Instruments

Drumlab

Place hits in the grid and hear the bar go round. Everything is synthesized in your browser, so there is nothing to download and no account to make.

Nine sounds: Kick, bass, snare, clap, two hats, shaker, tom and rim.
12 style grooves: One click and the pattern is in the grid.

Every groove, every styleDeep house122 bpm · swing 12%

kick

bass

snare

clap

hi-hat

open hat

shaker

tom

rim

Tap a square to place a hit, again for an accent. Spacebar starts and stops.

Style preset

Tempo

122 bpm

Swing

12%

Deep house. Kick on every beat, open hat on the offbeat, shaker as the motor. There is no snare, which is why it feels round instead of hard.

Want to know what you are hearing?

The rhythm pages take these patterns apart: what a backbeat does, why swing makes a straight grid skip, and how a groove keeps its shape at any tempo.

Open rhythm