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Originally Posted by technog0d  So lets talk a little bit about Kore. There are really multiple pieces that you need to consider. There is the Hardware kore controller, the software, and then the VIs.
Hardware (Kore 1 (includes audio interface), Kore 2 (No Audio interface)):
The kore is a great controller for tweaking values during your performance. It allows direct control of many of the values that you see in the Kore software. Things like morphing between a snapshot of several presets to another snapshot of several different presets can be configured. You can scroll through patches. There is much that can be done. It basically gives you a tactile feel to the software.
Software: Kore 2 - This software is really very powerful. Because of it's power and complexity it has the potential to scare many people away. NI gives you the ability to buy the HW and software or just the software now. The Kore 2 SW is great if you do nothing else but use it as a way to quickly find sounds over many VIs. But, It is much more powerful than that. Here are some of the things that I find useful.
- The ability to combine multiple VIs (NI or not) into a single playable patch
- The ability to combine effects with the VI patches
- The ability to create muti-timbral instruments with different zones
- The ability to create morpable scenes
- built-in effects
- built-in appregiators and sequencers
- Comes with Multiple NI engines - the difference between the engine and the actual products is that the engine can playback the sounds and the whole product includes the editor to tweak. In saying that, realize that each patch contains tweakable parameters that are preset even if you don't own the full Komplete set.
So what do I use it for?
I use Kore 2 with the controller in the studio to create complex sounds that are made with multiple VIs and effects and sometimes appregiators or sequncers into a single patch. Then I capture some knobs that I want to tweak and control them in my performances. I might capture 2 knobs like filter and cutoff and set them to 1 and 50 in one scene and then set them to 127 and 100 in scene 2 and then use a morph knob to gradually morph between scene one and two. There are so many possibilities. You really need to check out the kore pages on createdigitalmusic.com.
Feel free to ask any questions.
P.S. I did go through alot of headaches in Kore1 software, but Kore 2 is greatly enhanced and has none of the headaches that I saw in Kore 1 SW. I beleive a lot of people did not give it the appropriate chance after it hit Kore 2. Tty the demo and follow the videos from Creat Digital Music to really decide for yourself.
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Very interesting.
If I pick up the software alone, can I use a controller I already have for assigning the parameters? Or is the Kore controller proprietary to the software and vice-versa?
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