FIX IT MAN TUTORIAL: Replace Floppy Drive to USB - Triton Keyboard

If you think that the Korg Triton is too outdated because of its use of floppy disks. Watch this tutorial and you will learn how you can replace these old floppy disk drives with a nice and modern the floppy disk drive to USB.
Si crees que el Korg Triton está demasiado desactualizado debido a su uso de disquetes. Mire este tutorial y aprenderá cómo puede reemplazar estas viejas unidades de disquete con una bonita y moderna unidad de disquete USB.

[@thesanityshow2881]

Bro, you just made my season with this.

[@user-in8wg6jm5u]

yo man ! this is so damn epic !!! i just busted out my triton after it hadn't been touched in like 5 yrs and gawd damn its epic. most def am going to replace the floppy that thing was such a huge drawback!!! i got like 1 full tune on it ! whack af. ty mnan. 16 yrs of gigging thing is a beasttt.

[@pederlettstroem980]

Wow! Thanks. You informed step by step, and that is what I also needed. Now I will buy an USB emulator and try to do it myself with my Triton.

[@lundsweden]

The Triton still looks classy and pretty modern to my eyes, but floppies definately suck!

[@gregperpignan170]

Exactly what I been looking for! Thanks man!

[@Canadarago]

Thanks for a very clear walkthrough of the replacement process. You answered all the questions anyone would ask. Always wondered how dozens or hundreds of floppies were retrieved f the flash drive and you did a great demo of that! I have aTrinity HD. Does anyone think I should install one of these or just transfer all my floppies to the hard drive?

[@CalikoTube]

Install one and back up all your stuff because the Korg hard drive will fail eventually.

[@marciojardim8318]

I’m a musician - piano player and a proud owner of a vintage musical Keyboard Korg IS40 Gotek really help me bring it to modern times by replacing to old and unreliable floppy disk to USB… As a professional musician special in important moments as New Year eve and other great party that I’ve play-it normally make my own arrangement in all music, I keep them in the USB flash in several floppies, the problem is that during any music performance, the music have to change according the reaction of the people, and sometime well a lot of times those music are in different floppy and to move down the selection is at the moment with this hardware it’s impossible… I can only move up the selection but to move down our even go back to the 000 floppy I need to turn off the keyboard… and that takes forever… I wonder if there’s anything that we can do change only that feature… in programming our making some kind of connection to allow some kind of mod to move it up and down the selection of the floppy in a quick and efficient way… If that alteration were possible that would change the game forever… any musician that use any vintage musical Keyboard in a daily base is desperately searching for this feature… Time between music’s in any stage is the most hated thing when people are having fun… Best regards from Funchal - Madeira - Portugal…

[@QuadrantBottomHalf]

Sounds like a good idea until you have to expand soundbanks unless you figure a out a way to transfer floppy media on to other formats such as CD, DVD, usb etc.

[@EG-dy2hz]

You could by a Floppy Disk USB to Pc on from this link #Aliexpress US $15.20 32%OFF | 3.5 inch 1000 Floppy Disk Drive to USB Emulator Simulation For Musical Keyboad USB Emulator with 34pin floppy driver interface a.aliexpress.com/_dUuJF1X

[@EG-dy2hz]

and from there you can transfer your floppy data to your USB Flash Drive

[@shawndwdwellomba8706]

Or you can download the soundbanks online and put on your USB stick

[@bikesandtech]

I just put one in my Triton Pro X. A different beast when taking apart to switch out the drive, but I figured it out. Thank you for giving me the confidence to give this a go. The old drive was failing and wouldn't read my expansion 9 disk for my trance upgrade. I can now safely remove all my data from my Castlewood Orb drive. 😀

[@jakwire]

I also have the ProX - where did you get the USB drive? Are you finding other good ways to update/expand it?

[@bikesandtech]

Jak P. I got mine through Amazon

[@angelabirkhead-flight3694]

Cool! I'm looking forward to doing this. Can you show me how to fix it when the contact under a key or button wears out and has to be replaced? And where to get the parts?

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

Contact spray helped me

[@strodiddy]

This is awesome! Thanks! Question though: I still have lots of work saved on a bunch of floppys. Are there any simple tools, interfaces, plug-ins, etc. out there that can be used to copy the floppys to the usb(s)? Yo Boy needs big help over here!!!!! 😣👋🙄

[@phillhouserec]

How do you fix it man I got the same kind of keyboards you got I wanted to ask you a question about where the battery is located on the inside and how to change that

[@hektekbeats]

great useful information you have provided, very much appreciated sir..👊

[@kennethbaxley4636]

great video.What model Emulator did you use and will it fit in a Triton Studio?

[@Matriix]

Kenneth Baxley worked even on my trinity

[@parayoutubetv7793]

I have a Triton and I love the sounds. Kronos cannot come close to it! So I need the USB upgrade!

[@daantemminkpiano]

Interesting. Not sure if this question has already been asked but with the converter installed, does that mean that you can store up to 16 Gb (usb stick cap.) of for instance samples or still only up to (what was it again ;-) 1.44Mb?

[@JFantasmita]

Yes, 8gb, 16gb, or dependig on your USB stick... The bigger the size, the longer it takes to load. Hope this helps.

[@daantemminkpiano]

@@JFantasmita thanks for this.

[@el_micha]

the way he formatted it the stick was 1.44 MB! only. Which renders its advantages a bit pointless, no?

[@zarach_tv]

please can you make a video on disassembling this guy, am having issue with my power board, not sending power to the main board...... please please please

[@rdean150]

EDIT - So the USB stick becomes hundreds of individual 1.4MB partitions? Does Windows recognize this format? It's kinda important that I can transfer contents between my PC and the Triton easily. I do this with my Extreme and it's awesome but I'm hoping to downsize to a Triton Rack for portability.

[@miss.wright3035]

Did you try it, curious ? Seems like it's FAT32 ?

[@neterunine]

Thanks for this video! I have a korg triton. I was wondering if there’s a way to save all your sequencer information on your floppy 💾 to somewhere else, in order to put back that same info on your flash drive. Can I just save it on my laptop, and then dump it back to the flash drive? And would that sequencer info show up on the new install?

[@timothyrglenn9545]

Thanks for the vid. Question: What is the exact part/make of the USB floppy that you upgraded with? Is it a specific part for Korg Tritons or you could simply order any convertor like this, and it will work for a classic Korg Triton Studio? I need to do a data dump of both Audio Song files, and Midi files from my Korg Triton Studio to an external USB Drive. Please advise.

[@ammalato]

Hi there, I have a question and I'm wondering if you'd be willing to help me out. I had an original Korg Triton years back (like this) and composed many small pieces of music before I sold it. I recently found by backup of all my SNG files, but without the device, it seems there's no real way to convert these to standard midi files without the hardware on hand. More difficult still, is the limitation of the 3.5” floppy. I'd LOVE to be able to bring these compositions into my DAW after some 20+ years and hear them again. Any chance you'd be willing to help since you have a usb drive on your triton? I can provide a link to a dropbox folder with the files (there's about 50 of them)

[@tanvirkhan8700]

hey i am facing one problem. i have saved some tone (PCG) in my laptop. now when i am formatting the usb through triton classic and pluged in to my laptop to take PCG file to usb stick that time it shows there is no space on USB Stick. how to take the tone from laptop and save it to my triton classic?

[@kheperatekhen8937]

I have a question. Once I've installed the emulator. Suppose I come across some other floppies. Can I plug a stand alone floppy reader into the emulator to upload music to the korg and then disconnect the floppy reader then save to a flash drive?

[@collinlovas]

That’s a great question. Hope someone a answers!

[@neterunine]

I’d love to know the answer to this as well. Thanks for this question. I might try and see what happens. Did anyone else try this?

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

Isn't this dangerous?? Better find someone with an old XP computer and put the files on USB Stick

[@Demontage_Montage]

One important question. Is there a possibility that the system files (pcg, combi, sequencer / song / and pcg with samples) that I made on my Korg Triton Classic, will be originally loaded into Korg Triton Extreme ???

[@dariocantu6363]

Hello there can i restore all factory sounds using this USB adapter insted of floppy disk ? thanks

[@vittoriacongiu2252]

Hi. Thankyou so much for your video. Im not sure your channel is still running, or if you will get this message. I installed it perfectly thanks to you. As I went to format it I had a message on screen saying- "error in formatting medium" do you know why? Thankyou for your time.

[@vittoriacongiu2252]

Been resolved. Thankyou again.

[@softbatch1]

Where did you get the USB converted or this particular 61 Key Korg Triton Workstation/ Sampler? I'd love to get one asap! Also any recommendations on how to repair a broken player key? It's the lowest E key.

[@kennesseywilliams2758]

good vid...i have a korg pro x and this is helpful...im like...im not getting sound lol..im working with the audio box and studio one

[@MrJedibass]

Great!!!! However once you install it everything sequenced and saved on the F/D is lost or you wont be able to use. Any suggestions?

[@JFantasmita]

If you buy a floppy usb drive, you can save all data on floppy disks to computer, then transfer them to a usb stick to use with Triton keyboard.

[@SpaceGhostK]

JFantasmita exactly 👍

[@woabeatz9717]

What floppys are best for korg trinity?

[@ddrusa]

Do you know where I can get this converter

[@shawndwdwellomba8706]

Search eBay for "Gotek USB Floppy drive emulator" on Ebay, Amazon or Google. They come about $33 for just the drive and nothing else or up to about $130 for one with a modded oled screen, added hardwired hardware buttons/knobs in to the drive so you can twist the button to turn through contents instead of pushing the button to click through, maybe another added button to eject disc, and 4gb USB sticks and links to download already pre-formatted folders that match the 1.44mb size Floppy disks and all of the available drivers, roms, soundbanks/expansion packs & kits/samples listed for your keyboard, other keyboards, the Akai Samples, MPC/1000 soundbanks/sample kits, Operating Systems (OS), System Updates, Disk Utilities, PC/Mac Utilities for each(To make your own soundbanks, or route/use your Workstation with your computer system, DAW) and more! If you choose the cheaper option, you can buy all the parts and find & download all the links to the files online and DIY, if your handy and capable

[@different7623]

I jst got one and mine was 180. I could've gotten a less expensive one (and I wanted to 😐) but the one I hve said it's specifically for the Triton so other one's made me kinda nervous. Would love to hear if the cheaper ones work jst as well tho🤔. Anyway,,,I'm abt to do the switch over now..👍

[@shawndwdwellomba8706]

@@different7623 yes, the cheaper one works with your's too. They are all plug n play. They are the same size, same connectors, everything is the same. Unless you got anything more than just the drive to install, or you got one modified with upgraded parts and knobs, you can find it cheaper. Search Korg Triton USB Emulator on eBay and read the ad, it says plug n play, shows the connectors and everything. I almost bought the $130 one like you but saw that I could get the drive cheaper so I bought one and installed it and it worked perfectly.

[@shawndwdwellomba8706]

@@different7623 this same one is sold for every keyboard with a disk drive. Anyone saying anything else is trying to convince you because they have $100 to $150 on the line and will tell you anything you want to hear. But if you got a modified one with an oled display, a knob to scroll through disk contents, etc... Then that's about right because it's a lot of extra work

[@different7623]

@@shawndwdwellomba8706 uhhhhm. I have the Pro 88 and my bottom is different (thick compressed cardboard or something of the sort.?) Anyway,,,there are 6 rivits that I think are not allowing me to pick up the bottom after all the screws are out.? Now there are also 3 hinges at the back that would appear to allow the bottom to open like a door. But at the point that I'm at when I try to pick up the bottom it's taking everything with it😳. Do you have any suggestions.?

[@arancionegrigio7916]

Grazie! Ho seguito il tuo video e funziona!

[@diegocavallaro4749]

Va bene per il trinity?...dove si compra

[@angelofolletto8672]

Come si devono mettere i jumper ?

[@PeceliNaisuvi]

Hi can it be done on korg trinity plus

[@angelofolletto8672]

In video and comments there are not description about jumper setting : without this important informations it's not possible use emulator with any keyboard. Any keyboard need different jumper setting. I hope to receive this informations.

[@percytg-elgatto6094]

cual es la configuracion ?

[@davidpool4460]

This is a GREAT video. QUESTION - can I save my existing sequence library, which are saved to 3.5 floppy, to USB?

[@JFantasmita]

Yes, it's easier if you buy a floppy usb disk drive($5), and load everything on computer, then transfer everything to usb stick, so you have all your data to use on Korg Triton.

[@rebelsband1]

Can I get a link to purchase the USB drive?

[@sendforacar9323]

Isn't the startup menu on the floppy desk?

[@zahidameen1]

I have Installed the GoTek USB EMULATOR Drive on my Korg Triton Classic. I can load data from my USB but can't save from Keyboard to USB. It shows no errors. It show that song is saved but it doesn't. I am wondering about your jumpers setting,

[@Matriix]

sometimes it shows up the saved files very slow I had this on my trinity

[@alftecladomusic]

cuantos pines ?

[@kwoteunkwote484]

Hi. I have the Korg N364. The ribbon cable is 26 pin. I used a converter to make it 34 pin so I could replace my floppy drive with the usb floppy drive. I'm still getting "drive not ready" or "wait a moment" on my display. What can I do?

[@gwendolyneewilliams]

Hi. Please i need your advise here. I installed the usb emulator successfully on my korg triton pro. I have saved beats on my my usb stick but it doesn't seem to recognise nor read the usb stick when it is mounted. do i need to download any interface so as to be able to use the usb stick in the usb emulator? Thanks

[@firedance1978]

hello there! can u please help me to inform about if i would like to change the old floppy drive to Usb emulator for three different synth, which would be a Roland xp60, a Yamaha sy-85, and my triton. What type of usb emulator i will have to purchase, and if i will have to buy for all synth the same type of Usbe emulator and if they should work with thgem, or need different ones?Thanks: Tamas

[@Uncannycannyp]

Word b U know your sh!t Keep doing them your the truth

[@big_t_dynasty]

I can't get the triton to format my usb stick

[@josephannanathan6806]

Good information. You should make more professional video. You’ll get much more subscribers. 👍

[@A.U.Q.T]

Hey champ were dod you get that new USB converter from ? What's the order #

[@JamileSm]

You completely glossed over how much work is required to make the cover fit, and you didn't actually show us that.

[@jayteejr8080]

Yeah, I was hoping to see that part as I'm having problems as we speak inserting the device back where it goes...

[@pabloedgar2445]

Do you know where I can buy a floppy disk with all korg trinity sound

[@AT-eh2eo]

Is this possible with the 88 key version?? Mine has a cd drive on it

[@kheperatekhen8937]

I installed the emulator but its not loading 32 gb drive Should I try 16 gb , just like in the video? When I try to load the 32gb. I get tge following message. System error Type: 0xFFFFFFF0 Code: 0x00000009 Info1: 0x00498160 data is 0x8BF551D2 at 0x00498160 Info2: 0x00000100 Current Task ID: 0

[@SpaceGhostK]

Gotta be 2G or lower as the computers in these old keyboards run in older drives that can’t read above 2G flash drives. BUT VERY IMPORTANT... buy the smallest it can! Because you have to format it to use it and once you do that the keyboard will turn it into only 1.44 MB just like the floppy disk were. So everything above 1.44 MB will be erased anyway. I found 256MB flash drives online.

[@lasu7712]

1 formatting from Korg will be for 1 floppy. Do we have to repeat one by one to simulate 999 floppies? It seems that until now there is no other alternative for floppy to usb emulator isn't it? Anyone knows? Still no device with fixed OS in ROM to "merge many floppies" into a bigger partition (max DOS size). Does this ubs needs to be in FAT12 or FAT32 format? Thanks for any input.

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

If using stock Gotek firmware (as in this video) simply have USB stick inserted and hold both Gotek buttons upon power up to automatically format all 1,000 virtual floppies (will erase USB stick). There are also a few Windows apps for managing floppy images. In addition you can flash the Gotek drive with free FlashFloppy firmware, or else €10 HxC firmway, for many additional features and great support, although the Triton strangely has some odd incompatibilies for such a late and MS-DOS compatible floppy system.

[@lasu7712]

@@ShallRemainUnknown Thanks Mr. Unknown! I tried the method you said, it seems have formatted to 1000 floppies, although Windows Disk Manager sees 1 unformatted drive (the hidden area) aside with 1 formatted drive (the floppy 1.44MB). The problem is that Gotek USB_Floppy_Manager_v140i.exe does not see any floppy! It looks unformatted. Would you mind indicating which Windows app do you use to see these 1000 floppies? Many thanks.

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

If not using free FlashFloppy firmware upgrade for your Gotek drive (which I believe still has some compatibility issues with Korg Triton and/or Trinity keyboards), or the paid HcX firmware (possibly better compatibility with Triton/Trinity), then I'm aware of 3 software programs for original factory firmware Gotek drives: 1) Ketron Italy USB-Floppy Software, 2) IPCAS GmbH USB Floppy Emulator V2, and 3) GOTEKsystem software (what you seem to be using). I'm not sure whether any of the three programs are merely reskinned/rebranded versions of the others. All three programs are available to download online currently.

[@slooky14]

where did you purchase the drive from?

[@3thepolice]

Hey, I have a korg Triton 61 the issue I have is the booting screen, once I turn it on is just a blank screen what should I do?

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

Hi, do you had a Moss Board in it?

[@klompjes002]

what do i wrong on my korg i3 it is not working?it say 000 but when i go to disk it say no disk pls help

[@korg01m14]

Hello, what model gotek is? Sfrm72? Thanks.

[@AKGDirector]

What's name of the converter you are using?

[@woolymammothproductions5162]

hey i got korg triton man do more tutorials how to fix output buzz mines getting th ebuzz,, also how to save your sounds combis to your own floppy disc to save the sounds and live sets you mae and stuff liek that not alot of tutorials on korg studio i found

[@ps.wilsondadala4323]

How can I get

[@KARMA_KORG_]

Amigo tengo problemas con mi triton cuando lo prender se demorar en encender x completo desconecte el disco dura y la lectora de CD.. hasta saque las memorias ROM y nada... sigue demorando al encender alguien que me ayude xfavor

[@djbattman]

how do you replace or fix my touch screen?

[@sikanderae3084]

Hey!! Great video!!! Quick question, will any usb emulator work, or is there any specifications required for it to work?

[@moogish]

Yea I need the same question answered. Thank you ahead of time to anyone out there.

[@ozzyp97]

It's just a standard 34 pin IDE connector with the standard floppy power cable, so any emulator that works reliably in a PC should in principle work in the Triton. I can't make any promises of course, but I can say that Korg supported standard IDE connectivity even before they used standard cables. My N364 happily accepted a regular PC floppy drive with a simple passive adapter.

[@moogish]

Lord Mortigon this is a great idea & I’ll have to consider purchasing.

[@ozzyp97]

@@moogish I have small update on this, in case you're still thinking about it. I recently bought the most popular floppy emulator on Ali Express for about $20 to revive my Karma, and it seems to work fine. I couldn't get the software working, but formatting a thumb drive with the keyboard did the trick. The downside is that I can't use the 100 in 1 function, but for my purposes it doesn't really matter.

[@nickchowlia]

Does anyone have the jumper settings?? I have the Gotek Emulator, but when i try and format it shows an error? Help!! Please!!!

[@YA7EED]

See this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKTPlX5tnpqmbK8

[@pabloedgar2445]

I have a question

[@Martinruizthemerchant]

where did you get the USB emulator?

[@newsles2]

I'm told it has to be "flashed" with the right software or it wont work.

[@vincentlajoie1664]

Why don't you just replace it for a LS-120

[@different7623]

Oh shit 😳. I have pro x 88 and the backing is different and it looks like 6 rivits and other than the feet that's all that's left but the bottom won't jst pick up it's taking the entire inside when I try..😳

[@jakwire]

i have the same one... did you get this figured out? Where did you get the USB drive?

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

It would have been nice to ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN The removal and installing of the 4 SCREWS that held the drive in!

[@SpaceGhostK]

Once you format your flash drive to use it on the keyboard it will downgrade it to only 1.5 MB just like the floppy disk were. Just an important thing to know so you don’t get surprised like I did because nobody is mentioning this. You won’t be able to save more data on your new usb flash drive stick than you were able to save on your old floppy’s. Still a great upgraded but make sure you get a bulk pack of flash drives 😆😁. I’ll be ordering a pack tonight.

[@spicymchaggis6581]

You can actually get that space back by reformatting and repartitioning your usb. You do it on a pc with the diskpart utility from the cmd prompt.

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

Hi. Use USB floppy emulator 1.4, format the stick with it and you get 100 floppies into your Triton, i just did it.

[@Demontage_Montage]

One important question. Is there a possibility that the system files (pcg, combi, sequencer / song / and pcg with samples) that I made on my Korg Triton Classic, will be originally loaded into Korg Triton Extreme ???