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EDM drum pattern

Big builds and drops, four on the floor. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

128 BPM · 909 kit · 4 bars

The pattern, step by step

Each step is a sixteenth note, four to a beat: step 1 is beat 1, 5 is beat 2, 9 is beat 3 and 13 is beat 4. A lit square is a hit; a fainter one is played softer.

  • Hit
  • Softer hit
The EDM drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Open hat3 (soft), 7 (soft), 11 (soft), 15 (soft)3 (soft), 7 (soft), 11 (soft), 15 (soft)
Snare––
Kick1, 5, 9, 131, 5, 9, 13
The EDM drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 3 and 4
DrumBar 3Bar 4
Open hat3 (soft), 7 (soft), 11 (soft), 15 (soft)3 (soft), 7 (soft), 11 (soft), 15 (soft)
Snare–13
Kick1, 5, 9, 131, 5, 9
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 128 BPM. No account needed to start.

How EDM drums go

A huge distorted, tonal kick on every beat and almost nothing else in the drop (a low off-beat hat, a Pryda snare every 4 bars); claps only later in the drop; snare rolls, risers and a beat of silence in the build.

The bass, chords and sounds are on the EDM page.

Questions about EDM drums

What BPM is EDM?

Usually 124 to 132 BPM. This pattern plays at 128 BPM.

How do you make a EDM drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1, 5, 9 and 13 and the open hi-hat on steps 3, 7, 11 and 15, then follow the grid for bars 2 to 4. Each step is a sixteenth note, four to a beat: step 1 is beat 1, 5 is beat 2, 9 is beat 3 and 13 is beat 4. Open it in the free editor to change any step.

Do EDM drums swing?

No: every hit lands straight on the grid. The editor’s Steps view can add swing if you want the groove to bounce.

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Make a EDM beat

The free editor opens with a whole EDM beat: drums, bass and chords, each part yours to change, add to or take away.

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