Virtual Drums

Click, tap, or use the keyboard keys shown on each pad.

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Each pad is synthesized rather than sampled: the kick is a low sine tone with a fast pitch drop plus a click transient, the snare layers a tonal body with a noise rattle, the hi-hats and crash use the classic drum-machine trick of several inharmonic square oscillators filtered down to their metallic upper end, and the toms sweep pitch like the kick at a higher register. It's a reasonable approximation of a drum kit's character, not a sampled recording.

Nothing here is recorded or uploaded — sound is generated and played entirely in your browser.