For this tutorial, we recommend using YTMP3 to download your sample. There’s websites out there that let you copy the YouTube video URL and convert it to MP3.

Once you’ve confirmed the sample is clean and able to be looped, download the sample. If you’ve never counted bars before, watch this video from HowCast on How to Count Bars. Before you download the sample, it’s a good idea to count the bars to make sure it is usable. Take a listen and find a song that fits your vibe. There are hundreds of user-generated playlists with the best songs for sampling. Hip-hop samples, vinyl samples, samples with no drums, etc. Start by searching for samples in the search bar. YouTube is guaranteed to have the song you’re looking for and downloading the song is simple. If you don’t have equipment to record a sample from vinyl, download a song from YouTube.

The first step to making a sampled hip-hop beat in FL Studio is finding a sample you like. This tutorial will teach you one very basic method of how to make your first sampled hip-hop beat in FL Studio using a sampled drum loop pack. There are countless methods to making hip-hop beats.

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