Hands Make Sounds is a free clap sample pack featuring 158 samples of handclaps and finger snaps.
The free download link is located at the end of this article.
Free Clap Samples
The sounds were recorded in six different indoor locations. The idea was to capture the natural reverb characteristics of different spaces. The result is a comprehensive and diverse collection of natural-sounding handmade percussion sounds.
I have many electronic clap sounds on my computer, but good-sounding natural claps are a bit harder to find. This free collection should remedy the situation, packing over 150 different real-life snaps and claps.
The Claps
I recorded the clap samples in six different rooms, from a tiny toilet to a large empty hallway. Although you’re free to add your own reverb to these sounds, of course, it’s often helpful to have percussion samples that already capture the natural reverb characteristics of different rooms.
Although sitting alone in a toilet and clapping into a microphone isn’t precisely the best way to spend a day, I’m delighted with how those samples turned out. The claps, which were recorded in the empty hallway in front of my apartment, also sound nice, and they work great when layered on top of classic 808 snares.
The Snaps
The snap samples are sorted into four different groups. The samples labeled “snap-close” were recorded from close range, with almost zero reverb. The ones labeled “snap-far” have been recorded in my living room from various distances.
Most of the snaps have been recorded with both hands at the same time to achieve that classic musical finger snap sound. I’ve tried to keep my hands apart as much as possible, which resulted in an excellent stereo separation in the majority of the sounds.
By the way, you should also check out our Rain And Thunder sound library if you’re looking for free thunderstorm sound effects. It features more than 600 MB of high-quality loops of rainfall and thunder strikes.
Technical Details
All samples have been normalized to -0.1 dB and carefully trimmed to avoid any pops or clicks. My advice is to use several similar claps or snap samples in a round-robin fashion to achieve more natural results.
You can also make some great-sounding fat claps if you layer several different clap samples and trigger them simultaneously.
The samples come in stereo 24-bit WAV format with a 44.1 kHz sampling rate. The library contains 158 individual samples.
You’ll find 96 clap samples and 62 finger snaps. SFZ and Kontakt 5 mappings included. After unpacking, the library will occupy 19.6 MB of space on your hard drive.
81 Comments
These are great quality sounds! Thanks for this library!
Thanks for the kind words. Have fun with the samples!
I’m psyched to hear it!
Nice one!
Cheers Ronnie!
I am so happy to have found your site!! Very excited to see what else you guys come out with! ^_^
More stuff coming next week, so stay tuned! :)
Thank you! Could be useful.
Cheers!
Nice sounds guys. Thanks. I was just making a track that I thought could use finger snaps. Will try them out.
Have fun with the samples and thanks for visiting!
I got 99 problem’s but clap/snap library aint one :)
Nice one! :)
I got commercial email that said “I got 99 Problems but a clap ain’t one!”
When I saw this 99Sounds post on BPB I thought it was from the same company :p
Mac users beware, downloading Genio may cause malware. Its happened to me. See Safe Mac. Just give us the download since its free and skip this other nonsense. I’m out.
Hi kanz. The download is a simple RAR archive with the samples and the patches:
http://d.pr/f/U0Ct
What exactly are you referring to?
Genio automatically gets downloaded to you computer when you hit that download button. In some cases, like mine, malware gets installed to your computer. It happened to me. Its just a word of caution. Safe Mac has all the info there. I’m just weary, and watch what I download. Its great that your offering these samples, but why do I have to deal with Genio at all. I don’t want it on my computer. Just my two cents worth. Maybe I’m wrong. Thanks
The big black DOWNLOAD button?
Sorry, but the button is linked to the RAR archive with the samples. There’s absolutely no way that it installs anything on your computer.
I’m sorry for any trouble you’ve had, but I can’t understand what happened there. The button simply links to the download pack, I’ve made it that way and it works that way. I’ve re-checked it and it’s absolutely working fine.
My absolute apologies, I clicked on the red button where it says “Click for free download”. Everything is good . Thanks.
OK, enjoy the samples!
thnx!
Cheers Henrik!
I’ve been recording my own claps for years, but to now have this amount of claps and snaps, I think I’m good for the next few years looking for claps/snaps.
Cool! :)
Thanks for your hard work ;-)
I want try it on my next spanish song, thanks!
100 yfuko…. you have an apostrophe problem too….
I’m using logic x on a mac book pro will these files be compatible? I tried to download it a minute ago and it was nothing… I NEED SNAPS N CLAPS HELP ME!!!!!!!
The samples are available in WAV format so they’re definitely compatible with Logic X.
thanks if i have any more problems i’ll just give u a holler
Awesome, thanks for this pack!
Wow….fantastic sounds. Thanks!
My new go-to library for claps and snaps! Awesome work, a million thanks!
i seriously don’t understand this i downloaded the RAR file now what? its a file of text? what do you do with it?
Hi Bryce! You should get a file named euqj.zip. Extract the ZIP archive and then extract the RAR archive. You should be able to do this with any freeware utility such as 7ZIP or PeaZIP.
Let me know how it goes!
I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but that’s due to a problem with our file hosting service. I’ll switch to a new host this week.
Hey very nice website !! Great content and it’s FREE! you are awesome keep up the great work ; )
Thanks for the kind words!
Hi! awesome claps! I was thinkink of using them in an applause-app. Is that a case of virtual instrument?
Best, JC!
Thanks !!
Merci beaucoup pour ces packs….
Nice, I am liking them!
I clicked on the black download button. That downloaded a .zip file. Whem I unzipped it I got a .rar file.What do I do with the .rar file.
You can extract the RAR archive with WinRAR or 7ZIP. Feel free to let me know if you need any further help!
Thank you very much for these samples.
I’ve downloaded and unpacked the samples but am clueless about how to open them in my Kontact 5 player or ESX 24. Any help with that?
Well, now I’m able to open them in the standalone Kontact Player but not from within Logic.
What happens when you try to load them in Logic?
I just right clicked on the Kontact file and chose Open In – Kontact 5 and it opened in the standalone. I’m not sure what to do from within Logic to get to it. I tried loading it from the library tab in Kontact (within Logic) but it wouldn’t recognize anything in the folder with the samples and mapping file to open.
Never mind. Got it! Cool bunch of samples-thanks~!
Ah, cool! Cheers! :)
Oh, you should use the file browser in Kontakt (when you load it in Logic) and load the provided NKI file. Let me know if that works!
Thanks for sounds, will be useful.
Hi! Does this work with kontakt player? i’m getting the demo message and your wonderful snaps are muting after a few minutes. The factory select samples I have from NI still work in the player, so I’m pretty sure it’s not a licensing issue with K itself. Thoughts?
Hi Jack, most Kontakt libraries will time out after 15 minutes in Kontakt Player. You need the full version of Kontakt to use these libraries without any limitation. You can always use a free sampler such as Shortcircuit 1 and import the WAV files from this pack into it.
Awesome, thanks!!
You’re welcome!
Just what I needed, thank-you so much
Greetings, these are some crisp claps and snaps. Dry and wet, that was clever, and I can stack them in fours and get a whole new clap that no one has heard before. :-) No back ground noise or anything, great work.
Ra Da N.O.C. Music producer NYC.
Thanks for the kind words, enjoy using the samples! :)
Thank you very mutch ;)
Hi I downloaded this and I got a folder in my “downloads” in Files with the License, Artwork, Claps and snaps. i am very new to this whole thing and was just wondering how to simply use them in logic pro X. Thank You!
I’m amazed by the quality. Really am.
I am run in no budget and poor, Many Many thanks!
Nice samples :) Thank you.
Exactly what I needed! This is so cool and also FREE, my god.
Thank you so much, your samples sound great!!
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dope thanks love this pack
I when online looking for hand clap samples and come upon this collection, Wow! and Free! Thank you so much. :)
Hi! If I want to use these in Garageband, is there a way to have them add to the sound library in the program? Thanks!
Thanks a lot! Looking forward to trying these out.
i live in iran.and i cant pay .if i live in other country i really shoud pay as much as i can for this…tnx a lot.
Can i use this sounds to sell beats on YouTube
Yup!
Is this download is free?
Yes. :)
Un sincero agradecimiento por tomarte el tiempo de crear y compartir esta librería. Ten un buen día.
These are fantastic! I live in a place in a city with lots of street sounds, sirens, etc, and all my attempts at recording my own handclaps were terrible. These are amazing and I used multiple samples on 3 songs on my new record. Thanks so much! Will send you some $$ via paypal. Great recordings, great variety. You saved me from using fake drum machine handclaps! Love these!!
Lit content over there!
It’s $14.99+ not free anymore ;)
It’s free, simply enter zero as the price at checkout.
hello, just wanna let you know. it seems like there is something wrong with the pack. there are some missing samples. i´ve downloaded them before. like in the description it sould be around 150 but there are only 113 wav files in the new one ;) sorry for that.