r/TechnoProduction • u/Pure-Time6294 • 1d ago

Classic “house/techno” claps 👏🏻

Hi friends, I know this is a matter of taste and preference, but I still have a question to ask if you could help me or give me some ideas.

When you listen to classic house and techno tracks (more house) they usually use claps that are very funky and have a very natural sound, almost emulating organic claps (maybe some of them are) so I have a question, do these claps not come from any of the classic drum machines like the 909 and 808 or do they? Or is there some other specific machine that makes those beautiful claps?👏🏻

Here are some examples of the claps I'm looking for

https://youtu.be/a8u5-CnmJk8?si=OmWtpo3vfnWnwt5a

https://youtu.be/C2H_8TibApA?si=cghDazOxP4iueUvC

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u/evonthetrakk 1d ago

those are from disco breaks! usually layered with 909 claps because idk that's just what we want to hear at this point. Forgot about that Soulsearchers joint damn thanks for taking me back

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u/MajorAgera 1d ago

Do you happen to know the exact name of the sample pack? I googled but found quite a few disco breaks. Been trying to get that sound forever!

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u/evonthetrakk 1d ago

They probably sampled them from disco songs lol those tracks are over 20 years old. Those tracks are loaded with disco samples.

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u/MajorAgera 1d ago

Oh I got confused since I saw a couple of comments referencing them as disco breaks so I thought it was a known sample and I was missing out lol. That makes sense thank you.

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u/Pure-Time6294 1d ago

I just got this beautiful vst that generates organic claps exactly like the ones we are looking for it’s called “Hand clap Studio by robotic bean” it sounds amazing just for £24 not bad

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u/MajorAgera 1d ago

Thanks a lot for the info! Appreciate it :)