1. Get several people in a small room with good acoustics.
2. Mic the room with a condenser mic.
3. Cup hands and clap. It's better if someone is off tempo to make the clap thick.
The goal is to make a full sounding clap. The first time we tried this, it sounded thin and slappy.
Other tips and tricks:
- Mic the room, not the hands. Don't clap too close to mic.
- You can record sever clapping tracks and mix them together to create a fuller clapping sound.
- Some say it's good if some of the people clapping have bad rhythm. If they're slightly off beat it will make the clap sound fuller. It's not good to have three people with perfect rhythm all clapping together. It'll just sound like a snare drum, not a real clap.
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