Make a techno beat that drives — free.
Glass Floor is already loaded below — a 124 BPM four-on-the-floor groove on the Glass House kit: kick on every quarter, offbeat open hats, a bass pulse, piano stabs and a low strings pad. That is the shared four-on-the-floor skeleton — the how-to below shows how to strip it back until it drives. No download, no account.
▼ THE TECHNO BEAT IS ALREADY IN THE MACHINE BELOW — GLASS HOUSE · 124 BPM.
Glass Floor 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 a standard-quality WAV export — no account needed. The locked rows play in shared beats and audition on tap. Output unlocks all 12 kits, the 7 instrument rows, swing & panning, the clean 44.1kHz master, save slots & share links — $3.99 →
How to make a techno 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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Kick, and only kick, on the floor
Steps 1, 5, 9 and 13 — never moved. In techno the kick is the arrangement: claps, percussion answers and the bass pulse all get pulled into the gaps around it.
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Strip the melody, keep the pulse
Mute the piano stabs, keep one percussion row answering the kick, and let the bass pulse on the offbeats. Fewer elements, more repetition — then set SWING to 0 so the hats sit dead on the grid.
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Build tension with the top end
Open a hats or percussion row across the bar and pull rows in and out with mute as the loop runs. Export it on the Output tier ($3.99 once) once the loop holds for eight bars without getting boring.
Free to build & hear. $3.99 to own the master.
Build and hear a techno beat free in this tab — no account, and the standard-quality WAV is free too. Output ($3.99) unlocks every kit and instrument row, 32 steps, swing & pan, the clean 44.1kHz stereo master, save slots & shareable links. One payment, not a subscription.
FREE · BUILD & HEAR
Free Studio
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- ✓ 2 drum kits — Neon 808 & Velvet Lo-Fi
- ✓ 7 tracks (drums + Keys), 16 steps
- ✓ Any key & scale, voice variants
- ✓ Build & hear your beat — no account
- ✓ Standard-quality WAV export — free, yours to keep
- ✗ Pro instrument rows, extra kits, swing & pan
OUTPUT
Studio Pro
$3.99 once, yours for good
- ✓ All 12 drum kits — including Glass House
- ✓ 7 more instrument rows, sample & loop rows, 32 steps, swing & pan
- ✓ Clean 44.1kHz stereo WAV master — up from the free standard WAV
- ✓ 3 pattern save slots
- ✓ Shareable beat links
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.
Techno beat questions
Is this techno beat maker free?
Yes — the sequencer, drums, tempo and mixing are free with no account. Glass Floor's bass, stab and strings rows are Creative sounds ($1 once) that play in full here; Creative unlocks editing them plus all twelve kits and swing, and Output ($3.99 once) adds the clean 44.1kHz stereo WAV master, save slots and shareable links (standard-quality export is free).
What BPM is techno?
Most techno sits between 125 and 140 BPM in straight 4/4. The starter groove runs at 124 BPM — nudge the tempo readout up for peak-time feel.
What is the difference between house and techno here?
They share the four-on-the-floor skeleton. House leans on offbeat open hats and piano stabs; techno strips the melody back and leans on percussion and repetition. Mute the stabs on the preloaded beat and it reads as techno already.
Can I release or DJ with tracks I make in Beatloom?
Yes — every sound is synthesized in your browser, never sampled, so exports are entirely yours to release, sell or play out. Output ($3.99 once) renders a 44.1kHz stereo WAV clean enough for a DJ set or a DAW arrangement.
Cost, licence & export
How much does Beatloom cost?
Building and hearing a beat is free, with no account. Creative is $1 once and unlocks all twelve kits, seven more instrument rows, sample and loop upload, 32 steps, swing and panning. Output is $3.99 once and adds the clean 44.1kHz stereo WAV master, three save slots and shareable beat links — a standard-quality WAV export is free on every tier. Nothing is a subscription and nothing renews.
Are the beats royalty-free? Can I use them commercially?
Yes. Everything you make in Beatloom is royalty-free and yours on every tier, including free. Release it, sell it, monetise it, and use it in paid client work — video, ads, podcasts, social — with no per-project licence, no attribution and no extra fee. The one thing you cannot do is resell the raw Beatloom sounds as a sample pack.
Can I export my beat as a WAV file?
Yes. Standard-quality export is free. The one-time $3.99 Output unlock adds clean 44.1kHz stereo WAV masters, three pattern save slots and shareable beat links. Exports download straight to your device.
Does Beatloom work on a Chromebook, or on a phone?
Yes. Any modern browser works — Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on desktop or mobile, including Chromebooks. On phones the step grid scrolls sideways; headphones are recommended for the sub-bass.
Make beats in another style
Same free studio, different starter beat already loaded.