The Korg Triton Pro X in 2022 | The Ugly and Heavy '00's Icon

[@FugaziSB]

So now everyone is using a touch screen on their phones, but Korg had this figured out more than 20 years ago! That's innovation in my book!

[@procta2343]

Also the large screens too, i think they may have been the 1st to use that too. Roland were still using the small screens.

[@madness8556]

@@procta2343 Roland started to introduce large screens with the Fantom keyboards but they weren't touch screens.

[@procta2343]

@@madness8556 I never saw or played the fantom series forsale, Only the A 50 and the XP range.

[@jerrysahlin5503]

Am I the only one who actually think this is a beauty? I actually love the look of this “tank”. I have started to collect these mid/late 90s synths! 😎

[@TheBebe666]

No , you are not only one. 🙂🙂

[@100Versityle]

This thing is great. I still love mine

[@procta2343]

It is a thing of beauty! if i could wall mount one, i would!

[@procta2343]

@@100Versityle you cannot beat synths of this era, i have the kurzweil K2600xs

[@madness8556]

@@procta2343 the Kurzweil is phenomenal!

[@AT-eh2eo]

My beloved silver surfer! Very special synth for me. I own the studio 88. Top of the line. Even if you don’t care for the sound, it makes a great keyboard to go with whatever modules you enjoy. The arpeggios are really unique, and you can even write your own. My only gripe is that the filter is a bit thin. The triton also has so many single cycle wave forms that programming on it can be very complex if you want it to.

[@joshualeedsmusic9507]

@alamomusic, I disagree. I like Triton which is the korg Triton studio 88. And the classic Triton is not ugly it's good. I still love it.

[@xp50player]

Korg has been the king of workstations since the M1, in my opinion. They had touchscreens 20 years before Roland and Yamaha, user sampling, VA, physical modeling and digital audio in a workstation before anybody else(major)I will give it to the Kurzweil K2000 for its early VA and user sampling.

[@jeremyfrey5589]

Everybody forgets that Yamaha and korg worked together in the late 80s. But that Triton definitely sounds different than today's keyboards more stereo more expressive sounds if you ask me Yamaha Montage great keyboard but just a little bit more added to it that the modx.x now plastic body on the modfx metal chassis on the Montage more memory in the Montage and 8 scenes on the Montage without cutting out you're sounds the one thing they need to do is make it an able to hook up to your tablet in case something happens to the original screen I'm guessing it would cost a pretty Mount to fix a screen on one of these touch screens and some of the old Yamahas actually have a video out to your TV TYROS 1 video out Jack in the back for an external monitor you can use your TV so why are these companies getting all cheap and charging three and $4,000 for their instruments and putting plastic bodies on $2,000 keyboards. That's not the way it was in the late 90s and early 2000 I know this I owned a Roland V syinth sold it unfortunately like a dummy and E MU Sound modules had some of the greatest sounds I have 3 .It was a battle in 1990s for brand's of keyboards trying to out do each other. I still say a lot of the keyboards in the past Sound was different. When I played a Triton it had so many sounds for movies. It had sounds like from the movie HE MAN , Labyrinth and more so to me this keyboard still holds the test of time

[@ubrhsjvrkskbdkabaoehdnxk-xh5bq]

@xp50player korg made a touchscreen control. but personally i would prefer the knobs or faders controls its faster to tweak or adjust specially on live performance situations.

[@daeone1514]

Bruh crazy. That keyboard looks awesome. All of Korg boards be looking good. This must be a Yamaha guy

[@BasedFrequency]

Triton forever has a place in my heart, every studio can use a triton rack imo. Great vid as always

[@bentsound]

I bought one from a friend for 150$. He got it from a thrift store for 50! It's amazing and the reason its so heavy is because of the weighted keys.

[@richrobertsuk]

Unbelievable! Imagine finding this for $50 I would be over the moon!

[@modeswitching]

I feel like by the early 2000s, keyboards no longer had a distinctive 'sound' that was recognizable from popular songs. The synths of the 70s, 80s, and early 90s all had unique filters and oscillators and architectures that gave them each a distinctive sonic fingerprint. But once high-quality samples became the norm, everything just sounded like a rompler. Combine that with the bland visual aesthetics and uninspiring performance/sound design controls, and I have a hard time seeing these 00-year workstations coming back into fashion. Totally prepared for the obnoxious gearhead kids of the 2030s to prove me wrong however.

[@modeswitching]

Alright, you know what, I just watched Reverb’s The Styth Sounds of the Triton, and I guess I have to give the Triton some credit, it was used for the hooks of quite a lot of hit hiphop tracks from the 00s.

[@wishusknight3009]

@@modeswitching In my mind, the Triton kind of fits in that nitch where if someone is looking for an allrounder keyboard like some of the modern Arranger's in the market. The Triton could be a very compelling value alternative. As it has some of the more practical features and avoids the fluff and plastic cheapness of an Arranger that will cost $3000. And the Triton will have most likely superior sound quality. Its only downside is it might not have the "family singalong" features of full rhythm and accompaniment, layed out in a step by step wizard on a fancy touch screen. Otherwise I think Im with you on pretty much any '00 sampler synth falling into obscurity for being one in ten variants of the same thing. Homogenization hit pretty hard in the late 90s and '00s

[@torbenanschau6641]

That's pretty much the point. They became sorta irrelevant as synth.

[@SlowBloke123]

Spot on. Sh101, Juno 60, MC202, tr606 and jsq60 to d10 to M1 to 01wfd to Triton.... They sounded more professional as a bedroom hobbyist but every step lost the soul... Now loving arturia collection and Roland cloud reliving my teen dreams :)

[@user-vm1hh2lp1b]

I’ve always been saying that… keyboards nowadays all sound the same - the patches have no character. They’re all just realistic sounding acoustic instruments sounds or analog sound replicas. I prefer pre-2000’s synths - they sound way more interesting.

[@madness8556]

I owned both a Trinity and a Triton and I honestly thought that the Trinity had more high end, not to mention its superior multiband filters. Everything else was better on the Triton including increased polyphony, much improved more responsive touch screen user interface, much improved sequencer and fx routing, sampling, dual arpeggiators and extra outputs and better output routing amongst other things. I used just my Triton Classic with fully expended sample RAM, MOSS board and PCM01 and PCM02 expansion boards to do full music productions using just its excellent built in sequencer!

[@johnphillips1165]

I rather like the clean silver look of my Triton Studio ST 88... However, he's not lying, down mixing this thing has always been a chore because the mid to low is SO heavy and often you can't even EQ it out! But, that said, what it offers as a sounds palette is amazing and yes, it weighs about 80 pounds... Built, indeed, like a tank. I think that's because of the way Korg designed the chassis. They knew this thing was gonna be toted around and it had to be tough. I've seen various Korg boards get dropped, get soaked, and even in one case, get airborne, and.... They. All. Still. Worked. *PERFECTLY*. I love my silver tank!

[@justinhavu]

Triton was an extremely successful line for Korg. Original Triton (later known as the Classic), Triton LE, Triton Studio, Triton Rack, then Triton Extreme. There was also the Karma, which was based around the HI engine, but with a mutant arpeggiator on steroids. I had an Extreme 76 for a while, and I too, found the overall tone really bass-heavy, almost thin in a way. It did have the 12AU7 "Valve Force" tube, which to me, didn't quite help much in warming up anything. I did like the pads and strings more than anything else. A lot of the multisamples sounded like they were recycled from the Trinity (guitars, some strings, brass.)

[@daeone1514]

Let’s not forget TR, X50 and Micro X

[@OscillatorCollective]

I’m totally with you on your assessment, KORG, darker, grittier more bass heavy. Yamaha, all about the brights, highs, sparkly. Roland, right there in the middle. Personally, of the big three Japanese manufacturers, I’m a KORG guy. Side note, the MS series from Korg SHREDS! Lots of highs, but still (good n) dirty.

[@wishusknight3009]

I don't tend to consider Yamaha's "bright". So much as I think they have a much cleaner and more detailed sound than the other 2. Casio FZ1 is an example of a bright synth. To the point of being sterile and harsh.

[@madness8556]

@@wishusknight3009 FZ1 was a sampler. Did you perhaps mean VZ1 or CZ1?

[@wishusknight3009]

@@madness8556 No, I meant the FZ1. And I did incorrectly call it a "synth". Though it had features that would be considered "virtual analog". Which gives it "synthyness". Though the VZ1 had similar poor sound characteristics until you menu dived and tried to fatten up the patches. Then the VZ1 became really interesting, if a little dated to other synths in 87.

[@madness8556]

@@wishusknight3009 the FZ1 was actually a 16 bit sampler which was unheard of at the time at that price.

[@sixdegreesofgaming4719]

I disagree I love the way it looks. Early 2000 keyboards are the best

[@DustinHill-s9t]

It's a beautiful synthesizer.

[@EduardoRohdeEras]

I think it's beautiful, at least to my eyes, I like it!

[@axs203]

I never owned a Triton but i tried the vst and thought the sounds were really good.

[@axs203]

Yeh I was surpised in a way because of it's age.....I found the electric pianos ( and the pianos ) seemed to fit well into the mixes. Like E-mu the sound designers were very skilled with their memory limitations. The touch screen was so way ahead of it's time. I find Korg's interfaces a bit simpler to understand as well.

[@Michbigheart]

This Keyboard it's extremely beautiful.

[@buckfred1]

I still have my Triton Studio. It’s an awesome machine, but you better be a weight lifter if you’re going to gig with it. It’s sitting along side a few other heavy beasties…..a Yamaha SK-50D, and Yamaha CP 30, an SY77, and a Roland JV 1000 and a few others besides. Oh yeah, and then there’s the 32 note pedal board that sits below the Triton. I used all of these on stage over the years, and love them all. Take them out and gig with them today? No thanks!

[@SpiritualSpectrum]

I still have mine, in mint condition, with all the memory ram slots filled up. I changed out the HDD to a new one. Later I hope to relace it with an SSD to see if that will work. And compared to my old B3, it's pretty light weight. I think the Studio version was designed to stay in a studio, duh. This ProX version was also. I can't remember anyone carrying either of those around to gigs unless it was Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the reviewer to complain about the weight, he might as well complain about Steinway acoustic pianos being too heavy, yet they seem to show up at a lot of concerts.

[@abdielvelazquez773]

The 88 key versions of any korg workstation from that era were always ugly and bulky, not the same story with the 61 and 76 keys versions, those were the sexiest and best good looking keyboard you can ever buy on that time. Also it was the most popular. Still got mine.

[@marcusholder495]

I think that you are right

[@procta2343]

they do seem to look very basic if you look at the Kurzweils K2500 era.

[@soulsweet40]

To my ears I loved the sounds that came out of the Korg...I would pick one up for cheap and I'm not even a pianist

[@danielrobinson9679]

When this came out it was on every stage of every band I went to see as well as most of the ones I played with. The only other synth I remember seeing that many of was the damn Microkorg which STILL seems to be everywhere!

[@AlexCBrandon]

Had one when they came out! Loved it! At the time it was pretty amazing, but not as cool as the Trinity. Silver synths were pretty awesome.

[@AlexCBrandon]

I used one of these to write some of the score for "Unreal".

[@asoundlab]

@@AlexCBrandon that’s awesome! By unreal, do you mean the shooter from the 00’s?

[@AlexCBrandon]

@@asoundlab Yep!

[@asoundlab]

@@AlexCBrandon that’s awesome. Loved that game.

[@janpieternieman5295]

The guy made alot of music for epic megagames. He is a legend.

[@DustinHill-s9t]

It's a beautiful piece of equipment still is

[@YanivhmTube]

Got the motif 88, and I can agree on that, it's just monster size and weight. Metal box on wooden plate with hammer keys.

[@andrewsmyth1652]

Great workstation. I've got the korg micro x is a 2 octave keyboard with all the triton sounds. Its a beast

[@vladimirvegaiii5470]

So, are there any regular piano sounds (grand, etc)?? Is it weighted keys?

[@exhumus]

I have a Triton Rack which I purchased a couple of years ago for $500 Australian with two surprise expansion cards in it that weren't mentioned in the listing. It was a popular synth amongst metal bands with symphonic or electronic elements in the early 2000s, I wanted one then but couldn't afford it so I got one now. I think it has a sound. I also have a Roland U-220, JV-880 and Yamaha MODX and I think it slots between the 880 and MODX aurally in terms of the complexity of the synthesis and sterility of the conversion. It gets used for sure. Can't say whether if I had an XV-5080 from the same era I'd still use this or not, but I have my eye out for one so I plan to find out.

[@madness8556]

What 2 expansion boards did it come with and do you have the excellent sounding MOSS board? The Triton Rack and XV5080 would make a killer combination. I loved layering and combining the sounds of my Triton Classic with my Roland XV3080 (little brother to the XV5080).

[@exhumus]

@@madness8556 Future Loop Construction and Vintage Synths. I since sold Future Loop Construction and bought the pair of Orchestral expansions. No MOSS board, though I keep my eye out. Not likely to ever show up at a price I'd be willing to pay.

[@madness8556]

@@exhumus the future loops construction wasn't anything special but the other dance board was very good.

[@exhumus]

@@madness8556 Not really my genre. I was happy to find Vintage Synths though.

[@madness8556]

@@exhumus hopefully you'll find a MOSS board at a reasonable price. I sold my Triton Classic and took out the MOSS and PCM01 and PCM02 boards and sold them separately. I regret not holding onto the MOSS board but I still got in the high hundreds for it back 15 years ago.

[@mrrogerstown2435]

I LOVE my M3!

[@jonathanrampersad8068]

Nice board. I owned one as well

[@mrrogerstown2435]

You guys should do a review on it and talk about the Karma system

[@armusic9095]

One of the best synth ever build! You must understand sound to appreciate this synth! Play cover songs than you will understand more!

[@CatLadyKorea]

I saw this one being sold for about 500 in the local market. Would it be crazy if I bought it as my first ever keyboard?

[@ltfringr]

Do it

[@CatLadyKorea]

@@ltfringr Thanks for your encouragement! I ended up buying a new Kurzweil sp7 and now waiting for it to arrive! So excited!!!

[@xaelgolden7134]

This SYNTHS Samplers are no to cheap nowdays..my friend. On the contrary they had become collector music gadgets and Many still using for retro classic real sound and tones... I tell you as a Musician - producer and looking around I assure its difficult to find those Korg as "CHEAP". Mines are very well keep it and for sure are not in my mind to let them from the music station. Thanks for your great videos and continue your great content. YUK01

[@procta2343]

If you want a digital piano or an electric piano, have a look at these. You get more for your money. I bought a kurzweil K2600XS for the pianos. Better than buying a Digital piano, Because you can buy more Samples on disks

[@deaddoll1361]

It's a great looking synth if the unsexy benchmark is the presenter's appearance.

[@d3meetsbobo]

I had a Triton, and you're right... it weighed a ton. On top of that I hauled it around in an SKB flight case that added to the weight. So unwieldy. Another interesting Feature that you didn't mention, was that you could get it with a CDR built in, so you could output CDs from the synth. Mine had that option. I also do recall the sounds being very dark. Before that I had a Korg X3... That synth was brilliant! I wrote so much music with that synth. I was hoping to continue that with the Triton, but I just didn't feel it. Unfortunately, my Triton was stolen from me, but luckily the place it was stolen from had insurance... So I was reimbursed. However, I didn't buy another one, picked up a Yamaha Motif ES instead, and never looked back. The Motif, was lighter, and had a better sound set for me.

[@madness8556]

The original Triton Classic didn't have a CDR or internal hard drive option. The newer and even larger Triton Studio had that.

[@procta2343]

@@madness8556 Did the triton not get the Internal HDD though? as i am sure it is SCSI, with it been a sampler too.

[@madness8556]

@@procta2343 the Triton Classic had a SCSI option for external zip and jazz drives that were popular at that time. It did have a sampler but unlike the newer Triton Studio and Extreme, didn't offer internal resampling which was criticised at the time. The Yamaha EX5 and Motif that competed with the Triton at the time did offer that sampling feature.

[@madness8556]

The Motif ES was IMHO a huge step up from the original Motif in terms of effects power, double the polyphony and those fabulous megavoiced guitar and bass sounds that left the competition, including the Triton in the dust when it came to those sounds. Even to this day, Yamaha's guitar and bass sounds are unequalled in their Motif, Montage and MODX keyboards. Even the Korg Kronos with its multi gigabyte ROM couldn't compete with Yamaha in this area!

[@LittleRichard1988]

I have always preferred black equipment, back in the day I wasn't keen on that fake silver and light grey although I have slightly warmed to silver over the years however I do like the styling of the Yamaha Tyros keyboards as I am considering possibly buying maybe a Tyros 4, Tyros 5 or Genos. But personally if I wanted a Korg I would choose the 01/W over any Korg keyboard. If I was buying a Korg Triton I would definitely choose a module version, same for the 01/W or even an M1 but with the 01/ and M1 modules versions are rare.

[@LittleRichard1988]

Well in the end I didn't buy a Yamaha Tyros 4 or Tyros 5 so out of all my keyboards with internal sounds the Yamaha PSR-295 is still in fact my newest keyboard. But if I want a Korg Triton I would still choose the rack option but in general for pro gear I prefer modules over workstations. Korg even released a VST version of the Triton which also sounds almost as good as the real thing.

[@JackstandJohnny]

Whats heavy for you? 30 lbs?

[@seangooden4746]

That's kind of funny I came across this video I was trying to get rid of Mines but I'm going to keep it because I have something vintage and something new sounds on a korg unbelievable and it will come back in style so it's nothing wrong with having vintage and that thing is going to be worth some serious dollars give it time that's a fine wine

[@TheBebe666]

Since when is great music instrument judged by looks? Is that only American thing that everything and everyone is judged only by appearance ? For a musician it is important how it sounds. For a poser it is important how it looks. For fucks sake...people are just fucked up.

[@ctizengeorge]

It's not ugly, just look at the keys from that era. Korg broke that boring trend of every synthesizer being dark. Actually futurstic, although heavy as hell..also, weighted keys and touchscreen ?

[@colbywalsh4610]

Having only been five or six years old, when these came out, and having been a piano player/keyboardist from a young age, I always stop. I guess I could never stop because I have always respected the sound. Zach Harlan I think what you’re talking about Yamaha at 16 minutes. Cleaner sound. All the Roland, I believe yes. It’s about all the years that I’ve had, I have pretty much had HomeCourt here. Wax now. Period.

[@hermeslord]

Oh you haven't met the Korg 01/w ProX. Its sheer death wish to gig with. I used to have one and now loaned it to a talented starter who can't afford a 88 key workstation yet. But it has some sounds that no korg has yet been able to match up

[@docart4159]

I have over 30 keykeyboards I like the deferent individual sound keyboards have thats inspires me to write songs I don't like every song to sound the same

[@TONYMOR]

What a Beauty, Defines the era, It will SURVIVE a NUCLEAR BLAST.

[@franciscosanchez-wb2ud]

Es un hermoso tanque platino, un clásico.

[@CEEPMDEE]

I just purchase a used Triton Extreme 88. It's big and ugly but not as ugly as the silver version. The sound is amazing. Go get yours before they hop the prices up the way they did the old Roland drum machines and MPC machines.

[@Chrsly]

88 weighted keys are going to weigh a ton, full stop. These had fantastic expressive capabilities despite being "unsexy". I had a T1 workstation which is the predecessor to the X series and Tritons.

[@nicktayloriv310]

The sight of it isn't of much interest to me, it's the SOUND... Thomas Dolby is probably watching this video smiling. Haven't been over there to N. Main and Martin in years, used to get bass strings and 1/4 jack cables there. I remember when Alamo sold vacuum tubes, yeah I'm that old.

[@mikequesada6559]

I remember back in 2002 I wanted a triton studio, but could not afford it, so I got me a triton Le instead ...

[@charlesvalerio7718]

Me too man. Still got it!

[@nithinthomaskannanmannil5678]

I waited till 2009 and bought my TR and had it until 2017. Everything is awesome except the buttons 😂😂

[@colbywalsh4610]

Another comment. I had a Triton studio 88 which I believe had some other programs and such in it. I still love the sound of the Triton and the Trinity. I had a Trinity version three pro X as well. I have both smaller versions of it now having a Rack version of the Trinity and the micro X, which is like a little desktop 25 key version of the Triton. And yes, the Triton studio 88 and the Trinity Pro X were both heavy instruments. I have a nautilus 88 and even though the build quality is still really good on that instrument, it is much lighter and easier to transport than either of these units were. And I definitely agree with what you were talking about the digital analog converters and such. I have played around with software and emulation of the Triton sounds before, but it just for some reason doesn’t sound quite as good or quite as original as coming through Triton hardware. When I had my triton studio, I played in the worship team at my colleges, campus group, and everyone hated it when I would bring up sounds like the romance piano or the Phantom of Tyne or the 90s piano. Which, by the way, those were three presets that I probably overused. But then again I’m that weird ball that still thinks a Yamaha DX seven has a place in new recordings as well. By the way, that is something I truly love about the nautilus. Incorporating the mod seven sound engine so if I combine it with the micro X, I pretty much have modern pianos, modern emulations of electric pianos organs, and such, those wonderful Triton sounds, some nice analog synth sounds, And of course those beautiful DX seven electric pianos. Oh yes, and I do have Roland RD 1000 and Yamaha CP 70/CP 80 expansion banks installed into the nautilus as well. Those are some more piano sounds. I can’t get enough of.

[@SanelKeys]

Korg Triton, one of the best keys ever made!

[@MikeA0110]

Heavy?? Ever cart a Kurz 2000 around?

[@jas_bataille]

The Pro X is ridiculously heavy, that is correct, but the regular version is much smaller. For the price you can get this thing at today, it's ridiculous. The patchs might be dated, but the editing capabilities are amazing, some of the strings sounds in particular are gorgeous to this day, as well as the basses and the pads are phenomenal. You can get a regular one for as low as 500 CAD!!!!!! Just the sheer quality of the keybed make it a crazy deal at this price. Not really any usefulness in having 88 keys for such a distinctive cinematic and "paddy" synth IMHO

[@gaoeykreg]

Personally I think ugly’s a bit of an exaggeration but each to their own of course. Now a 61-key version of this placed on a sexy Ultimate Support Apex stand is a winner! 😀

[@Examigan]

Did the Pro X have the same presets and sounds as a standard Triton (without expansion cards) ?

[@davidmartin123]

Yes

[@jimmyonthecorner]

Couple hundred dollars??? Where do I sign up?

[@danabarnes4751]

I have a 76 key that I hardly use and I just can't bring myself to sell it. I came here for inspiration to make it my main Studio controller

[@gphone9619]

Extreme with the added MOSS Board is more than capable of sounding old skool (and with added FX to blend-up those tones). As ever - ingenuity and creative thinking gets results way past Factory presets.

[@cuttingedge1987]

Sold my Pro X today because I didn’t use it enough but the keyboard is woah!! I’m planning to get a studiologic sl88 for a master keyboard. I have other synth which are sufficient

[@KordTaylor]

Nice video. Thank you. 👏🏻

[@GM-dr8dg]

Would have helped to name the patches played and effects used etc

[@jfn467]

I bought a Triton rack a couple of years ago, to get a good stash of "standard" digital sounds, but already after a couple a days I started to get seasick, as there's loads of really terrible loop points in the pcm samples... Sold it to a guy who had a Moss card and needed a host for it, he probably got good use of the machine thanks to that card instead...

[@user-xt7rs8md7p]

They are so heavy because the keybed is mounted on a thick slab of particle wood

[@cuttingedge1987]

I think the keyboard is from Yamaha

[@nikoszisidisgrmstudio]

WHAT ABOUT ....Trinity ...Trinity V3 ....Trinity plus....the most diferend sound engine of all korg synths right?

[@Am71919]

What's ugly about it?

[@ksager123]

That's what I'm trying to figure out lol

[@SpiritualSpectrum]

@@ksager123 nothing, maybe the reviewer would prefer a Casio so he can carry it in a back pack

[@ksager123]

@@SpiritualSpectrum lmao

[@mapache_al_ataque]

I saw one in my local guitar center extremely dirty, scratched up and faded for about $1,500.00 crazy.

[@agst2006]

I wonder if the aftertouch still works ok after 20 years ...

[@DustinHill-s9t]

Mine works just fine little faded a display.

[@kevincernjul7095]

My man Rick Moranis with the truths

[@lifesabeach8133]

Not a super useful review for those of us maybe considering this as an option for purchase and wanting to know about features of the model and what it can do before buying a used one. Repeating over and over how ugly, heavy and tank like it is was not useful. Any specs regarding speakers, audio in/out, microphone capability, connectivity, etc would have be useful facts to know.

[@iwanttocomplain]

I don’t think it’s that ugly. But it’s not exactly pretty. I salivated over this in the shop in my early 20’s. The whole luminescent blue display was very impressive. They cost around £2000 so it was way out of my reach. The man in the shop explained to me that it could blend two patches together to form a new instrument. So there’s a lot of potential in sound design. I tried to buy one cheap from an online auction and got tricked. I only lost £50 though.

[@torbenanschau6641]

it only looks that ugly in 88 keys. In 76 its better proportioned and in 61 even lighter. The real downside of rhe Triton was actually the piano. Korg always improved it but never got it well until the Kronos. Motif and Fantom were much better, not even mentioning Kurzweil.

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@torbenanschau6641 I just liked the sounds. They’re just very classy and complex and obviously synthetic but big and warm and at the time you could really hear where the cost of the machine was. I wouldn’t have considered using it to perform - I can barely play the piano.

[@DrunkDuckXD]

I love it 🙌🏽

[@joonglegamer9898]

Heavy... yeah that the thing. I don't want synths to be heavy anymore, even my Yamaha montage 6 is TOO heavy for me, the MPC key 61 a little on the heavy side with its 8 kilos, but not as heavy as this 62.83 lbs (28.5 KG) monster Triton Pro X thingy. And that abysmal display, ugh. Well, 500 bucks or less IS a steal so if you got the space, why not? Not me...

[@marcusholder495]

Please review the roland jupiter 80

[@thomasbollner6559]

Hello i love the Triton ProX😍, I have two of them 88 version, and i love the sound of the Korg Triton, I think it was a Masterpiece in this Aera when you have the EXB 01/08 Piano Board. Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@bluestrat92]

It’s great for electronic, dance, and ambient music. I have a Roland Fantom X as well, which sounds stiff and stale. For real instrument sounds, the Yamaha Motif ES was superior, but it was too hifi and trebly/sparkly. Better live instrument than for recording.

[@livthepilot3024]

i use one of these live and its great

[@markchristopher2signal2]

I do want to try the Triton Rack

[@Zachariehs]

beauty is in the eyes of the beholder haha

[@arif9112]

Great piece of kit.

[@unclemick-synths]

Good demo. When I see keyboards like that I know I am soooo not the target demographic. I generally don't like ROMples because 99.9% are "close but no cigar" so out of hundreds of sounds there might be a handful I would consider using. The only ROMpler that had any sounds that actually excited me was the Roland U220. Unfortunately I made the mistake of settling for the Proteus/1 which just wasn't in the same league as the Roland - it redefined "meh". Ultimately I want to create my own sounds and ROMpling really isn't the technology for that and all the bells and whistles like MIDI sequencers and audio recording in a bloated box with more keys than I need don't compensate. I'm sure this monster will find a loving home, just not mine!

[@aseomg]

Is the Yamaha MM8 next? lol

[@jerzilla3795]

I’m sure it looked great next to a row of PowerMac G5s… Didn’t Yanni have of dozen of these on stage?

[@mvilla36]

I had one is very sexy not that heavy. I have an oasis now both of them were 88. I’ve had a classic TR the LE still the best keyboards on the market

[@nithinthomaskannanmannil5678]

How dare you call the Triton ugly

[@fochtyu2694]

This guy bascially has problem with all Korg synth. I'd rather watch demo by musictrackjp.

[@ubrhsjvrkskbdkabaoehdnxk-xh5bq]

the guy was right. i personally own a korg triton pro x that was way back late 2005 and it just sounds so plasticy to me i dont know, i shouldve waited for the yamaha cp300 atleast it has a very good piano sounds specially using live on stage and other sounds of cp300 are descent too.

[@fochtyu2694]

​@@ubrhsjvrkskbdkabaoehdnxk-xh5bq No, that's not a fair assessment to compare a synth of several hundred sounds with a E Piano of only 20 sounds. Besides, of course Yamaha has the best Piano sound.

[@ubrhsjvrkskbdkabaoehdnxk-xh5bq]

@fochyu2694 well im just basing my personal experience, i'm glad i sold the triton pro x and bought a cp300 that was far better and no regrets at all.

[@ubrhsjvrkskbdkabaoehdnxk-xh5bq]

@fochyu2694 i personally don't care about a synth that has a hundreds or thousands of sounds that doesn't meet my satisfaction, though yamaha has only more or less 20 sounds but atleast a desent then im solve with that and the other thing is with the korg triton pro x before i always worried about the touch screen that in any day something accidentally happen that might broke the screen or so and i can't use it no more those things drove me to sell it and bought the yamaha cp300, Lol it's funny to think to these days that i just bought the korg triton pro x because my friend from a studio recommended it to me after we had tested for a short minutes how it sounds on a local store near us. I still had my CP300 to these days, Been through a lots of studio recordings, gigs, outdoors and never ever encountered an issue since the day i bought it.

[@fochtyu2694]

@@ubrhsjvrkskbdkabaoehdnxk-xh5bq Apple vs Orange. This synth is for recording in studio, while for giging you should get stage piano.

[@BlueHedgehog12345678]

0:41 I don't agree with you, I think exactly the opposite, I think its beautiful. Heavy? My Kawai MP8 II wants to say hi. Btw I always like Trinity more than Triton because of doubled filter architecture. And when I got V3 PBS-TRI version, I decided to not sell it and stayed with Trinity. But, UI was faster on Triton and having dual arp in Triton is something I would like to have in Trinity.

[@JeffPalmer83]

Hey now, it’s a silver beauty.

[@Diddddu]

It a Straight Stud.I own a 61 key i don't what he talking about.lol

[@JeffPalmer83]

I have one of these, and he’s not wrong about the weight. It’s insanely heavy (although the OASYS 88 was even heavier!).

[@Diddddu]

@@JeffPalmer83 Oh yeah it does have some weight.I just think its still a beautiful machine.

[@asoundlab]

To each his own :) just not my taste for design

[@JeffPalmer83]

@@asoundlab For me, it’s partly nostalgic. The Triton Pro-X was my first real synth/keyboard, and I felt like I had gotten it straight from the future because of the touchscreen and overall aesthetic. The ironic thing is that it probably stunted my overall understanding of subtractive synthesis because of its menu-focused nature vs. knobs. One thing it excelled at, though, was making complex Combis with splits and layers for live performance. I got very good at programming setups for songs played with my band at the time!

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

EPianos and wurlies are quiet nice, piano is useable, organsounds are bad except the M1 organ imo. Synth sounds and brass are ok, too.

[@dodgingrain3695]

I don't think the rompler workstations will ever be worth much. Not a fun of the sound either, I prefer roland sounds, Korg always sounds thin and its a lot of work to make them not sound that way.

[@emildobranszky3656]

Great Video! SUper Presentation als always!

[@mikecheque]

0:42 You’re no oil painting yourself mate 😉

[@Pintosonic]

I’m not a fan of those rompler workstations. I understand that they are useful for people playing in cover bands and people who need good piano, electric piano, organ and orchestral sounds. And because they are so cheap, those older workstations might be a good alternative to a hammer action 88 keys midi controller because they usually have really good hammer action keyboards. But there’s a reason why they are so cheap, almost no one has enough space in their studio for a behemoth like that.

[@WarrenPostma]

It's a fantastic midi controller keybed with pretty excellent touch and responsiveness. It's a really dated rompler with (imho) shitty sounding master effects. Where the Korg sounds shine is for textural pads with a lot of movement, the onboard master EQ is really useless, but if you put this into a good mixer with three knob live EQ, these sound amazing. Sound design on these sucks. Menu diving with the crap touchscreen and the crap push buttons sucks. God's Bathtub is the killer Triton patch. It's only a two part combi. I start with that and add a few more parts and rebalance with combi level adjustments and it's an insanely great starter patch for any kind of cinematic or worship pad use. God's Bathtub plus strings. Awesome. God's Bathtub plus Analog Synth Pad. Excellent.

[@SacSynths_Jack_Z]

DO THE Z1!

[@madness8556]

I loved my 18 voice Z1EX and it was a perfect match for my fully expended Triton Classic. Used them both for nearly a decade both live and in the studio along with a stack load of Roland JV and XV modules and Korg Wavestation SR and AD.

[@dankeplace]

Sorry Zach, I call out people when they support channels that have a negative impact on your channel. There is a certain group that attacks channels like yours, other content creators, all because the ring leader, a well known troll, wants to stir up negative narratives rather than just be a positive person in general. They are hell-bent on creating as much toxicity as they can, when they have very little to offer themselves. The old saying *if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all* comes to mind.

[@HighlandStudio91]

Smash this vessel with a sledgehammer & do a review of the Triton Collection software...please.

[@aanon2550]

Moss moss moss

[@michaelavila995]

Why tf is he doing a review on something he doesn’t even use shit up dude

[@jonischuster]

That thing its beautiful! Its you the ugly thing 🤭 Thanks for the video though!

[@RumGod]

I love mine 🎉 🫶🏾🎹💖💛💚

[@dyjomat]

Unsexy its a beauty!