Program Edit Mode; How A Program Is Organized; The Elements Of Sound; How The Trinity's Sound Is Produced - Korg Trinity series Basic Manual

2. Program Edit mode

To enter this mode, press the front panel [PROG] key and then the [EDIT] key.
Here you can make changes to the pitch, tone, volume, and other aspects of the program selected
in Program Play mode. If you wish to save the changes you make, be sure to write the program
into memory ( page 23 in this manual).
For bank M programs, refer to the MOSS-TRI owner's manual.

How a program is organized

The following diagram shows how a program is organized. The characters in the lower part of
each box (e.g., P2–5) indicate the screen page in which the corresponding parameters are found.

The elements of sound

How the TRINITY's sound is produced

Sound consists of three main elements; pitch, tone, and volume. On the TRINITY series, the oscil-
lator, filter, and amplifier that make up each program correspond to these three elements. Thus, if
you want to adjust the pitch, adjust the settings of the oscillator. To adjust the tone, adjust the filter.
And to adjust the volume, adjust the amplifier setting.
Oscillator: adjusting the pitch
The TRINITY series provides two oscillators. For each, you can select the waveform (referred to
as a "multi-sample") that will be the basis for the final sound, and set the pitch. A variety of multi-
samples are provided, including instrumental sounds such as piano, and also waveforms unique
to synthesizers. Each multi-sample is actually a small piece of recorded sound, and thus deter-
mines the basic character of the final sound, whether it will be "guitar-like" or "piano-like," etc.
Oscillator settings are made in Program Edit mode P1 and P2.
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2. Program Edit mode
< Editing a program >
The process of modifying the sound by adjusting the parameters that make up a program is
referred to as "editing." Program editing is done in Program Edit mode.
You can edit programs using the performance editor. Also, in Program Edit mode you have
access to a large number of parameters for detailed editing, providing a wide range of control
over the sound. Since it may be difficult to understand at once how all the parameters work
together to affect the sound, it is a good idea to make adjustments to the parameters of the pre-
set programs in order to learn how each parameter works.
Prog Basic
(P1-1)
OSC1 LFO
(P2-2)
OSC Basic
(P1-2)
OSC1 P. Mod Filter1 Fc Mod
(P2-1) (P3-2)
OSC1/2 EG
(P2-5)
Oscillator
Pitch and basic
tone color
Filter1 LFO
(P4-2)
Filter1 A/B Amp1
(P3-1) (P5-1)
Filter1 EG Amp1 EG
(P4-1) (P5-2)
OSC1
OSC2
Filter
Tone color
3
Master Fx
4
(P8)
1/L/MONO
Insert Fx
2/R
(P7)
Amplifier
Volume