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Drum Patterns

About

Free library of drum patterns / beat loops, to be shared with others. Get inspired, brainstorm your ideas or groove to the beat. Designed to be minimalistic and hyperfocused. Don't expect it to have all the bells and whistles, it's just a tool for rhythm distribution.

Started as an effort to bring back now defunct website 808.pixll.de. After successfully restoring around 400 drum patterns, I decided to make a website to archive and share them with others.

Support & donations

If you would like to contribute to hosting costs, sponsor a feature or just buy me a coffee, feel free to donate any amount. It will be greatly appreciated!

You will also be rewarded with premium membership.

Contact

All the questions, feature requests and bug reports should be sent to drumpatterns (at) onether.com

Changelog

  • June 17, 2026
    • added info on registration page about missing confirmation emails for yahoo.com and hotmail.com domains
  • June 12, 2026
    • increased max bpm to 480
  • June 10, 2026
    • fixed long author names using email as display name
    • added auto save/draft system on create page for logged in users
    • fixed issues with setting beats on create page after introducing vertical guides on all patterns
    • "+" button for creating new bank/pattern duplicates currently selected bank instead of last one
  • June 6, 2026
    • added vertical lines/guides on all patterns (previously they were only visible on create page only)
  • October 21, 2025
    • added Roland TB-303 synth
    • https is now default (required by AudioWorklet)
    • added submenu under Browse menu link for easier access to BPM page
  • July 26, 2025
    • added Pur-D acoustic drumkit for premium members
  • July 24, 2025
  • May 25, 2025
    • added built in play order for patterns (instead of song links in the comments)
    • added small improvements to text import/export
    • rewrote MIDI export (new library, all notes are on single track now)
    • MIDI export reserved for Premium users from now on
    • added ui for MIDI import to choose voices/notes to import
    • added ui to adjust gain, pitch, rate and lfo for invidual voices/sounds (only Premium users can save those adjustments)
    • added social sharing links
    • added embeddable patterns (html code with iframe can be copied in share menu)
    • added parent pattern under copied pattern
    • added info about pattern swing
    • fixed unicode characters in titles
    • added rendering patterns to png (for OpenGraph thumbnails)
  • May 11, 2025
    • added Korg DRM-1 drum kit
    • fixed Yamaha RX-5 open hi-hat volume and length
    • added delete pattern
    • added edit and delete comment
    • added unread comment count (for logged in users)
    • added song link preview while writing comment (it will show up next to comment button so you can check song link before you post a comment)
  • May 4, 2025
    • import midi handle more complicated patterns and can extract only drum parts
    • added experimental/hidden feature for importing only unique bars from midi files - add "?unique=1" parameter to the url and it will skip bars already imported and print song comment in web browser console (e.g. @[1,1,1,2,3,4,4,4])
  • May 2, 2025
    • added Emu SP-12 drum kit
    • added premium users (for now it's only a shiny avatar, but there will be more!)
  • April 30, 2025
    • fixed issue with tambourine (and some other voices) not saving correctly
    • added tambourine, high/mid/low timbale to Oberheim DMX
    • changed voice names for Taiko drum kit
    • removed pagination from random page
    • added listing by drumkit (link available on single pattern page)
    • added listing by bpm (link available on single pattern page)
  • April 27, 2025
    • equalized volume of all drum kits based on peak dB
    • added Alesis SR-16 and Taiko drum kits
  • April 26, 2025
    • cleaner url format for order links (/?order=popular changed to /popular/ etc.)
    • added filtering by style on author pages and favorites page
    • added avatar, description and url on author page
    • added link to profile in page navigation
    • added link to edit profile on author page
  • April 25, 2025
    • extended max variation count from 8 to 16
    • rearranged page navigation
    • renamed "Liked" page to "Favorites"
    • added filtering by style on "Favorites" page for better browsing experience
    • fixed missing "Edit pattern" link
    • replaced Linn LM-2 samples for toms and congas
  • April 18, 2025
    • patterns play all variations by default, instead of one currently visible (you can still loop single variation by clicking on it's number after play button)
    • improved magic wand
    • moved edit, copy, import and export links to the top sidebar
    • completely new midi import routine, should be more reliable
    • text import can also handle midi notes (bd x---x---x---x--- and 36 x---x---x---x--- are equal)
    • added pattern and beat count in the footer
    • added check for duplicate patterns
  • April 12, 2025
    • added gain, pitch, rate and low-pass filter for each voice (it won't save the settings yet, it's experimental)
  • April 11, 2025
    • added magic wand (more info on create page)
  • April 8, 2025
    • imported patterns from "260 Drum Machine Patterns" book and "Pocket Operations" booklet
  • April 7, 2025
    • added import from text
    • added import from midi (still working on it, some midi files work great, some of them don't
    • accent notes and choked hi hats slightly louder
    • clicking on notes while creating pattern plays the sound for better feedback
    • added ghost notes, right under accent notes (this is experimental and might be removed)
  • April 2, 2025
    • added 9 similar patterns showing under single pattern page
    • added search by style, tempo and pattern
  • March 31, 2025
    • added bar dividers in create mode
    • added pagination for variation menu on smaller screens
    • added Linn LM-1 drum kit
    • added Yamaha RX-5 drum kit
    • added 8-BIT drum kit
  • March 29, 2025
    • fixed playing in silent mode on iOS devices
    • fixed midi export bug with multiple patterns
    • added swing in exported midi patterns
    • fixed infinite scroll to the right on touch devices
    • fixed pattern painting on touch devices
    • reduced size of all drum kit samples
    • added new caching system for drum kit samples
    • added Oberheim DMX drum kit
  • March 28, 2025
    • added PWA manifest.json
    • added copy text pattern on create page (CTRL+C)
    • added swing
    • added two new drum machines, Roland TR-909 and Acoustic drums
    • added editing patterns
  • March 26, 2025
    • fixed mobile navigation
    • moved comment form to the top
    • added sorting by date, listens, likes, comments
    • added random sort
    • added songs in the comments, you write in your comment @[here goes comma separated numbers of patterns] and it will create special link to play a given song, e.g. @[1,2,1,2,3,4,5,6,6,6,6]
  • March 24, 2025
    • fixed bug with playing wrong beat when chaning variations
    • fixed audio/visual sync issues
    • added Hi-Hat choking
    • added painting pattern while holding mouse down
    • added sounds while clicking voice label
    • added erase and delete buttons
    • added pasting text patterns
  • March 23, 2025
    • initial launch
7,978 patterns, 1,46,720 beats
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