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How To Produce a Disco Edit
Producing edits of Disco music has been with us along time and in recent years it has become alot easier to do with a computer and a wave...
Nov 15, 20222 min read


The Vintage Keys of the 70's FREE VST
Have you ever spent hours trying to find the perfect Fender Rhodes? Yes the ones in Ableton's library are very good, but I recently...
Oct 18, 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 11, 20221 min read


The Best FREE Lofi Piano VST
Pianos are the most commonly available VST but finding one that has such a nice tone to it is difficult, especially if it is a free one....
Oct 6, 20221 min read


5 Cool FREE Ableton Templates for you
Whether you are a regular producer or just somebody who enjoys making music as a hobby in their spare time, the creative juices sometimes...
Sep 30, 20222 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 23, 20223 min read


Everything Starts With a Beat
10 classic House Music intros & the death of the Intro in contemporary dance music. How many times have you skipped through the latest...
Sep 21, 20228 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, 20222 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 12, 20221 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 7, 20222 min read


The Monster Synth FREE VST
There are many great VST synths out there for free, but when it comes to lush pads and magical sounds there isn't one I have found yet...
Aug 8, 20221 min read


How to produce Nu-Disco in the style of Mark Lower & Nervous Records
There are many forms of Nu-Disco and this piece is one that has been released on the legendary Nervous label which really caught my...
Jul 27, 20221 min read


Two Brilliant FREE VST Synths For Disco Boogie Funk Production
Finding a good VST that caters for the funkier side of things can be tough. But my job here at Waxadisc is to do just that so you dont...
Jul 20, 20222 min read


One of The Best FREE Drum Machine Plug ins
Having been around for a few years now this drum machine VST plug in is one in which I strongly recommend for all DAW users. This has...
Jul 14, 20221 min read


5 Creative Ways to Finishing Your Music
Continuing on from my tips of the 16 bar loop Hell post I wrote recently which can be found HERE I have put this bunch of ideas to help...
Jul 6, 20226 min read


Productive Ways For Musicians to Break The 16 Bar Loop
Ideas to overcome the trap of being stuck in the 16 bar loop of Hell. It is the record producers version of writers block, the ultimate...
Jul 5, 20222 min read


The Best Free Compressor/Limiter
How many compressors do you need? Well actually only one at a time and this is probably the best straight out of the box FREE plug in for...
Jun 28, 20221 min read


Soul Drums The Funkiest Kit From UVI
In the producers world there are now many many things we can choose from, such as a billion drum kits and even more kick drums and synths...
Jun 20, 20221 min read


What is Stopping You From Releasing Music?
5 things that may be holding you back from your full potential After years of releasing music on many formats and for many labels, you...
Jun 17, 202211 min read


How to produce a Nu-Disco track 2000's Style.
Tips and tricks for that mid 2000 era style of Nu-Disco Back in the mid to late 2000's The sound for Nu-Disco had a certain slower feel...
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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