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How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

Published on 14 Jun 2018

When thinking about the British rock band Muse, it’s fair to say that analog synthesizers will probably not be one of your first thoughts. Investigate the progression of their style and sound a little however, and the influence and inclusion of synths and effects takes centre stage for some tracks.Whilst Muse’s latest studio album ‘Drones’ saw a return to the bands classic guitar fueled rock roots, the previous release ‘The 2nd Law’, had a distinctively electronic focus, with frontman Matt Bellamy even citing French house act Justice as one inspiration.The 2nd track on the album, ‘Madness’ (which fittingly was also the 2nd to be released as a single) Bellamy stated to be his proudest piece of songwriting of the 13 included tracks.There are all sorts of influences and elements which can be attributed to the stripped back styling of Madness; a kind of mash-up of 12-bar blues, George Michael’s ‘Faith’ and Queen’s ‘I want to break free’. Possibly add a dash of Depeche Mode in there too, for good measure.If you feel in inspired to rock out with DRC in any of your band projects, then be sure to let us know about it so we can check it out!Click here to download the Ableton Live projectLet DRC be your musical muse,Team Imaginando...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

Published on 11 Jun 2018

Hi everyone,The number 4 sure is a great number, for all sorts of reasons; 4 beats in a bar, 4 instruments in a string quartet, even the 4 members in the Ghostbusters! As we enter June 2018, we’re also celebrating the power of 4, as Imaginando reaches its 4 year anniversary - Happy Birthday to us!Since 2014 we’ve been following our dream on a journey of discovery; our mission: ‘Inspiring Musical Experiences’This mantra neatly summarizes two key goals; to create Inspiring Musical Experiences, and to inspire others to create their own. We’ve previously showcased our Harpa Laser and Digital Music Box projects, and now to celebrate our 4th Birthday we’d like to share some of our favourite community content, which include Imaginando software as part of the creative process.We start with prolific producer and YouTube star Andrew Huang, with his video about making music on mobile ‘Actually making good music with apps’ which features DRC Polyphonic Synthesizer - we’re honoured that Andrew chose DRC as the video thumbnail too!Click here to watch Andrew Huang’s ‘Actually making good music with apps’ videoMadrid based, synthpop EDM duo ‘Heitt’ (@HeittMusicBand) are up next, with their fantastic live DJ/performance setup. Described as ‘EDM Trap Funk House’, the track ‘Living it up’ features 2 of LK’s modules, MIDI PADS and MIDI CONTROLLER, and we think it certainly lives up to its description.Click here to watch Heitt - 'Living it up' Live DJ setOver to Germany now, where iOS musician Hendrik Gundlach has extended DRC into a physical medium with his custom printed overlay for the BCR2000 MIDI controller. After mapping each one of DRC’s parametres, the overlay is a fantastic finishing touch, perfect for controlling DRC on a mobile device.Click here to watch 'DRC iOS Synth controlled via BCR2000' videoWe finish in style, thanks to the rich, cultural backdrop featured in the live DJ performance by Deckard - ‘The New Name Of The Rose Pt. 1’. Shot on location at the public library of Trani in Apulia, Italy, an iPad elevates LK’s MATRIX display above the desk, for some hypnotic, melodic house, set in beautiful historic surroundings.Click here to watch Deckard - 'The New Name Of The Rose Pt. 1'It’s Party Time! 40% OFF EVERYTHING, 7 DAY, SUPER SALE!To celebrate 4 years of Imaginando there’s an awesome 40% discount on our complete range of products! That’s all in-app purchases on both iOS and Android for LK, TKFX and DRC, plus of course the big one: 40% off DRC for Desktop!Have you ever considered taking the power of DRC into your desktop DAW? Well now is a fantastic time to do it, at a great price with a huge saving.Thanks for joining us on our journey, we couldn’t do it without you,From Portugal with passion,Team ImaginandoTerms: Discount applies to all in-app purchases on Android and iOS devices, plus DRC desktop licenses available to purchase from our website. The promotion will run from 11/06/2018 to 17/06/2018. Discount is automatically applied to all prices during this period - the price you see is the price you pay....

How to create Donna Summer 'I feel love' bassline and pad sounds in DRC...

Published on 1 Jun 2018

It’s difficult to know where to start with a track so famous, so influential, one with legendary status which provided a defining moment in the history of dance music. Giorgio Moroder’s modular Moog masterpiece, with a little help from Donna Summer of course, ‘I feel love’ pioneered the concept of electronic dance music, with David Bowie proclaiming it to be ‘the sound of the future’.Back in 1977’s summer of disco, synthesizers were a very different beast than today’s offerings, requiring much care and attention in order to succeed at taming them. The big issue was of course tuning, so much so that Moroder recorded just 8 to 10 bars at a time before checking the tuning on each section.The bassline riff was actually thanks in part, to some random experimentation by a sound engineer working with Giorgio, who added a delay to the sound, which led to the double note style riff we know and love today.Not only responsible for the iconic bass line, Incredibly the Moog was used to create all of the track’s percussion sounds too (apart from the kick). If you browse through the factory library of DRC presets, you will find some similar percussion patches in there too!Fortunately you won’t have any such tuning issues with DRC - although you can of course emulate the pitch drift if you want an authentic sound!Click here to download the Ableton Live projectWe can Moog any mountain,Team Imaginando...

How to make Moderat 'Bad Kingdom' bass in DRC...

Published on 22 Jun 2018

If you checked out the free ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’ Ableton Live project we released a couple of months ago, you’ll know that we’ve already tackled one track from the mighty ‘Moderat’ techno collective, with our tutorial on ‘A New Error’. So by popular demand, today we take on another, in the form of fan favourite ‘Bad Kingdom’.It’s no secret that here at Imaginando, we love the Berlin techno scene, and we believe one of the finest examples is Moderat. Breaking onto the scene in 2002, the collaboration project ‘Moderat’ joined Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary of ‘Modeselektor’ and Sascha Ring of ‘Apparat’ to form one glorious electronic trio.Combining funky, shuffling beats, moody synths and fantastic haunting vocals is an easy winner in our book. ‘Bad Kingdom’ ticks all three boxes and was released as a single in 2013 with an animated music video directed and produced by pfadfinderei also uploaded to YouTube. The video is very much in keeping with the art style seen on a lot of Moderat release covers, and features an intriguing narrative of 1960’s London and the seedy underworld thereof. Presented as a series of zooming cartoon comics, it’s certainly a compelling visual which adds to the mystery of the vocal.Click here to download the Ableton Live projectThis is what we had in mind,Team Imaginando...

How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

Published on 14 Jun 2018

When thinking about the British rock band Muse, it’s fair to say that analog synthesizers will probably not be one of your first thoughts. Investigate the progression of their style and sound a little however, and the influence and inclusion of synths and effects takes centre stage for some tracks.Whilst Muse’s latest studio album ‘Drones’ saw a return to the bands classic guitar fueled rock roots, the previous release ‘The 2nd Law’, had a distinctively electronic focus, with frontman Matt Bellamy even citing French house act Justice as one inspiration.The 2nd track on the album, ‘Madness’ (which fittingly was also the 2nd to be released as a single) Bellamy stated to be his proudest piece of songwriting of the 13 included tracks.There are all sorts of influences and elements which can be attributed to the stripped back styling of Madness; a kind of mash-up of 12-bar blues, George Michael’s ‘Faith’ and Queen’s ‘I want to break free’. Possibly add a dash of Depeche Mode in there too, for good measure.If you feel in inspired to rock out with DRC in any of your band projects, then be sure to let us know about it so we can check it out!Click here to download the Ableton Live projectLet DRC be your musical muse,Team Imaginando...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

Published on 11 Jun 2018

Hi everyone,The number 4 sure is a great number, for all sorts of reasons; 4 beats in a bar, 4 instruments in a string quartet, even the 4 members in the Ghostbusters! As we enter June 2018, we’re also celebrating the power of 4, as Imaginando reaches its 4 year anniversary - Happy Birthday to us!Since 2014 we’ve been following our dream on a journey of discovery; our mission: ‘Inspiring Musical Experiences’This mantra neatly summarizes two key goals; to create Inspiring Musical Experiences, and to inspire others to create their own. We’ve previously showcased our Harpa Laser and Digital Music Box projects, and now to celebrate our 4th Birthday we’d like to share some of our favourite community content, which include Imaginando software as part of the creative process.We start with prolific producer and YouTube star Andrew Huang, with his video about making music on mobile ‘Actually making good music with apps’ which features DRC Polyphonic Synthesizer - we’re honoured that Andrew chose DRC as the video thumbnail too!Click here to watch Andrew Huang’s ‘Actually making good music with apps’ videoMadrid based, synthpop EDM duo ‘Heitt’ (@HeittMusicBand) are up next, with their fantastic live DJ/performance setup. Described as ‘EDM Trap Funk House’, the track ‘Living it up’ features 2 of LK’s modules, MIDI PADS and MIDI CONTROLLER, and we think it certainly lives up to its description.Click here to watch Heitt - 'Living it up' Live DJ setOver to Germany now, where iOS musician Hendrik Gundlach has extended DRC into a physical medium with his custom printed overlay for the BCR2000 MIDI controller. After mapping each one of DRC’s parametres, the overlay is a fantastic finishing touch, perfect for controlling DRC on a mobile device.Click here to watch 'DRC iOS Synth controlled via BCR2000' videoWe finish in style, thanks to the rich, cultural backdrop featured in the live DJ performance by Deckard - ‘The New Name Of The Rose Pt. 1’. Shot on location at the public library of Trani in Apulia, Italy, an iPad elevates LK’s MATRIX display above the desk, for some hypnotic, melodic house, set in beautiful historic surroundings.Click here to watch Deckard - 'The New Name Of The Rose Pt. 1'It’s Party Time! 40% OFF EVERYTHING, 7 DAY, SUPER SALE!To celebrate 4 years of Imaginando there’s an awesome 40% discount on our complete range of products! That’s all in-app purchases on both iOS and Android for LK, TKFX and DRC, plus of course the big one: 40% off DRC for Desktop!Have you ever considered taking the power of DRC into your desktop DAW? Well now is a fantastic time to do it, at a great price with a huge saving.Thanks for joining us on our journey, we couldn’t do it without you,From Portugal with passion,Team ImaginandoTerms: Discount applies to all in-app purchases on Android and iOS devices, plus DRC desktop licenses available to purchase from our website. The promotion will run from 11/06/2018 to 17/06/2018. Discount is automatically applied to all prices during this period - the price you see is the price you pay....

How to create Donna Summer 'I feel love' bassline and pad sounds in DRC...

Published on 1 Jun 2018

It’s difficult to know where to start with a track so famous, so influential, one with legendary status which provided a defining moment in the history of dance music. Giorgio Moroder’s modular Moog masterpiece, with a little help from Donna Summer of course, ‘I feel love’ pioneered the concept of electronic dance music, with David Bowie proclaiming it to be ‘the sound of the future’.Back in 1977’s summer of disco, synthesizers were a very different beast than today’s offerings, requiring much care and attention in order to succeed at taming them. The big issue was of course tuning, so much so that Moroder recorded just 8 to 10 bars at a time before checking the tuning on each section.The bassline riff was actually thanks in part, to some random experimentation by a sound engineer working with Giorgio, who added a delay to the sound, which led to the double note style riff we know and love today.Not only responsible for the iconic bass line, Incredibly the Moog was used to create all of the track’s percussion sounds too (apart from the kick). If you browse through the factory library of DRC presets, you will find some similar percussion patches in there too!Fortunately you won’t have any such tuning issues with DRC - although you can of course emulate the pitch drift if you want an authentic sound!Click here to download the Ableton Live projectWe can Moog any mountain,Team Imaginando...

How to make Moderat 'Bad Kingdom' bass in DRC...

Published on 22 Jun 2018

If you checked out the free ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’ Ableton Live project we released a couple of months ago, you’ll know that we’ve already tackled one track from the mighty ‘Moderat’ techno collective, with our tutorial on ‘A New Error’. So by popular demand, today we take on another, in the form of fan favourite ‘Bad Kingdom’.It’s no secret that here at Imaginando, we love the Berlin techno scene, and we believe one of the finest examples is Moderat. Breaking onto the scene in 2002, the collaboration project ‘Moderat’ joined Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary of ‘Modeselektor’ and Sascha Ring of ‘Apparat’ to form one glorious electronic trio.Combining funky, shuffling beats, moody synths and fantastic haunting vocals is an easy winner in our book. ‘Bad Kingdom’ ticks all three boxes and was released as a single in 2013 with an animated music video directed and produced by pfadfinderei also uploaded to YouTube. The video is very much in keeping with the art style seen on a lot of Moderat release covers, and features an intriguing narrative of 1960’s London and the seedy underworld thereof. Presented as a series of zooming cartoon comics, it’s certainly a compelling visual which adds to the mystery of the vocal.Click here to download the Ableton Live projectThis is what we had in mind,Team Imaginando...

How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

Published on 14 Jun 2018

When thinking about the British rock band Muse, it’s fair to say that analog synthesizers will probably not be one of your first thoughts. Investigate the progression of their style and sound a little however, and the influence and inclusion of synths and effects takes centre stage for some tracks.Whilst Muse’s latest studio album ‘Drones’ saw a return to the bands classic guitar fueled rock roots, the previous release ‘The 2nd Law’, had a distinctively electronic focus, with frontman Matt Bellamy even citing French house act Justice as one inspiration.The 2nd track on the album, ‘Madness’ (which fittingly was also the 2nd to be released as a single) Bellamy stated to be his proudest piece of songwriting of the 13 included tracks.There are all sorts of influences and elements which can be attributed to the stripped back styling of Madness; a kind of mash-up of 12-bar blues, George Michael’s ‘Faith’ and Queen’s ‘I want to break free’. Possibly add a dash of Depeche Mode in there too, for good measure.If you feel in inspired to rock out with DRC in any of your band projects, then be sure to let us know about it so we can check it out!Click here to download the Ableton Live projectLet DRC be your musical muse,Team Imaginando...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

Published on 11 Jun 2018

Hi everyone,The number 4 sure is a great number, for all sorts of reasons; 4 beats in a bar, 4 instruments in a string quartet, even the 4 members in the Ghostbusters! As we enter June 2018, we’re also celebrating the power of 4, as Imaginando reaches its 4 year anniversary - Happy Birthday to us!Since 2014 we’ve been following our dream on a journey of discovery; our mission: ‘Inspiring Musical Experiences’This mantra neatly summarizes two key goals; to create Inspiring Musical Experiences, and to inspire others to create their own. We’ve previously showcased our Harpa Laser and Digital Music Box projects, and now to celebrate our 4th Birthday we’d like to share some of our favourite community content, which include Imaginando software as part of the creative process.We start with prolific producer and YouTube star Andrew Huang, with his video about making music on mobile ‘Actually making good music with apps’ which features DRC Polyphonic Synthesizer - we’re honoured that Andrew chose DRC as the video thumbnail too!Click here to watch Andrew Huang’s ‘Actually making good music with apps’ videoMadrid based, synthpop EDM duo ‘Heitt’ (@HeittMusicBand) are up next, with their fantastic live DJ/performance setup. Described as ‘EDM Trap Funk House’, the track ‘Living it up’ features 2 of LK’s modules, MIDI PADS and MIDI CONTROLLER, and we think it certainly lives up to its description.Click here to watch Heitt - 'Living it up' Live DJ setOver to Germany now, where iOS musician Hendrik Gundlach has extended DRC into a physical medium with his custom printed overlay for the BCR2000 MIDI controller. After mapping each one of DRC’s parametres, the overlay is a fantastic finishing touch, perfect for controlling DRC on a mobile device.Click here to watch 'DRC iOS Synth controlled via BCR2000' videoWe finish in style, thanks to the rich, cultural backdrop featured in the live DJ performance by Deckard - ‘The New Name Of The Rose Pt. 1’. Shot on location at the public library of Trani in Apulia, Italy, an iPad elevates LK’s MATRIX display above the desk, for some hypnotic, melodic house, set in beautiful historic surroundings.Click here to watch Deckard - 'The New Name Of The Rose Pt. 1'It’s Party Time! 40% OFF EVERYTHING, 7 DAY, SUPER SALE!To celebrate 4 years of Imaginando there’s an awesome 40% discount on our complete range of products! That’s all in-app purchases on both iOS and Android for LK, TKFX and DRC, plus of course the big one: 40% off DRC for Desktop!Have you ever considered taking the power of DRC into your desktop DAW? Well now is a fantastic time to do it, at a great price with a huge saving.Thanks for joining us on our journey, we couldn’t do it without you,From Portugal with passion,Team ImaginandoTerms: Discount applies to all in-app purchases on Android and iOS devices, plus DRC desktop licenses available to purchase from our website. The promotion will run from 11/06/2018 to 17/06/2018. Discount is automatically applied to all prices during this period - the price you see is the price you pay....

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How to make Moderat 'Bad Kingdom' bass in DRC...

How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

How to create Donna Summer 'I feel love' bassline and pad sounds in DRC...

How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

How to create Donna Summer 'I feel love' bassline and pad sounds in DRC...

How to make Moderat 'Bad Kingdom' bass in DRC...

How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

How to create Donna Summer 'I feel love' bassline and pad sounds in DRC...

How to make Moderat 'Bad Kingdom' bass in DRC...

How to make Muse 'Madness' bass sound in DRC...

4th Birthday Super Sale - 40% off all products...

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