KORG Trinity in it’s new look.
The KORG Trinity has been released in 1995. It is still heavly used in the Balkans and Eastern World Countries.
Mine came a long way, too. It was in a kinda bad condition. Buttons not working, Keys are hammering, cracks on the Chasis, disk drive not working, some cratchy sounds when you plug in your audio cables.
This is the full build log. If you only want to see the result, have a look at the NEW Trinity snapshot.
First steps
Taking everything apart, masking the KORG logos and sketching the first ideas on paper.
The aluminium strip
The long front strip gets sanded down to the bare aluminium.
First metallic test
A USB port in the end cap
A 3D printed housing brings a USB port into the left end cap, glued in, filled and primed.
Sanding, filler and an LED test
Primer and metallic paint
Primer first, then the metallic paint on the end caps and the joystick panel.
Ribbon sensors and new parts
Assembly: panels, joystick and display
Inside the Trinity
Mainboard, power supply and keybed, all opened up.
A bath for the keys
Goodbye floppy, hello Gotek
The old disk drive gets replaced by a Gotek floppy emulator with USB, mounted in its own bracket.
Keys back in and a new backlight
Back together
Bottom plate and internal USB power
Firmware and electronics
New controller boards, flashing with the ARTERY tool and the Trinity booting with Version 2.4.1.
See the finished result in the NEW Trinity snapshot. More about what I do with KORG instruments can be found on the Pimp my KORG page.