Museum of Techno - Recording a Hand Clap

[vegaalex70]

lol thanks just what i needed

[sfuseau]

This is grandiose ! Excellent educational material, this undoubtedly indoctrinates young synthoutiasts like myself. Thanks again for letting me witness pure handclap recorded live in wild environment.

[inemone]

And as such, it was his intent to show you can make sound in not a perfect environment/setup.

It's the result that matters, not the way you achieve that, imo.

Hats off.

[inemone]

I'd like to join the discussion.

Tubin, you've said 'You won't get a usable result by recording claps in a room like this."

Then technicians responded with a proper example of recording in less that perfect environment and making perfect use of the recorded material.

And then you Mr. Tubin, claim, that the way he uses the clap blows the sense of discussion.

It is just that, he recorded his clap using crap mic and "used" it in a way. Hence he got a usable result.

[TubinFrank]

Okay, I was doing wrong using the word "quality" for this. I watched that clip. That's another man doing a good beat by kitchen percussion. But the way he uses that clap blows the sense of our discussion. Would you recognize it as a clap if you just heard the mix? I could also record something in my bedroom if I just wanted to use it for laying it over for example a noisy snare. Now I hope you know what I'm driving at.

Kind regards

Frank

[TubinFrank]

You won't get a usable result by recording claps in a room like this.

[museumoftechno]

Not necessarily.

[TubinFrank]

Then show me a good one.

The ambience strictly don't fit for any style of quality music.

[museumoftechno]

Because I want to keep winding you up, I'm going to answer in a frustratingly tangential way: if you watch Youtube video v=5YBe-86l5F8, you'll see a madman make an insanely fat rhythm track from some kitchen hardware, plus a cheap drum kit just in his back room. In music, there ARE NO RULES, and there is NO OBJECTIVE DEFINITION OF QUALITY.

Watcha got next?

Kind regards

Mr Braidy

Technician, Museum of Techno

[owlwink]

True,,

[Cricket773]

1:52 is possibly the greatest statement EVER.

[40XXX50]

damn I love these guys there so damn Funny Satire rulez!

[ryanstephendavis]

this shit is hilarious because i'm sitting in my basement right now trying to figure out how record a nice hand clap sound for a hip hop beat and i can't figure it out. I've tried layering three tracks of the same clapping rhythm, but that's just not really working....any suggestions??

[museumoftechno]

Assuming your mic's of reasonable quality, I'd try recording several takes of your rhythm at slightly different speeds, then pitching the loops up and down so they're in time but out of pitch.

[museumoftechno]

...then, carry on layering as before. Anything to make it sound like several different people clapping, really. To cut down on room echo, hang quilts etc from walls, make a "dead" corner with lots of soft furniture and aim mic into that...

[museumoftechno]

Once you've got three or four layers, it might be worth experimenting with some compression on your recordings... then you could cut the best hits from your recordings and re-make your ideal loop from them?

[ryanstephendavis]

thank you fine sirs

[appie5836]

you guys must have no life

[museumoftechno]

Absolutely, sir - very perceptive!

[sambox]

your an asshole I hate people like yo who discourage ppl from both helping others and being themselves, i enjoyed the video it was useful and it made me happy so eat shit and choke on your own kaka

[olopodouse]

well said 'sambox' i think for every vid on youtube there is a negative comment somewhere.

these guys are fooking hilarious! dont think ill ever get bored of what they do! nice work gents =D

[Kayrew]

lolz

[deniaxdesign]

priceless :)

[EmbRi0n]

lol