what's better between trinity vs. t-rack,provided one has sequencer.Is it true that the t-rack has the same output assign problems.

Yes the TR Rack has the same spastic output routing scheme as the Trinity! I sold my Trinity keyboard for a Triton a few months ago but I held on to my TR Rack. The TR Rack has 8MB of extra ROM waveforms (much more drums and a few new pianos/brass/sax etc variations). Some of the older M1 and O1W sounds are also present (pole, tenor sax, M1 piano). The new drum sounds are fantastic!

The Tr Rack is almost non-programmable from the front panel. You require the use of a computer running the supplied sounddiver software to properly program it. Personally, I feel that this sucks. The TR Rack is not expandable in any way except that you can add the same optional ADAT interface as the Trinity's.

The Trinity has a fantastic operating system whilst the TR Rack gets by with a small LCD (basically it's a pain in the arse to use from it's front panel!).

If I was you, I would save my pennies and get a Trinity (with Flash ROM for loading up your own samples). It is a fantastic keyboard and is easy to get around.

If you don't care too much about using a computer to edit/program your own sounds, or you just want to play the factory presets than by all means look at the Tr Rack if you are already happy with your present controller. By the way, the TR Rack only has one location for 16 way multi-timbral set ups- this is crazy!

To be brutally honest, if I didn't love the sounds of the TR Rack so much, I would have sold it long ago!!!!!

Personally, I disagree with Korgasm. I think the TR-Rack is very efficient. I don't understand the problem with editing with SoundDiver. It's a very simple hook up and set up procedure, it gives you all the parameters right in front of your face, and has a very decent and readable layout. Personally, I just don't do a lot of heavy programming at sessions or gigs, and don't know who would. It's impossible to take that kind of time when others are waiting. But the TR is not completely chained to software editing. You can access all of the necessary tweaks from the front panel very quickly and easily for sessions and/or gigs. Things like filter cutoff, FX editing and on/off, octave changes, levels, amp envelopes, all the things you need to make quick, on the fly edits. I've been using Korg products for almost 10 years and currently own a T3, an SGproX, a Wavestation SR, an X5DR, and my TR Rack. I've had O1's, DW's, N's, you name it, and I've probably owned it or checked it out extensively. The TR is a very powerful module that sounds second to none in the sample playback realm, but if you need the sampling and bells and whistles on the Trinity, definately go for the biggest one you can afford. The controller options are great, and the touch screen is handy, if a bit slow. My only real negative about the TR is there is no fast scrolling through parameters. This isn't a problem for selecting presets, as there are jump buttons for banks and increments of 10. But for certain parameter adjustments from the front panel, it's a little obnoxious. Other than that, thumbs up all around. Also, the one 16 part multi doesn't bother me as I only use 8 part combi's for sequencing. But if you're arsenal is limited, this may be a drawback for you.

Forgot to mention, you can copy two seperate Combi's to the 16 part Multi, so if you really need a bunch of 16 part set-ups (which isn't too great with just 32 voices anyway) you can just save them as 2 Combis and then load them up when you want that particular set up. Takes maybe 30 seconds, if that, from the front panel.

I like my Tr-rack, also. I got use to the small buttons and paging thru sub menus since I owned an X5DR. It is straight forward
to tweak (octave, effects, etc)and write your
changes to the original patch. With the exception of thin sounding guitars, the sounds are excellent. Its the cheapest way to go if you want that Trinity sound.

Don't get my wrong- I like my TR Rack for the high quality sounds it produces (and it looks great in my rack too!!!!).

I simply don't agree with manufacturers cutting costs by forcing us to use a computer to do some serious editing work.

My JV1080's, Wavestation AD and SR can all be programmed from the front panel so why not the TR Rack?

Oh by the way, if you know someone who has a Trinity, you can hook the TR Rack up to that and program it using the Trinity's interface.