Just to really push the boat out I ran Reason Rewired into Live at the same time, making for a seriously powerful live rig. An important footnote to this section is that when you use Kore as a plug-in in a sequencer, the Performance layer does not exist. The contents of this article are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or part, whether mechanical or electronic, is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers. Plug-ins are hosted within the Kore software 'shell', which appears as a plug-in in your sequencer, or runs as a stand-alone host. Although some Kore 1 functionality is lost, the ability to work with Performance presets inside an application like Live is an important step. The new Browser can be customised by choosing which attribute lists are displayed, or by dragging and dropping existing attributes into a new column to make your own list.
The controller will map to automatable parameters on most plug-ins, and some third-party instruments have already had Easy Access pages added like the Korg Legacy package. It contains Kore2 factory presets data, but don't contain the sampling files. . You are presented with an empty rack-style or mixer-style display depending on the selected view option , with a master parameters area above, and the sound browser below. The most straightforward use of Kore 2 is as a 'workstation' synth, browsing for sounds and tweaking them with the pre-defined controls.
One shows only the knob assignments with a miniature value display. However, by the time you read this, an update should have added the all-important External Sync button to Kore. Whenever you are touching a knob, the display becomes dedicated to that parameter, showing the parameter's full name all parameters can be given long and short names for different display purposes. They killed it over 4 years ago and there is still nothing even close to it. As you can see in the screenshot on the previous page, the Sounds browser presents five columns with families of words to describe sounds, which, in Kore-speak, are called Attributes. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you 6. These attributes are clumped into mutually exclusive pairings or groups, such as Synthetic or Sample-based, Analogue or Digital.
I got to 14 instances before slight popping crept in. The rear panel of the Kore 2 controller — now without audio connections but with an extra pedal socket. Send the output of individual plug-ins to their own individual channels, or for further processing to other channels. As well as using the mouse, you can switch between Variations with the controller's buttons, or morph between them with the knobs. When moving the mouse over an element an explanation of its functions will be displayed. I've deliberately chosen a complex patch as it shows up several features of Kore.
Kore 2, with a laptop and controller keyboard also represents a real and intriguing if less straightforward alternative to a hardware workstation. The touch-sensitivity is immediately apparent, as red lights ringing the bottom of each knob light up while you touch the knob. Adding another channel creates a layered sound, or a split using the Sound Manager view's Channel Mapping area — as in the screen below. The up and down arrows or data wheel move you between the pages for the current channel or the User pages. This relationship can be set between 30 and 3600 degrees, so a parameter can be set so that it takes 10 turns of the knob to move through the whole range, providing ridiculously fine tuning. When browsing and loading Koresounds in individual instances of Kore 2, you'll always get at least one top-level page of knobs and buttons that adjust significant parameters of the patch.
The utility scans for all installed products, and lets you activate or deactivate them in bulk. The other shows all knob and button assignments, without the values. If you want to do that, 1. Generous provision is made for foot controllers, with two inputs each for pedals and footswitches. Even so, half of my sounds were not seen — a common issue, apparently, and eventually fixed after a trip to the user forum.
Put all these ideas together and you could, for example, have a knob dramatically increasing cutoff frequency, while subtly reducing gain to compensate. A window asking you to confirm will show up. The truth is, though, that you'll need to put in a fair bit of practice to get fluent with moving around. It does require some patience, and some determination to get away from the comfort zone of the mouse. One option would be to use multiple Kore plug-ins instead of Presets, and use the Live mixer to handle the transitions, although this would lose the crossfading and sequencing. The demo unit had small, rubber, glued-on feet which all fell off during the review, but I'm assured that the more up-to-date production runs have larger, securely affixed feet.
Roland has no W10 drivers for them. The combination of multi-instrument hosting with flexible controller assignments means that many people are looking to Kore as a live system. The all-important knobs feel great, moving with a smooth, light action. Right-clicking an insert slot lets you add or replace Kore effects. The Global Controller mirrors the eight knobs and buttons on the hardware controller, labelled with their current functions. Kore 2 is probably the most powerful software-based solution for performing with virtual instruments.
Here's how the navigation system works: when you're running Kore stand-alone, you start off in Performance mode. Does askvideo run a sale ever? This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Native Instruments Kore 2 supposing you want to. They won't be getting any more of my money. I bought mine in late 2012 or early 2013 so that was a good year and a half after they dis. All the items that belong Native Instruments Kore 2 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. The third channel is a Group channel, where both plug-ins are being mixed in order to go through a filter plug-in.
Although the build quality of the new hardware is superior, the original controller offers full functionality with the Kore 2 software. Kore 2 On Windows 10, Clean Install Has anyone been running Kore 2 on Windows 10 clean install? Workstation sound sources are blended, have appropriate effects, and are available as presets. The feeling you get from a product that you didn't really know you needed, but can't imagine how you got on without it. Inevitably, numerous plug-in and library updates were needed to make sure everything was happy. You can also scroll through the Browser's results list from the controller, and the on-screen list follows, allowing you to preview attributes.