"New Jack in 500 Miles"
Producer: huey (R. A. Huey)
Illustrator: huey
Original melody: Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles
Tempo: 97
Samples are mostly taken from ultrabox samples archive, mostly from genesis sonic sounds. Other sample is the sound of kompang from this video.
Available on Ultrabox and on YouTube.
As the title suggests, I tried and always make New Jack Swing beat (I wonder if you agree if this is). I learnt myself how to make the gated reverb snare and it sounds cool enough. I also added the twang for the volume because I thought that's how New Jack Swing snare supposed to be? Or how Michael Jackson's Dangerous snare supposed to be.
Mamman Sani Abdoulaye's Five Hundred Miles is a synth music I recently discovered on X. Hauntingly beautiful, like a lullaby, and I thought it'll be cool if I use this for a song.
Originally I wanna use this beat for a rap song, but unfortunately I couldn't do it as I often get frustrated with making lyrics and how to record my vocals (planned with bitcrusher effect btw to cover the bad quality).
For the snare, I opened a seperate project and add some sounds together. then i open a sampler and remove the tail of the reverb. i ought to get Man in the Mirror snare innit 🔥 (without twang ig)
I would like to hear feedback of yours about this.