Here are the sound files from the paper "Expressive Timbre and Timing in Rhythmic Performance: Analysis of Steve Reich's Clapping Music" by William A. Sethares and Godfried Toussaint, which has been submitted to J. New Music Research for possible publication. Detailed descriptions of the sound examples can be found in the paper. If the files do not play in your browser, you can download them by right-clicking and choosing save-as.

a sample handclap

variable delay

ordered Claps Reich

reichClaps1Jit0

reichClaps1Jit100

reichClaps1Jit300

reichClaps20Jit0