All user reviews for the Native Instruments Kore

Native instruments Kore is the original native instruments system that I saw for the first time being used at a local guitar center and it caught my eye right away. Now first of if you are thinking of purchasing this, you should look at the newer version of it, I wouldn’t get this one unless you are getting a great used deal on it. Getting started with it was pretty self explanatory and I didn’t have any issues with it running on my Windows XP laptop at the time. I was actually very happy with it for about a year until I sold it to a friend for one of his drum mics because I really needed on at the time. But there where not compatibility problems at all with the Native Instruments Kore and my computer.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

If you have a good stable computer system then you wont have any issues with this. But if your system is already an older system and has old drivers you could run into some errors down the road especially depending on which daw you are using with it. I have experienced several issues on one of my older dell desktops with this when I got it. I was getting some really bad lagging, it seemed to eat up all of the cpu/ram and really caused some problems. But on my laptop that was XP, it ran great and never caused any issues and I loved it.


OVERALL OPINION

At the time that I purchased it , it was great. But after returning it and using a few other units similar to it, I realize how many issues I was having using it. It just didn’t work well with my work flow and I wish it had more stuff on the actually unit that I could synce up with some knobs or sliders in my daw jus to have it all going into hardware but it doesn’t have any extra options . This was a pain, but I had a work around because I still used my midi keyboard knobs and sliders for that. I would make the same choice again if I had too, but knowing what I know now, I would have probably chose something from M audio.

Installation very simple .. XP 32 "on the other hand for a new product, no drivers for Win XP 64! is shame ... shame because XP 64 manages more than 3 gigabytes of RAM and really take into account the CPU 64 .. ! 8 gig and I do enjoy that Kore 2 Giga penny WinXP 32 .. Besides it eats into resources .. and there's no driver for XP 64 KORE, I e-mailed from native instruments s 'not care a bit .. I feel a short, but they released a product already exceeded in the Drivers
Manual? Well as in NI usually clear ... But it should really read ..

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

BI 64 bit proc Xeon 3.6 8 GB of ram two 500 gig SATA drive ... XP 32 and XP 64 on the other drive ... Works well with XP 32 .. No sound in XP 64 "so do not work" we do not take advantage of 64 bit proc and ram a shame because it's a product that requires resources ram and proc

OVERALL OPINION

About a week ... Sleek metal desing a sublime work with third instrument plugins .. the FX plugins also .. Really ideal for making sounds with various instruments and classify plugins .. to have an emergency!!

Just missing the choice to use it under XP 64 ("/>
If you have 64 Proc and use XP 64, go your way and forget for the moment Kore

- Installation is it without problem?

Mouai, except that I can not register my product on the site. I have no or little app that allows me the link to register and manual recording on the site does not work, he asked me to go through the soft ... No rponse NI. It does not recognize the sounds of Kompakt. aa march for all the NI apps three essential but him.

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?

Particulirement not, part with Kompakt.

- The configuration gnrale is easy?

I tried to do sth without the manual, and it is not easy. But relatively easy configuration.

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Okay. All rponses I'm looking for are hard to find at first. As for the examples to follow the "guide" is not always in tune with what is going on my bcanne.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

- What is the configuration of your computer? (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk / sound card ..)
ASUS M6V, 2GHz, 1GB RAM + EMU 1616m + LaCie 250GB external HD

- The software works he correctly on this configuration?

Yes, part one. "Dat file" it can not find the launch and gives me the right to have a nice error message (which gets along very qd the sound system is not down )

- What performance? (If quantifiable)

The machine seems, at least on paper, and I am sure, our answer an essential need for everyone, whether live or in studio.

- This software + hardware configuration is stable?

We'll see ...

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?

1 week.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

The Aesthetics + (soft & hard)
+ Global opportunities Ingals date
+ Comfort controllers
- The instinct is not enough to make it work
- J'espre it will really work!
- Aspect not new when I dballe. Lots of micros scratches, no protection except particulire bag. In short, no nickel at all.

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

FORTE Brainspawn of much more intuitive (because less complete as well), but the anecdote is an English program for which I've never had a manual and I do work perfectly ...

- How do you report qualitprix?

When a perfect markets, it will be a great value qualitprix for now we'll wait.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

Step back, but it is a unique concept on the market and wait for ages! So it's true that it may be wiser to wait and do not wipe the plaster ... but I could not help myself.

Finally, trs j'espre back quickly to say that all is well and it's the bomb.

Quick and easy installation thanks to the new NI Service Center.

The manual is welcome franais. Of such products to spend two hours on the manual cest hours less per APRS. The translation is not always Molire, but hey, my sound is not Chopin either!

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The configuration of my jalopy: PIV 3.2 Ghz Asus, Kingston 2MB RAM, 01x + i88x Yamaha

Drivers: Perfectly OK.

Software: The software runs flawless with NI Komplete 3 install. T have all my VST recognized without problem and the plugs of my UAD card and other VST. NI is the reliability at the rendezvous. The app works fine in stand-alone and Cubase SX3.

Hardware: Cot sincrement sound card I am surprised at the quality book that price. I did not buy KORE for this, but for a live situation, why not. 2 Stereo outputs symtriques indpendantes, breath minimal trs high volume on the Genelec full chetron. The signal to noise ratio is all that is most dcent.

Ct Controller design is perfect for those who like to work at night with a Lumire screened. The knobs that Sallu in contact with the fingers, yeee. The cts machine nanmoins seem a little sharp. Manir gnrale of finishing hardware is dcente, do not expect to have same when in the hands of Avalon. I think NI is still young in the production of hard ... Kore. Anyway the cest of the lordre dtail.

Ct touch, the knobs are of pure happiness. Nothing to do with the feeling dun MIDI Controller is to say with a resolution of 128 steps. Here there are more than 500 and not simply touch to notice the diffrence standard. The knobs are almost as enjoyable as the analog high-end hard. In any case compar those of my yamaha 01x table is not photo ... It reminds me more of the knobs particulirement trs silky in SPL.

OVERALL OPINION

I captured the bte a week ago, my nights are short since trs.

Something essential for me (EST funny nor shared not really even above), can really EST CRER my library of sounds and davoir all centralized in a search engine. Example dapplication simple and deadly:

Suppose a piece that I cre sappel Solid Sky (hehe). I cre a bass line that passes in a Comp and EQ. I save all the format KoreSound AND DSIR with a name in the attributes of its jindique Solid Sky. My line of a cest Minimoog synth that passes through a delay with a PSP 84 rglage twisted, I save everything in prcisant Solid Sky also in the attributes of sound.

A year later I remember javais this great synth sound of the song Solid Sky and Jaime good use exactly the same with the same string deffets derrire. Obviously I do not remember the name of the pRSET Solution in search engine I type KORE Solid Sky and all the sounds that appear as an attribute Solid Sky, STRP lemploi. All the sounds of my piece in a jiffy!

Fini promised I will not waste more of my tracks pRSET every time I change Systm!

Ct sound from the pRSET cres dinstruments or stack, books and available for users of Komplete, hello the killing. Quite simply, jai never heard a. Sound cre from 7 dFM7 instances, I assure you that adcoiffe. A must for lovers of sound design, unless a bank account davoir Hollywood DTRE pretty nerd and possder Kyma.

For those who do live, possibility to load all the songs with different instruments, pRSET, routings advance. KORE makes sure that only draws current performance on your CPU. Yes, its not a joke. Everything is the prt lemploi associated with MIDI tracks, commissioned by the Controller. Coupled with Ableton, ale, ale, ale, has to hurt.

Some speak of KORE ct complicated and I sincrement narrive not follow. I think Quil must remain objective: L or other limits have partial solutions, KORE provides a solution around the audio formats ca eviedemment that involves a bit of learning. And then a certain level you have to know what a will. Cubase is more complex than Garage Band, you choose. Mfiez you compare loans. Do you know of a MIDI Controller that allows you to use VST plug-ins in Pro-Tools or Logic? And then a few dozen hours APRS OF USE, KORE is a breeze to use.

Conclusion: You are producing songs, done sound design, live, quest do you expect? With srieux as NI derrire no souci.Nnamoins I think to fully enjoy the potential of KORE, Komplete 3 is a must. It is not given but the Komplete package + KORE is standard. What are you occuppe a long time.

Of course I do it again this choice and look forward to the dj that will add new features as and when the updates. NI Rules!

Installation and integration of nickel really soft, but I got the first versions and service center did not work properly, I had to mail a NI to register the product.

the pb seems to be solved with the maj Service Center.

the manual is really great! the general config is very simple if you're already accustomed to NI products.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

On p4 2.4c / 1GB / XPSP2 and PM 1.86 GHz / 1 GB / XPSP2 .. no pb on the two machines, the software is very delicious (even better since the last update) and very stable, nickel ..

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since its release, I bought it for a host to live, and PCQ I had no sound card on my laptop.

I do not like the fact of being able to load performance when the app is loaded VST plug .. just sounds .. damage, in fact it should be used in stand aleone to really enjoy the full extent of its possibilities.

The controls are very precise and fun .. nothing to do with the different controller twelve o'clock I had.

there is no real equivalent in the concurrency.

value for money is unbeatable .. when you see the price of one controller noon, the price of an ASIO sound card, and the price of a soft style Vstack host live .. !

Rel installation without concern, having internet to connect and wait patiently until you either provide your password. Aprsc is that of happiness.
Look, I'm so happy that I have purchased a second laptop with a kore.
As it is sound card I can record live my bidoullage the KOMPLETE package, which is a complte wonder. And then that is unbelievable, I 'silent dja stupfait sound of absynth, or FM8, but since I started araktor5 I' still not returned. Indeed Antigone Carbon 2 buttons with the hyper sensitive kore (dja assign all is paradise) that is immeasurable. Sound. Yes that is a, sound daunting, crystalline, with fluctuation welcome, which corrects near my lack of rytme.
Crazy sound the same, 10/10.
10,000 francs for the KOMPLETE package with the kore, next to her, indict, that is a gift to have that money.
APRS, the manual is clear trs, and as long as you put some passion, and paraphasias for someone, it becomes a breeze to to have fun with the kore.
INESPRE.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I have a good config, the trick was 500 euro now.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month.
I have purchased a second "kore"
the price quality ratio is simply Excellent

Frankly, the installation is not the strong point of NI!
I installed Komplete 4 ... 3 whole days to make it work.
No operation VST Plugin certain unrecognized audio dropouts, crashes ...
And to find solutions, we must get the PDF manual in French which is incomplete in many ways, search the forum NI, delving into menus all the Kore software, and even search the site NI, try uninstalling search ...

And finally, a month later, no way to run the software then reinstall ... registration system and the software that tells me that I have already registered the software and must go to the website OR ............

With all that I had to do to make it work, there would be enough to fill the section Tips for AF!

It is normal to protect themselves from piracy, but should not it be at the expense of those who buy the software ... especially when it does not prevent piracy!
Food for thought ...

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

.... ok, but when it works, it's stable!
In this regard, I was surprised by the quality of the audio drivers (ASIO2) that are really stable even at 5ms latency.
Suddenly, the game is really a sound card with a bonus audio quality more than adequate in most cases (home studio and live)

Too bad though that is unbalanced audio inputs (while the outputs are balanced ??!!) So, there are risks to hum especially with long cables.
But hey, at least it's RCA jack and not as some sound cards ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year in my home studio and live. The big advantage is being able to move from a studio in a config config live in minutes. Another advantage is that I swapped all my synths and effects racks for a large hardware + a laptop PC (with some plug of course).
So, I took hours to set before all the hardware (midi and audio), create special sets for live (and make concessions on materials to take), we had to carry everything and cable for live and rewiring in the studio ...

Now live like in my home studio, I have a big rack PC for all audio processing and a laptop to play kore + plugs instruments. My RD 300 SX portable piano and a small 49-key keyboard. And that's all.

For me, a true revolution has started ...

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Kore installs problem free on the system on which I used it. We didn't have any compatibility issues on our system. The setup is a little bit convoluted after you install it. Not in terms of getting the system to recognize the hardware, but in terms of matching the controls on the hardware to what you want it to do in the software. The time you would potentially save by using Kore is easily lost by having to tediously map out all the editing parameters. Also there are not enough knobs to handle all of the parameters in the software, so you are constantly having to shuffle around. The manual is okay, but leaves a few holes in your knowledge. You will most likely be searching online for a few questions you'll have with Kore.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

We installed this on a Mac G5 at a studio I worked at. We have been using kontakt a lot there, and wanted to control it with Kore. It did technically work fine with the computer and the software. You have to make sure your latency is down or else the Kore is very laggy. Having lag on a control surface is a very distracting and unnatural feeling, and adds to inefficiency. We once plugged it in after starting up the software, and it caused a crash. Other than that it seemed to be fairly stable, just plug it in before starting your software.

OVERALL OPINION

We only used this for a short while before returning it. We were hoping it would speed up all of the parameter editing we were having to do in kontakt by having it available at our fingertips. However, between the parameter mapping you have to always do, the lack of sufficient knobs, and the lag caused by latency, it actually took more time to make use of Kore. Maybe it's just the way we work, but for us it was not helpful. For us the value was not good, but maybe for others it would be. I wouldn't get it again, but I wouldn't necessarily discourage others from trying it out.