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Yes the presets of the Triton suck. But have you ever listened to the Triton presets with MOSS board loaded? Or to the Rose, Legacy, Triton LE, converted Karma collections? (http://www.tritonhaven.com) Made me sell my Studio Essentials and Dance Extreme board!
What I don't understand uptil now is how to use progs with full effects in sequencer mode. It seems to share the 5 insertfx among the 16 midi channels ... and that kinda sucks. Means that I have to record directly into audio to get that great 'Triton effect' otherwise the patches sound dull and flat. Which is huge advantage btw in performance mode. You can adjust effects instead of Roland's effects on JV/XV series which are simply there and cannot be removed if you want it to. Can somebody enlighten me perhaps?
And Triton's piano's? Yes again the preset sucks! but check them out in Legacy 2. Or "Forest piano" with MOSSboard loaded, it's simply fantastic! Although Roland's SRJV09 Session has some great piano's too. Roland doesn't have great motion pads or synth sounds in their JV/XV line. They are great for producing acoustic piano's and guitar sounds for movie and classical types of music, but that's all!
And don't forget people ... Triton has a full blown sampler. Something the XV5080 lacks! OK the XV can load samples, but gosh what a loosy implementation Roland! :-(
Don't know about motif, but what I've heard it's a repacked EX5 so I would rather buy the EX5; cheaper and better. Also because it's incorporating multiple synthsarchitectures into one.
Anyway if my Triton got lost or stolen, I would buy it again. Together with gigasampler or a XV module for acoustic style instruments. ... It's all a matter of personal opinion guys, be glad there is some competition out there!
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