KVR Audio

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:32 am

Which do you prefer?:

Air Ignite
http://www.airmusictech.com/product/ignite#overview

GarageBand
https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/

sbangs_air · Post by **sbangs_air** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:42 am

This is an interesting one, with Ignite we aimed to provide a different experience which would allow anyone to step up and start creating their ideas. Its a bit like a digital song notebook.

Ignite includes over 275 instruments, many of which are taken from our renowned instrument collections - including Strike, Structure, and Velvet. All sounds have been optimized to load quickly, and the editing controls are automatically mapped to your Ignite supported keyboard. These extraordinary sounds include keyboards, drums, percussion, basses, guitars, synths, strings, brass, and woodwinds.

We have some exciting updates and news for ignite very soon so stay tuned.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:48 am

Looking at the specs, it appears to me that GarageBand wins in the DAW dept, but that Ignite trumps GarageBand with the included content

steff3 · Post by **steff3** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:16 pm

sbangs_air wrote:This is an interesting one, with Ignite we aimed to provide a different experience which would allow anyone to step up and start creating their ideas. Its a bit like a digital song notebook.

Anyone? anyone who buys a low quality toy keyboard?

The concept of Ignite is cool, the product policy ( if it can even be called a product) seems lousy - but in some ways, sadly that is what air is known for. great products, unreasonable policy (licensing of VIs, download problems and restrictions, missing customer account management ... the list goes on)

sbangs_air wrote:We have some exciting updates and news for ignite very soon so stay tuned.

well, hopefully making it a product, independent pseudo hardware and with plugin support ( at least for the air VIs)

best

excessional · Post by **excessional** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:22 am

I just got an Akai LPD8 so I can have a play with Ignite, as it looked fun. For $50 or so I get a useful and well reviewed midi pad controller which is set up to seamlessly work with some nice musical sketchpad software including some great patches. .

Obviously it's not going to replace my DAW, but then again nor would Garageband....

sbangs_air · Post by **sbangs_air** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:12 pm

Ignite is now available for all users to purchase with a new midi mapping engine.
Existing owners will get the new update free of charge in the near future.

rocketpower · Post by **rocketpower** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:28 pm

Garageband is free with any new Mac, which makes it an invaluable starter daw for many who don't have the money to invest in another DAW, like myself.
It's basically a somewhat trimmed down, no-time-limit free trial version of Logic Pro

filkertom · Post by **filkertom** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:57 pm

sbangs_air, I've enjoyed using Ignite, but several months ago it suddenly stopped working. It seemed to decide I didn't have a registered copy any more.

I can't even remember how I got it -- probably with a keyboard, although I also recall it was being distributed free for awhile. Can you give me any insight as to how to proceed here? It was a pretty cool tool I'd like back.

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 5:51 am

I decided to download the trial and evaluate the product on Windows 10. Plugin Boutique has Ignite on sale for ~$10. Unfortunately, I cannot simply enter notes and chords via my class compliant USB MIDI keyboard; the latest version of Ignite (v1.4.1) does not recognize my third party MIDI keyboard controller (Korg NanoKey 2); I suspect that third party USB MIDI controllers were never really supported. Without basic MIDI keyboard support, the software is not very useful to me, so I will pass on purchasing it.

I apologize for hijacking this old post. I did not think it was worth starting a new KVR forum post for a software product that looks like it has been abandoned (i.e. software has not been updated in a while).

SoundPorn · Post by **SoundPorn** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:10 am

I really wish Air would add these streamlined concepts to MPC Studio which is a pain in the rear to work with

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:53 am

SoundPorn wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:10 am I really wish Air would add these streamlined concepts to MPC Studio which is a pain in the rear to work with

I have a license for the AKAI MPC Studio software (which I believe recognizes my third party USB MIDI controller just fine, by the way). Do you prefer AIR Ignite over AKAI MPC Studio as a song sketching tool?

george · Post by **george** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:57 am

A big plus in Garageband is that their songs can be quickly imported to Logic Pro. Also, being available on iPad and iPhone and for free makes it a hard competitor. But if you're using Windows, it isn't a big deal

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:22 pm

^^^
That is a big plus - anything I create on my iPhone or iPad I can easy import into Logic as a project file.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:07 pm

I'd say GB because I use Logic and it's a seamless workflow... But, wow you can just drag and drop regions in Ignite to anywhere? I love it.

jonljacobi · Post by **jonljacobi** » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:03 am

Forgotten wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:22 pm ^^^
That is a big plus - anything I create on my iPhone or iPad I can easy import into Logic as a project file.

But only Logic, right?

Air Ignite VS GarageBand