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Hand Clap Studio Black Friday pricing is 20% off, $39, with the offer running until Nov 27, 2026, on Robotic Bean's instrument plugin for handclaps and finger snaps.
The maker pitches it as a way to add natural-sounding claps and snaps to a production. Soft, dry snaps for an acoustic ballad and hard claps drenched in reverb for a club track both come from a few control tweaks.
The samples were recorded with a professional percussionist at Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, a studio the maker calls classic, with legendary acoustics. Vintage mics captured both close and room recordings, and everything was also run through Atlantis' own echo chamber.
In total the instrument holds over 700 samples. There are 4 clap types, 5 velocity levels and plenty of round robins, which keeps repeated hits from sounding machine-gunned.
You choose how many clappers play, how they clap, where they sit in the stereo field and how tight their timing is. A mic control blends between Close and Room, and you can add the sampled Echo Chamber reverb on top.
A custom-designed EQ and compressor finish the chain so the claps sit in your mix. The Display shows the current settings, including a visualisation of the clappers and the room.
There is a built-in 16 step sequencer. It starts clapping on beats 2 and 4 as soon as you create the instrument.
Three accent levels per step and a Slide control let you build varied patterns. If that is not enough, you can record MIDI in your DAW's sequencer instead.
Hand Clap Studio comes as VST3, AU and AAX. It needs 64-bit Windows 10 or later, or macOS 10.13 or later, with native Apple Silicon support on Mac.
Plan on 300 MB of disk space. The AAX version requires Pro Tools 11.3 or later.
If you get it through a Rent to Own plan or the Beatport Studio membership, it installs and runs through the Beatport Access portal. That route needs an internet connection every 30 days to validate the license.
Yes. The Hand Clap Studio Black Friday deal takes 20% off Robotic Bean's clap and finger snap instrument, bringing it to $39. The offer runs until Nov 27, 2026.
Over 700 samples across 4 clap types (Basic, Bright, Soft, Snap), 5 velocity layers and 13 round robins. You also get Close, Room and Echo Chamber mics, up to 8 clappers, a 16 step sequencer, and a built-in EQ and compressor.
The plugin comes as VST3, AU and AAX. It runs on 64-bit Windows 10 or later and macOS 10.13 or later, with native Apple Silicon support. The AAX version needs Pro Tools 11.3 or later.
Yes. A 16 step sequencer with 2 patterns starts clapping on beats 2 and 4 right away. Three accent levels per step and the Slide control add variation, or you can record MIDI in your DAW instead.
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