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If you see the word ‘Innervisions’ on a record sleeve, you can be pretty confident that the vinyl inside is going to contain either some high-quality house, some top-notch techno, or something in between. Innervisions was founded in 2005 by Steffen Berkhahn, aka ‘Dixon’, and Kristian Rädle and Frank Wiedemann,...

It’s fair to say that we’ve been producing DRC Sound Design Tutorials for quite a while now, featuring a multitude of different genres from a diverse range of artists, all over the world. There’s one city that we keep coming back to though, a magnet for creativity; Berlin. It’s the birthplace of so many of the ...

We are pleased to announce the release of DRC 2.1.0 on all platforms, which includes the new 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 2' soundbank, plus Pro Tools/AAX plugin support! Last year we released 'Iconic Sounds Vol. 1' which featured patches from the first season of our YouTube DRC Sound Design Tutorial series. Today we present...

So much of electronic music is dominated by the kick drum. It commands control of a club with its pumping pulse, a bass fueled metronome for the crowd to coordinate their dance moves. Depending on your workflow, (and genre of course) it might very well be the first note you lay down for every single track you c...

The art of remixing is a powerful one. Through a kind of creative iteration by collaboration, it is possible to produce something which completely eclipses the original recording in terms of popularity, exposure and success. A prime example of this is the 2006 house classic ‘We Are Your Friends’ from ‘Justice Vs...

In today’s interconnected world of digital downloads and access to streaming services anywhere you can get a phone signal, it’s easy to take music for granted. Rapidly clicking through an endless selection of MP3s on sites like Beatport, feels almost robotic in comparison to the tangible experience and exciteme...

Here at Imaginando, we’re all about the power of ‘experiences’. They are an essential part of our company mantra/mission statement of: ‘Combining music and technology to create inspiring musical experiences’. Our interactive art projects 'Harpa Laser' and 'Digital Music Box' are physical manifestations of this ...

Hi Everyone, We have an ambitious year planned for LK in 2019, with updates and improvements plus some great new features too, and today we kick things off with the release of LK version 1.4.0. This update contains some ‘under the hood’ engine changes which improve performance and communication accuracy, providing ...

Kylie - an artist so massively famous, that she doesn’t even need her surname anymore. If someone says ‘Kylie’, conjuring up a mental image of the pint-sized pop princess is almost pavlovian by now. With an artist who has reinvented her look and style several times throughout her career, there are many options ...

Today we'd like to announce a new and very different creative venture of ours: Introducing the first-ever Imaginando branded T-Shirt: 'DRC Resistor' We have always resisted the temptation of licencing soulless, third-party generic 'merch'. When we design a product, we take full control of the process to ensure a qua...

The track title ‘I’m Gonna Get You’ could almost be a testament to Nina Kraviz’ dedication and determination to succeed as a house/techno DJ and producer, in an undeniably male dominated industry. Kraviz early adventures into dance music saw her managing dental records by day and vinyl records by night, as she ...

We're starting 2019 with something BIG for iOS music makers. Today we are incredibly excited and proud to announce that DRC on iOS now features AUv3 support! After months of hard work involving some difficult technical challenges, we're thrilled to have achieved one of our primary goals for DRC with this release. ...

It feels longer than 5 years since New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde first gave us her unique blend of indie/pop/electro (or whatever the Millenials call it these days!) when she was catapulted into the limelight in 2013 with her massive hit ‘Royals’. Amazingly she was just 16 at the time when it hit number 1...

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year! Yes we did get you a gift, and yes you guessed it, it’s a festive little DRC sound design tutorial featuring one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time; ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! If you write a good Christmas song, you can reap the rewards of the royalties fo...

For many of us, the dream of becoming a professional musician in any capacity is an illusive one. The path to ‘making it big’ is certainly a road filled with hard work and perseverance. For this week’s guest artist, the road of hard work was actually a literal one, as a struggling backing musician Mac DeMarco p...

Throughout the history of dance music the concept of anonymity has played many different roles. Back in the glory days of vinyl, to prevent others from discovering their killer tracks, some DJ’s hid the identity of the records they were playing, by covering up the artist and track name with stickers. Anonymity ...