Korg Triton Rack
The triton-rack was released in the autumn of year 2000. It packs most of the keyboard features into a compact 2u rackmount, while adding some nifty new features.
Main differences:
|
Feature |
Triton (keyboard) |
Triton-rack |
|
Screen |
320x240 pixel touchscreen |
240x64 pixel non-touchscreen |
|
Program/combi memory/drumkits (ram) |
640/512/48 |
640/512/144 |
|
note |
moss: 128 more programs |
moss: 128 more programs exb A-H 128 programs & combis each |
|
Program/combi memory/drumkits (rom) |
256(gm)/ -- /16 + 9(gm) |
256/ -- /16 +9(gm) |
|
Multimode |
--- |
200 (16 multitimbres) |
|
mLAN interface |
--- |
exb-mLan |
|
Adat optical out w/ wordclock |
--- |
exb-di |
|
max sampleram |
64mb (72pin simm) |
96mb (72pin simm) |
|
pcm expansion slots, 16mb each |
2 |
8 |
|
digital output |
--- |
optical s/pdif |
|
sequencer |
full sequencer, smf |
triton sequencer file playback only |
|
other |
audition riff , pattern sequencer |
As you can see from the comparision chart above, in most areas it has improved performance over the triton. Especially the program memory and expansion options area. The most important scaled back area is display size/touch and sequencer, but one could argue that using the sequencer of a rack-mount is inconvenient.
The 8 expansion slots means that Korg will probably provide at least 3 more exb boards. This is good news for all triton (and Karma) users.
The exb-mLan marks Korgs first entry into the mLan interface. Originally developed by Yamaha, mLan use the firewire(tm) bus to transfer streams of audio and video, reportedly about 50 stereochannels of 24bit/48khz sound or 256x16 channels of midi. Combinations of both is also possible. The triton rack use mLan only to duplicate jacks allready found; 6 channels of audio out, 2 channels of audio in, midi in/out/through. The only other hardware that supports mLan is Yamahas S80, cs6x, 01v/02r/03r/4416 mixers/recorder. Mac and Pc will add support in the near future. Read more.
The triton-rack is compatible with the triton for program/combi/sequencer exchange.
