Virtual Drums
Play virtual drums online free — tap 9 drum pads or use your keyboard, and build beats on a 16-step drum machine with presets and BPM. Free online drum kit.
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How to use Virtual Drums
- 1Tap the pads — or press Q W E, A S D, Z X C on your keyboard — to play kick, snare, hats, toms, clap, crash and cowbell
- 2Click the grid to build a 16-step beat, or load a preset like Rock, Hip hop, House or Funk
- 3Press Play (or Space), set the BPM and volume, and jam along on the pads
Frequently asked questions
How do I play drums with my keyboard?▾
Each pad has a key: Q crash, W high tom, E cowbell, A open hi-hat, S low tom, D clap, Z closed hi-hat, X snare and C kick. Press Space to start or stop the beat.
How do I make a beat?▾
Each row of the grid is a drum and each column one 16th note. Click cells to switch them on, then press Play. A classic rock beat puts the kick on steps 1 and 9, the snare on 5 and 13, and hi-hats on every other step.
What does BPM mean?▾
Beats per minute — the tempo. Hip hop is often 80–100 BPM, rock around 100–130 and house music about 120–128. Each beat has four steps in the grid.
Why is there a delay when I tap?▾
Browser audio adds a small latency, usually 10–40 ms. Wired headphones help — Bluetooth headphones can add 150 ms or more, which makes live playing feel late.
Can I save or export my beat?▾
The beat stays while the page is open. To record it, play it while using a screen or audio recorder. Presets reload instantly any time.
Does it use real drum samples?▾
No — every sound is synthesized live with the Web Audio API, so the page loads instantly and works offline once opened. Sounds are modelled on classic analog drum machines.
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