![]() The latest Triton has a deep metallic-blue finish that reminds you of synths from the days before the release of Korg's Trinity - the original silver machine from 1995. So close is the competition in this market that it seems that anyone entering it has to produce a silver- or chrome-liveried instrument: Motif ES certainly is, and even Roland's imminent Fantom X will adopt this colour scheme. ![]() ![]() Yet here we are with what feels like Korg's answer to that challenge: it adds massive amounts of waveform ROM and USB connectivity to the high polyphony count and integrated sampling, sequencing and synthesis functions that the Triton family has come to represent. It has to be a coincidence: Korg's new Extreme flavour of Triton workstation must have been under development before Yamaha released their enhanced Motif ES (reviewed in January of this year). The Triton Extreme is a bold new colour, but does the rest of it measure up? ![]() Korg have redefined the workstation synth many times, and each time, it's become harder to see how they can better their previous achievements. The basic 61-note synth-action Triton Extreme (SOS used both the 61- and 88-note keyboards for this review). ![]()
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