Native Instruments Kore Plug-In Host and Controller

Hear What You Feel
KORE revolutionizes the way you produce and perform. Fusing sophisticated software with a highly advanced hardware controller, each component builds on the strengths of the other to form a single, versatile and powerful entity. KORE is the world's first Universal Sound Platform and performance environment for studio producers and live musicians.

As a software instruments and effects host, KORE unites all your VST and Audio Units plug-ins into a single, uniform interface, giving you total control of your sounds with instant, hands-on access and a real analog feel.

As a plug-in, KORE can itself be loaded via VST, Audio Units, RTAS or DXi into your sequencer, bringing a high degree of efficiency and simplicity to your production processes. In stand-alone the powerful live performance features come into their own, making KORE master of any stage.

Never before have musicians, sound designers and producers been able to take such a creative and musical approach to sound. Never before have they had such a powerful and intuitive sonic workstation at their fingertips. KORE is the new definition of sound.

Ready for KOMPLETE
Combine KORE with KOMPLETE 4 and it becomes a uniquely powerful workstation. The two products complement one another perfectly, which is why there is a special KORE and KOMPLETE 4 introductory offer.

Use One Interface
KORE unites all NI and 3rd party VST and Audio Unit instruments and effects into a single, clearly structured user interface, making… read more the use of plug-ins a far easier and more musical process.

Find Sounds Fast
The new KORE Sound Browser and KoreSound format enable you to find sounds and presets according to freely definable musical attributes, such as timbre, style or articulation. Search, browse or filter the database of KoreSounds to instantly find all the sounds that match the criteria you have specified - regardless of instrument.

Feel The Software
The highly advanced KORE hardware controller interacts seamlessly with the KORE software, giving you total hands-on control of all your software instruments and effects. The high-resolution, bi-directional protocol and touch-sensitive knobs makes for a very dynamic and detailed experience. (Hardware specifications...)

Play Sounds Live
Powerful, ground-breaking live performance features bridge the gap between studio and stage, bringing for the first time the full power of your software instruments into a live context.

Make Sounds Compatible
The new KoreSound format stores a wealth of additional information, such as routings or assignments, and can handle mutliple instrument and effect set-ups as though they were a single, simple preset. This incredibly powerful and comprehensive format allows sounds and instrument set-ups to be easily transferred between different songs, sequencers and systems without any configuration hassles.

Discover The Sound
KORE opens the doors to a whole new world of sonic creations. Never before have such diverse combinations of sounds, instruments and effects been possible. KORE harness the full power of your plug-ins and allows you to explore uncharted sonic territories.

The Universal Sound Platform
As well as being able to load NI instruments and effects, KORE can also load all 3rd party Audio Units and VST plug-ins turning it into a truly Universal Sound Platform.

Pre-configured Controller Assignments
Both NI and 3rd party Audio Units and VST plug-ins can all be controlled manually using KORE's hardware controller.* So that you do not have to assign all the parameters yourself, Easy Access Pages for both NI and 20 of the most popular 3rd party plug-ins have been pre-configured. This means that as soon as you load one of the plug-ins, its most important parameters instantly appear both on the KORE software and hardware interfaces affording you immediate manual control.

Pre-configured controller assignments are included for:
AAS Lounge Lizard 3
Arturia ARP 2600 V + FX Version
Arturia Minimoog V + FX Version
GMedia / OhmForce impOSCar
GMedia M-Tron
GMedia / OhmForce MiniMonsta + FX Version
GMedia / OhmForce Oddity
GMedia / OhmForce Ohmboys
Korg Legacy Cell
Korg MS-20 + FX version
Korg Polysix
Korg Wavestation
Native Instruments PlugIns
Novation Bass-Station
Novation V-Station
reFX Vanguard
rgc audio Z3TA+ + FX Version
Rob Papen Albino 2
Rob Papen Blue
Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
Timewarp ARP2600 + FX Version

If the plug-ins you use do not appear in the above list, you can still use them with KORE. You can assign your plug-in's* parameters to KORE's hardware controller with just a few simple mouse-clicks

Easy Access Pages - Uniform Parameter Layout
KORE offers "Easy Access Pages" for the above-mentioned 3rd party plug-ins. All the important parameters, such as filters, effects, envelopes, are grouped together and are always assigned to the same control elements. This principle guarantees of high degree of simplicity and intuition for the user. There are 2 Easy Access Pages per plug-in with a total of up to 32 parameters.

Multiple Assignments
Ingenious multi-assignments allow more than one parameter to be manipulated simultaneously via a single control element. This enables, for instance, a plug-ins filter cut-off, envelope slope and amplitude all to be controlled with a single controller movement. Or indeed multiple parameters from different plug-ins to be controlled in the same manner.

Preset Change via Hardware
For most of the above-mentioned plug-ins**, you can even switch directly between different presets via two dedicated buttons on the KORE hardware controller - a considerable improvement in workflow efficiency.

* All Audio Units and VST plug-in parameters with automation IDs can be controlled using KORE's hardware controller. This is the case for virtually all Audio Units and VST plug-in parameters. Those without automation IDs can still be used with KORE but not controlled via the hardware.

** Due to long loading times, manual preset change via KORE's hardware is not supported for sample-based instruments. Due to certain specific preset concepts, this features has also not yet been implemented for a few other instruments: VOKATOR, NI-SPEKTRAL DELAY, GUAITR RIG 2, ABSYNTH 3, Arturia plug-ins and GMedia / OhmForce MiniMonsta read less