True Facts: KORG Trident MK II

[Tony Clark]

> 1) Uses infamous VARTA NiCad battery a la' Poly 6. Leaked all over the 
> voice card. Ate 9 traces and dissolved 1 resistor. Suggest replacing 
> with Ni-MH 3.6V battery.

   Yeesh.  Good thing to know....better check mine soon...

> 2) Rivals the MemoryMoog for sheer guts: 17 pc boards, over 1300 
> parts, 53 trim pots.

   Fortunately I haven't had to calibrate mine...

> 4) Has a very nice BBD-based flanger, all self-complete on 1 card 
> (like an ARP OMNI). 6 seperate delays all going at once.
 
   Yes!!!!  It has the _best_ sounding flanger I have yet to run across.  
I really, really, want to find an external version to run all my stuff 
through.

> 5) Was purchased in pawn shop for $40 recently (how come all I see in 
pawn shops is old tools and guns?)

   What a find!  I just love my Trident (Mk. II) and mine even has more 
circuitry than yours Paul (due to the Kenton MIDI kit I installed).  See 
pictures of it at:

   http://aupe.phys.andrews.edu/~clark/synths/korg/trident.html

   Better watch out for those connectors between the panel circuit 
board(s) and the bottom boards.  Mine were way too tight and keep popping 
out.
   Enjoy it!

   Tony

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