Make an 808 beat that rattles the room.
Iron Lung is already loaded below — a heavy 150 BPM two-bar beat on the Iron Trap kit: distorted 808 kick, a sliding sub locked underneath, brass stabs, a glassy bell lead, and vox chops in C harmonic minor. Press play — headphones recommended. No download, no account.
▼ THE HEAVY 808 BEAT IS ALREADY IN THE MACHINE BELOW — IRON TRAP · 150 BPM.
Iron Lung is loaded · or tap another starter beat
Free studio: 2 kits, drums + Keys in any key & scale with swappable voices, 16 steps, volume & mute, and standard-quality export — no account needed. The locked rows play in shared beats and audition on tap. Studio Pro unlocks all 7 instrument rows plus a sample row, 7 more kits, swing, panning, and clean stereo WAV export →
How to make an 808 beat in Beatloom
The starter beat above already follows these moves — pull it apart pad by pad, or clear the grid and build your own from the recipe.
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Let the kick and sub move together
Place the kick sparse and syncopated, then lock the bass row to the same steps on the root. When the sub slides — drop it to the ♭6 then the 5 into the loop's end — the beat breathes.
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Two bars, one fill
Heavy beats live on the 32-step grid: bar 1 states the pattern, bar 2 repeats it and breaks late — extra kicks, an open hat, a bass slide. That fill is what DJs run it back for.
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Menace comes from the scale
The starter uses C harmonic minor — the raised leading tone is the drama. Brass stabs on the downbeats, one bell phrase up top, vox chops shadowing the snare. Export free when it hits.
Free to play. $5 once to own the studio.
Everything you just played with — the sequencer, two kits, keys in any key and scale, mixing, and beat export — is free forever, no account. Studio Pro is a single $5 payment, not a subscription.
TIER 1
Free Studio
$0
- ✓ 2 drum kits — Neon 808 & Velvet Lo-Fi
- ✓ 7 tracks (drums + Keys), 16 steps
- ✓ Any key & scale, voice variants
- ✓ Export your beat (standard quality)
- ✗ Pro instrument rows, all 9 kits, swing, stereo WAV
TIER 2
Studio Pro
$5 once, yours for good
- ✓ All 9 drum kits — including Iron Trap
- ✓ 7 more instrument rows — bass, stab, pluck, strings, brass, bell & vox
- ✓ Sample & loop upload rows — slice, repitch, tempo-sync
- ✓ 32 steps, swing, panning & save slots
- ✓ Stereo WAV export — clean 44.1kHz masters
Pro preview · listening only
Hear the beat you just made with Pro entitlements — a Pro kit plus the locked bass, strings, stab & bell rows, audible right here. Playback only: editing and export stay locked until you unlock.
Heavy 808 beat questions
Is this 808 beat maker free?
Yes — the preloaded beat plays in full, and the drums, keys, tempo, key and scale, and export are free with no account. Iron Trap is a Studio Pro kit ($5 once), which also unlocks the 32-step grid, the 808-bass row, and 44.1kHz stereo WAV export.
Are these real 808 sounds?
They're synthesized 808-style voices — a distorted sub kick and a gliding sine sub generated live by your browser's audio engine. Nothing is sampled, so there's nothing to download and nothing to clear.
How do I make my 808s slide?
On the bass row, step from one scale degree to another on nearby pads — the sub glides between them. Studio Pro's 808 Glide bass voice (one tap on the VOICE chip) exaggerates the slide.
Why does my 808 sound weak on laptop speakers?
Sub bass lives below what laptop speakers reproduce — that's physics, not your beat. Check it on headphones or a car system; the exported WAV carries the full low end.
Make beats in another style
Same free studio, different starter beat already loaded.