KORG TRITON
Owner's Manual

TRITON EasyStart

Recording �one-shot� vocal samples

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Before proceeding clear the TRITON�s sample RAM by powering OFF, then ON.

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Connect a microphone to the [AUDIO INPUT 1] jack on the rear panel, set the MIC/LINE switch to MIC, and set the LEVEL control to the 12 o�clock position. Press the [SAMPLING] key Press the Input Setup tab In the Input 1 field, press the popup by BUS(IFX) Select: and choose L/R Set Input 1 Pan: to �C064� with the DIAL or numeric keypad In the Recording Setup field, press the Auto radio button, set the Threshold to �30 db, and set Pre Trigger REC: to 5ms with the DIAL or keypad. Press the Recording tab and make sure that �MS� (Multisample) is set to �000:new MS____000� Set both the OrigKey and TopKey fields to a value of �C2�. The easiest way to set this is by holding down the [ENTER] key and pressing the [C2] key on the keyboard. Under the REC Sample Setup field, touch the popup next to Sample Mode: and set to �L-Mono�. Press the Preference tab and set the Zone Range to 1key with the DIAL or numeric keypad . Press the Recording tab Press the [REC/WRITE] key to �arm� the sampler, and then speak into the microphone. If �ADC Overload� flashes above the �level indicators�, lower the rear panel LEVEL control until this message no longer flashes Press the dB �fader� in the Recording Level field and adjust with the DIAL while speaking into the mic. Set this for a �hot� signal level, but watch and adjust if the display indicates, �CLIP�. Press the [START/STOP] key and say the word, �Sampling� Press [START/STOP] again to stop sampling, and then press the Create button in the display. Note that the �keyboard� display moves to the next key after you press �Create�. Press the [REC/WRITE] key Press the [START/STOP] key and say, �is easy� sampling, then press Create. Press the [REC/WRITE] key Press the [START/STOP] key and say, �with� sampling, then press Create. Press the [REC/WRITE] key sampling. Press [START/STOP] again to stop Press [START/STOP] again to stop Press [START/STOP] again to stop

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Press the [START/STOP] key and say, �TRITON �

10. That�s it! Now play the keyboard: play each note (half-step) from [C2] to [D#2], and you�ll hear the sampled words,

�Sampling is easy with TRITON �.

�Continue by sampling through one of TRITON �s 102 Insert Effects:
11. Press the Input Setup tab

In the Input 1 field, press the

popup by BUS(IFX) Select and choose IFX1.

12. Press the[MENU] key, and then press P8: Insert Efffect.

Press the OFF toggle button in the IFX1 box to turn it ON, and then make sure that 000: �No Effect� is highlighted. Use the numeric keypad to enter 5 > 2, and then press the [ENTER] key (�52: Reverb Hall�) Speak into the microphone to hear the effect being applied Press the IFX1 tab at the bottom of the screen to view and edit the effect parameters. key to �arm� the sampler Press theRecording tab, then press the SAMPLING [REC/WRITE] Speak into the mic and adjust the recording level as needed.

13. Press the [MENU] key, then press P0: Recording 14.

Press Create to make a new index in the multisample Press the SAMPLING [START/STOP] key, speak to sample Press SAMPLING [START/STOP] again to stop sampling. The new sample will playback on key [E2] � the next available index.

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