How to Make an Early 90s Hip Hop Beat - Native Instruments

Dive into a comprehensive 25-minute tutorial on creating an authentic early 90s hip hop beat using Native Instruments' SESSION BASSIST - ICON BASS KONTAKT library and MASCHINE. Follow along as Boris Mezga guides you through the step-by-step process, exploring signature sounds including funky and jazzy drums, deep basslines, orchestral hits, horn samples, scratches, and more. Master techniques for building drum patterns, processing drum buses, recording loops, exploring ICON BASS, adding articulations, incorporating vocal chops, placing orchestral hits and scratches, creating drum fills, and recording and looping live samples. By the end, you'll have the skills to craft a hip hop track reminiscent of the genre's golden era.

Intro
Building a drum pattern
Drum bus processing
Setting up a record group in MASCHINE
Recording drum loops
ICON BASS exploration
Recording and processing hip hop bass
Adding bass articulations
Adding vocal chops
Placing orchestral hits and scratches
Drum fills
Recording live samples
Looping live samples
Final 90s hip hop beat
Outro