How to make a drill beat on your phone, from bounce to 808

A drill beat built from scratch in PadLoop, one layer at a time. Track 1 gets the kick with the clap on beat 3 (the drill bounce), then hi-hats in 3-3-2 groups with rolls; the 808 bass goes on track 2 and dark chords on track 3. In the LOOP tab the drums and then the bass drop out in time for a break, the drop brings everything back, and a held filter, echo and note repeat rolls finish it off.

In the free version you get 2 looper tracks: the third track and the performance recording come with full PadLoop, and the 7-day trial unlocks everything.

Step-by-step guideDrill beats →Ready-made Drill beat at 142 BPM, dark piano and triplet hi-hats.

Transcript

1. 0:00 Make a drill beat from scratch
2. 0:02 Pick track 1 and tap REC: a one-bar count-in starts
3. 0:04 Kick, with the clap on beat 3: the drill bounce
4. 0:08 The loop starts again by itself: listen before adding more
5. 0:11 REC again on track 1: hi-hats in 3-3-2 groups, with rolls
6. 0:15 Track 2: the 808 bass
7. 0:19 Track 3: dark chords
8. 0:22 All the layers, in time. Now arrange it.
9. 0:25 LOOP tab: mute the drums in time for a break
10. 0:29 …then the bass: the tension builds
11. 0:32 Drop: everything comes back in
12. 0:35 Hold an effect while it plays: filter down, then echo
13. 0:42 Note repeat on the hi-hat: rolls in time
14. 0:46 The performance recording is ready to share or export

Last updated: 21 October 2026