konradh
Thanks, Matt, but setting up the mic and room and recording claps throughout a song every time is not very practical or flexible. I would like a sample for the same reason people here want samples of snares and kicks.
Anyone have an idea?
Seriously...record a bunch of hand claps, and create your own samples. I found that sampled handclaps never really gave me what I want, so I just ended up recording samples I liked. The other advantage of recording your own samples is you can get exactly what you want. For example, try recording five tracks of claps, mixed them together, then crop the mixed track to create four clap samples. Assign them to percussion pads, and then you can get some variety compared to just having a clap sample. If you want to get heavy-duty, record several more and assign them to a sampler with velocity-switching so you can choose different claps by how hard you hit the key. It will take you maybe an hour to do your clap samples, and then you'll have them for whenever you want them.
Also, this is probably getting a little too esoteric, but clap loops are excellent candidates to become REX files if you have ReCycle.