How to make a drum and bass beat on your phone with the free bank

A drum and bass beat built from scratch with bank A, the free one, at 165 BPM. Track 1 gets the two-step, kick and snare, then fast hi-hats on a second pass; the bass goes on track 2 and the pads 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 bass and pads are layered on track 2, since you get 2 looper tracks; the third track and the performance recording come with full PadLoop, all unlocked in the 7-day trial.

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Transcript

1. 0:00 Make a drum & bass beat from scratch
2. 0:02 Pick track 1 and tap REC: a one-bar count-in starts
3. 0:04 Track 1: the two-step, kick and snare
4. 0:07 The loop starts again by itself: listen before adding more
5. 0:10 REC again on track 1: fast hi-hats
6. 0:13 Track 2: the bass
7. 0:16 Track 3: pads
8. 0:20 All the layers, in time. Now arrange it.
9. 0:22 LOOP tab: mute the drums in time for a break
10. 0:26 …then the bass: the tension builds
11. 0:28 Drop: everything comes back in
12. 0:31 Hold an effect while it plays: filter down, then echo
13. 0:37 Note repeat on the hi-hat: rolls in time
14. 0:40 The performance recording is ready to share or export

Last updated: 21 October 2026