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How to make the bass and pad sounds from Kiasmos 'Bent' in DRC
The origin stories of creative collaboration partnerships are most commonly fueled by love. A shared love and passion for each other's work can easily plant the seed of thought about working together. Brought together…
64bit - it's the future!
Hi Everyone, As we head into 2020, and the future of Imaginando, we’ve made the decision to discontinue support for 32 bit versions of our software on Windows. The time has finally come for us to focus all our energie…
How to make the sounds from Dusty Kid 'Kore' in DRC
Classical music and electronic dance music were once worlds apart, the two genres attracting polar opposite audience demographics. In terms of culture and society, the enjoyment and understanding of classical music an…
How to make the sounds from Der Dritte Raum 'Hale Bopp' in DRC
If you make electronic dance music, specifically instrumental tracks, how do you come up with each track's title? Do you sit down (or stand!) at your DAW already armed with a name in your head, based on a particular i…
All products now Mac OS 10.15 Catalina compatible
All of our desktop software is now Mac OS 10.15 Catalina compatible. Previously, security restrictions prevented the installation of DRC, UBRIDGE, K7D, and DLYM on mac systems running Mac OS 10.15. This issue has now…
How to make the sounds from Monolink 'Return To Oz' (ARTBAT remix) with DRC
Continuous improvement. It’s a kind of mini-mantra here at Imaginando, and indeed the human race as a whole. Powered by the motivation of a ‘what if?’ mindset, we just can’t help but tinker, tune and change all manner…
Introducing community
Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! Eagle-eyed Imaginando account members out there may have noticed a new feature to our website dashboard - the community section. It’s a completely optional feature that allows you to a…
25% Off - Happy Holidays!
It’s not only the end of the year, it’s the end of the decade, so to celebrate we’ve got one last seasonal sale to say goodbye to 2019 in style: 25% OFF ALL PRODUCTS! There’s plenty of ways to make it an Imaginando Xm…
How to make the sounds from Pachanga Boys 'Time' with DRC
‘A German DJ and a Mexican DJ walk into a recording studio’ - don’t worry, this is not the setup to a corny joke, rather it is the story of the creation of tech-house duo ‘Pachanga Boys’. The German half being ‘Superp…
How to make the sounds from Madonna 'Vogue' with DRC
In the world of pop music, a little bit of controversy can generate a lot of publicity. No stranger to flirting with the provocative, Madonna has certainly leveraged her fair share of attention grabbing behavior acros…
Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene IV - How to make with DRC
Jean-Michel Jarre - where do we begin?! Often referred to as the ‘Godfather of electronic music’, it’s hard to think of any other single person who has contributed so much to the field of electronic music. A composer…
How to make the sounds from Maceo Plex 'Solar Detroit' with DRC
If you fancy recreating the sounds of Maceo Plex, and you don’t mind travelling to Spain, you can now get hands on with some of the actual hardware that Eric used to create hits such as ‘Solitary daze’ and ‘Solar Detr…
How to make the sounds from Jan Blomqvist 'Dark Noise' with DRC
Putting out a regular tutorial series, week in week out, it’s always nice to hear from viewers, to both validate the quality of our content and also steer us in the right direction. Whether it’s a YouTube comment, soc…
Now Accepting PayPal
Hi everyone, Just a quick note to let you know that our website now supports PayPal for all purchases, in addition to standard card payments - lookout for the PayPal option anytime you click ‘Buy now’ Fast, safe and…
How to make the sounds from Weval 'The Weight' in DRC
Under the umbrella of ‘electronic music’ there will always be a constant evolution of genre and subgenre classification. Aside from pleasing the more obsessive music enthusiast, the main benefit to categorisation is o…
How to make the bass and pad from Mark Knight 'Your Love' in DRC
With only a single letter differentiating his name from an alias of Batman, DJ and Producer Mark Knight could be described as a superhero of house. With his sidekick and sibling Stuart by his side, and a garden shed a…
100 DRC Sound Design Tutorials
Last week the total number of DRC Sound Design Tutorials hit the big 100, so today we’re celebrating some of the seriously iconic synth sounds from the series so far. The formula is simple; each week we take apart a d…
Our YouTube Journey - The road to 5K
YouTube has come a long way since it started back in 2005, quickly snapped up by Google its growth has been gargantuan. There is now over 500 hours of new video content uploaded to the platform every single minute. At…
Oxia Domino - How to make the bass and lead with DRC
It’s fair to say that most electronic music producers would love to leave their mark on the dancefloors of history, by releasing a track so popular that it becomes accepted as a genuine classic. A tried and tested tun…
K7DReview: Imaginando K7D Tape Delay
Sounds great. Warm, authentic and analog character. All kinds of echo effects are easy to achieve. Very affordable. 5 computers per license. Easy to use.
KVR Audio Readers' Choice Awards 2019
Our friends over at KVR Audio have just announced the launch of their ‘KVR Audio Readers' Choice Awards 2019’ which is now open for nominations. It’s been 6 years since they last held these awards, where anyone can no…
How to make the sounds from Matador 'Air' with DRC
It’s no secret that we love the deeper and darker side of today’s melodic techno and house offerings, achieving an almost meditative state from minimal and moody mixes. Sometimes however, we want our minds to be moved…
This Weekend - Save 30% on K7D - Tape Delay
Turn October into rocktober with our surprise weekend promo: 30% OFF K7D Tape Delay - Desktop and mobile This weekend only, take away our tape delay with a super 30% discount available on all versions of K7D: iOS, Mac…
How to make the sounds from Azari & III 'Hungry for the power' (Jamie Jones Remix)
What can we say about Azari & III, that we haven’t already covered when we looked at their track ‘Manic’ back in March of this year? During the band’s relatively short existence, there weren’t many events that could b…
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