Bouncing clap edits

57:54 A rolling groove is an important part of any techno track, and Tom has a trick up his sleeve which helps him keep his looped drums sounding fresh. “I always want to add one more element, to accentuate the fact that it’s a loop. So to counteract this feeling, I tend to use either a clap or a snare or something at the end of a loop, to announce the start of the next section is coming.”

Tom selects a 909 clap from the Live Suite library, creates a MIDI clip and programs notes so the clap plays on the final 8th-note of the bar. He uses Live’s Duplicate Loop function to duplicate the loop, then adds extra clap triggers in a somewhat random fashion to keep things interesting for the listener. He then adds a Ping Pong Delay to the claps, which fills up space in the mix and provides stereo flavour.