Recreating a Classic 1980s Drum Pattern Using MIDI: A Step-by-Step Guide
I was thinking the other day about how to create something when the chips are down and the music is not flowing as usual. So I was...
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Jun 202 min read
Producing Vaporwave Music on the Koala Sampler
producing vaporwave music in the koala sampler
Jun 171 min read
Disco Edits For the House Producer
I have been producing disco edits for aslong as I can remember. I have also been teaching people all over the world how to produce them...
Mar 201 min read
FREE Awesome Ableton Courses
"Unlock Your Music Production Skills with Our FREE Awesome Ableton Courses!" After 11 years of delivering courses in a wide range of...
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Must-Have Ableton Plug-Ins for Beginner Level Music Production
How many of us use the built in plug ins of our DAW than we do 3rd party? Probably more of the latter. We tend to go for the flashy...
Jun 20, 20231 min read
1990's Old Skool House Music Techniques.
As the 90's was the golden era of dance music many of those techniques have been pushed aside as to be fair some have become outdated....
Mar 9, 20231 min read
The Viking Synth. Awesome FREE VST
The Viking VST is a real powerhouse of a machine. I did this review walk through a couple of years back and felt like it needed...
Feb 1, 20231 min read
Create Your Own Chord Stabs For Deep & Lofi House Music Production
How many times do you sample other packs created by other people to make Deep House chord stabs? I bet it mounts up doesn't it? It is...
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Make Your Synth Boogie Stand Out
How do you make your tracks have that extra flavour without just repeating your self with continuous loops? The answer is question and...
Oct 11, 20221 min read
5 Cool Funky Disco Bassline loops for your music production.
When making music sometimes we need that extra push up the hill to either get going or to add that final spark to the track to make...
Oct 10, 20221 min read
5 of the best FREE Synth Bass Lines
There is nothing more laborious than trying to find that instant Funk synth bass sound. When you want to hit that funky vibe without...
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Produce a 1980's Reggae Beat in Ten Minutes with Ableton
Back in the early to mid 1980's Reggae music evolved from heavy live dub styled backing tracks as a whole and into the world of the...
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Ten Easy Piano Chord Tutorials For Funk Disco, House & Jazz
Here at Waxadisc it is always a pleasure to produce chord tutorial videos for the Disco Funk genres. Whilst I am not a music theorist in...
Sep 26, 20222 min read
How To Make Your Bass Lines More Exciting.
Playing synth bass lines can be tricky and can also lead to frustration also in some ways as they are more often than not the driving...
Sep 23, 20223 min read
The Super 7 Workstation For Synth Wave Italo Disco 80's Funk Nu Disco For All DAW.
The Super 7 by the AVI company in France, and they asked me to do a review of this awesome sound library that I gladly took on board. The...
Sep 22, 20222 min read
FREE Oberheim DMX Drum Machine & How To Produce Blue Monday By New Order.
OBERHEIM DMX DRUM SAMPLES PACK Ever wondered where New Order got that iconic drum sound from which is on their record Blue Monday? Have...
Sep 12, 20222 min read
Massive BBC Sound Effects Library Available for FREE.
The original sound effects sample library is now online and available for free use (non commercial) But for commercial projects you may...
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Produce an 80's Styled Electro Funk Nu Disco Intro
How often do you produce a track that has just straight up drums as an intro? Many times it is necessary as most tracks we produce are...
Sep 7, 20222 min read
How to produce a retro TV cop show theme tune in Ableton.
Remember those TV cop shows from the late 70,s. You had Starsky & Hutch and Kojak in the USA and the Professionals and the Sweeney here...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Free Vintage Melotron Plug in For Ableton or any DAW
Having been a fan of vintage gear since forever, I recently decided to put together a Melotron for you to use in your productions. The...
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