Editing Disco (section)

==Production==
The "disco sound" was much more costly to produce than many of the other popular music genres from the 1970s. Unlike the simpler, four-piece-band sound of [[funk]], [[soul music]] of the late 1960s or the small [[jazz]] [[organ trio]]s, disco music often included a large band, with several chordal instruments (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer), several drum or percussion instruments (drumkit, Latin percussion, electronic drums), a [[horn section]], a [[string orchestra]], and a variety of "[[classical music|classical]]" solo instruments (for example, flute, piccolo, and so on).

Disco songs were [[Arrangement|arranged]] and composed by experienced arrangers and [[Orchestration|orchestrators]], and record producers added their creative touches to the overall sound using [[multitrack recording]] techniques and [[effects unit]]s. Recording complex arrangements with such a large number of instruments and sections required a team that included a [[Conductor (music)|conductor]], [[copyist]]s, record producers, and [[audio engineering|mixing engineers]]. Mixing engineers had an important role in the disco production process because disco songs used as many as 64 [[sound recording|tracks]] of vocals and instruments. Mixing engineers and record producers, under the direction of arrangers, compiled these tracks into a fluid composition of verses, bridges, and refrains, complete with builds and [[Break (music)|breaks]]. Mixing engineers and record producers helped to develop the "disco sound" by creating a distinctive-sounding, sophisticated [[disco mix]].

Early records were the "standard" three-minute version until [[Tom Moulton]] came up with a way to make songs longer so that he could take a crowd of dancers at a club to another level and keep them dancing longer. He found that it was impossible to make the 45-RPM vinyl [[single (music)|singles]] of the time longer, as they could usually hold no more than five&nbsp;minutes of good-quality music. With the help of José Rodriguez, his remaster/mastering engineer, he pressed a single on a 10" disc instead of 7". They cut the next single on a 12" disc, the same format as a standard album. Moulton and Rodriguez discovered that these larger records could have much longer songs and remixes. [[Twelve-inch single|12" single records]], also known as "[[Maxi single]]s", quickly became the standard format for all DJs of the disco genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disco-disco.com/disco/history.shtml|title=DISCO History @ Disco-Disco.com|website=disco-disco.com|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121160210/http://www.disco-disco.com/disco/history.shtml|archive-date=January 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>