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Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what’s up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.

Often imitated but never duplicated, Beta Monkey inspires musicians and songwriters with drums you just can’t program: 100% Live. 100% Acoustic. 100% Royalty-Free.

When your music demands the real thing, there’s only one choice.

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.

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More Than Just Drum Loops: Complete Drum Sample Libraries

  • Organized Loop Folders: All loops are organized by tempo (BPM) and time-keeping elements (hi-hats, ride, crash) for quick Verse, Chorus, and Bridge construction. Includes multiple drum fills, intros, and transitions in every folder.

  • Matching Multi-Velocity One Shots:Includes the actual snare, kick, and cymbal one-shots from the recording session. Use these fully dynamic drum samples to build your own custom beats or reinforce the loops for added impact.

  • Sonic Consistency: Each individual library is recorded in a single, continuous session for perfect mix cohesion. Pro Tip: Many Beta Monkey libraries share the same recording session, allowing you to combine volumes into massive custom kits. [See which libraries work together here]

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Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.

“These loops are INSANE… BAD ASS!”

— Nikki Sixx / Mötley Crüe

“Thank you so much for the great drum material!”

— Vernon Reid / Living Colour

“These are how rock drums should be played. My Fox TV spots rule because of Beta Monkey!”

— Mark Slaughter / Slaughter

“Enjoyed Drum Werks IV… already pieced a nice track together.”

— Anthony Kenney / The Kentucky Headheaders

"I'll admit, I use the hell out of them, cause I've checked out a lot of different loop CDs and sites, downloads, etc.... and you guys blow everybody else away."

—  Donnie Vie  / Enuff Z'Nuff

“Why didn’t someone tell me about Beta Monkey before? Best usable loops I have ever heard.”

— Luca Tomassini / Indie Recording Artist

“Beta Monkey drum loops are designed to juice up your tracks.”

— Keyboard Magazine

“Drum loops that are well-played, well-recorded, and natural sounding. Excellent performances that sit nicely in the mix.”

— — Darwin Grosse / Recording Magazine

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.

What have customers as well as music and industry press had to say about Beta Monkey drum loops over the years?

Great things, we think! Our ground-breaking and critically-acclaimed sample libraries continue to set our work apart from other commercially-available products. It’s no wonder that music industry publications and customers agree: our sample packs deliver superior sound, performance, and value.

For over 20 years, we have released original, innovative, and versatile drum samples and multi-tracks for many different musical genres. Customers and critics alike have praised Beta Monkey sample library products year after year.

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Unlock Your Creativity! What have BETA MONKEY USERS CREATED OVER THE YEARS?

Whether you’re a professional musician or a weekend warrior, Beta Monkey offers a wide variety of acoustic drum loops and drum samples for many different styles of music. Check out some of the thousands of songs customers have submitted to us over the years.

Write Whatever You Want. We’ll Supply the Drums.

The Only Drum Loops You’ll Ever Need - Beta Monkey With 100% live, acoustic drums, Beta Monkey loops deliver the dynamics, feels, and sounds that will inspire your songwriting.

Beta Monkey has the grooves you need, no matter your style. Listen to user-submitted music to see how our drums have served a diverse roster of musicians from every corner of the planet. The proof is in the pudding, as they say.

It’s time to put away your drum machine and software plugins and get the drum tracks you’ve always wanted. We supply drum beats with the drum sounds you want. Where you take the music is up to you.

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When it comes to creating music, drum loops are a great way to instantly inspire new ideas. Whether you are feeling an up-tempo, high-energy vibe or want a laid-back mood, it all starts with the groove. The groove drives everything.

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Creating Great Music with Drum Loops

Creating Great Music with Drum Loops When it comes to creating music, drum loops are a great way to instantly inspire new ideas. Whether you are feeling an up-tempo, high-energy vibe or want a laid-back mood, it all starts with the groove. The groove drives everything. While some songs spring...[Read More]

Transform your drum tracks with these simple but effective techniques when working with drum loops.

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How To Make Drum Loops Sound Better: 7 Ways To Improve Your Drum Tracks

Taking Your Drum Tracks to the Next Level Transform your drum tracks with these simple but effective techniques when working with drum loops. While nearly everyone is aware of drum loops and their use in modern music, fewer folks know more than a handful of ways how they can be...[Read More]

Songwriters without access to a live drummer face a key decision: use MIDI drums or audio drum loops for their tracks.

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Midi Drum Loops or Live Audio Drum Loops?

Should Musicians Use Midi Drum Loops or Live Audio Drum Loops? Songwriters without access to a live drummer face a key decision: use MIDI drums or audio drum loops for their tracks. MIDI loops offer unlimited editing flexibility—you can change drum sounds, adjust individual hits, alter tempo without quality loss,...[Read More]

Jazz Drum Tracks - Jazz Essentials II

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How to Inspire Your Music With Live Jazz Drum Tracks

Drum loops for jazz? Drum loops are not necessarily ideal for all musical genres. For rock, pop, and country songwriters, of course, drum loops are an easy and viable way to get the songwriting process going. These genres generally feature drum beats that are repetitive in nature, meant to lock...[Read More]

Enhancing Your Drum Loops

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Replacing Drum Sounds in Drum Loops

Take Your Drum Loops to the Next Level by Replacing Drum Sounds One of the best ways to add some color and originality to your existing drum loops is to get inside the groove and replace the drum sounds. While we offer many great and diverse sounds in our drum...[Read More]

Converting Audio Drum Loops to MIDI

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Converting Audio Drum Loops to MIDI

Converting “Audio Drum Loops” to MIDI: Take Your Music and Songwriting to the Next Level In this tutorial, we will cover a number of topics about converting audio drum loops to MIDI loops. These include: Introduction Hands-On Treatment for Small Batch Conversions Dedicated Software Options Keep the Feel, Add the...[Read More]

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What are the best drum sample packs?

What are the best drum sample packs to improve your songwriting? For starters, let’s be honest. There are tons of drum sample packs online. But, finding the drum samples that will work best for your music is often tricky given the sheer volume of choices (ranging from amazing all the...[Read More]

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Classic Backbeats II Review – MusicTech Magazine March 2019

MusicTech Magazine Reviews a customer favorite: Classic Backbeats II In the March 2019 edition of MusicTech Magazine, reviewers took a good look at one of our all-time favorite drum loop collections: Classic Backbeats II. This old-school library of drum grooves, all inspired by the timeless drum beats of 50s and...[Read More]

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Need a Play-Along Funk Drum Track? Time to Get Funky!

Take a break and jam along with this funk play-along! Obviously, this funk drum track play-along is just the tip of the iceberg for the wealth of funky goodness you’d find on Rock Hard Funk I. After all, Rock Hard Funk serves up over 1000 live funk drum loops to...[Read More]

One of the most popular email questions we get from customers relates to which Beta Monkey sets contain 3/4 and 6/8 drum loops. It's an often-overlooked time signature when it comes to most other loop companies who try to bundle a handful of low-quality "beats" as 3/4 and 6/8.

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Looking for 3/4 and 6/8? A Quick Guide!

No one does anything usable in 3/4 and 6/8! Does Beta Monkey cover these time signatures? One of the most popular email questions we get from customers relates to which Beta Monkey sets contain 3/4 and 6/8 drum loops. It’s an often-overlooked time signature when it comes to most other...[Read More]

Let’s start off this article by getting this out of the way. You should practice with a metronome. No matter your instrument. There’s no better way to improve your sense of time. That perfection of time, punctuated by an endless stream of clicks at any tempo you desire, will sharpen your time and ability to lock in with it. It’s one of the first tools you use as you take up an instrument and one you certainly continue to use no matter how many years you continue to play.

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Using a Metronome to Practice?

Using a Metronome to Practice? Five reasons you Should (Sometimes) Lose Your Metronome Introduction Let’s start off this article by getting this out of the way. You should practice with a metronome. No matter your instrument. There’s no better way to improve your sense of time. That perfection of time,...[Read More]

A nice find shared with us, making great use of the classic sounds found on Classic Backbeats II

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Live, acoustic drums? What a concept!

A nice find shared with us, making great use of the classic sounds found on Classic Backbeats II If you’re after the sounds of live acoustic drums played in the styles that launched rock-n-roll, the grooves and fills from Classic Backbeats II will do the trick. These are the kind...[Read More]

Product Features

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Universal Compatibility

Beta Monkey libraries include all popular drum loop formats, including 16-bit and 24-bit .WAV, APPLE LOOPS (.AIFF), and REX2 formats. You get all available formats with a single purchase.

Whether you use Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, FL Studio, Studio One, Reason, Reaper, or all other audio hardware and software DAWs, we deliver all possible loop formats that are 100% compatible. Not sure which audio format is right for you?

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Instant Downloads

Instantly download all drum loops packs after purchase. Get the drum loops and samples you want when you need them. 24/7, seven days a week, we’re here to help you expand your arsenal of drum tracks whenever you need them.

And, if you ever lose your grooves for any reason, we’ll get you another instant download whenever you need it. A simple email to our support team will get you back on track!

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
RECORD WITH THE BEST

Get world-class studio drum sounds without the high prices. One day of recording drums in a pro recording studio can run into the thousands. Getting A-List studio drummers can easily cost as much.

From famed studios in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Oakland, Nashville, New York City, and San Francisco, we bring those drum sounds directly to your tracks. Without the massive bill, of course.

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Get More for Less

It’s simple. You get the best drum for less with Beta Monkey. Forget the sample libraries that include a handful of loops and maybe even fewer matching single hit drum samples. Compare the quality and quality of Beta Monkey with any of the competition and there’s no question.

The days of over-hyped yet underwhelming drum loops and samples are long gone.

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
Hard to Find Styles

We deliver the styles few, if any, other sample producers will touch. Looking for grooves in 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, or 12/8? Want to build drum tracks for blues, country, fusion, jazz, metal, rock? Brazilian or percussion tracks? We probably have it.

Find your grooves in our shop and get your music going today with our constantly-updated product offerings.

Get drum loops and samples performed by world-class studio drummers in legendary recording studios from Nashville and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 100,000 songwriters and musicians already know what's up—Beta Monkey delivers the drum loops and sample libraries that make good songs great.
A Simple Philosophy

We’ve remained the world’s most popular and independent samples producers for over 20 years for a simple reason: great drums, great prices, and great service.

We’ve inspired over 95,000 artists worldwide to record, edit, and mix their music with easy-to-use and natural acoustic drum loops – it’s time to find out for yourself.

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