TRITON STUDIO

#1) Turn your TRITON STUDIO into a handy dandy multi-track recorder! (Victor Palagano)

Using the two tracks of audio can be fun in itself but you can do loads of audio by utilizing the in-track sampling as well. How many tracks you can do depends on the amount of RAM installed. I have 96MB installed and have done seven tracks including the two HD audio tracks. Of course it will also depend on your song length.

1)     From the [SEQ] press the “Sampling HDAudio” tab. Press the upper right popup ▼and select “AutoSampling/HD Audio setup” Select “HD Audio Track REC” and record an audio track

2)     Press [DISK] and locate your Wave file you just recorded then press the “Edit WAVE” tab. Press the upper right popup ▼and select “Transfer WAVE to Track”.  Make the appropriate settings here for Song, Tempo and Program and press “OK”

3)     Now you can record another audio track and repeat the process.

Some advantages?

1) Depending on what you do, you may not need a multi-track recorder anymore so sell it and buy yourself a new toy.

2) You can process each audio track through different effects.

3) You can use the Tone Adjust and SysEx recording features to make realtime filter changes and effect changes to your audio tracks in the sequence.

TRITON STUDIO, Classic, Le

 #2) Quick Way to Fatten a Bass Track (Bobby Nelson)

            This tip might be subtitled, "Using MIDI to easily do the chores that MIDI is good for." You've sequenced what should have been the ideal bass part; but when heard in context with the other tracks, it's still lackluster. Throwing more volume and more effects at it doesn't solve its placement. Try this simple fix:

            Press the [MENU] key and then select the “Track Edit” page. From the EDIT list, select "Shift/Erase Note". Set your "From Measure" and "To Measure" values. Highlight the value after "Shift Note" and dial or type in "-12", and then press the 'radio button' by "Create" (Le: select “Create” from “Mode”). Press [OK] to execute. Now play your sequence: behold the fat bottom!

TRITON STUDIO, Classic, Le

#3) Manipulating Effects with Realtime Controls. (Chris Petti & James Bernard)

Let's not forget that the TRITON-Series includes a number of controllers that allow you to adjust not only synth, but also effect parameters in realtime.  Here are two examples:

1)     In [SEQ] mode set one of the Master effects to Reverb or Delay.

2)     Select “MFX1” to select the Edit page of the effect, and set the “Wet/Dry” balance to “Dry”.

3)     Highlight “Src” (source) and select “JS-Y”; and set the intensity to “50”.

4)     The effect will not be applied to the tracks until you pull the Joystick towards you (in the -Y position).

The Stereo Modulation Delay effect is another very cool effect that you can modulate in real time using the assignable knobs.

1)     Assign Stereo Modulation Delay to one of the two Master Effects.

2)     In the Master Effect, set the “Modulation Mode” to “D-mod”, and set “Knob1” as the “Src” (source) for the D-mod modulation and set the “response” to “10”.

3)     Set both the “L Depth” and “R Depth” to about “140” each; and set the “L feedback” and “R feedback” to around “+60”. Set the “L delay time” to “.1ms” and the “R delay time” to “.2ms”.

4)     This effect works best with drums or vocal samples. When the sound is playing, twist knob 1 to get some wacky electro like sounds.

This type of control is very useful for applying and recording effect changes at specific times in your sequence such as fills. This (and other) real time controls can be recorded as part of your sequence.

TRITON STUDIO, Classic, Le with EXB-SMPL Option

#4) Creating groovy new material using Time Slice and the Arpeggiator (Victor Palagano)

          I personally like to get old 50s music or 60s bebop CDs. You can use whatever you like.

          Grab some sections or phrases of the songs (I sometimes grab vocals as well) and rip the audio, time slice it and save it as a program. Assign the program to a track and apply the Arpeggiator to that track. Try some different arpeggiator patterns and see what you get. Sometimes you’ll get garbage, sometimes you’ll get some cool stuff to add to your tracks or it may be the inspiring funkiness you need to write your next hit song. You can also manually trigger the slices and make up your own new loops. Don’t forget you can take the sliced drum hits and make your own kits as well.

TRITON STUDIO, Classic, Le with EXB-SMPL Option

#5) Here’s another fun Time Slice trick (James Bernard)

Time slice in the sample edit mode can be used to come up with some interesting looped sample elements from vocal phrases. Take a vocal phrase sample and time-slice it (in the loop edit page); don’t worry too much if it seems choppy. Now choose one of the slices that you want to loop and remember it’s number (writing it down would probably help). Next, create a new multi-sample, assign the sample you’ve chosen to play the full key range and set the loop points to loop without clicking (by checking the Use Zero box). After you have set your loop points, play the sound using the keyboard. Notice how when you play the sample across the keys that it loops at different speeds? This is a technique used in many drum and bass songs and nu skool breaks songs for that “hoover” style bass sound.

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#6 Realtime control of audio loops on the fly (Victor Palagano)

This is a cool tip for users wanting to use the Triton Studio live. (Possibly in a DJ type of rig or however else you can conceive.)      

Grab some audio drum loops – you can rip them from CD using the Ripping function: “P5: Audio CD” in the [SAMPLING] section of the Triton.

After ripping the audio use the time slice function to slice them up. Press the [MENU] key and then select P2: Loop Edit > upper right popup ▼and select “Time Slice”. When saving, select Save with Program and Seq. Event as a pattern and check the “RPPR” box. Save them as RPPRs, and in the sequencer you can play each loop by pressing a note on the keyboard. You can even control the tempo by using the tap tempo control on the [ENTER] key or using the TEMPO knob. Now you can trigger your loops in time at any tempo on the fly by hand or with a MIDI trigger!

TRITON STUDIO, Classic, Le with EXB-SMPL Option

#7) Using Event Edit to Fit a Sample (Bobby Nelson)

            As musicians, we're always under the onus of tight deadlines. Here's an idea that eliminates the time and tedium involved in truncating a sample to make it fit a Sequence track.

            If you've used the Threshold choice to trigger the sampling process in Triton Studio, you will have a sample that has no 'dead air' at its beginning, so there is no need to truncate its start; but if you're cautious, you've probably have a little more of the sample's tail than you need.

            Set "Reso" (Resolution) on the main Sequence screen to the nearest quarter note. This broad pre-quantizing will be akin to 'snapping' audio to start at a downbeat location. Press the Sequencer [REC/WRITE] key, then press the Sequencer [START/STOP] key, and record the key to which the sample is assigned at the necessary location. Hold the key down for the full duration you intended; again, out of caution, you'll probably find yourself holding the key down for a little longer than necessary. Press the [START/STOP] key again to finish recording.

            Press the [MENU] key and then select the “Track Edit” page. Now select "Event Edit". Filter out everything except notes by removing the checks from the boxes, and then press [OK]. Find the note event you recorded: the "L:" column shows its length in beats. Select this value, type the whole number of beats you intended, then press the [./10's HOLD] key, then [0], and finally press [ENTER]. (For instance, if your sample was intended to play over two full measures in 4/4 time, type "8.0" and [ENTER].) Your sample now fills its entire intended length, without anything extra.

            You could then use the [Copy] and [Insert] boxes to paste this note wherever needed; or press [Done] and use the "Copy Measure" command to copy the entire range of measures where needed. Your sample plays precisely at the beginning of its measures for exactly as long as you need!

TRITON STUDIO and Classic

#8) Using a drum pattern to drive the Vocoder (James Bernard)

          The vocoder effect can be used with a drum pattern as the modulator in the sequence mode. Make sure you have the drum track panned to the right and the carrier (the waveform or sound that will be heard) track panned to the left. Also try adding one of the Master Effects set to St BPM Delay.  Set the Left Delay Base Note to a 16^th note, set the Right Delay Base Note to an 8^th note and a fair amount of feedback on both channels.  Try using edgy and full synth sounds for a more intelligible sound.

TRITON STUDIO, Classic, Le with EXB-SMPL Option

#9) Using a “GRID” to convert loops into patterns in a new song. (Chris Petti)

Here's how it goes… 

1)     Sample a short loop, preferably a drum loop.

2)     In SAMPLING mode, go to the Loop Edit page and select the sample that you want loop (The one you created in step one); the waveform will show up on the lower portion of the screen.

3)     From the available Loop Edit commands, select Grid and set it to "On" to activate it. Leave the default setting of quarter notes, and then press "OK".

4)     Now you will see a set of vertical dotted lines through the waveform. At the bottom right of the screen you will see the BPM displayed. Change the BPM value to the BPM (tempo) of the loop that you have sampled. The dotted lines will now line up with quarter-note divisions for the sample and will be displayed on the waveform.

5)     Count off the first four dotted lines through the waveform. At the bottom left corner of the screen, you will see numbers for Start, Loop Start, and End. Highlight the number for End. Turning the Value Wheel counter-clockwise, move the end point to the fourth dotted line that goes through the waveform. Use the Zoom arrow commands at the bottom right hand corner of the screen to zoom in until the end point is exactly on the fourth dotted line.

6)     Check the box for Loop in the lower portion of the screen. Your sample will now loop perfectly! Almost there...

7)     From the available Loop Edit commands, choose Truncate. In the truncate window, check the box for Overwrite and press OK.

8)     From the available Loop Edit commands, select Time Slice. In the Time Slice window, adjust the sensitivity to 30. Higher sensitivity will yield more slices.

9)     Select Save and the saving options screen will appear. Here's the trick. Save the information as a Pattern in a new song. When you go to the song that you sent it to, the pattern can now be triggered from the C#2 key. It will loop perfectly and follow along with tempo of the new song. You can also trigger individual hits from the loop in order to create fills and breaks.