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50% Off all products! November Sale!
It’s the end of November which means it’s time for a sale. A mega sale! We’re offering 50% off all desktop products and mobile app purchases until the end of November! It’s not just a big Friday, we’re slicing our pri…
Live Stream - new FRMS pack “Sounds Of Saxophone”
We’ve just released FRMS v1.2.0 which is available to download now via our website and mobile app stores. This new version includes the following changes: New preset pack 'Sounds Of Saxophone' Layer GAIN parameter is…
Yazoo 'Don't Go' - How to make with DRC
Vince Clarke is a synthesizer superstar. It’s fair to say we are big fans, as is evidenced by Lucas referring to Clarke as a “genius” right at the very start of today’s video! Before becoming one half of synth-pop leg…
FRMSVote FRMS For Best Software Synth 2020!
Hi everyone, FRMS has been nominated for MusicTech magazine’s ‘Gear Of The Year’ awards 2020 as part of the ‘best software synth’ category! This is where you, our fantastic community come in - we’d really appreciate i…
Pet Shop Boys - 'West End Girls' How to make with DRC
The Pet Shop Boys ‘West End Girls’ wasn’t an instant smash hit, even though ironically, the band’s Neil Tennant wrote it while working as a journalist for the huge UK music magazine at the time ‘Smash Hits’. The origi…
F1 Sound design tutorial with FRMS and a jacket
This week our resident sound design master Lucas brings a whole new meaning to the term ‘racing jacket’ in honour of F1 motor racing returning to Portugal, after a 24 year hiatus! To celebrate the recent Portugal GP h…
LKLK's new MIDI composition tools
Today we are delighted to share with you the latest functionality to be added to LK Matrix module; MIDI composition tools. Further enhancing Matrix MIDI clip composer, these new tools offer a variety of creative uses,…
DRCIconic Sounds Vol. 3 - Launch Promo + Live Stream!
Today we’re launching DRC v2.5.0 with a brand new soundbank - Iconic Sounds Vol. 3! As well as a listening party live stream this Friday, we’re running a special offer on all Iconic Sounds packs for the next seven day…
Crystal Waters 'Gypsy Woman' - How to make with DRC
“La da dee, la da da” - even without music or any pitch assigned to any of those words, if you are a house music aficionado, chances are you are already singing that truly iconic vocal hook in your head. Equally iconi…
How to make MIDI CC automation with LK
In addition to giving you several ways to control MIDI CC parameters, LK now supports MIDI clip automation of CC values, as both a standalone app and AUv3 plugin, for use with iOS DAWs such as AUM. In today’s YouTube…
The Cars 'Drive' - How to make with DRC
Music videos are quite a unique artform, or at least they can be, with the right kind of creative vision behind them. More than just a key component of the marketing for mainstream single releases, some artists dare t…
Boris Brejcha 'Sad But True' How to make with DRC
In the music industry if you really want to make a name for yourself, to stand out and be heard, you need to innovate, bring something new and interesting to the turntables. One step further than pursuing a certain st…
FRMSFRMS Supremeja Music Preset Pack Tour
Want to see and hear the latest and greatest FRMS soundbank in action? The almighty ‘Supremeja Music Preset Pack’ is stocked full of atmospheric, cinematic soundscapes, leads, effects and more. Who better then, to gui…
K7D33% OFF K7D - Desktop and Mobile!
We’re closing out a sun-drenched September with an awesome Autumnal offer: 33% OFF K7D - Desktop and Mobile! Right now until the end of September, we’re letting the echoes of summer play on by offering everyone a 33%…
Sound Design Tutorial with FRMS - From Raw to Roar!
Back in July when a lot of the world was very much still in quarantine/lockdown, Lucas gave a demonstration ‘FRMS from scratch’ tutorial using just one instrument/sampling source: The human voice. This proved quite a…
50% off all desktop products for students and teachers
As we enter Autumn, we thought now would be a good time to remind everyone about our special education initiative, which runs all year round: 50% OFF all desktop products for students and teachers. As the world adjust…
Rival Consoles Untravel - how to make with DRC
Depending on which side of the fence you are on, ‘intelligent dance music’ can push your buttons in one of two ways. Whether you lean in to the chin-stroking, appreciation of its subtle complexities, whilst you sip th…
Richie Hawtin The Tunnel - how to make with DRC
If we were compiling a list of people who we think truly embody the Imaginando spirit, Richie Hawtin would definitely be included. The British-Canadian techno DJ and producer has a hunger for creativity, driven by a p…
FRMS v1.1.0 released with new preset pack
FRMS v1.1.0 has just been released, and there’s a brand new cinematic soundbank available from German 808 loving producer Supremeja Music. To celebrate this release, right now there’s a cool 25% OFF ALL FRMS PURCHASES…
LK 1.7.2 - Introducing clip properties and more
The latest update for LK v1.7.2 is available to download from the App Store and Google Play now, and contains a host of improvements and new features to Matrix MIDI clip editing and launching. Check out the YouTube vi…
Play now, Pay later! Starting at 7.8 EUR / month
Want to add DRC, K7D, or FRMS to your desktop DAW without having to pay the full price right away? ‘Rent To Own’ is for you. It’s the perfect way to get instant access to the Imaginando products you want, by spreading…
How to make some sounds from Dua Lipa's 'Physical'
Before this whole global pandemic thing kicked off, right at the end of January 2020 before we’d even heard of the concept of social distancing, Dua Lipa dropped a catchy synth-pop toe-tapper which was all about getti…
Sound design tutorial with FRMS and Voice
The human voice - possibly our oldest instrument, shaped through centuries of evolution, and now shaped using FRMS synthesizer in our latest ‘from scratch’ sound design explorative tutorial. In this week’s video, Luca…
How to make some sounds from Jessie Ware 'Soul Control'
When playing music, timing is everything, and to a lesser extent when releasing it too. So what if you’ve proudly and passionately poured your heart and soul into a disco centred album, primed for release. Only for hu…
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