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Drum pattern generator

Pick a style and press Play: a 16-step beat on a drum machine or an acoustic kit. Ask for a new variation, switch any step on or off, change the kit and the tempo, then download the beat as MIDI or WAV, or open it in the Studio to build a track on it. Free, in your browser, no account.

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How a drum pattern works

A bar is sixteen steps, four to a beat. A style is where its kick, snare or clap and hats fall: house puts a kick on every beat and a clap on two and four, boom bap lays a lazy kick against a hard backbeat, UK garage skips the kick on beat three.

Take it further

Open the beat in the Studio to add a bass line, chords and effects, or describe a whole track to the Maker.