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Hi.

I own a new TR, and i'm pretty much satisfied with it. But now i have a chance to get the triton classic and i'm wondering how big is the difference between these two keyboards.

I know that the triton has 32Mb of ROM, and the TR has 64, the poliphony is the same, the triton has more programs and effects and so on...

I play mostly using piano/strings/pads/organ sounds cause i play in a rock band.

Will i get/lose much with the triton over the TR?

I'm also TR user but i bought it because i had a limited budget and it is lighter for carrying around on gigs, but classic has better and richer sound. If you're gonna use a keyboard for live performance then the TR is better choice but for studio purpose Triton classic is the one.

Another vote for the TR for live use

To me personally Classic beats TR for any use in many ways.
But i dont know as i can see noone cares for music and sound,
all they care is just carying size thats it.
But in honesty TR can never beat Classis, not live, not in any case.

The classic has a better keybed , 6 outputs, better expandability & of course the touch screen which makes it easier to use. Overall a better studio workstation.

I had a Classic, and then the Extreme. The Classic seems to be far better in terms of build quality as well, and looks the dogs doodlies in comparison to the TR. I think it will be a real collectors item in years to come, so maybe a good idea to get one and hold onto it.

I use both, and it's clear for me: TR is lighter... but with much worse build quality.
And the bigger touch screen makes the Triton mucho more easy to manage.

I agree on classic better especially live on organ sounds because of leslie effect on classic and sampling is standard,built much better,better feel,touch screen and on and on.I had the tr88 fully expanded and it had a good sound but I traded it for classic pro-x and never looked back I have 2 classics,extreme 76 and m3 while the tr is good pick up the classic if you can and compare them side by side

Classic - no question. I have an M3 and still prefer my classic for live use. You have the major points between the 2, and the 5 insert effects make all the difference in the world. I prefer it over my M3-73 for live use.

-Mc.

The 2 synths are not comparable in any way, the TR is just entry level,
not even a SemiPro keyboard, nowhere near Classic.

what he said... There is NO comparison.

-Mc

Sysryn wrote:

Will i get/lose much with the triton over the TR?

You'd gain a much better keybed, and 4 more insert effects (they really do go a long way). And you could add in that studio essentials EXB card for the better strings & pads. Also, I THINK (someone correct me if i'm wrong) you gain polyphony when you add in an expansion board, because those sounds you use from the expansions don't pull from the Triton's 60-voice polyphony, at least the Triton Studio and Extreme work that way. You'd get the ribbon controller too.

What you lose is the SmartMedia card (so much simpler than the floppy disks these days, they're faster, more dependable, and they hold so much more). You also lose the better piano sound in the TR... I'm sorry, the Triton's on-board piano sound just isn't that great, but if you don't really use it, I'd personally go with the Triton Classic. Also, Triton Classic doesn't have the whole USB thing going on at all. If you don't have the hard drive to go with it... the floppy disks get to be sort of a pain.

Really, it's top-of-the-line 1998 technology vs. mediocre 2004 technology.