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I'm working on a 12-bar blues song, with many choruses. I'd like the first chorus or two to consist of (just) hand clapping on beats 2 and 4. (You can see what I want at Ray Brown's solo.)

I have two questions:
1. In BB/Win 2020, is there a hand-clapping effect?
2. If I want to use a certain style for most of the song, e.g., _JSWINGP.STY, is there a way to suppress it for the first one or two choruses (and if so, how?)?

Thank you very much!

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I created Clap Loops that are available to anyone who wants them.

There is a thread in the UserTracks forum (5 down from your post in the same forum) that explains how to use them (in BIAB).

https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=239513#Post239513

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First of all, thanks, Floyd, for your reply.

I downloaded your zipfile and extracted the two Choir Clap 2 and 4 .wav files and put them into the percussion loops directory, under loops, under RealTracks. I set both to Stretch/120/4, but when I select them as a LOOP in a song, I only get one clap per measure, at about 2-and-an-eighth beats into the measure. Can you tell what I am doing wrong?

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Set the stretch to 90.
That is an indication of what tempo the original file was recorded at - NOT what your current song tempo is.

If you are using the 4beat file, then set the # of beats to 4.
If you choose the 16beat file, set it to 16
(You will get a bit more variance if you use the 16 beats file).

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Thank you, Floyd. You fixed me up 100%! I greatly appreciate your help (and your loop!)!

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Originally Posted By: floyd jane
I created Clap Loops that are available to anyone who wants them.

There is a thread in the UserTracks forum (5 down from your post in the same forum) that explains how to use them (in BIAB).

https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=239513#Post239513


Floyd ... Just found your hand clap loops. Thanks for making them available, I was searching around BIAB looking for how to add handclaps, and you provided a simple approach to solving the need!


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