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Native Instruments' KORE will change the way you produce and perform. As the world’s first Universal Sound Platform, it integrates all your software instruments and effects into a single, unified interface. KORE gives you total control of your sound and instant, hands-on access with a real analog feel.

The groundbreaking fusion of software and hardware makes using instruments and effects easier than ever before, allowing you to spend more time concentrating on your music.KORE - the perfect synthesis of soft and hardware.

Start Thinking in SoundsKORE introduces KoreSound, a universal sound format that shifts the focus from individual instruments toward the sound itself. This new format allows you to manage all the presets for all your software instruments. These are then categorized in the powerful database according to specific musical attributes, making them far easier and quicker to find, recall and use at a future date.The KoreSounds themselves can consist of single instruments or complex sounds created using multiple instruments and effects. The format also stores additional information regarding keyboard splits, layers, individual controller assignments, output routings and more.

The KoreSound format offers a further benefit: KoreSounds can be easily transferred between any sequencer and system, and between studio and stage, making set-up hassles a thing of the past.

Komplete KompatibilityEvery single preset included with all the NI instruments, more than 10.000 in total, have been pre-configured and categorized with a variety of musical attributes and individual controller assignments, making the combination of KORE and NI KOMPLETE 3 outstandingly powerful. Just search the database for an instrument type, keyword, timbre, style or mood and you will be playing and tweaking the desired sound within seconds.

Total Integration

KORE is a plug-in. KORE is a host. Within a sequencer-based studio environment, KORE acts both as an audio host and as a plug-in. In its role as host, KORE unites all your NI and third party VST and AU instruments and effects into a single interface. It is then itself loaded into your sequencer as a VST, AU or RTAS plug-in, giving you a standard user interface, powerful database and instant, hands-on access to all your instruments and effects.

Master Your Performance

KORE also marks the introduction of an extremely versatile and capable performance platform with a wealth of advanced live features that finally allow software instruments to truly come of age within a live situation. Sophisticated layer and split configurations based on any combination of instruments and effects can be created and recalled easily. A powerful Performance Manager allows for seamless, on-the-fly transitions between different scenes and sound sets – either manually, pre-programmed or remote-controlled. The combination of these features with the high-resolution, interactive controller deliver a dynamic experience and let you to stay focused on your performance.

Top Features

• Universal Sound Platform and performance environment uniting all AU and VST plug-ins
• Perfectly integrated software and hardware system
• Hardware for analog feel, hands-on control of KORE and all AU and VST plug-ins
• Sound Browser searches for sounds by musical attributes
• KoreSound format stores information describing a sound's musical characteristics and attributes
• KoreSound format saves layers, splits, routings and embedded MIDI files
• Integrated mixer with send, insert, group channels and14 high-end effects
• Live performance features allow seamless transitions between set-ups
• Universal compatibility allows KoreSounds to be used on almost any system

Hardware Specifications

• 24bit/96Khz USB 2.0 Core Audio/ASIO audio interface
• 2 input, 2 balanced output channels and headphone output
• High-resolution control protocol delivers real 'analog feel'
• Touch-sensitive, incremental knobs with 500 steps per revolution
• 64 x 128 pixel, context-specific display
• Dedicated inputs for 2 footswitches and 1 expression pedal
• Stereo digital out (coaxial S/PDIF)
• MIDI Input and Output
• USB 2.0 bus-powered
• Not compatible to USB 1.1

Interfaces

• Loads: VST®, Audio Units™
• Runs: Stand-alone, VST®, Audio Units™, RTAS™, DXi™, Core Audio™, ASIO™, DirectSound™

System Requirements

Minimum

• Mac OS 10.3.x, G4 1GHz, 512 MB RAM RAM
• Win XP, Pentium 1GHz, 512 MB RAM RAM (Win XP must have Service Pack 2 installed)
• USB 2.0 port

Recommended

• Mac OS 10.4.x, G5 1.8 GHz, 768 MB RAM RAM
• Win XP, Pentium 1.4GHz, 768 MB RAM RAM