Clap your hands say clap!
And the holiday gifts keep coming. Next up: an all-clapping plug-in.
Yes, Clap Machine does just what it says: it makes claps. Think four octaves of them, even, all very natural-sounding. Now, at first this is the sound of one hand clapping – okay, two hands clapping. You’ll probably want to use multiple notes to get more. (It’s actually a shame there isn’t a control for that, but … well, you’ll figure it out. I might actually whip up a quick Max for Live device to use single inputs from a step sequencer but generate more claps – anyone messed about with ideas with that?)
32-bit. 64-bit.
Mac. Windows.
VST. AU.
Natural reverb, with control.
Global volume.
And it sounds really nice. 99sounds have loads of these sorts of giveaways, the output of the Bedroom Producers Blog. For instance:
Free sound effects / sound libraries
Some distinctive vintage bass sounds
99 drum samples (really lovely collection of hits)
and Project Pegasus, a bunch of dreamy synth stuff.
The clap instrument is based on a sound library full of claps and snaps..
Grab the plug-in at: http://99sounds.org/vst-plugins/
And for more obsessing over claps: Vintage Clap Trap Synth, Now a Unitasker iOS App; I Love the 80s
Very nice plugin indeed. Just the scaling of the fade in length is a little of. Moving the attack know a tiny amount already produces a disproportionately long fade in.
You’re definitely right about the attack knob, I’ll try to fix that in an updated version of the plugin!
Very nice plugin indeed. Just the scaling of the fade in length is a little of. Moving the attack know a tiny amount already produces a disproportionately long fade in.
You’re definitely right about the attack knob, I’ll try to fix that in an updated version of the plugin!
Very nice plugin indeed. Just the scaling of the fade in length is a little of. Moving the attack know a tiny amount already produces a disproportionately long fade in.
You’re definitely right about the attack knob, I’ll try to fix that in an updated version of the plugin!
crap plugin! just use clap sampels and layer them
crap plugin! just use clap sampels and layer them
crap plugin! just use clap sampels and layer them
On one hand I’m glad that 99sounds is starting to put up plugins as well, because they’re already offering very good samples for free. On the other hand I don’t think this plugin delivers something that can’t be done with any sampler and a few clap samples. Instead of tons of plugins (that are basically low-end-samplers) I’d rather collect the samples I need and organise them like I want (including using the sampler of my choice – be it software or hardware).
Hey, it’s a fine experiment. You could use any number of other solutions. But I suspect they just wanted to get their hands (har, har) a bit dirty with plug-in development. Nothing wrong with that – and it’s easy enough to drop this plug-in in a Drum Rack, for instance.
All the samples are still linked, so you can go the route you suggest. I doubt that they’re going to do this for every single percussion part. 😉
Thanks for the coverage Peter, much appreciated! 🙂
Hi Sebastian! Yeah it’s definitely not the most versatile plug-in out there, especially if you’re used to working with samplers. But everyone enjoys a different workflow and some people prefer using a simple plugin for the task.
There are Kontakt 5 patches available for most 99Sounds libraries (including Hands Make Claps) and I’ve received numerous messages from users who don’t own Kontakt asking if there’s a way to use the samples in their DAW. So yeah, I usually tell them that they can basically use any sampler out there and make their own patches for the samples.
But hey, a simple VSTi plug-in is another decent option, so here it is! 🙂
Definitely! Variety is always nice and I didn’t just want to complain. Afterall, it’s free plugins like that one which enabled me to start making music on the computer back in 2009!
Bottom line: you guys kick ass – keep up the good work! <3
Hey no worries, your comment totally makes sense! It’s just that everyone has a different workflow and some people don’t really like using samplers.
Cheers man! 🙂
On one hand I’m glad that 99sounds is starting to put up plugins as well, because they’re already offering very good samples for free. On the other hand I don’t think this plugin delivers something that can’t be done with any sampler and a few clap samples. Instead of tons of plugins (that are basically low-end-samplers) I’d rather collect the samples I need and organise them like I want (including using the sampler of my choice – be it software or hardware).
Hey, it’s a fine experiment. You could use any number of other solutions. But I suspect they just wanted to get their hands (har, har) a bit dirty with plug-in development. Nothing wrong with that – and it’s easy enough to drop this plug-in in a Drum Rack, for instance.
All the samples are still linked, so you can go the route you suggest. I doubt that they’re going to do this for every single percussion part. 😉
Thanks for the coverage Peter, much appreciated! 🙂
Hi Sebastian! Yeah it’s definitely not the most versatile plug-in out there, especially if you’re used to working with samplers. But everyone enjoys a different workflow and some people prefer using a simple plugin for the task.
There are Kontakt 5 patches available for most 99Sounds libraries (including Hands Make Claps) and I’ve received numerous messages from users who don’t own Kontakt asking if there’s a way to use the samples in their DAW. So yeah, I usually tell them that they can basically use any sampler out there and make their own patches for the samples.
But hey, a simple VSTi plug-in is another decent option, so here it is! 🙂
Definitely! Variety is always nice and I didn’t just want to complain. Afterall, it’s free plugins like that one which enabled me to start making music on the computer back in 2009!
Bottom line: you guys kick ass – keep up the good work! <3
Hey no worries, your comment totally makes sense! It’s just that everyone has a different workflow and some people don’t really like using samplers.
Cheers man! 🙂
On one hand I’m glad that 99sounds is starting to put up plugins as well, because they’re already offering very good samples for free. On the other hand I don’t think this plugin delivers something that can’t be done with any sampler and a few clap samples. Instead of tons of plugins (that are basically low-end-samplers) I’d rather collect the samples I need and organise them like I want (including using the sampler of my choice – be it software or hardware).
Hey, it’s a fine experiment. You could use any number of other solutions. But I suspect they just wanted to get their hands (har, har) a bit dirty with plug-in development. Nothing wrong with that – and it’s easy enough to drop this plug-in in a Drum Rack, for instance.
All the samples are still linked, so you can go the route you suggest. I doubt that they’re going to do this for every single percussion part. 😉
Thanks for the coverage Peter, much appreciated! 🙂
Hi Sebastian! Yeah it’s definitely not the most versatile plug-in out there, especially if you’re used to working with samplers. But everyone enjoys a different workflow and some people prefer using a simple plugin for the task.
There are Kontakt 5 patches available for most 99Sounds libraries (including Hands Make Claps) and I’ve received numerous messages from users who don’t own Kontakt asking if there’s a way to use the samples in their DAW. So yeah, I usually tell them that they can basically use any sampler out there and make their own patches for the samples.
But hey, a simple VSTi plug-in is another decent option, so here it is! 🙂
Definitely! Variety is always nice and I didn’t just want to complain. Afterall, it’s free plugins like that one which enabled me to start making music on the computer back in 2009!
Bottom line: you guys kick ass – keep up the good work! <3
Hey no worries, your comment totally makes sense! It’s just that everyone has a different workflow and some people don’t really like using samplers.
Cheers man! 🙂