Building Beats Toolbox

Try out some of the free online music tools that we use to make beats!


SOUNDTRAP

Soundtrap is an online music studio and one of our favorite online DAWs for making beats in our classrooms & workshops.

Create, record & collaborate right in your browser (no download required!) for free with this powerful online DAW. Explore free sounds and loops, use auto-tune, make beats with the pattern beat maker and more.

BEEPBOX

BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing chiptune melodies.

AUDIOTOOL

Audiotool is a super powerful online music making tool - it runs through your browser so there is no download required.

Connect virtual devices such as synthesizers, effect pedals, drum machines and more to create a setup for production that is uniquely yours. Create beats, record vocals, remix and more - then share your creations with the built in publishing platform.

SERATO STUDIO

Serato Studio is the ultimate beat maker. This intuitive software is perfect for beat makers and DJs at any skill level.

It’s super easy to make quick DJ edits, mashups and beats from your existing music library — plus there are plenty of loops, drum kits, instruments and samples ready to use. Serato Studio does require a download onto your computer, but the good news is that Serato is offering a free download. Download now and start making beats!

SPLICE BEATMAKER

Make and share beats in your browser with samples from Splice Sounds.

SUPER-LOOPER

Cool and fun music making app, shaped by the sounds of the '80s with super cool synths and bouncy disco drums! Super-looper is so easy to make music - anyone can do it! Begin creating tracks and sharing with your friends today, even if you have have no musical experience.

SAMPULATOR

Make loops and beats with samples directly on your keyboard!

ABLETON LEARN SYNTHS

Learning Synths is a new, interactive website that puts a synthesizer (and synth lessons) right in your web browser.

HTML 5 DRUM MACHINE

Html5 Drum Machine is the Roland TR-808 drum machine on your browser.

It’s super easy to make beats for free with five different sound banks: Hip hop, electro, house, techno, and acoustic. Each sound bank has 13 different sounds that you can tweak in volume and tone. The 16-step sequencer runs across the bottom - this is where you can lay down your instruments into a beat. When you are finished, you have the ability to Export as .wav. Super fun and easy free beat maker!

INCREDIBOX

Incredibox is a free musical app in which you can easily create a mix by running a band of beatboxers to learn loops and bar.

PATATAP

A portable animation and sound kit

VIRTUAL DRUMMING

Virtual Drumming is a collection of free online drum games where you can play drum beats, drum solos and songs.

BLOKDUST

Interactive music-making. Build synths & sounds all in the browser, and share your creations.

MUSIC GRID

Turn on sound, tap on the grid and hit play. Experiment with timing and create short music snippets!

SAMPLE-STITCH

Try Re-constructing the Samples of Popular Producers' Beats.

808 CUBE

808 Cube combines the Roland TR-808 drum machine with the Rubik's Cube.

CHROME MUSIC LAB

Chrome Music Lab is a collection of experiments that let anyone, at any age, explore how music works.

ISLE OF TUNE

A musical sequencer with a twist of city building and simulation.

SOUNDATION

Gain access to pro tools with Soundation that provides you with loops, samples, software instruments, audio effects, etc for free in your web browser! With multiplayer mode, you can collaborate in real time with others! Soundation provides you with an online community to publish your music and see what other people are working on.

AMPED STUDIO

Amped Studio is a modern web based music studio and production environment. With instant access to virtual instruments, effects, loops and easy to use tools to make music right in your browser. Compose with your voice, explore the sound library and share your projects with Amped Studio.

Get to know Amped Studio now and unleash your creativity!

ABLETON LEARN MUSIC

Learn the basics of making music online with this interactive site from Ableton. Play and experiment with beats, melody, song structures, bass and more — all from your browser. And you can export it all to Ableton!

The full version of Ableton is available for a FREE 90-day trial HERE.

CLIPCHAMP

Use Clipchamp’s free video editor, compressor, converter and webcam recorder to create beautiful videos today!

DOTPIANO

Dot Piano is a visual musical instrument that lives on the web. Use your computer keys or MIDI keyboard to record a song, then share it simply by sending a link!

MPC BEATS

A fully featured, beat-making software based on the legendary MPC workflow to quickly make great sounding beats. Includes 16 pads for triggering drum samples and loops, piano roll to record midi notes, sample editor to chop and edit and much more!

PLAYTRONICA

Playtronica is a digital playground that uses technology to uncover possibilities of the material world. They build gadgets to make the world musical and use online synths because they are super accessible.

GENIUS HOME STUDIO

A browser based beat maker that provides a tutorial to assist you in creating your first beat (that you can also download and use in any other DAW)!

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BandLab

Cloud based social platform that allows musicians and fans to create music, collaborate and engage with each other across the globe!

AudioMass

AudioMass is a free full-featured web-based audio & waveform editing tool! Upload your own sample or mess with a provided one to get the hang of it!

Acid Machine 2

Try your hand at acid house by using this browser based device with two synthesizers and drum machine from the comfort of your computer!

TimeStretch Player

A browser based audio player that can change the speed and pitch of audio independently!

Online Tone Generator

A free online time stretcher tool allows you to change the tempo of audio files without affecting the pitch!

TypeDrummer

Create ascii beats in your browser by simply typing! Type whatever you like and a beat is created for your personal use!

Typatone

A web based keyboard with corresponding notes associated with each letter to create compositions while you write!

Signal

A fully equipped free MIDI editor you can use right in your browser! No download necessary! With functions like built-in GM compatible virtual sound module, piano roll editor, multi-track editing, velocity, pitch bend editing, etc!

Roland 808303

An online music creation platform recreating the sound of the legendary TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synthesizer that allows you to download your creations, save them and share them on social media.

Audacity

Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

Figure 8

Create an addictive beat with an app intuitive enough for beginners! Simply slide your finger across the play pad to record and tweak catchy drumbeats, memorable melodies and fat bass lines. Just bring your inspiration and Figure will help you take care of the rest!

Record Deal Simulator

A virtual deal simulator to help artists, managers, and labels model deal options and forecast profits. It’s a rough guide to better understand the finances of how record deals work!

Electronic Music Colouring Pages

An intro activity where kids start with an interactive website to plan and audition the beat, and then translate it back to the attached pages and paint the pattern created.

HIP HOP POETRY BOT

The Hip Hop Poetry Bot is an AI research project, exploring speech generation trained on rap and hip hop lyrics by black artists. The research project built an algorithm that requires a large, public dataset of rap and hip hop lyrics to train it. Therefore, the project is launching with an open call asking rap and hip hop artists to contribute their lyrics!

AR SYNTH

AR Synth is an online AR/3D experiment that helps everyone to engage and play with five famous synthesizers from the collection of the Swiss Museum for Electronic Music Instruments (SMEM): create interactive loops, compose patterns and interact with features inspired by these machines. AR technology or not you can enjoy these synths!

BLOP OPERA

This experiment pays tribute to and explores the original musical instrument: the voice. Play four opera voices in real time. No singing skills required! In the experiment you don’t hear their voices, but the machine learning model’s understanding of what opera singing sounds like, based on what it learnt from them.

CHORD PLAYER

Free awesome chord progression app to play online in your browser with popular chords, rhythms and styles to write the next hit song.

MELODY ML

Melody ML lets you easily separate audio tracks using Machine Learning. Automatically isolate vocals and generate stems to remix songs with.

AUDIO JOINER

A free online app you can use to join multiple audio tracks into one with easy audio merging, unlimited tracks, over 300 file types and interval adjustments!

 
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