My new indie sound design label 99Sounds has just announced its second release called Hands Make Sounds, a free collection of natural sounding hand claps and finger snaps in 24-bit WAV format.
Hands Make Sounds is a free sound library featuring 158 samples of hand claps and finger snaps. The sounds were recorded in six different indoor locations with the goal of capturing their natural reverb characteristics.
The collection was created in tandem with Cy Barzanthr (aka Girls With Depression), who has supplied a nice selection of sounds from his CyClaps and CyCnaps sample packs. Pay special attention to his set of hand claps which have been recorded with a laptop microphone. They sound incredibly crunchy with that lovely lo-fi vibe.
My job was to record a bunch of claps and snaps in different rooms all around my apartment. It feels a bit silly sitting alone in your toilet and clapping into a microphone, but oh well. You only live once, as they say.
I also felt a bit silly as I was trying to record all the claps I needed in this large hallway in front of my apartment. My neighbors are cool and all, but I know I would be surprised if I saw a guy clapping randomly in an empty hallway for no reason. It was worth the risk of looking like a moron in front of people though, as those claps recorded in the hallway sound very nice.
Anyways, have fun with the samples and also check out the previous Rain And Thunder release on 99Sounds. All included samples are royalty free and I’ve also created Kontakt 5 and SFZ patches for the pack.
Audio Demo
Check out the Hands Make Sounds audio demo:
Download
Hands Make Sounds is available for free download via 99Sounds (12.2 MB download size, RAR archive, contains 158 audio samples in 24-bit WAV format, SFZ mappings, NKI mappings for NI Kontakt 5).
