Skip to content

Hyperpop drum pattern

Maximal, glitchy and fast; pop melodies pushed to extremes. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

160 BPM · 808 kit · 2 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 hyperpop drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Closed hat1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 151, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
Snare99
Kick1, 1313, 15
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 160 BPM. No account needed to start.

How hyperpop drums go

Half-time drums with the snare on beat 3: a fuzzed 808 kick and snare, clean bright eighth hats, every hit as loud, glitches and stutters rather than trap rolls.

Questions about hyperpop drums

What BPM is hyperpop?

Usually 140 to 205 BPM. This pattern plays at 160 BPM.

How do you make a hyperpop drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1 and 13, the snare on step 9 and the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15, then follow the grid for bar 2. 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 hyperpop 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.

More pop drum patterns

PopSynth-popSynthwaveCity popK-popDance-pop

Make a hyperpop beat

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

Make a hyperpop beatAll drum patterns

Keep going