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2013/09/05 22:33:42
konradh
I'm not talking about 1980s weird drum machine claps, but actual real-sounding hand claps.
 
I searched through the sounds I have for Session Drummer 3 and couldn't find anything except strange ones.  I have a number of EZDrummer kits, but claps are not listed on the keyboard drum map.  The basic Kontakt kits don't seem to have any except for the electronic 808 style..
 
There are some in Fab Four that are not bad, but not the best.
 
Ideas?  Thanks.
2013/09/05 22:38:17
mattplaysguitar
Hands.
2013/09/05 22:47:08
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?
2013/09/06 00:00:34
daveny5
Most drum synths have hand claps. Session Drummer - Smart Loops - Groovy Kit. Right click the top right pad and replace the cowbell with hand clap, note 39. For some reason on mine it doesn't work. Not sure what's going on there. Maybe yours will work. 
2013/09/06 00:01:16
icontakt
Studio/Abbey Road Drummer libraries and VI.One.
2013/09/06 01:53:50
MachineClaw
Rythmic Robot Snaps n Claps PRO for Kontakt. £9.95
http://www.rhythmicrobot.com/page0/page23/page54/index.html
 
Battery 3  -  Cell Library/06 - Percussion/Claps and Snaps.
 
Loops de la crème - Clap-Pack samples.  Name your own price.
http://loopsdelacreme.bandcamp.com/album/clap-pack
 
If you have Stylus RMX Expanded it has claps.
 
Those are the ones I know of. 
2013/09/06 02:19:10
Anderton
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.
2013/09/06 04:04:18
lawajava
I like Craig's suggestion.

I've been using the technique shown by Seth and Brandon in the CakeTV Live webinar on big drum sounds in Sonar X1. They have a section in there where they illustrate how to get hand claps from a Beat Scape loop. I replicated their steps and I think that sounds great.
2013/09/06 04:04:19
Skyline_UK
I record a few, say six, tidy up the timing if necessary (not too much obviously) either by using Melodyne or chopping up the recording and manually moving the claps.  Bounce to clip so you now have a clip of six.  Replicate clip as desired.  Clone the track as many times as you like and shift those in time both ways a tiny bit until you're happy with the overall sound.
2013/09/06 04:35:39
Bristol_Jonesey
Last time I used claps in a song I ended up layering from 3 different sample sets.
 
Dim Pro, Roland Groove Synth & BFD2
 
On most of these, you get a different timbre depending on whereabouts on the keyboard they're triggered from, and you also get variations with velocity changes, so it's not quite as easy as simply entering a few midi notes & copy/pasting - you have to get a bit more creative to achieve any degree of realism.
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