Practice with Real Drums
Real, human-played loops. No subscription.
Free for iPhone and iPad. Pro is a one-time $14.99 (US).
Producer Mode is here
Run any loop through a studio rack of tape, punch, echo and reverb. Blend it in, save your sound as a tape, and bounce it to your DAW.
- Tape warmth and glue: deck, cassette or cart machine, three tape speeds, drive and hiss
- Punch to make the drums hit harder, all the way to SMACK!!
- Echo in time with the loop, and reverb for room
- Blend dry to wet, start from a ready-made tape or save your own
- Bounce a WAV of exact bars at your tempo that loops seamlessly in a DAW (Pro)
Played by real musicians
Drummers, guitarists and harmonica players jamming along to Drum Lab. Press play with the sound on.
Hear the grooves
Three real tracks from the app, exactly as you'll practice with them. Nothing plays until you press play.
Three real loops from the app. In Drum Lab you can preview any loop free and pick 3 to keep.
Built for how musicians actually practice
Every loop is performed and recorded by a real drummer, not programmed, so what you practice to is what you'll actually play with.
1. Pick a genre and tempo
2. Browse real recorded tracks
3. Practice locked to the metronome
Real, human-played loops
Every loop is recorded by a real drummer, not generated by AI or built from samples. Some are simple and steady, others more interactive and syncopated, grouped by genre and tempo (Ballad, Medium, Up) so you can find something that matches the tune you're working on.
A simple metronome, always in sync
Flip it on and it resyncs to wherever you are in the loop. Pause, resume, or scrub, and it doesn't drift out of time, there when you want it, out of the way when you don't.
Practice Mode ramps your tempo up
Set a step size and interval, and Drum Lab nudges the tempo up automatically as you play. No more resetting a metronome by hand every 30 seconds.
Loop a section
Pick the bars you're working on and loop just those, snapped to the bar so they stay in time.
Tap the tempo
Tap the BPM to type an exact tempo, or drag the slider anywhere from half to one and a half times the recorded speed.
Count-in and lock screen
An optional two-bar count-in before the loop starts, and play, pause and scrub from the lock screen or Control Center.
Pick a genre
From ballad brushes to 7/8, tap a category to see what's inside.
Jazz
Funk / R&B / Hip-Hop
Rock / Pop
World GroovesWant your go-to tracks in one place? Save them with favorites and playlists.
Free to start, simple to unlock
No account, no trial period, no subscription. Try it, then unlock it once.
- A 10-second preview of every loop
- Pick 3 loops to keep free forever
- Your 3 loops get the full player: endless looping, tempo, Practice Mode and Producer Mode
- Synced metronome and count-in
- No account or sign-in required
- No Bounce or loop export
- Every loop in every genre (142 and growing)
- Producer Mode on every loop, plus Bounce to WAV
- Unlimited looping and offline downloads
- Practice Mode auto-ramps tempo
- Export loops as royalty-free WAV files
For iPhone and iPad. $14.99 is the US App Store price; Apple sets the price in other countries, so yours may differ.
Yes. Every loop has a free 10-second preview, and you pick 3 loops to keep free forever, with the full player, Practice Mode and Producer Mode. No account or trial required. A single $14.99 one-time purchase unlocks the full library across all genres, plus Bounce and WAV export, no subscription needed.
Frequently asked questions
Is Drum Lab a drum machine?
No. Drum Lab is a practice app for iPhone and iPad with real, human-played drum loops recorded by a drummer, for musicians to play along with. You don't program beats or step-sequence patterns: you pick a recorded groove, set the tempo and play over it, with a synced metronome, Practice Mode and Producer Mode effects. (A different iPad app called DrumLab is a drum machine; it isn't related to Drum Lab.)
Does Drum Lab work offline?
Yes. Once a track is downloaded to your device, it plays back without needing an internet connection.
What genres does Drum Lab cover?
Jazz, funk/R&B/hip-hop, rock/pop, world grooves (Brazilian, Latin, Jamaican reggae and ska, Moroccan Gnawa, Afrobeat and flamenco), and odd meters: five categories in all, each with its own BPM range.
Does Drum Lab have a built-in metronome?
Yes, it's synced to the practice track and stays locked in even if you pause, resume, or scrub around the track.
Can I slow down or speed up the tracks?
Yes, playback speed is adjustable from 0.5x to 1.5x, or tap the BPM to type an exact tempo, and Practice Mode can ramp the tempo up automatically over the course of a practice session.
What is Producer Mode?
Drum Lab's built-in effects rack: tape saturation, punch, echo and reverb with a dry/wet blend, plus ready-made tapes and your own saved settings. It works on your 3 free picks and on every loop with Drum Lab Pro, and Pro users can bounce the result to a WAV that loops seamlessly in a DAW. More about Producer Mode.
Can I loop just part of a track?
Yes. Loop a section lets you pick a range of bars and loop just those, snapped to the bar so it stays in time.
What platform is Drum Lab available on?
Drum Lab is available now on iPhone and iPad via the App Store.
Start practicing with a real drummer in your pocket
Free to download. Preview any loop and pick 3 to keep free.
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