I want to record my Korg Triton as midi but can't figure how to do it. I want a certain sound that is inside the Triton, it works as a controller but I can't get the sound to come out.

Insert a MIDI track. Set the track input and output to the Korg and set the correct MIDI channel.
Insert an Audio track. Set the track input to the output of your interface.
Assuming you have the Korg audio out connected to the input of your interface.
You can now record the MIDI signal to the MIDI track and the audio signal to the audio track.
Buffers should be set fairly low (under 10ms) or you will have too much latency to play/record in real time.
 
HTH
 
 Edit: If you want to select the patch from within Sonar you will need an .INS instrument definition setup in Sonar for the Korg.

Set the track input and output to the Korg and set the correct MIDI channel.
 
Do I do this in preferences? when I open preferences, there are some predefined synths but it did not recognize my Korg.

No, you set your input and output and midi channel directly from the Inspector for each track.
 

Here's a video from my youtube page that explains MIDI basics
 
That should get you sorted.

FBB I saw your video, when I went to my preferences, none of my external devices show up. Only my midi interface. How do I fix that?

If you can't select external devices in preferences as a MIDI device then the drivers aren't installed correctly.
 
I am not familiar with the triton. How is it attached? USB port or via a regular MIDI I/O port?
 
INS files are very helpful. I'm sure you'll be able to find those on the net somewhere if you don't already have them. Basically they are most helpful for enabling you to select sounds by patch name rather than numbers, selecting banks and external synth sounds etc.
 
Once the triton shows as a MIDI device (and you've enabled it in Prefs--->MIDI--->Devices) you need to make sure your output on the MIDI track is set to the Triton's MIDI port. Once that is done you can select patches from the bank and patch settings but to use all of the available sounds you will need that INS file.
 
Also make sure that MIDI echo is enabled for that track.
 
You then monitor the Triton sounds externally.

The Triton has been out for a while. Have you updated your drivers from Korg? Do that if you haven't, if you can find new ones. You might not be able to use ASIO. You should be able to hook up the audio out and record it as an instrument. That is all I do with my HW synth. I looked at the Triton when I bought a Yamaha PSR-2100.
FBB, I'm pretty sure the Triton has a MIDI out and an audio out (at least) unless they are still making them I doubt it has USB connections.
 
From here: http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/triton.php
Date Produced - 1999
Rack, LE - 2000
Triton Studio - 2002
Triton Extreme - 2005
 
This may help the helpers, IDK.
 
 
 
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I will look into the drivers, definitely never loaded a Korg Triton driver. Thanks for your help.

Drivers should not enter into it. Neither Windows nor SONAR has any knowledge of outboard controllers, as they only see the MIDI input to your interface. If a driver was involved, it would have been the one for your audio/MIDI interface. But because you are able to record MIDI, we can assume that Windows knows about the interface and can communicate with it.
 
From your OP it sounds as though your problem is audio-related rather than MIDI. You can test this assumption by plugging some headphones into the Triton and playing back your track. If you get no sound in the headphones, then the instrument isn't receiving the MIDI you recorded. In that case, verify that you've selected the MIDI device as your output destination, from the dropdown list of Output devices in the track header.
 
If you hear sound in your headphones, then MIDI's not your problem. The next step is to route the synth's output to an audio track in SONAR. You should be able to record that audio, even if you cannot hear it. To hear it as it's playing back (without recording it first) you need to turn on Input Monitoring. That's a button in the track header.