How To Produce New Jack Swing (Starting Guide)

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  1. BlackHaze1986

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    Happy Easter To Everybody :) I decided to Start this Thread to be a Starting Point for anybody wanting to Produce New Jack Swing (The R&B & HipHop Fusion which makes you instantly feel Happy and ready for a Party).

    New Jack Swing is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B. Spearheaded by producers Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle, new jack swing was most popular from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
    Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines new jack swing as "pop music usually performed by black musicians that combines elements of jazz, funk, rap, and rhythm and blues. New jack swing took up the trend of using sampled beats and tunes, and created beats using electronic drum machines such as the then-new SP-1200 sampler and the Roland TR-808 to lay an "insistent beat under light melody lines and clearly enunciated vocals. The Roland TR-808 was sampled to create distinctive, syncopated, swung rhythms, with its snare sound being especially prominent.

    If you know some more Plugins or Producing techniques for New Jack Swing reply and i add them to the Starting Post.


    Instrument Section:

    Drums & 808's:

    Roland - TR-808 (VSTi)
    D16 Group Nepheton (VSTi)
    AlyJames Lab VPROM (VSTi)
    AlyJames Lab Simmons Drums Extended (VSTi)
    Drums In Yo Face (Drum Samples)
    JS aka The Best Weapon X Evolution Vol. 2 New Jack Swing (Drum Samples)
    Smash Up The Studio - New Jack Swing Vol. 1 & 2 (Drum Samples)
    Loops4Producer 24K New Jack Swing (Drum Samples)
    Akai Professional x Smash Up The Studio - New Jack Throwback (Drum Samples)

    Orchestral:
    UVI - String Machines 2 (UVI Falcon Libary)
    SWAM - Saxophones (VSTi)
    SWAM - Woodwinds (VSTi)
    Roland SRX (VSTi)

    Organ:
    Modartt - Organteq (VSTi)
    IK Multimedia Hammond B-3X (VSTi)
    Yamaha - YC-3B (VSTi)

    Keys & E-Piano:
    AAS - Lounge Lizard (VSTi)
    Gospel Musicians - FM Tines (UVI Falcon)
    Gospel Musicians - Neo Soul Keys (UVI Falcon)
    Spectrasonics - Keyscape (VSTi)

    All-In One Stuff:
    Korg - Triton Extreme (VSTi)
    Korg - M1 Legacy (VSTi)
    UVI - Darklight IIx (UVI Falcon Libary)
    Roland - Zenology Pro (VSTi)
    Roland - DS-50 (VSTi)
    Roland - Juno-106 (VSTi)
    Roland - Jupiter-8 (VSTi)
    EMU - Mo Phaat for E-MU Emulator X3 (VSTi)
    Martinex AX 73 (VSTi)
    Air Music Technology - Xpand!2 (VSTi)
    U-He Diva (VSTi) (For Nice Look and better usability Volta or AIKO Skin is recommended)
    Specterasonics - Omnisphere 2 (VSTi)

    Effects:

    Roland Juno-60 Chorus
    Roland Zenology FX
    Lexicon MPX Native Reverb
    Decap's Knock


    Tutorial Videos:
    VLNT. The Plug - How To Make New Jack Swing


    Dillie Gang - How to make new jack swing


    Music Tech Training Centre - How to Make a New Jack Swing Beat in Logic Pro


    GRGE - COMO HACER NEW JACK SWING


    RnbBeatStore - How To Make 90s R&B New Jack Swing

     
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    Some More Tutorial:
    Busy Works Beats - Retro 90's Rnb New Jack Swing Tutorial


    Alt24 - 90's New Jack Swing Tutorial


    VLNT. The Plug - This Legendary VST Is All You Need For New Jack Swing!


    Diyanna Monet - MPC One New Jack Swing


    dilliot2k - Music Therapy. Episode 2. Journey to New Jack City


     
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    Tutorials #3
    Sunglasses Kid - Making Bruno Mars style "New Jack Swing" 80s beat in 10 minutes


    Ave Mcree - New Jack Swing MPC Music Theory & 90s R&B History


    NaturalPhil - New Jack Swing - NaturalPHIL Drum Tutorial


    dilliot2k - Remaking Janet Jackson - Control - How to make the beat - REMAKERT2K


    MoneOnDaBeat - @MoneOnDaBeat Beat Session #37 | Making New Jack Swing Beats
     
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    Some Legendary New Jack Swing Music:
    Guy - Groove Me


    Bell Biv Devoe - Poison


    Wrecks-N-Effect - New Jack Swing


    TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg


    Today - Why You Get Funky On Me

     
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    Some More Legeandary New Jack Swing
    Keith Sweat - I Want Her


    Bobby Brown - My Prerogative


    Johnny Gill - Rub You the Right Way


    Boyz II Men - Motownphilly


    Guy - Spend The Night


     
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    massive! tutorials untill 2030!
     
  9. 5teezo

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    When producing New Jack Swing, you definitely must not be shy about saturating the drums hard and use gated reverbs on snares. And it's gotta punch. Most of these tuts don't get it right. And you definitely need to up your music theory game to get some fly chords and nice voicings.

    Fun fact: the Bomb Squad (Public Enemy) produced tracks on the first BBD album which is cray.
     
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    Added your Tips to the Starting Post thx 4 sharing your knowledge. :bow::mates:
     
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