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Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

Published on 9 Apr 2018

Hey everyone,We’ve got a VERY special treat for you this week. By popular demand, we’ve compiled a FREE Ableton Live set, containing all the DRC MIDI clips from our YouTube DRC sound design tutorial series.Each MIDI clip contains program data, so when the clip is triggered, DRC changes to the required preset/patch from the ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’ sound bank. As each song from the series has a different tempo, we’ve also added tempo change automation to the scene/row play buttons; simply launch the scene and Ableton’s host tempo will automatically update to the correct BPM.Whilst implementing this we found and fixed a small bug which could cause the wrong patch to be loaded. Please make sure you are running the latest version of DRC 1.1.9.5 available to download from our website.Click here to download the latest version of DRCWe believe the result is a MASSIVE amount of FUN! (We’ve collectively clocked up a fair amount of time playing around in Ableton with this set ourselves) :DWe truly believe this to be the ultimate show of DRC’s quality and versatility, all wrapped up in one awesome package.As always, we stand by the mantra 'Hearing Is Believing' - so why not grab the Ableton Live project, and give it a go? We promise you won’t be disappointed…Click here to download the Ableton Live projectFrom Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

Published on 4 Apr 2018

We are proud to announce that we recently formed an educational partnership with a local creative industries technological college/school here in Portugal: ETIC Algarve.Enthusiastic to see DRC involved in a teaching environment, we were keen to hear the thoughts of ETIC Algarve, ahead of this exciting collaboration. With a backdrop of the fantastic facilities available at the college, we asked the teaching staff about their decision to work with us, and DRC, in the classroom:Can you tell us a bit about your school/college, and the courses/services you offer to students?ETIC Algarve is a technical and vocational school, specializing in the creative industries Design, Photography, Video, Videogames, Web & Communication and of course Sound & Music. There is a strong emphasis on practice over theory inside a space of invention and restlessness where we promote the constant quest for discovery, where creativity and innovation go hand in hand. We promote a way of teaching based on real work practices, with real clients, real projects and real deadlines, all of them closely followed by our teachers who are professionals in the creative industries. We are training not only students, but more importantly our future co-workers.Can you tell us the reasons for choosing to include DRC as part of your teaching?Rafael Correia, one of ETIC Algarve’s trainers, covers this one: Firstly, because I use DRC in my personal projects and I like it. As a VST, it's very versatile and we [teachers] believe it's clear, useful and very quick to get some good results. And that's good for this kind of course.Which key features of DRC do you think will be especially useful to your students and really add value to their learning experience?The clear interface and easy access to the main functions; It has the main structure/architecture required to understand the basis of synthesis, but also [has the ability] to go further and get to unique places using DRC, almost intuitively. Waveforms, Oscillators, Noise, Modulation, Filter, Mixer, Portamento - we can easily use all these concepts to explain synthesis and the work of almost every VST, with a great interface.Which areas of study/which topics are you planning to teach using DRC?Analogic + Digital synthesis theory, Oscillators, Modulation, Poly/monophony, Glide, different kinds of filters, LFOs.How important is it for you to partner with customer focused companies like Imaginando?It's good to work with such good software, and a great team, in the same country! It works very well and gives the students a real close notion of this subject. The direct support from the company is very important, and shows how interested Imaginando are in this partnership with ETIC Algarve and our students, this gives us confidence and the feeling of being close to the product and its development.If you are an educational institution and you’d like to see how Imaginando could benefit your students, please get in touch and we will be happy to discuss how we could work together.From Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

2 Years of DRC - A retrospective...

Published on 20 Mar 2018

It was in march of 2016 that we first released DRC to the world, simultaneously publishing to PC, Mac, iOS and Android, all using the exact same engine code. Written down like that, it sounds a little ambitious (or even a bit crazy!) but one of the project’s core goals which continues to be a unique selling point of DRC to this day, was the idea of true cross-platform synthesis.Working across multiple platforms, the frustration of software being restricted to certain operating systems is something we’ve experienced a lot, so when creating DRC, we wanted it to be available to everyone, on every device. The natural extension of this to us was obvious; leveraging the power and convenience of the emerging cloud computing technology, to connect DRC across all these devices.As with all our products, the launch of DRC was just the beginning, continuous improvement and development is second nature to us. A philosophy of experimentation and a ‘what if..?’ approach, combined with our keen desire and passion for community engagement, has led us to squeeze in a massive amount of updates in just 2 years. This includes improvements to the interface and functionality as a result of user feedback too, fine tuning a whole range of details.Alongside technical optimisations and new features such as ‘legato mode’ and Audiobus 3 support, we released the ‘Sounds From Outer Space’ soundbank, and today in honour of DRC’s 2nd birthday, we’re releasing another pack: ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’.This collection is also a celebration of a whole year of DRC Tutorials containing all of the sounds that have been recreated and explained over the course of the series.A big thank you to our fantastic community and everyone who has supported DRC in any way, it's been an amazing couple of years. From video game soundtracks, to Twitch live streams and YouTube videos, we’ve seen some great examples of DRC in the wild - you guys rock!From Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

Heatwave Sale - 40% OFF all LK modules...

Published on 18 Apr 2018

The sun is well and truly shining here in Portugal, and whilst the temperature is rising, the price of LK modules is actually going DOWN for a limited time only, in our HUGE heatwave sale!Enjoy a super-sunny saving of 40% across the whole range of LK modules and heat up the studio companion in your pocket that is LK.Whether you want to add the classic clip launching MATRIX, the creative composing potential of CHORDER, or simply the convenience of the piano KEYBOARD. Let's not forget you can also save big on MIDI PADS, MIDI CONTROLLER and X/Y PADS too!For 7 days only, they are all 40% OFF - Get them while they're hot!Click here to get download LK for iOS and AndroidTerms: Discount applies to all in-app purchases of LK modules for both Android and iOS devices from 18/04/2018 to 26/04/2018. The discount will automatically be applied to store prices during this period - the price you see is the price you pay....

Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

Published on 9 Apr 2018

Hey everyone,We’ve got a VERY special treat for you this week. By popular demand, we’ve compiled a FREE Ableton Live set, containing all the DRC MIDI clips from our YouTube DRC sound design tutorial series.Each MIDI clip contains program data, so when the clip is triggered, DRC changes to the required preset/patch from the ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’ sound bank. As each song from the series has a different tempo, we’ve also added tempo change automation to the scene/row play buttons; simply launch the scene and Ableton’s host tempo will automatically update to the correct BPM.Whilst implementing this we found and fixed a small bug which could cause the wrong patch to be loaded. Please make sure you are running the latest version of DRC 1.1.9.5 available to download from our website.Click here to download the latest version of DRCWe believe the result is a MASSIVE amount of FUN! (We’ve collectively clocked up a fair amount of time playing around in Ableton with this set ourselves) :DWe truly believe this to be the ultimate show of DRC’s quality and versatility, all wrapped up in one awesome package.As always, we stand by the mantra 'Hearing Is Believing' - so why not grab the Ableton Live project, and give it a go? We promise you won’t be disappointed…Click here to download the Ableton Live projectFrom Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

Published on 4 Apr 2018

We are proud to announce that we recently formed an educational partnership with a local creative industries technological college/school here in Portugal: ETIC Algarve.Enthusiastic to see DRC involved in a teaching environment, we were keen to hear the thoughts of ETIC Algarve, ahead of this exciting collaboration. With a backdrop of the fantastic facilities available at the college, we asked the teaching staff about their decision to work with us, and DRC, in the classroom:Can you tell us a bit about your school/college, and the courses/services you offer to students?ETIC Algarve is a technical and vocational school, specializing in the creative industries Design, Photography, Video, Videogames, Web & Communication and of course Sound & Music. There is a strong emphasis on practice over theory inside a space of invention and restlessness where we promote the constant quest for discovery, where creativity and innovation go hand in hand. We promote a way of teaching based on real work practices, with real clients, real projects and real deadlines, all of them closely followed by our teachers who are professionals in the creative industries. We are training not only students, but more importantly our future co-workers.Can you tell us the reasons for choosing to include DRC as part of your teaching?Rafael Correia, one of ETIC Algarve’s trainers, covers this one: Firstly, because I use DRC in my personal projects and I like it. As a VST, it's very versatile and we [teachers] believe it's clear, useful and very quick to get some good results. And that's good for this kind of course.Which key features of DRC do you think will be especially useful to your students and really add value to their learning experience?The clear interface and easy access to the main functions; It has the main structure/architecture required to understand the basis of synthesis, but also [has the ability] to go further and get to unique places using DRC, almost intuitively. Waveforms, Oscillators, Noise, Modulation, Filter, Mixer, Portamento - we can easily use all these concepts to explain synthesis and the work of almost every VST, with a great interface.Which areas of study/which topics are you planning to teach using DRC?Analogic + Digital synthesis theory, Oscillators, Modulation, Poly/monophony, Glide, different kinds of filters, LFOs.How important is it for you to partner with customer focused companies like Imaginando?It's good to work with such good software, and a great team, in the same country! It works very well and gives the students a real close notion of this subject. The direct support from the company is very important, and shows how interested Imaginando are in this partnership with ETIC Algarve and our students, this gives us confidence and the feeling of being close to the product and its development.If you are an educational institution and you’d like to see how Imaginando could benefit your students, please get in touch and we will be happy to discuss how we could work together.From Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

2 Years of DRC - A retrospective...

Published on 20 Mar 2018

It was in march of 2016 that we first released DRC to the world, simultaneously publishing to PC, Mac, iOS and Android, all using the exact same engine code. Written down like that, it sounds a little ambitious (or even a bit crazy!) but one of the project’s core goals which continues to be a unique selling point of DRC to this day, was the idea of true cross-platform synthesis.Working across multiple platforms, the frustration of software being restricted to certain operating systems is something we’ve experienced a lot, so when creating DRC, we wanted it to be available to everyone, on every device. The natural extension of this to us was obvious; leveraging the power and convenience of the emerging cloud computing technology, to connect DRC across all these devices.As with all our products, the launch of DRC was just the beginning, continuous improvement and development is second nature to us. A philosophy of experimentation and a ‘what if..?’ approach, combined with our keen desire and passion for community engagement, has led us to squeeze in a massive amount of updates in just 2 years. This includes improvements to the interface and functionality as a result of user feedback too, fine tuning a whole range of details.Alongside technical optimisations and new features such as ‘legato mode’ and Audiobus 3 support, we released the ‘Sounds From Outer Space’ soundbank, and today in honour of DRC’s 2nd birthday, we’re releasing another pack: ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’.This collection is also a celebration of a whole year of DRC Tutorials containing all of the sounds that have been recreated and explained over the course of the series.A big thank you to our fantastic community and everyone who has supported DRC in any way, it's been an amazing couple of years. From video game soundtracks, to Twitch live streams and YouTube videos, we’ve seen some great examples of DRC in the wild - you guys rock!From Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

Heatwave Sale - 40% OFF all LK modules...

Published on 18 Apr 2018

The sun is well and truly shining here in Portugal, and whilst the temperature is rising, the price of LK modules is actually going DOWN for a limited time only, in our HUGE heatwave sale!Enjoy a super-sunny saving of 40% across the whole range of LK modules and heat up the studio companion in your pocket that is LK.Whether you want to add the classic clip launching MATRIX, the creative composing potential of CHORDER, or simply the convenience of the piano KEYBOARD. Let's not forget you can also save big on MIDI PADS, MIDI CONTROLLER and X/Y PADS too!For 7 days only, they are all 40% OFF - Get them while they're hot!Click here to get download LK for iOS and AndroidTerms: Discount applies to all in-app purchases of LK modules for both Android and iOS devices from 18/04/2018 to 26/04/2018. The discount will automatically be applied to store prices during this period - the price you see is the price you pay....

Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

Published on 9 Apr 2018

Hey everyone,We’ve got a VERY special treat for you this week. By popular demand, we’ve compiled a FREE Ableton Live set, containing all the DRC MIDI clips from our YouTube DRC sound design tutorial series.Each MIDI clip contains program data, so when the clip is triggered, DRC changes to the required preset/patch from the ‘Iconic Sounds Vol. 1’ sound bank. As each song from the series has a different tempo, we’ve also added tempo change automation to the scene/row play buttons; simply launch the scene and Ableton’s host tempo will automatically update to the correct BPM.Whilst implementing this we found and fixed a small bug which could cause the wrong patch to be loaded. Please make sure you are running the latest version of DRC 1.1.9.5 available to download from our website.Click here to download the latest version of DRCWe believe the result is a MASSIVE amount of FUN! (We’ve collectively clocked up a fair amount of time playing around in Ableton with this set ourselves) :DWe truly believe this to be the ultimate show of DRC’s quality and versatility, all wrapped up in one awesome package.As always, we stand by the mantra 'Hearing Is Believing' - so why not grab the Ableton Live project, and give it a go? We promise you won’t be disappointed…Click here to download the Ableton Live projectFrom Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

Published on 4 Apr 2018

We are proud to announce that we recently formed an educational partnership with a local creative industries technological college/school here in Portugal: ETIC Algarve.Enthusiastic to see DRC involved in a teaching environment, we were keen to hear the thoughts of ETIC Algarve, ahead of this exciting collaboration. With a backdrop of the fantastic facilities available at the college, we asked the teaching staff about their decision to work with us, and DRC, in the classroom:Can you tell us a bit about your school/college, and the courses/services you offer to students?ETIC Algarve is a technical and vocational school, specializing in the creative industries Design, Photography, Video, Videogames, Web & Communication and of course Sound & Music. There is a strong emphasis on practice over theory inside a space of invention and restlessness where we promote the constant quest for discovery, where creativity and innovation go hand in hand. We promote a way of teaching based on real work practices, with real clients, real projects and real deadlines, all of them closely followed by our teachers who are professionals in the creative industries. We are training not only students, but more importantly our future co-workers.Can you tell us the reasons for choosing to include DRC as part of your teaching?Rafael Correia, one of ETIC Algarve’s trainers, covers this one: Firstly, because I use DRC in my personal projects and I like it. As a VST, it's very versatile and we [teachers] believe it's clear, useful and very quick to get some good results. And that's good for this kind of course.Which key features of DRC do you think will be especially useful to your students and really add value to their learning experience?The clear interface and easy access to the main functions; It has the main structure/architecture required to understand the basis of synthesis, but also [has the ability] to go further and get to unique places using DRC, almost intuitively. Waveforms, Oscillators, Noise, Modulation, Filter, Mixer, Portamento - we can easily use all these concepts to explain synthesis and the work of almost every VST, with a great interface.Which areas of study/which topics are you planning to teach using DRC?Analogic + Digital synthesis theory, Oscillators, Modulation, Poly/monophony, Glide, different kinds of filters, LFOs.How important is it for you to partner with customer focused companies like Imaginando?It's good to work with such good software, and a great team, in the same country! It works very well and gives the students a real close notion of this subject. The direct support from the company is very important, and shows how interested Imaginando are in this partnership with ETIC Algarve and our students, this gives us confidence and the feeling of being close to the product and its development.If you are an educational institution and you’d like to see how Imaginando could benefit your students, please get in touch and we will be happy to discuss how we could work together.From Portugal with passion,Team Imaginando...

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Heatwave Sale - 40% OFF all LK modules...

Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

2 Years of DRC - A retrospective...

Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

2 Years of DRC - A retrospective...

Heatwave Sale - 40% OFF all LK modules...

Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

2 Years of DRC - A retrospective...

Heatwave Sale - 40% OFF all LK modules...

Get the Ableton Live project for 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1'...

How ETIC Algarve is using DRC in music production courses...

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"By the time that the 1st pop-up ad showed up, I had made a ridiculously evil organ sound. I was sold"

"Great software, awesome synths, superb controllers, excellent service and communication!"

"This is a must-have tool for musicians nowadays, especially Techno/edm. You can create virtually (literally haha) ANY sound. The small amount they charge is WORTH IT.kudos Imaginado!"

"These guys are smart and understand what pro and semi-pro musicians want. DRC fills a void in the synth app market in being the first elegantly portable sound engine."

"A great, great, great tool....I use it every time i fire up Live."

"Awesome app, that can be used as a MIDI input device (keyboard and Chorder). Brilliant"

"I never write reviews but I had to say something about this app. Anyone who owns Traktor will love this."