Le Snappet Snap Generator

Le Snappet gives you realistic snap tracks of any group size from a single person to an entire crowd.

Le Snappet is designed to make it simple to create snap tracks of any size. From a single snap to an entire crowd, you determine how the snaps sound.

Le Snappet Unique Features

Easily generate ultra-realistic snaps, from an intimate-sounding single snap to a full doo wop group
Great for music and film post-production
Three adjustable mic positions; close/mid and room
Close and Room mic controls each feature a fully adjustable compressor with mix knob, 4-band EQ, and width control
“Slop” control lets you adjust how tight or loose the snaps
Simple, straightforward interface with access to advanced controls including velocity-sensing MIDI curve control, panning, timing, layer, and CPU-saving round-robin settings
Built-in step sequencer with 12 editable patterns and adjustable speed

Cracking the Code

To create the plugin, we put a tremendous amount of thought into the process of recording and the way crowds time their snaps. It came clear that having three microphones (close, mid, and room) was critical in terms of creating the difference between an intimate handsnap track and a huge crowd. The plugin also takes into account the various types of processing that a music- or film-post-mixer would use to make tracks fit in context. The end result is natural-sounding snaps regardless of the size of the crowd, plus the ability to custom-tailor those tracks to suit the creative needs of any genre of program material you put Le Snappet to work in.

Sound Engine

The ability to play 150 samples with multiple mic positions ran the risk of making a massive hit to CPU resources. To solve that problem, Le Snappet does some work in the background. As the crowd size gets larger, rather than just playing back a large number of samples, Le Snappet builds a new set of samples, which can be played back with low CPU usage.