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"This particular example is in superb condition and in full working order, there’s no wear on the silk screen, no noisy pots and all the keys are in line, also included are the original user and photocopy service manuals.
The Trident is a 61 note, 8 voice, analogue polyphonic synthesizer, it was Korgs answer to the Jupiter 8, OB8, P5 etc, it's basically three synthesizers in one keyboard, it has a synth, brass and string section that can be played independently or all together for an immense sound, each section has it's own volume control and independent outputs. The Trident uses SSM chips as on the Prophet 5 rev 1&2 which are favoured over the curtis chips as there noted for being fatter and warmer sounding.
The keyboard has a split/layer facility, each section can be independently above or below middle C or across the whole keyboard. It also has a built in flanger that can be assigned to each section.
There's been a mod added to the pitch/mod panel to the left of the keyboard, it's an octave range switch that's very useful for reaching the highest notes.
The Trident is built like a tank and easy to use, the controls have a straight forward layout and it doesn't take you long to get good results, all the parameters are there to be tweaked and the keyboard is one of the best I’ve used on a vintage synth. Its also very stable and reliable, it only needs 5-10 mins to warm up, iv'e had it on for days and it's never gone out of tune once.
This is a highly underrated and very special synthesizer that is capable of producing beautiful warm analogue soundscapes that no modern digital synthesizer can get near to, the strings and pads in particular are truly outstanding. I simply can't do it justice by writing about it here.
These are rare, especially in this condition and would make a great investment and addition to anyone's studio.
For those lucky enough to have owned one or to have played one then you'll know exactly what you’re bidding on.
This is a big heavy keyboard (1020x525x160, 22Kg) and I don't have a flight case for her so it's pick up only, I am willing to deliver the synth my self but will charge 25pence per mile, UK mainland only."
Saw this one on Failed Muso.
actually, this doesn't use the same SSM chips as the Prophet. The early Prophet used the SSM 2040 VCF, 2030 VCO, and so on. I'm pretty sure the Trident, like the Mono/Poly, uses the SSM-2044 filter, very, very different from the 2040. The 2044 is a nice filter, but the 2040 is one of the best.
ReplyDeleteThe SSM2044 uses the same building blocks as the SSM2040. It's just configured in a permanent low-pass configuration internally.
ReplyDeletelooks kinda like a Korg Jupiter or something
ReplyDeletehmmmm, i have 2040 and 2044 filters and they seem very different, of course that could be the design around them. But to me, the resonance is very different. The 2044 is very liquidy, where as the 2040 is more natural and gets nasty and straight sine wave sounding when it self-oscillates.
ReplyDeleteDoes the Trident use other SSM chips like the prophet? 2030? 2050? or just for the filter?
BTW: the Kawai K3 is also has 2044s in it.
I like the 2044 quite a bit, but the 2040 is one have my favs, especially in muli-mode form, which sadly the motm clone doesn't cover.
hmmmm, so if you're correct SB, then isn't the motm clone more a 2044 clone. Curious to ask Paul S. or JH.