When trying out the Kontakt ambient looper patch I created for a previous screencast in Kore 2, I was surprised that there was no easy way to automate its parameters with the Kore controllers. Actually, it was pretty easy in the end, but doing it took a few minutes of exploring, so I’ll share that with you now.

First off, the Kore controllers can receive but not send midi, so I inserted a third script: look under preset -> factory -> utilities -> 6 midi controllers.

If you’ve played with creating Reaktor patches, you know the scenario: you’ve built your insane beat-mangling instrument/effect ensemble in Reaktor, but now you’d like a way to play it without fumbling around on your trackpad. Dropping Reaktor patches in Kore (in plug-in or standalone mode) gives you a nice way to do this:

• You can consolidate parameters you want to control on user control pages, so you only have to think of eight things at a time
• You can use Kore’s sound morphing capabilities
• You get instant hands-on control via the Kore controller
• The Kore controller will even display proper parameter names, as you specify them in Reaktor

The basic steps, as a review: