Afro house clap loop, 122 bpm, 4 bars, syncopated hand claps and snaps

About this sample

This four-bar loop at 122 BPM uses 20 syncopated hits, each built from four staggered pink-noise bursts, band-passed from 420 Hz to 3.78 or 4.2 kHz and shaped with fast attacks and short decays. Most hits add a 45 ms high-passed snap above 1.8 kHz; the combined sound is high-passed at 180 Hz, given a short gated room reverb, and lightly saturated. Alternating left-right panning adds movement, while hit levels and snap accents vary across the 7.87-second stereo loop.

Use it for Afro house and other percussion-led house grooves around 122 BPM, or chop the syncopated hits for a different pulse. Layer it with a kick and shakers, and watch for overlap in the bright snap range or excess midrange when stacking other claps.