Quote Originally Posted by Jay Pace
Claps?
Record yourself clapping. Or slapping a table.
Or smacking a wall with a newspaper.

Want unconventional sounds? Make them yourself.

Then you have the smug satisfaction that no one will have ever heard them before, and your work can stand out more.

Hat noises can be replicated using all manner of metal things. Real life sounds are rich in harmonics, and give you masses of material to play about with when eq, distort, reverb etc.

Buy a half decent mike and go to work. There is a whole world of noises around you. Use them!
Indeed. :clap: