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McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:13 pm

Vocode a sample of someone crunching up fresh celery stalks, with a sample of someone crushing a brick with a sledge hammer. Then, add that special "something extra" with a convolution reverb processor. Instead of using the Taj Mahal or Syndney Opera House impulses, use an "impulse file" consisting of someone smashing potatoe chips in a large stainless steel mixing bowl. Then add some standard slapback echoes, and sweeten to taste.

It's all pretty standard proceedure, really.

McLilith

sirocco · Post by **sirocco** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:29 pm

ahah...sounds good, scarily!

ChrisE · Post by **ChrisE** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:25 pm

Voidoid Surrealist wrote:Have you tried asking a thick person to clap for you?

Absolutely LOL ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Session clappers. Now *there's* a concept

ChrisE · Post by **ChrisE** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:26 pm

McLilith wrote:Vocode a sample of someone crunching up fresh celery stalks, with a sample of someone crushing a brick with a sledge hammer. Then, add that special "something extra" with a convolution reverb processor. Instead of using the Taj Mahal or Syndney Opera House impulses, use an "impulse file" consisting of someone smashing potatoe chips in a large stainless steel mixing bowl. Then add some standard slapback echoes, and sweeten to taste.

It's all pretty standard proceedure, really.

McLilith

f**k ! How the hell did you know how I did the clap on "House in the Sun" ?

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:32 pm

Take mic. Press record. Take hands and clap. Layer to suit taste.

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:52 am

ChrisE wrote:Session clappers. Now *there's* a concept

There most definitely are session clappers.

You might remember this odd little novelty song, by Napoleon. It was titled They're Coming To Take Me Away. That song had people slapping their bare thighs, to create the sound of two claps per person.

You can read the whole story of how it was recorded here:

They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-haaa

Making the song is a bizarre story. Just imagine showing up at a recording studio to be a session clapper, and the man at the studio tells everyone to stand in a semi-circle around his Neumann, drop their pants, and start slapping their bare thighs.

McLilith

LIMITAPROACHINGINFINITY · Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:57 am

i've been attempting to perfect this trendy clap for a while and ive produced quite a few renditions of this effect.. Maybe i should post them.. No webspace

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:03 am

LIMITAPROACHINGINFINITY wrote:i've been attempting to perfect this trendy clap for a while and ive produced quite a few renditions of this effect.. Maybe i should post them.. No webspace

If you want to share, you should be able to post them here:

http://audioshots.com/auditorium/

I see there is a category for "Samples n Loops" which should be just what you are looking for.

Take care,
McLilith

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:00 am

ChrisE wrote:
Voidoid Surrealist wrote:Have you tried asking a thick person to clap for you?
Absolutely LOL ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Session clappers. Now *there's* a concept

I invited some over to my house once, and the lights kept flickering...

ChrisE · Post by **ChrisE** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:20 am

Voidoid Surrealist wrote:
ChrisE wrote: Session clappers. Now *there's* a concept

I invited some over to my house once, and the lights kept flickering...

You wanna check out those circuit-breaker thingy's in the box over your storm-porch, Voidoid, man ....................

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:41 pm

"What's the sound of one hand clapping"

"A drummer holding a pint of whiskey?"

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:53 pm

Just wear a pair of these:

sirocco · Post by **sirocco** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:32 am

LIMITAPROACHINGINFINITY wrote:i've been attempting to perfect this trendy clap for a while and ive produced quite a few renditions of this effect.. Maybe i should post them.. No webspace

help! how!

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:39 am

Meffy wrote:Just wear a pair of these:

GRRRRRRR!! YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME WHEN I'M ANGRY! WHEN HULK ANGRY, HE SING FILK!

ChrisE · Post by **ChrisE** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:36 am

....... drifting away just for a few seconds from Meffy and Voidoid's green-fist
fantasies

, there is a lot more to recording claps than you may imagine.

Once you have your *session clapper* in da house, using a close large diaphragm capacitor mic is a big NO-NO. Something like a Beyer Opus53 used side-fire is much better. Otherwise you will get an air rush instead of the proper transient that goes with a clap. It's psychoacoustics, again, I'm afraid. We almost never hear a hand clap at close distance in the natural world. The transient which we hear has always been damped.

Hope this helps someone.

how can i record/create a thick clap like this?