First use good sounds.


With hats I find it best to use different hats,pan them in the stereo feild to give them a bit of life,gentle reverb or delay will give them life and movment as will messing with the velocity(should stop them from sounding stale and boaring)Cut the low frequencies out of them and give them the tinyest boost around 13 khts(be carfull dont want to go over board in this area or we will all have sore ears)slight distortion or bitcrushing sounds cool too.

With claps gentle or extreme reverb can work as does panning and messing with velocity(a quiter clap just before or after a louder clap for example)and cutting out lower frequencies works for me and try to layer a snare,metal strike,whatever under it.


And lastley its possibly a good idea not to listen too me cause Im not exactley great :lol:
This is just some of the ways i approach it ;)