ElevenMusic Sounds
AI drum loop generator
Prompt hat density, kick, and snare delay. Generate a kit that still grooves quietly.
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Hear what's possible
Browse our catalog of free sounds, or add to it by generating your own above.
Knockout Kick
Drum loops · Techno · Hard techno · Kick drum · Punchy · Aggressive · One shot · Electronic · Club · A# minor
Waxed Pines
Piano loops · Electric piano · Alternative soul · Dark organ · Thick bass · Dry drums · Slow groove · Analog synth · Dirty · Vintage · Soulful · Sinister · Nocturnal · Damaged texture · Compressed · Wax worn · Saturation · G major
Brutal Blast Loop
Drum loops · Slam death metal · Metal drums · Aggressive · Heavy · Fast paced · Brutal groove · Isolated drums · G# major
Iron Strike
Drum loops · Hard techno · Kick · Punchy · Aggressive · Electronic · Dance · Transient · F# major
Ironclad Drive
Drum loops · Hard techno · Kick · Snare · Electronic drum · Punchy · Aggressive · Driving groove · G# minor
Write the pocket before the polish
Drum loops decide whether a beat feels lazy, aggressive, or dancefloor-steady. Prompt for hat density, how late the snare sits, and whether the kick owns the entire sub or leaves a lane for an 808. A kit that grooves quietly usually still grooves when the mix gets loud.
Lanes this generator hits well
- Trap and drill. Rolling hats, hard snares, half-time bounce. Say the bounce out loud in the prompt.
- House and Afro house. Four-on-the-floor and percussion that can ride a long transition without getting busy.
- Hip hop and lo-fi. Swing and dust. Ask for soft quantization explicitly if you do not want machine-grid hats.
From prompt to playlist
- 1
Specify the kit, not “drums”
Name hats, kick, snare, and room. “Punchy” alone is a shrug.
- "Punchy trap drum loop with rolling hats"
- "Four-on-the-floor house kit, dry and tight"
- "Dusty lo-fi drum loop with soft swing"
- 2
Set BPM and bars first
Warp only if the project must sit elsewhere. Big tempo stretches make hats sound drunk.
- 3
Generate, then build the rest
Grab the free WAV, add bass or an 808, then melody. Free accounts get 25 Sounds generations a day. Need low end next? Open the AI 808 generator.
Browse kits or invent one
Finished grooves live on drum loops. This page invents a new pocket when the catalog is close but wrong. For other part shapes, jump to the AI sample generator or text to sample.
Related generators
More ways to invent a loop from a prompt, or browse drum loops in the library.
ElevenMusic Studio
Turn a loop into a full track
Like the groove but need a longer form? Send the loop to Studio as a reference and generate a full track that keeps the idea, then add vocals or new parts. Or download the free WAV and finish the arrangement in your own DAW.
Frequently asked questions
Is the AI drum loop generator free?
Yes. Sign in to generate and download WAVs. Free accounts get 25 Sounds generations a day.
Full kits or one-shots?
Looped grooves meant to ride for bars. Need a single snare or hat? Say so in the prompt, or browse free samples filtered for drums.
Can I put my own 808 under these?
Yes. Sidechain or EQ the overlap so kick and sub share the bottom. Or generate a matching pattern on the AI 808 generator.
What if my project BPM is different?
Small moves are fine. Large warps stretch hats oddly. Prefer regenerating at the session tempo when you can.
Start generating.
Download the kit that still moves at low volume, set the project to its BPM, then park 808s and a motif on top.