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Korg Triton Extreme 76 Customer Review submitted January 21, 2007

By a customer from gci.net

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Musical Background: recording artist, live musician

Music Style: contemporary Christian......rock, pop, modern jazz

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Sound: Most of the sounds are great! I like the sensitivity in the sounds, and of the keys themselves. I noticed some of the saxes have a kind of cheesy vibrato, but others are quite good. The pianos are much better than the ones on some of the older models, but I think there is still a bit of room for improvement.The length of sustain on most of the pianos is unrealistic. Look to a real piano for pointers, Korg. I do love the fact that there are just loads and loads of sounds to pick from and I think Korg does a great job on all the variety of sounds. Feature: This one came with the Moss expansion......very easy to install and what a deal! I am just starting to use the sequencer, working on my second song, so I by no means am the expert. I used a preset template on the first one, and by the time I got done working with it I was pretty annoyed with it, so I think next time I will make my own. Another thing I hate is the fact that if you turn it off or the power goes out before you back up your work to a memory card, you lose it all! Why the heck cant the internal memory hang on to your work, like with the older Ensoniqs??? GOSH!!!(said like Napoleon Dynamite!) Ease of Use: This is pretty easy to use. For live performance, piece of cake. The only gripe I have is the sound dropping out for a second if you have to switch sounds real fast. My old Ensoniq would sustain a sound for as long as you held down the sustain pedal, even tho you had switched sounds on the screen, it was seamless. I wish Korg would integrate that kind of seamless transitioning. Quality: This does seem pretty well made, although I do worry about breaking that tube! I like the sleek design, not too heavy or big and bulky.I think I will have this board for a long , long time. Value: This was a terrific deal at $1899 plus headphones and free Moss expansion. I was about to buy a Roland Fantom (it was a toss-up between the 2) but the huge price difference swung me over to Korg! Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed support at this point. The Wow Factor: The question of "sex-appeal" is almost redundant. Who cares? It is a nice looking board and to the average person, the appeal comes from how you use it, I think. I notice every single keyboard that I ever see come across my TV screen and otherwise.....and almost every single band has at least one Korg keyboard. That right there tells you alot! Overall: I have a plan to supplement this keyboard with probably a weighted action Motif, because I like to have at least 2 keyboards for variety, and my old Ensoniq is getting pretty tired! (But she held up like a champ!) I have no regrets about buying this....overall I am pleased with it.

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"You'd be happier in the long run with a Yamaha or Roland." submitted July 24, 2009

By a customer from roadrunner.com

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Musical Background: Praise and Worship keyboardist...In between Churches right now.

Music Style: Gospel, Jazz, Blues

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Sound: I thought that the sounds were pretty good (I mainly use the organ sounds) but I think the worst sounding piano on the Motif is better than the Tritons best piano. After sitting in front of the newer Motif I would never consider buying another Korg. They are a distant third to the competition. I'm not even impressed with the newer Korgs. Feature: Mine came with a DVD and a Moss Board. Ease of Use: Very easy to figure out unit...touch screen is a plus. Quality: This is my second Korg...The first was the Triton Pro (76 Key) and that was in the shop no less than 5 times for various reasons. To name a couple...pitch wheel broke twice. Bad hum unless I turn the volume all the way up. So I went to the Extreme and the Extreme Keyboard would jump to different keys without me transposing...was impossible to play. Bended bar wouldn't bend pitch and the slider stopped working. For what I paid for this , I wish I would have bought something else. Value: Buy something better. A good 70% of the rhythym sounds sound the same...too much of a Disco sound. Way behind their counterparts (Roland and Yamaha), not too many up-to-date grove patterns. Manufacturer Support: Not too impressed with their service or equipment. The Wow Factor: Besides the blue color, and the Blue light, nothing else stands out to me. Overall: Thank God UPS broke it in shipping after yet another repair...I'm getting all my money back and plan on buying the Yamaha Motif XS7. (not sure where yet...Still looking for the best deal.

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"Great Crunchy Highs, Good Feel, and it Playzzzz!" submitted October 1, 2004

By a customer from comcast.net

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Musical Background: Hobbyist

Music Style: Rock, Jazz, Blues

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Sound: The pianos, especially the highs are so nice and crunchy for bluesy sounds. Feature: It's got the easy to navigate touch screen and you can input audio through an XLR jack. Quality: Truth be known, I don't like the blue finish, and it seems to nick fairly easily. Value: Well, for what I paid yeah - it was work the price. Manufacturer Support: 1 year warranty, okay. Haven't delt with Korg, yet, so I suppose that's a good thing The Wow Factor: I really enjoy the keys and like the tube, but the overall cosmetics are not all that, in fact, I don't really care for the look of it, at all. Overall: It's the sound, the key action, do like the glowing blue tube (how do they do that?).

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"Touchscreen failure a regular occurance with Triton Extreme and Korg knows about it" submitted September 29, 2004

By a customer from sbcglobal.net

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Musical Background: Pro Musician

Music Style: everything I'm paid to play

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Quality: I have had two triton extreme 76-key models within the first 90 days. The Touchscreen had intermitent problems with the first one (serial # 976). Korg told me that they were aware of the problem, and suggested I take it to a repair center. The repair centers all wanted the keyboard sitting in their shop for two weeks before it got on the bench. I of course could PAY to get them to look at it immediately, but I didn't feel like as the consumer I should have to shell out to get a production bug fixed. I wound up taking it back to the dealer who replaced it with serial # 1649. Korg assured me that I would NOT have the problem with this serial #. Well they were wrong. After 1 month of having the new keyboard, it has now started booting up with a dead touchscreen. I am so fed up with Korg's quality. This is not right. Manufacturer Support: Very slow repairs. Very slow phone support. The Wow Factor: I thought I wanted it.

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"I wish it came in charcol grey colour." submitted October 21, 2006

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Sound: Sound are Good especially Piano, strings, brass, bass, pads oh well i think the sounds are awesome! comparing to classic TR. Feature: Features I like, except the arps, you can't make your own that easy! its hard to compse arps! and I iwsh it was easy like pro arrangers but its not like that. Sampling is easy and easy to load using cheap compactflash card, Ease of Use: I'm a Korg craze so its a breeze to go through functions and make adjustments. Quality: Its very delicate surface but it seems strong enough for for light scratches, screen seems good and strong, keys have great feeling when playing. Quality of korg is very good! Value: i bought it for $3000 CDN now it's cheaper, i like the current price, it's worth purchasing! Manufacturer Support: never had serious problems with korg so I never contacted the support The Wow Factor: I'm stuk with korg, so I like it, I recommend it. Overall: i change my mind every 5 years, but this one I think it will stay much longer than that!

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Korg Triton Extreme 76 Customer Review submitted January 21, 2007

"You'd be happier in the long run with a Yamaha or Roland." submitted July 24, 2009

"Great Crunchy Highs, Good Feel, and it Playzzzz!" submitted October 1, 2004

"Touchscreen failure a regular occurance with Triton Extreme and Korg knows about it" submitted September 29, 2004

"I wish it came in charcol grey colour." submitted October 21, 2006