Here comes the next release of our new series of carefully sampled and processed one shot samples. Here you have 504 clap samples. All cut and tuned very carefully for an exciting beat making experience. The samples are key labelled and sorted in folders by notes. We have recorded nine different machines. For example an old Roland R8M Rackmodule with a lot of different cards. The drums from a Yamaha TX81Z, a very old Yamaha Electone Organ or from the PSR Keyboard series and three classic Casio SA toy pianos. We also used a Novation Super Drumstation and a Roland Super JV 1080 with different cards. Also a classic Roland MC-505 and a Qasimidi Rave-O-Lution 907.
The recorded audio files were named randomly and we ran all the samples through different hardware chains and totally different software effect chains. The software based results we then run through the analog chain again and vice versa. We end up with a lot of different feeling and sounding claps.
We have used an Aphex Aural Exciter Type C and also the Type C2 with the famous ‘Big Bottom’. XLN Retro Color RC-20, Softube Harmonics, Klanghelm SDDR, Abberant Sketch Cassette, D16 Decimort 2, Soundtoys Decapitator, Arturia´s Tape Mello-Fi, VCA-65 and FET-76 Compressor, Steinberg Backbone and Magneto2, Waves J37 Tape, Abbey Road Saturation, DBX 160 and the nice SSL Compressor.
From there we go through this randomly named mess of clap samples to finally select the best ones by carefully listening. We make a selection which is big enough to give the user total flexibility in moods and styles and handy enough to make finding the right clap sound very fast.
We tried to put all the needed and relevant variations into that pack. You have very short claps with heavy transients on the attack for that real ‘clap’. There are really phat ones with lots of sustain and a lot of tape saturation added. Dry and sharp ones and very smooth and natural sounding hand claps. We want to give you a wide range of claps for as many different music genres as possible. All claps sounding phat and solid. You got all possible styles of electronic and natural sounding claps without over processing or FX. Just simple, clean, tuned and carefully selected 504 Super Hi-Fi Claps for your toolkit.
