Wide stereo clap one shot, huge and airy

About this sample

This clap opens with six sharp white-noise bursts, staggered across the first 104 ms and set to progressively lower gains for an irregular handclap roll. Each burst lasts 270 ms, is band-passed from 900 to 10,500 Hz, and has a 1 ms attack with a fast decay and short fade. The combined signal is high-passed at 420 Hz, then sent through reverb with a 2.4-second decay, 48% mix, and a full tail. Alternating pan positions spread the dry bursts across stereo; the rendered file is 2.92 seconds long.

Use it for spacious pop, electronic, or R&B backbeats at a range of tempos, especially where the clap can breathe between hits. Layer it with a tighter, centered clap or snare for a firmer attack, and check the stereo width and reverb tail against vocals and other bright percussion.