Handclaps

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Hi guys,

Does anyone know of any realistic handclap samples around either as .wav, .mp3, vst or soundfont?

Thanks

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No, because part of what makes handclaps work is that they vary from clap to clap. Try making your own - just record track after track, standing in a different location each time you do it, then mix it down to one mono or stereo track. Bet that would sound better - we just did that for a Christmas song - 20 takes of my wife and I clapping away… :)

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I did this on one of the tracks on my CD – twenty or so tracks of me clapping a rhythm. Make sure you do a few “off time” tracks to make it sound more like a real group.
Fun stuff indeed!

-John
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Sounds like what I need is a selection of mixed down ensemble claps that I could then map to different keys on my MIDI keyboard (or make a soundfont). I could then take my MIDI clap track and randomly assign each clap to a different note (I’m suprised someone hasn’t already done this). A lot of work but probably worth it in the long run if I am likely to use handclaps more than 2 or 3 times.

Would anyone care to donate their mixed down handclap track to the cause?

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I’m not sure what you’re going for here, but would it be easy enough just to do them live? Would probably sound much better than using samples…

Here’s the song I used the handclaps on. They come in on the very last chorus.

JPB - Window

-John
:cool:

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Hey Jeff, that’s an idea! We could do a whole CD of handclaps in various venues, with groups of various sizes, all mapped as you suggest. I suspect that you wouldn’t want them to be quite random, since the variations from clap to clap in a live performance are not going to be random. :)

Edit: Jeff, here is a single handclap FWIW:
http://www.samplenet.co.uk/dload.cfm?id=3274