performance keyboards with sequencers

[Cheez]

All the Yamaha S series do not have build-in sequencers. They can only playback sequences. However, they do include a software sequencer with the keyboard. The S series are meant to be synths without the the extras of the workstation - so lower price with good sounds and touch. The Motifs are the ones with the build-in sequencers.

 

[yeotao]

triton ve triton LE

i see i see..thankx..was a bit confused with the specs they gave about the s series.

another thing about the triton le . other than being lighter,not having a touch screen. and having less sounds and no sampler, wat other differences is there witht he original triton.?

would u guys pay i.e 400 more for a good,used triton then a new triton le>?

and yes, both have bad piano sounds, but i prob wun be needing piano much since i getting it mainly for other sounds and sequencer. i checked out the roland rs series, better paino sounds def.

but sounds wise, seems that the triton demo doesnt sounds a good as the triton le on the official page, weird.

 

[azhiwen]

hmm yes the triton le is very hot..went to check it out last week and guess what? the stock for next month has been fully reserved...so if you place a deposit now..you'd prolly get the keyboard in july? anyway i check citymusic only..because there were offering the best deal compared to the other places...

 

[bongman]

Re: triton ve triton LE

another thing about the triton le . other than being lighter,not having a touch screen. and having less sounds and no sampler, wat other differences is there witht he original triton.?

would u guys pay i.e 400 more for a good,used triton then a new triton le>?

but sounds wise, seems that the triton demo doesnt sounds a good as the triton le on the official page, weird.

korg is not quite fame for their piano and acoustic sounds,
more popular probably for the synths, pads, strings and effects sound.

Triton Le is good for beginner and giging cos it's light.
I've heard about the sticky keys Le has and consider as a 'toy' to some.
whatever it still depends on your needs.

Triton the flagship wkstn is widely used in the industry and consider as professional synth.
Besides having more sound and a sampler, Triton
can be expanded with cards and other resources. For recording purpose,
on-board hardware card can be added for it to perform a professional recording with the songs you sequenced.
check out Korg UK website - more info:
www.korg.co.uk

 

[yeotao]

i saw marty fried man!

i was checkig out the roland rs 70 again, at swee lee sims drive, and was so engorssed in one of the techno strings patches, that i never realise that the staff was setting up a signing booth jsut 3 meteres away away from me for marty friedman's guitar signing/autograph session!

wa lan!!!! so paiseh..i was humping away like mad on the keyboards..i bet marty must have tot i was a techno siao ah beng.!

anyway, wheni finished playing with the rs 70, he already began signing, but wat surprised me was that less than 3 or 4 people came, infact, i think only 3 people came jsut to get his autograph or take pictures, the rest of the people just happen to be in the shop.

another funny incident was, while the staff was getting ready a few guitars for him to sign, they realise that they were short of one guitar, i guess they panicked of a while, in the end, the guitar was found at the end of the swee lee roomm, near the amps section, being played ard by three kids!(ard 12-13 yrs old) . they totoally bochup friedman, obviously they dun even noe who he is, well maybe ten years down the road they will realise they just missed seeing a gem.


too bad i didnt bring anything for him to sign.

and back to something more relevent to this thread. i realsied that the juno D is almost the same as the roland rs 50( rs 70 without sequencer). juno d is lighter, yet the keys action is noticably better, than the rs 50 or 70.

hm...and i cant see any difference btw the juno d 61 and rs 50 , ...

 

[azhiwen]

on the topic of the triton...i'm wondering if the triton can be changed to midi controller mode??

 

[soft]

azhiwen, do you mean using the triton to control another sound module?

 

[azhiwen]

yup i know the yamaha cs6x has a switch to turn off the local sound so you can use the keyboard to play softsynths....so i was wondering if the triton le can do that as well? perhaps a noob question...but i'm still quite new to hardware synths..haha..

 

[Cheez]

Great observation - they are identical except for the casing (one silver and one black). I have not tried the touch of the Juno-D, but the RS are the most horrible keys Roland ever came up with.

The Juno-D is probably a replacement of the RS-50. My feel is that either there is something inherently wrong with the RS-50 architecture that require Roland to change the name of the model, or they are getting negative feedback about the bad touch. If the touch is the main issue, then we should see very soon the RS-70 being replaced by another model, following the RS-50. Already, the RS-50 had been taken off their shelf and Roland's website and replaced by the Juno-D.

 

[Cheez]

yup i know the yamaha cs6x has a switch to turn off the local sound so you can use the keyboard to play softsynths....so i was wondering if the triton le can do that as well? ..

Triton le should be able to. If you are playing softsynths on a computer and your keyboard does not have a local off, you can still make it go off by sending it a midi signal from you PC (I believe it is cc123 - need to check). Otherwise, just turn the main volume off from your keyboard - but make sure the main volume controller does not have the same cc number as your software main volume, otherwise your softsynth will also go silent.

 

[yeotao]

triton le

to bring the topic back to triton le again, i heard form city music today that there's a black version of triton le! woooooo...

 

[bongman]

black used to be the standard colour for synth,
check out all the 80s and early 90s synth
eg. DX7, D50, M1, 01W, XP80, SY77

until Korg Trinity, things start to get silver and white.

so afterall it's RETRO !

 

[Cheez]

What will really revolutionize things is having the white keys and black and the black keys as white - inverted colours of keys!!!!!!!

 

[joel68]

Again KORG Triton Extreme is back with Limited edition of Glossy Black instead of Navy Blue Color..Saw on Japanese shops..!!

TRITON LE61

TRITON EXTREME 61

 

[bongman]

What will really revolutionize things is having the white keys and black and the black keys as white - inverted colours of keys!!!!!!!

there you go - KORG POLY800 !!!
white becomes black, and black becomes white !???

I own one Poly800 but not this Reverse Keys edition

 

[bongman]

Again KORG Triton Extreme is back with Limited edition of Glossy Black instead of Navy Blue Color..Saw on Japanese shops..!!

still prefers black,
looks more majestic than any colour

 

[Cheez]

What will really revolutionize things is having the white keys and black and the black keys as white - inverted colours of keys!!!!!!!

there you go - KORG POLY800 !!!
white becomes black, and black becomes white !???
I own one Poly800 but not this Reverse Keys edition

Wow! I like that. Maybe having different coloured keys... pink?

 

[aireydon]

finally..i cant beluev its in my hands

i collected my KORG triton black today..its a MONSTER>my hands actually trembled as i take care to contain my self from rippg it out of the gig bag ahahah..a bit kua chang larr......i was sweat6ing by rhe tijme i walked home from the mrt..damn the thing is heavy...! i tot at 7.8 kg it wouldnt weigh TAT much.....

shit man..this syth totally rules..bests roland rs 70 hands down..

i neverr left my room for 4hours since i opened it...and i still haven finished exploring the bare surface of this black beast..woooooahhh!!!

a gret big thanks to all u great people in this thread here..i come online just to show my appreciation..u guys geered me towards a great choice.

and one lat thing..yes..it seems to be an japan imprt. BLACK is bveautifulll

 

[Cheez]

Re: finally..i cant beluev its in my hands

shit man..this syth totally rules..bests roland rs 70 hands down..

Errrr, you have to compare apples with apples. RS70 is not in the league of the Triton. If you want to compare Roland, you'll have to compare the Triton with the Fantom X.

Still, glad that you like your new baby. Enjoy.

 

[yeotao]

hmm..roland released the fanthom Xa too rite..it like triton >triton Le, fantom>fantom Xa....

guess a suitable comparison would be roland fantom Xa versus triton Le...

i think i saw somebody selling the fantom for 1.8 k..tas quite a good bargain..wondered wat happened to it...