KVR Audio

JimmiG · Post by **JimmiG** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:29 pm

Well, my old link expired so I re-entered my email and got a new link. This time I got in on the first try and I'm currently downloading it at about 230KB/sec.

So, if you're having trouble, maybe requesting a new download link to an alternative email address would work. Not sure if I got a link to another mirror or if it was just coincidence, though.

Lossl · Post by **Lossl** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:34 pm

You'll be doing without, then. From what I know (and I would know if it weren't the case), there's absolutely no plans to release a software only version in the forseeable future.

yup, i am aware of this. thankfully i already have enough software to make me happy, so i am not trying to convince them (or anyone) how important a software only solution could be (even though i am pretty sure that even more people would be interested in it if it was this way, and NI wouldnt have to loose anything, since as you already mentioned in another thread some time ago, Kore does not require the controller to work even right now)

Integratron · Post by **Integratron** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:53 am

Man, maybe it's just me but seemed to be a real PITA to get authorized. HOWEVER, wow - this is slick, the sounds are superb - some of the best I've heard in a long while! Like "Space Transmission" what a gas! I suppose the sounds may not appeal to all but to me they seem highly refined.

I'm assuming that this is 1/2 of the equasion... that a piece of hardware exists that makes this even cooler!

I think I'm hooked! I'm definitely going to check into this.

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:59 am

Is the download working yet?

Integratron · Post by **Integratron** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:41 pm

Worked fine for me yeaterday.

JimmiG · Post by **JimmiG** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:50 pm

The download appears to be working now.

The free version doesn't come with alot of sounds, but those it does come with are top notch. Some nice variety of acoustic, abstract, ethnic and electronic/synth sounds. A very nice acoustic drum set is included, which I think I'll be finding very useful in the future. The pad sounds were another highlight.

I haven't tried assigning the controllers to my Remote SL but I assume that should work, so it can be used like the Kore hardware controller. Realtime control is just enough to change the character of the sound to fit it into a mix, but not enough to completely tranform the sound. This is a "player", not a complete synthesizer. There's usually a dry/wet (fx amount) knob which is good - Some of the sounds are a little "bombastic" to fit directly into a mix.

CPU usage can become a problem. There was one string sound where I had to reduce the Release time a little to stop it from crackling when playing many chords after one another. People with more up-to-date rigs should have no problems.

S-N-S · Post by **S-N-S** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:52 pm

still cant get any sound out of this,doesent matter what audio driver or input/output i choose,still cant hear no sound

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:52 pm

Are there any other free sounds that can be loaded into/played by Kore Player?

Sickle · Post by **Sickle** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:56 pm

Only took me 11 hours to download the updated installer yesterday..

ew · Post by ew » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:56 pm

CloudNine wrote:Are there any other free sounds that can be loaded into/played by Kore Player?

Not unless NI decides to make some more available.

ew

MitchK1989 · Post by **MitchK1989** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:03 am

got the download (took awhile, but it's here now), now I'm installing.

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:06 am

So I'm a little unclear on the purpose of Kore Player. It did a long, lame scan on startup, seemed to be looking for other NI stuff; does KP just come with a few of its own sounds and is intended as a front-end for buying more sounds? Or does this catalog your existing NI stuff, like Kontakt Library instruments, etc?

MitchK1989 · Post by **MitchK1989** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:11 am

bduffy wrote:So I'm a little unclear on the purpose of Kore Player. It did a long, lame scan on startup, seemed to be looking for other NI stuff; does KP just come with a few of its own sounds and is intended as a front-end for buying more sounds? Or does this catalog your existing NI stuff, like Kontakt Library instruments, etc?

It comes with some free sounds.

It's mostly meant to be a way for people to buy koresound preset packs without owning kore (best of massive, synthetic drums, etc.)

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:12 am

MitchK1989 wrote:
bduffy wrote:So I'm a little unclear on the purpose of Kore Player. It did a long, lame scan on startup, seemed to be looking for other NI stuff; does KP just come with a few of its own sounds and is intended as a front-end for buying more sounds? Or does this catalog your existing NI stuff, like Kontakt Library instruments, etc?
It comes with some free sounds.

It's mostly meant to be a way for people to buy koresound preset packs without owning kore (best of massive, synthetic drums, etc.)

Right: that's what I thought. But it did this weird scan at the start...

Reubs · Post by **Reubs** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:24 pm

Is there any way to switch patches without the mouse ?, also can't switch snapshots via midi, and can't even do volume control, apart from that i like Kore player a lot, some great sounds.

Anyone tried the new free KORE Player yet?