 you're the best 👌
The Roland JV series were also huge in the late 90s.
Yup.
DJ Battlecat
Bought a Triton Studio 88 in 2002. Over the following months I upgraded it with almost every expansion board available plus the MOSS board. After 10 moves and 3 years storage in a damp sea container (where all my other stuff was destroyed by mold) it still works great. Never had an item for so long and still using it. This is a 29,7 kg Tank!
Dang!..Its messed up about the mold that sucks..But at least the Keyboard is running good.
Had a Triton LE 88 in 2003 and gigged it in the wintry and summer outdoors for years!
The touch screen was great, but without a doubt, the best thing about the Triton was those Combi's!!! Layering 8 different patches on top of each other, all with independent zones, sensitivity, independent everything. Triton could do so many things that most synths even today can't do!
I feel you.
Now I have all the Triton sounds in a VST.
Yeah I heard that the Triton vst is dope!
I have it also and it sounds amazing.
Until they add the MOSS board expansion to the VST, you don't quite have ALL the Triton sounds yet ;)
Fuck VST get the real thing .
@@thelefthandofcreation1617 I need to add the MOSS board but it’s a good bit of $
I remember when I first started producing, I used to hear the MPC 2000XL and Triton was HipHop standard and I needed to get them because every one else had them. I’m glad I didn’t. I went Roland
You bringing a whole different perspective and information on these machines that isn’t talked about enough this whole series is amazing
Thanks bro!
The Triton was (still is) KING! It's the best keyboard and workstation that Korg ever made. I love it, i used it in so many records and still own three of them. It's an awesome machine. Sadly, most sounds really sound dated
I feel you.
In what way do the sounds sound dated?
Got Triton VST as part of Korgs collection 4 and damn, no wonder I felt nostalgia trying out sounds. This thing was EVERYWHERE
Yup!
I have to say when I play with the Triton VST demo it sounds great in terms of fitting into the mix and the piano whilst not comparable to today's big pianos - they are very playable as are the electric pianos!
Oh ok cool.
What are today's big pianos?
@MeneTekelUpharsin
RANDY JUDAH TORREZ ❤️ <
ROLAND FANTOM 7 has got BIG Piano sounds and a whole lot more 🎹
But KORG TRITON pro is iconic I'm surprised NICK RHODES of DURAN DURAN didn't own one maybe he did a kept it a secret 😆 😉 😜
Any way I've enjoyed working with FANTOM and TRITON 2 of of my go 2's
All day 💯
Shalom 🫒🕊
Another dope video. Request the Roland Fantom/Fantom X. To this day it sits looking at me as it never gets used hahahahahah
Lol. No doubt fam.
Great video, really enjoyed it! Some really nice information in here. Would love to own one someday, even though it came out around the time I was born XD.
Also, a little information outside the genre this video covers: The Triton was used heavily by Progressive Metal by keyboardists such as Derek Sherinian and Jordan Rudess!
Oh ok No doubt..Its a really great keyboard.
Man Triton is still relative today. Korg still use patches from this keyboard, even the m1 in their keyboards of today. Especially this one tho. Very great board. Almost every church have a Triton extreme, which is the navy blue one
Word..I feel you.
Bro , Your Videos are Cool as hell , thanks for taking the time to get the stories behind things !
Underrated as a sampler in my opinion. I had a jaz drive on that thang and worked it like an MPC😊
Had a buddy I was making beats for back in the day in his basement. I actually recorded all the best drum sounds off of the Triton and used them in my Roland MC909 Groovebox. I was the mann back then. Nobody was fckn wit my sound.
U should speak on the roland Fantom and the Roland mc909 one day man. Good video.
@@DyReckProductions 🤝🏾💯
I couldn’t afford it in the 90’s but I never forgot it but in 2020 I got The Plug in and I’m still amazed at it capabilities 2021
True..Its a dope workstation.
The Triton and the Ensoniq ASR-10 are what I grew up with.
I feel you.. alot of good music.
After the triton, people started flocking to that motif es. Especially in the sf bay area.
Yesssssss. Yamaha said man we gotta step this game way up. I could not afford either.
The Motif es was a beast.
@@DyReckProductions can't wait for the Motif what had happened waaaa..... video
For me the transition was the Roland Fantom....which destroyed the Triton in my opinion
@@eddiehaze3165 I thought the Fantom was legit. I know I didn't have any use for it because I started transitioning to straight software samplers, but I remember the drums being the best out of any brand, and the sounds cutting good through the mix. As soon as torrenting became big, and I was able to download Akai cds- that was pretty much it for me buying hardware.
The VST Triton is dope too!
Oh ok cool.
I just picked one up from my Grandmas good friend. She was a music teacher and had this baby with a whole hell of a lot of hand drums. Carrying this thing home was a god damn WORKOUT! But hot damn, I'm about to dive in to this thing
You Luky StiFF U lol
I know you couldnt get out of there fast enough? Hahahah
If your grandma has anymore friends who have some gear they want to give away please let me know
This was spot on! I knew that Neptunes secret, I came from the KORG M1 & O1/W era.. So I knew those sounds. I worked at GC and dudes would come in and write their albums in the store on that thing.
I have the Triton classic as well as the Triton Studio. Both still good boards, Great video! 👍
Ended up finding a used Triton classic over the weekend for about $200 in perfect condition and I haven’t been able to stop playing and making beats with it since 😭🙏🏽
The Korg Neptune lol Keep up the great content! Yes you are true about them Tritons getting stolen. Dont tell nobody you owned one.
Lmao.
The Triton was definability a flex. Crazy enough, the Job Corps I went to had one and I was on that mutha every chance I got.
Lmao! I feel u.
I still own a triton extreme, please do a video on the korg kronos
No doubt. The extreme is nice.
I was one of the first people in Seattle to have a Triton back in 1999 and I used it to make numerous albums up until 2005-ish when I switched over to VST instruments. And they were DEFINITELY gettin' stolen! 😂 I haven't used it in years, but I replaced the floppy drive with a USB drive a few years ago and got all the files off of the floppy disks because the drive will eventually die and the disks will get corrupted. It happened with my KORG N364 when I went to load up some old school beats - the drive was dead and some floppies were corrupted.
this video is so good. so few people speak just normal in their vids.
Thanks fam!..I really appreciate it!
Hella late viewing this post, but thanks for the memories and the video. 👍🏾
Would be cool to see you do a vid on the Korg OASYS too.
No doubt fam..Its definitely on the list.
The touch screen was cool but it wasn't that mind blowing because the Trinity is the one that changed the game when it came out with it. The Triton was like the Trinity on Super Saiyin level 3. Nastiest part about this board I would say was the Sampler and the expansions. The Sampler gave you ASR-10 levels of capabilities where you could see the waves you were chopping and the expansions gave you access to stuff like MOSS and all the other dope stuff. Really Dope Synth!
Super Saiyin level 3 LMAO!.I feel u fam.
I just dropped 2 months of my hard earned pay for that SSJ3 Triton im gonna learn to play the SSJ3 Theme now
I heard you mention Drag On- Down Bottom for using the Triton, but the lead horns actually come from a Roland JV 2080 Synth. Believe it or not Swizz sampled the full loop off the DEMO mode. Just wanted to clarify. Anyways, love this series. Subscribed for sure.
Thanks bro..Yeah Swiss was buggin lol..dope song though.
@@DyReckProductions lol. I could see how it sounds like a Triton and i'm sure they have a similar horn patch. He might have taken the drum kit from Triton though. Does sound very Triton!
i still use my Triton till this day. i bought it in 2002 for $2300 at Guitar Center
Dang u was a baller!..A dedicated musician.
DyReck Productions blew the whole tax return on it lol
@@D-AKi_beats Same here 😂😂
Dope channel and commentary!.💯..what happened with the korg Karma?.
Oh wow! Thats a good one..Gonna put that on the list.
"Down Bottom" By Drag-on and Juvenile (do you bust your guns? damn right we bust our guns) was actually a loop of the demo song on the Roland 2020. No matter, still a dope video DyRECK
No doubt..Thanks fam.
The Triton was so good back in the day, still pretty good today!
Yeah the Triton is a beast.
@@DyReckProductions Exactly what I call this thing always and it is. Some of the bass sounds I have heard come put of this thing, I have witnessed serious power loss from the building it was being played in. Probably is responsible for the massive blackout of 2001 lmao
@@drindy5166 Ah man!..Lmao!!
The Ruff Ryders Anthem was a JV1080 audition preset Swiss used...nonetheless great video bro. Keep em coming!
No doubt thanks fam.
This was dope! I think triton can still be dope in 2021.
I think so.If folks get into designing there own sounds on it the capabilities are limitless.
@@DyReckProductions No producer I know uses the presets anyway. It is a sampler. Any sound can be sampled into it. The signature sound isn't the synth it is the sample engine and the way it hits. IMHO. Just like my old ASR. I never used the factory sounds even though some were dope. We sample other music and chop it up. No presets back then being used by my crew of folks. Triton can sound dirty for sure and drums hit really hard out of the sampler.
@@foolishandthewise I feel u..Some producers never like using presets.
I had the triton with my MPC 2000XL 💪🔥
Nice.
I got an extreme 88. Restored / refreshed it. Like new. It’s fantastic beast
I might go and buy a used Triton Studio. How do I go over and restore/refresh the keyboard, what parts do I look at?
@@briguy986 I just took everything apart cleaned and regressed. I did this to a normal triton too. The white keys I did a retrobright (peroxide gell and UV light). You can get spare parts from a few places just google there’s loads of options. I got them from Germany but before the Brexit trade deal so that avenue is now cut off. Replaced the rotary encoder and all the buttons. Washed it down.
On the extreme it has a double layer (green) circuit board and I fked up there. Had to get a pro firm to repair my mistake. It’s not easy dealing with desoldering double layered boards!!!! I got a car paint shop to mix me up the exact colour spray paint, got a Matt clear coat spray. Masked off the letters everywhere. The front metal I sanded to bare metal and spray painted. Side end parts I had a carpenter make me new ones. Then I sprayed them.
Dont forget about MANNU FRESH, a LOT of them old hotboyz hits was done on that. Triton was the Jordans of its time.
Really?? I thought Mannie was a Yamaha guy. Interesting....
Lmao!
Roland fantom 06 is a good keyboard with sampler and 16 track sequencer.
No doubt..your reading my mind Sonic 1.
I hated the keyboard beat era but I can’t deny this machine was the sound of the bling era.
I feel u.
I have just discovered an old Triton at home but it is the Le version, I understand it is the basic one. is it too limited compared to the normal one? Thanks, great video
The real monster was that $10k Korg Oasys with the 10 inch touchscreen that came next!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Lol.Yeah man!
FAAAAACCCCTTTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! I feel prey hook, line and sinker...🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@@eugenephillips481 me too lol! Still have em both
@@OGRagtoproy LUCKY!!!! 🤣🤣 I, unfortunately, traded my Oasys away years ago, but I do currently have great gear to compensate.
The "Default Ding" sound from Windows 7 used a sound from this synth.
I really enjoyed this video🤣this guy is funny
Triton LE was the 1st piece of gear I ever bought, it was stolen a few years ago but I used to put in hours on it! At first the little screen (non touch) was annoying but after a little while it was 2nd nature flying thru the pages, deep, deep, into its brain and mine!
No doubt!
Man, everything you said about this was bang on! I hated what this did to hip hop at that time. I still use MPC2k and s3000xl to this day for the old bop. But maybe it's time to finally get a triton. 😆
Lol..It might make a come back with the sound who knows.
Classic! Timbo getting his grub on!
Lmao!
Dope series!!!
Thanks fam.
The Triton with the MP 2000 midi hook up was the thing back in the day...
No Doubt fam!
I very much enjoy these wah had happened was videos
Thanks fam.
I enjoyed the Korg radias much more than the Triton, it was a lot more versatile in terms of the sounds and rhythms that you could create, only used the Triton for the piano sounds as the radias lacked any
Can't lie the Radias was nice.. Might not be as sexy as the Triton but it was dope.
To be fair, when I'm making authentic 00s rnb music, I feel privileged to be able to still turn on my Triton Extreme and start sequencing. The sounds are timeless and ill never sell my Triton Extreme board.
I feel you!
Do a kurzweil 2500s no ones uses them but it’s a MONSTER sampler
Yes it is..And most people who have them never sell them.
“....I only see twelve” I’m weak!!!! 😂
Lmao!!
Still have mine, in a case in my basement!
Hardly ever bring it out and turn it on anymore, but I would never sell it...it was the 1st "pro level" piece of gear I bought.
Oh ok dope!
my father still owns this beauty
Nice.
Cool video. The Kronos is a pretty kick ass workstation. Crystal clear sounds and 3rd party libraries make it amazing.
I feel u.
That "Down Bottom" Ruff Ryder record you made mention of wasn't fully Triton sounds.The horns were actually a Roland Sound Module push to preview demo where a preset sound plays a factory setting melody. Swizz Beatz sampled and looped that melody, without even facing any copyright infringement most likely because Roland probably didn't dare think they'd have to bother copyrighting a preset melody. I'm sure Roland assumed their consumers would have enough talent to compose their own melodies after auditioning the preset demo. Swizz got over/lucky and it speaks volumes about the sneakiness and talent level of this guy because at the time, only somebody with a Roland Sound Module would know that melody was but a mere preset sound demo. The drums were Triton I believe though.
Lol. alot of folks getting on Swiss..Its crazy cause he made some of the most legendary tracks in the 90's. But no one gives him credit as a top producer..Guess it's cause of what you just said.
@@DyReckProductions Swizz got lucky IMO. His uncles were the founders of the Ruff Ryder label so it was almost a given for him to get a chance to have his beats exploited. His earlier works were trash IMO again honestly, even DMX said he didn't like the "Ruff Ryder Anthem" beat. But he did render some DECENT works into the early 2000's. Had he had time to develop his skills instead of being hoisted out to the masses prematurely I'm sure I'd feel differently.
@@KINGHIGHZ I feel you.
yoooo you killed this one! I been waiting on it to drop!!! This was THEE thing to have back when it came out. This and an MPC? talk about dominant...and these joints were affordable too! This unit probably was responsible for single handedly saving the Guitar Center franchise lol these and the Yamaha Motif...which i also hope you do a video on too! Love the channel!
No doubt fam thanks.
dope video, only second to all your voices xD
Used this a little bit when I lived with Breed. It was a solid piece of gear.
No doubt.
you are doing good historical documentary work here. Bravo!
Lol. Thanks fam I appreciate it.
This guy is the gear encyclopedia
Lol..thanks.
If u buy one nowadays should you go for the latest Korg Triton or is there a specific best one? I found a video of a 2000s Pop/R&B Producer he used the Korg Triton LE.
id be interested if you did more vintage synths and maybe you did one on the sp303 since dilla and madlib used them
No doubt. The sp 303 was pretty nice.
When I started making beats around 2005 I used to always hear that the Motif had the best sounds in it.
I remember renting the triton studio 61 as my very first korg workstation i ever gigged with, 2 months later, i bought a korg m50 as my permanent workstation, but even with the m50, there was something about the triton that always captivated me, so I eventually decided to buy the triton vst, and even the triton taktile 49 hardware synthesizer (the last of the hardware iterations of triton as of today) to take with me everywhere i go, why? Because i always enjoyed the sounds of triton
Yeah I was thinking of getting one or even the rack mount.
@@DyReckProductions nice
Me and my boys put in on the Triton back in 2001, highschool years.
Nice.
i met a guy that had one link to a MPC and he was dope as hell
Oh ok nice.
In college, I would spend hours in guitar center playing with that piece of tech. I never could afford one, I might cop one just for nostalgia sake.
@Dyreck Production great video. The Trition is still a dope keyboard. You still see people using it at live gigs. Some of them had a cd on them. It's a classic keyboard. I wish I could find one at a cheap price. Dope video bro
Thanks fam..Yeah I do see people gig with them.
I bought the Roland DJ70 that jawn was funky!
Lol. I feel you.
Could you do one on Korg Trinity, I find it was used a lot in video games/anime soundtracks.
Yup..Your right!..Thats a good one..Gonna put that on the list.
MPC2000XL and Triton 🔱 was my Lovable Wepons of choice when I started Producing. Funny thing is, just was in my Storage and it was sitting there strongly against the Wall last weekend 🎹✊🏾✊🏾
You got to get on that thing fam.. start making bangers lol.
@@DyReckProductions Bro,,,The crazy thing is, I’ve been slowly moving back to a Dawless Set up for Lofi House and DnB I’ve been producing lately. Definitely bringing out The Triton 🔱 and The Old Alesis 6hd. 2 great synths sitting in storage.
@@OnlyDaFunk4444 Nice.
🔥 episode! Keep em coming fam!
Thanks fam.
How do you record and save a song on the Korg Triton?
Triton had an amazing keybed, the best synth action ever
Yup.
Yesss
I really wanted a Triton. Until more powerful PCs came along.
Still used on most radio songs to this day
Yup.
Thanks for another awesome video!
Thanks fam.
Man I enjoy your channel bro great content
No doubt fam thanks.
the big WOW about the triton back in the day when i bought one was the hdd (and cd drive) which were new for hardware
and the ability to sample HOURS at 24 bit
btw.....still got it.....still rock it every now n then....still cant play piano....jeah
Lmao! Nice.
Apple weren't the first to develop to the touch screen for consumers, but Korg was using a membrane-based touchscreen as opposed to a capacitive touchscreen. Nonetheless completely insane. I still recommend the Triton LE with the same exact sounds in a much lighter and slender package and it would still be my 1st pick for a gigging musician as FOH engineer and player myself. The MOSS expansion board was beautiful for studio use but I do not think the LE had the option. Interestingly enough, the LE being a gigging version still has the same 61 keys and I believe the same keybed as well! What dedication to the Triton synths from Korg. The only thing holding back players from the Triton is the weight. IMHO the Triton LE is the most underrated gigging synth ever made. Blow out of the water any Nord any day. Better quality than Yamah lighter offerings, that they're known for. You can get it 300 bucks!!!!!! Are you kidding me?!!! That's 4000 dollars worth of synth right there
the Triton with the ASR 10 was a great midi combination.. 🔥🔥
Oh ok no doubt.
Explain?
@@nostalgiaregret the sounds from the Korg x3 on sync with the ASR to resample and sound design accordingly etc
@@Tony_Anthemz three times on sync? I have a Triton but I don’t understand what that means?
@@nostalgiaregret the master and slave concept of midi but the audio Inputs on the asr 10 makes sampling the korg interesting because of the electronics and sample edit features on it midi connect them and let The Triton be the slave ..use the asr sequencer etc
That Triton had the best radio ready sound patches & drums ever made up to that point. The sounds were actually mastered & practically perfect out the box. Most in stereo & effected already. You didn't have to do anything but set the volume. Any doofus could sound competent with the Triton. It was a serious monster. #GreatPatches
Lol I feel you.
That’s why I love korg
These are dope videos. Do a video on the Korg Oasys!
No doubt fam.