Kelly's Music Says...

If you have more than one software instrument on your computer (and who doesn't?), then you know the hassles involved in learning to use different virtual instruments, finding the right sound and controlling the various parameters to get just that right sound - and then finding it again next time!  
 
Native Instruments has an innovative solution. Kore is touted as the "world’s first Universal Sound Platform". It promises to integrate all your software instruments and effects into a single, unified interface. In addition to uniting all of your software in one place, the package includes a hardware control surface to provide instant, hands-on access with a real analog feel.  
 
KORE offers the new "KoreSound", a universal sound format that allows you to focus on the sound you want, instead of the individual software instruments and effects. This new format can organize the presets for all your software instruments by categorizing them in a database according to musical attributes. KoreSounds can consist of single instrument, or you can create complex sounds using multiple instruments and effects. You can tell that NI put a lot of research into this concept, since the format also stores additional information regarding keyboard splits, layers, individual controller assignments, output routings and more - a big time saver.  
 
Another cool feature is that KoreSounds can be easily transferred between any sequencer and system, and between studio and stage, avoiding the set-up hassles that relegated many exceptional software synths and effects to only occasional use when you had the time required to get everything set up and working together.  
 
Of course, being a Native Instruments product, every single preset included with all the NI instruments, (more than 10,000!), have been pre-configured and categorized.  
 
To make KORE the "one" tool you need for all your plug-ins, NI ensured that Kore will act both as an audio host and as a plug-in. As a host, KORE organizes all your NI and third party VST and AU instruments and effects into a single interface. Then, you load Kore into your sequencer as a VST, AU or RTAS plug-in, instead of loading each individual instrument and effect in your library. Doing so offers a standard user interface, powerful database and instant, hands-on access to all your instruments and effects.  
 
Finally, to make Kore the perfect addition to your studio, NI has included a hardware controller. The KORE controller delivers manual control for all automatable parameters in any Audio Unit or VST plug-ins. The controller includes touch-sensitive knobs, bi-directional communication, an audio and MIDI interface along with context-specific display. In addition to the 8 buttons and knobs, the controller includes the ability to access additional "controller pages" to control any extra parameters in your plug in.  
 
Not just a control surface, KORE also sports an integrated, high-end audio interface with two inputs, four outputs (two line out and one stereo headphone out), MIDI in/out, and inputs for two foot pedals and one expression pedal. It connects via USB 2.0 and of course the KORE controllers audio interface can also be deactivated should you wish to use an interface with multiple inputs and outputs.  
 
What do we think? Well, if you've got more than one virtual instrument or plug-in on your system, save yourself some time and hassle by adding Kore to your studio. If you have Komplete 3 from NI, definitely buy Kore to get the most out of all of the great instruments and sounds - you will thank us later!

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