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Free clap samples

Free hand clap and snap samples, from stacked crowd claps to tight drum machine claps, ready to layer with snares, each with a licence verdict and preview.

Samples
36 samples
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Cleared for commercial use
32 cleared for commercial use
Direct downloads
36 with direct download
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Picked automatically from a live search of 41 sites and refreshed daily. Each sound belongs to its creator: check its licence on the source page before you release it.

Using claps

Claps fill the same slot as the snare on beats two and four, and many genres use them instead of a snare altogether: house, disco and much of modern pop rely on a clap for the backbeat. In trap, a clap layered with a snare gives a wide, bright hit that still cuts through heavy 808s.

A recorded clap from a real room has natural reverb and variation; a machine clap is tighter and more consistent. Try both against your track. If a clap sounds thin, add a short reverb or a second clap a few milliseconds later instead of boosting the highs.

Licences

These come from Creative Commons libraries, drum machine banks and royalty-free packs. Green verdicts are cleared for releases. CC BY sounds need a credit line, which the detail view lets you copy in one click.

Questions

Why do drum machine claps sound like several claps at once?
Machines such as the 808 and 909 build a clap from a few quick bursts of filtered noise followed by a short tail, imitating several people clapping slightly out of time. That smeared attack is what makes them sound wide.
Are finger snaps in this collection?
Snaps share the clap category, so some appear here. Search for "snap" on the search page to see more of them, with the same licence verdict on every result.
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