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Native Instruments Kore 2 £349

The original Kore was a good plug-in manager, but with 418 built-in sounds, its successor is a powerful instrument in its own right.

The MusicRadar Team, Wed 2 Jan, 2:34 pm GMT

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Manufacturer's description

KORE

the

Super

Instrument

–

powerful

software

hardware

system

with

versatile

library

than

500

production-ready

sounds,

with

over

3,000

sound

variations

and

over

400

KoreSounds.

Find,

play,

and

tweak

sounds

with

unprecedented

speed,

power

and

ease.

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MusicRadar rating

4 of 5

Pros

Six great audio engines. Loads of good sounds. Makes browsing fun.

Cons

Handling of third-party plug-ins isn't perfect. Some sounds are more showy than practical. Doesn't always find what you want.

The bottom line

Still not for everyone, but Kore 2 is a good one-stop solution if you want polished presets and an easy way of tweaking them.

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Kore 2

Price:: £349
Features:: KORE 2 as a host loads: VST®, Audio Units™. KORE 2 as an 'instrument' runs: Stand-alone, VST®, Audio Units™, RTAS® under Pro Tools 7™.
Description:: Unified software / hardware system to instantly find, play and control sounds. Includes audio engines* from REAKTOR 5, MASSIVE, ABSYNTH 4, FM8, KONTAKT 2 and GUITAR RIG 2 with 500 unique KoreSounds®. Sound Variations enrich every KoreSound with up to 8 variations that can be morphed into each other. Perfectly integrated hardware controller for analog-style sound control and complete software navigation. Loads Audio Unit™- and VST®-plug-ins with easy preset import for immediate use.
Min Processor Speed (GHz):: 1.40
OS Requirements:: Apple Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
Platform:: MacOS/Windows
Ram Required (MB):: 512.00

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