Drum Kit
Build drum kits from real, screened sounds. Start with a groove from the catalog — or your own track, separated in the Audio Workshop — then make the kit your own: lock what works, spin the rest, and open the advanced controls when you want them.
Drum Kit is a free browser drum machine. Build a beat with real, cleared drum kits — every sound CC0 or public domain — or re-skin the groove of a track you already have with brand-new drums. No plugin, no download: it all runs in your browser, and each beat you export records exactly where every sound came from.
How making a beat in the browser works
- Spin a groove. Pick a curated, gridded pattern or pull a random one from the catalog — filter by genre, BPM, or mood first.
- Build your kit. Kick, snare, hi-hat, ride, crash, and tom can each come from a different real recording, drawn from thousands of cleared one-shots.
- Lock and spin. Lock the sounds you love, spin the rest, re-roll a single slot, or open Advanced for the step grid, per-slot mix, tempo, and swing.
- Download. Bounce the audio plus a provenance certificate listing the source of every sound.
Common ways producers and composers use it
- Make a beat in the browser from scratch with real velocity-mapped kits — no DAW required to sketch the idea.
- Swap a track's drums — keep the original groove and feel, re-skin each element with a new sound.
- Re-skin a favorite straight from your saved tracks, then send the beat or a single element to Custom Mix.
- Build a unique kit by mixing a kick from one recording, a snare from another, and a hat from a third.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free online drum machine?
Yes. Drum Kit is a free browser drum machine — no plugin, no download. Pick a groove and build a beat with real, cleared drum one-shots, all CC0 or public domain, then export the audio with a provenance file recording every sound you used.
How do I make a beat in the browser?
Spin a groove (a curated, gridded pattern or a random one from the catalog), then build your kit slot by slot — kick, snare, hi-hat, ride, crash, tom. Lock the sounds you like and spin the rest until the kit is yours, nudge tempo and swing in Advanced, and hit Download. The whole flow runs in your browser.
Can I swap the drums on a track I already have?
Yes. Load a track whose drums have been separated — from the catalog, or your own song split in the Audio Workshop — and re-skin each drum element with a new sound while the original timing and feel stay intact. You can also re-roll a single element or revert any lane back to the real stem.
Are the drum sounds royalty-free?
Every drum one-shot here is CC0 or public domain, so there is nothing to credit and no royalties to pay. Each beat you export ships with a certificate listing the source of every sound, so you always know exactly where your kit came from.
What is velocity mapping in a drum kit?
Velocity mapping means a hit can play a softer or harder recording depending on how hard it lands, so a real kit responds with dynamics instead of one flat sample repeated. Selekt builds kits from real recordings, so the groove keeps the life of an acoustic performance rather than sounding programmed.
Learn more about where to find free, cleared drum breaks for hip hop to feed your kit. Want a full arrangement instead of just the drums? Try Beat Builder — spin drums, bass, melody, and more into one workspace. Want to re-voice a melody instead of the drums? Try Stem Lab, separate your own track in the stem splitter, or browse the cleared catalog.
