There used to be a lot of Teddy Riley instrumentals floating around with clean snares that are a good starting point.
This link is a bit of an add but still some cool info from the King of Swing.
https://www.soundonsound.com/news/studi ... eddy-riley
New Jack Swing drums?
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- KVRian
- 743 posts since 29 Nov, 2015
Ive done a bit of trials myself for njs drums, and especially snares. Ive found a recipe that both gets the njs sound and at the same time creates a personal touch/uniqueness to it. The method: gather a bunch of snares, claps, finger snaps, other impact samples, like metallic hits and other (doesnt hurt with a bit of a ringing tone for example), and some random ones like shutting a door or anything (This is where you can add your own secret sauce). Basically whatever appeals to you or may add to the vibe you want. And then add them all into a single sampler plugin. Then start adding them to the midi track one by one to taste, layering them on top of eachother (just browse around and try adding stuff you like at the moment). Control how much you want to blend them in by adjusting the velocity. You can also add a bit of extra effect by triggering swoshing sounds right before the snare hit. And dont be afraid to pile on something like 10 sounds at once. This to me got me right where I wanted with the njs sound. Obviously when picking the samples I tried finding source sounds that was in line with the style but maybe wasnt enough on their own. To me it was alot of hiphop style snares and acoustic ones with some dirt/grit or weird tone.
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- KVRAF
- 2212 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland
That kind of technique might have been pretty popular at the time - that's exactly how I'd do about replicating Nine Inch Nails or Ministry drums from the same period, though probably with more of the layers being pitched down.
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Obsolete236871 Obsolete236871 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=236871
- Banned
- 821 posts since 4 Aug, 2010
Love New Jack Swing and I always wondered whether it will eventually make a retro comeback eventually. There was at least one popular song recently that was based on the New Jacks Swing formula, but I forgot the artist and title.
This is a nice interview with Teddy Riley, among other things he mentions how he was one of the first African-American producers to use the original version of Logic (Emagic Notator), when the software was barely known, especially in the US (Emagic, like many of the pioneer companies in digital audio, was originally a German enterprise).
This is a nice interview with Teddy Riley, among other things he mentions how he was one of the first African-American producers to use the original version of Logic (Emagic Notator), when the software was barely known, especially in the US (Emagic, like many of the pioneer companies in digital audio, was originally a German enterprise).