my triton is sick
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Posted on Jan 26, 2008 11:03 pm
fortymile
Member Since: Jan 18, 2003
first i noticed that the dials and buttons were not always working. scanning with a dial would lead to only small incremental adjustments instead of ones commensurate with the speed of the twist. now i notice that all sounds are highly distorted, as if being run through a huge fuzz pedal. they ALL sound like distorted rock organs. you can barely hear the sound's actual identity through the din. it's not a connection issue. something has failed inside. sometimes i wonder if it's because i smoke in this apartment. though none of my other equipment or computers are messed up.
oh well, i never use the triton's internal sounds anymore. all i really want it a full size, weighted key midi keyboard, at some point.
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In later times there was a multiplicity of Tritons, each attending the various divinities associated with the sea.
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J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Jan 27, 2008 12:30 am Sorry to hear that forty. I can kinda sympathize since I faced a similar situation with my old Yamaha PSR-520. The volume control made a nasty scratchy sound after turning it on, but after a little while it went away..er...til I turned it off and back on again later. However, it was the death of the upper E key that finally promted me to get a new keyboard (my Xboard) I was just using it as a controller for the most part anyways. I like my Xboard's keys a lot better, and it's slim enough to fit on my desktop in front of my monitor :D
Later on I'd like to save up for a Novation X-station just to have some internal keyboard sounds again. Could come in handy for playing something at a friend's party...or...something heh.
Wish I could help, or offer up ideas, but the inner workings/electronics of keyboard synths are kinda like a black box to me :P
Jan 27, 2008 05:37 am its dead, im gonna forget about it. i mean, i want a weighted thing anyway. anyone know of any cheap ones? cheap ways to get a weighted keyboard type thingy?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 27, 2008 08:48 pm forty, are you talking dead as in no power or anything at all? Or just nothing functioning at all?
You might want to have a look at the Korg webite and check for any system updates or patches. I know there were several depending on the model. I have heard of a couple of Tritons that simply crashed with similar symptoms as yours. And it was a matter of flashing the bios and installing the OS over again, then running the updates.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Jan 28, 2008 01:18 pm Er, define "cheap" hehe. If your triton has truly gone the way of releasing its magic smoke, then there's a few options for weighted keyboards out there, and if you just need a controller, you could probably find an 88-key hammer-action kinda controller for $750ish. possibly less. possibly a lot less if you only need a 61-key keyboard, but a lot of the 61-keys are "semi-weighted" or synth action.
As far as brands go, I think I remember CME was supposed to have pretty good feeling keys, and Novation as well, albeit these keyboards are a little more pricey. And I think M-Audio makes a hammer weighted keyboard controller. Like the keystation 88 or prokeys, which I think are relatively cheap (500 or less). And of course, there's the mainstays such as Alesis, Roland/Edirol, Korg, Kurzweil, but those get pretty pricey it seems.
Something with internal sounds might run you up past the 1k mark, but could be handy for gigging. I guess do some looking around, see if you can find something that has favorable opinions, and then start tracking down deals.
And of course, there's good ole zzounds, sweetwater, audiomidimall,
sam-ash, e-bay, etc.
I had a pretty good experience with audiomidmall. I ordered my xboard from them, but they didn't get the shipping order out that friday, so as an apology, they gave me the option of either a free cover, or an m-audio sustain pedal. ($20 value) I took the pedal heh.
Jan 28, 2008 05:15 pm definitely would be looking for something under 500, which i guess would mean used. if i can find it at all.
noize, i dunno, i haven't looked into it yet. i guess reinstalling something or other would be the first thing i try, when/if i try it. it has power. it's just that the sound output is badly distorted in the same exact way for all patches. like i said, all patches sound like distortion organs. it'd be like, if the sounds were constructed in a true 'synth' way (and i don't know if they are, in a triton, but i don't think so) it'd be like one of the oscillators had just been blown in some way, still outputting some signal, but a badly degraded one.
the other problem that's been there for a while now is that big thumbwheel, when you push it around, registers like one increment per revolution instead of the 20 it should, and sometimes it even goes backwards. as if there's gunk in there or something, as if the signals just aren't being sent properly. however, when you push the various control buttons on the keyboard's top (global, program, combination, master effect, insert effect, etc: the menu change buttons) they don't usually work until you press them three times, or hard.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Jan 28, 2008 06:19 pm Actually, now that I think about it, the having to push buttons multiple times to get things to work sounds a lot like what happened with my brother's old Korg M1 (at least I -think-) it was an M1. I'm not sure what happened in the end, whether it died, or if he still uses it on occasion, but it's starting to sound like the thing might be in its death throes. :( Hope it's something software/firmware related, that an update or something might fix, and not something with the hardware/circuitry itself. :/
Is there some combination of buttons you could try to set it back to "zero" or manufacturer's default settings or something? Or have you tried that already?
As far as under-500 range, mebbe I can dig something up. I'll post back if my eye catches anything ;)
Jan 28, 2008 06:38 pm i just found a great craigslist tool. it can keep an eye out, nationwide, for keywords arising in CL posts.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Jan 28, 2008 07:28 pm Craigslist is da bomb! I was using it a lot back when I was hunting for a decent bicycle, and getting ideas on prices and such for used bikes. Er, kept it local though. Quite a few bikers around G'ville FL hehe.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 29, 2008 09:19 pm forty, it sounds like the MoBo is fried then. There are Osc. of a sort in there so that could be one thing, but it really sounds like the MoBo is toast.
On the Craiglist thing, that is how I found my Mackie Big Knob. And it turned out to be the same guy that bought some of dB's stuff. Small world.
As for a good controller, you might look into the type I use. Fatar Studio Logic. I use and SL-1100 which is probably more then you need, but they have models that are the same quality but much less in the bell's and whistle's side.
Most though have nice hammer action weighted keys. Velocity sensitive and all that.
And Fatar is actually the company that makes all the keyboard sections for most of the keyboards made by others. They just make cheaper versions for some of the others.
Keith WarrenMans reach exceeds his graspMember
Since: Oct 23, 2007
Jan 29, 2008 09:59 pm Ya know forty, if ya really don't want it anymore, I'll pay the shipping for it and rig it to use as a midi controller :)
Just a thought to get it off your hands.
Feb 02, 2008 08:20 am my triton is not sick after all.
turns out it was a bad connection. my mixer is covered in dust, crap, and smoke. it was the cause.
craigslist sez that there's 88 key weighted key controllers available regularly for under 500. i'll get one at some point.
and by the way, i want to report that i've twice asked for free real pianos on CL and have received like four offers. if any of you want a piano for free, post a 'wanted: free piano' ad in a major city. all you'll have to is find a way to move the thing. it was an experiment, a proof of concept. and it's real!
Keith WarrenMans reach exceeds his graspMember
Since: Oct 23, 2007
Feb 02, 2008 02:21 pm **snaps fingers**
That's good that it's not broken though :)
I'll have to look around on Craigs List, lol, sounds good :)
