Imaginando
Braga, Portugal music-software studio founded in 2014 by a solo developer that grew into a maker of synthesizers and production tools, culminating in its 2023 flagship release, BAM.
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- Established
- 2014
- Location
- Braga, Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Founder
- Nuno Santos
- First product
- TKFX (2014), a Traktor controller for mobile devices
- Flagship product
- BAM (November 2023), a combined synthesizer, sampler, effects and sound-library production studio
Overview
Imaginando is a music-software studio based in Braga, Portugal, founded in 2014 by Nuno Santos, who merged his interests in music technology and DJ production and self-funded the company’s launch using earnings from his own touch-technology development work. Its first product, TKFX, was a Traktor controller for mobile devices (Music Connection).
Product history
Imaginando followed TKFX with LK (2015), which converted Santos’s personal Ableton Live controller project into a remote-control and MIDI-sequencing tool, and DRC (2016), a synthesizer built to capture “all the great features of ’80s synths.” The company also released FRMS, a hybrid granular/FM/subtractive/additive synthesizer, between DRC and its 2021 release VS (Visual Synthesizer), which became the company’s most successful product until the November 2023 launch of BAM — a comprehensive production studio combining synthesizers, samplers, effects and an extensive sound library, described as the culmination of the company’s earlier work. An updated version, 1.1.0, followed in April 2024. Santos has said the company’s aim is to “provide music software products to help people follow their dreams” through accessible, user-friendly interfaces (Music Connection).
What this profile does not claim
This profile relies on a single independent trade-press source and does not independently verify sales figures or market standing for any of the company’s products beyond what that reporting describes.
Timeline
- 2014
- Nuno Santos founds Imaginando in Braga, Portugal, self-funding the launch with earnings from his own touch-technology development work, and releases TKFX, a Traktor controller for mobile devices.
- 2015
- Releases LK, converting a personal Ableton Live controller project into a remote-control and MIDI-sequencing product.
- 2016
- Releases DRC, a synthesizer emulating '80s-style analog synth features.
- 2021
- Releases VS (Visual Synthesizer), which becomes the company's most successful product until BAM.
- 2023-11
- Releases BAM, a comprehensive music-production studio combining synthesizers, samplers, effects and a sound library, representing the culmination of the company's earlier products; an updated 1.1.0 version follows in April 2024.
Sources
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The Music Connection article was fetched and read in full. Music Connection is an independent US music-trade magazine, unaffiliated with Imaginando.
- Up Close: Imaginando Supports: The company's 2014 founding by Nuno Santos, its self-funded launch, and the timeline and description of its product releases through BAM's 2023 launch and 2024 update.
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