Trinity & TR-Rack difference?

The Magic Hoof · Post by **The Magic Hoof** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:32 am

Doesn't the TR-Rack have some sounds/samples not included on any of the other Trinity versions?

I've got a TR-Rack but I'm contemplating buying a proper Trinity. I see a few different versions out there with the most common one being just the regular 61 Trinity, the first version. Does that one have all of the same multisamples as the other hot rodded ones? And can those be expanded with expansion boards just as well?

The Magic Hoof · Post by **The Magic Hoof** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:27 pm

Ok, there's apparently 8MB more of samples. 40 new multisamples and 200 drum samples, plus you get two new banks for combis and two new ones for programs.

Does anyone have a comparison list?

I've already got a bunch of patches programmed on my TR-Rack so I'm wondering if it will be possible to transfer over patches from one to the other. I remember taking some combis/progs from the C and D banks so I'm worried.

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:57 pm

The Magic Hoof wrote:Ok, there's apparently 8MB more of samples. 40 new multisamples and 200 drum samples, plus you get two new banks for combis and two new ones for programs.

Does anyone have a comparison list?

Trinity vs. TR-Rack thread.

TR-Rack extra waveforms thread.

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:49 pm

The Magic Hoof wrote:I've already got a bunch of patches programmed on my TR-Rack so I'm wondering if it will be possible to transfer over patches from one to the other. I remember taking some combis/progs from the C and D banks so I'm worried.

You can easily load any bank into any other bank (such as bank C into A) on Trinity, so that's not an issue. It's the multisamples (raw oscillator waveforms) that any such patches use which are much more critical.

If any of your TR-Rack patches use the multisamples in this list, then they wont sound the same on a stock Trinity due to the correct multisample not being there.

You can get an expansion option for Trinity called 'PBS-TRI' (PlayBack Sampler) which gives you an extra 8MB of FlashRom for Trinity, but there is no specific "TR-Rack" multisample soundset for it unfortunately. However some of the multisamples in TR-Rack are scattered in other Trinity PBS-TRI sets, such as the M1 organ, piano and countless others. And of course, with the PBS-TRI being FlashRom, you can upload your own samples to the Trinity, unlike the TR-Rack where they're fixed. The PBS-TRI option also expands the Trinity from the stock A&B banks to include C&D too.

You can also get additional expansion options for the standard Trinity that you can't get with TR-Rack, such as the Moss-TRI expansion option - effectively a 6-voice Korg Z1 in your Trinity - which sounds great and is a fantastic addition to the stock Trinity sample-based synth architecture.

The expansions for Trinity are harder to get thesedays, though, and not cheap, you'd have to scour the KorgForums and ebay for sellers.

The Magic Hoof · Post by **The Magic Hoof** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:07 pm

This is a random question, but what does the "DRS" in the Trinity series mean?

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:59 pm

Digital Recording Studio (or System, one of the two).

It was effectively the first time that a single synth could do everything that a recording studio needed from start to finish (including CD-R burning) - sample & synthesis, MIDI, multitrack audio recording (HDR), sample-import (PBS), physical modelling (Solo & Moss), sequencing & mixing, multitimbral effects, mastering, digital integration (DI/ADAT/CD-R), and so on.

It was the first true standalone, all-in-one workstation.