Author Archives: Beta Monkey
How to Create Backing Tracks Using Loops
How to Make a Backing Track Using Loops Looking for a quick and simple guide... [Learn More]
Dec
Best Rock Drum Loops 2026: 6 Essential Live Drum Sample Packs
Best Rock Drum Loops for Songwriting: 6 Essential Sample Packs Compared Finding authentic rock drum... [Learn More]
Dec
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... [Learn More]
Jul
Midi Drum Loops or Live Audio Drum Loops?
Should Musicians Use Midi Drum Loops or Live Audio Drum Loops? Songwriters without access to... [Learn More]
Jul
Creating Great Music with Drum Loops
Creating Great Music with Drum Loops When it comes to creating music, drum loops are... [Learn More]
Dec
7 Essential EQ Techniques to Improve Your Mixes (Part II)
7 Essential EQ Mixing Techniques Used by Pro Recording Engineers and Why You Should Use... [Learn More]
Sep
7 Essential EQ Techniques to Improve Your Mixes (Part I)
7 Essential EQ Mixing Techniques Used by Pro Recording Engineers and Why You Should Use... [Learn More]
Sep
What are the best drum sample packs?
What are the best drum sample packs to improve your songwriting? For starters, let’s be... [Learn More]
Apr
Using a Metronome to Practice?
Using a Metronome to Practice? Five reasons you Should (Sometimes) Lose Your Metronome Introduction Let’s... [Learn More]
Apr
Looking to Jam Right Now? Try these Drum Backing Tracks!
Free Drum Backing Tracks – Rock, Metal, Funk & Jazz Play-Alongs We put together a... [Learn More]
Apr
Popular Songs Written in 3/4
Popular Examples of Music Written in 3/4 Time: A Historical Look at the Use of... [Learn More]
Apr
Beta Monkey User Profile: Simon Reich
Get to Know: Simon Reich Simon Reich is an award-winning pianist and composer from Victoria,... [Learn More]
Mar
Converting Audio Drum Loops to MIDI
Converting “Audio Drum Loops” to MIDI: Take Your Music and Songwriting to the Next Level... [Learn More]
Mar
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... [Learn More]
Aug
Download Online Drum Loops? Three Reasons Why You Should.
Why Download Online Drum Loops? In this article, we examine three benefits of downloading online... [Learn More]
Jul
Classic Backbeats II Review – MusicTech Magazine March 2019
MusicTech Magazine Reviews a customer favorite: Classic Backbeats II In the March 2019 edition of... [Learn More]
Mar
Sometimes You Need a Reminder
A Beta Monkey user reminds us of what makes Beta Monkey different We received an... [Learn More]
Feb
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... [Learn More]
Jan
Here’s to a great 2018!
More Great Loops and Samples for 2019! 2018 was a great year for Beta Monkey.... [Learn More]
Jan
The Easiest Way to Get Good Drum Tracks
Want the easiest way to play along with some live, acoustic rock drum tracks? Just... [Learn More]
Dec
Looking for Rock Drum Loops?
Try jamming along this 90 BPM Rock Backing Drum Track! For all you out there... [Learn More]
Dec
Metal Drum Tracks Still Flowing from the Double Bass Mania Series!
The Double Bass Mania Series – Still Inspiring Metal Drum Tracks Every now and then... [Learn More]
Aug
Jazz Essentials II Jazz Drum Tracks Review – MusicTech Magazine August 2018
Live, unedited jazz drum tracks… that’s what Jazz Essentials II is all about! When you... [Learn More]
Aug
Beta Monkey Around the World!
We have Beta Monkey users in over 60 countries around the world – never expected... [Learn More]
Apr
Can We Ask You a Few Questions (And Save You 25%)?
Can We Ask You a Few Questions (And Save You 25%)? We appreciate your business... [Learn More]
Mar
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... [Learn More]
Mar
Live, acoustic drums? What a concept!
A nice find shared with us, making great use of the classic sounds found on... [Learn More]
Feb
Beta Monkey at NAMM 2018
Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones! #NAMM2018 We hope to run... [Learn More]
Jan
Happy New Year from The Monkey!
2017 was business as usual, what else can we say?Taking care of customers, new and... [Learn More]
Jan
Beta Monkey drums getting it done on worldwide Soundcloud New & Hot, Jazz charts
Thanks to long-time Beta Monkey user Simon Reich, Beta Monkey drums can be heard on... [Learn More]
Dec
Bang for Your Buck!
Here’s a review shared with us that we felt it was important for you all... [Learn More]
Sep
Popular Examples of Music Written in 6/8
Some of our Favorite Songs in 6/8 Time While drum loops in 6/8 have a... [Learn More]
Aug
User Submitted Track Using Jazz Essentials II Drum Tracks
Live Jazz Drum Tracks in Action – Jazz Essentials II It’s always nice to hear... [Learn More]
Mar
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? | Competing Product Crossgrade
Bought “other” loops that let you down? If you shop around, you’ll notice we always... [Learn More]
Mar
User-Submitted Songs: Double Bass Mania Modern Metal in Action!
The Only Real Metal Songwriting Resource Getting It Done! What can happen when you grab... [Learn More]
Sep
MusicTech Magazine Review: 9/10 Stars for Double Bass Mania VIII Metal Drum Loops
MusicTech Awards 9/10 Stars for Double Bass Mania VIII We just released another slamming metal... [Learn More]
Aug
Think You Have Good Time?
Think you have good time? Are you able to lock in with the groove and... [Learn More]
Jul
Replacing Drum Sounds in Drum Loops
Take Your Drum Loops to the Next Level by Replacing Drum Sounds One of the... [Learn More]
Jul
Five Ways to Process Your Drum Loops to Stand Out from the Crowd
Five Ways to Process Drum Loops to Stand Out from the Crowd or: You Don’t... [Learn More]
Jan
Drum Werks XXX Punk Drum Loops Review: “Drum grooves with raw attitude and impeccable timing”
Drum Werks XXX Review: “Drum grooves with raw attitude and impeccable timing” MT Verdict 9/10... [Learn More]
Nov
Beta Monkey releases new jazz drum tracks collection
Beta Monkey releases new jazz drum tracks collection Beta Monkey’s Jazz Essentials III is a... [Learn More]
Nov
MusicTech Magazine Review: 9/10 Stars for Drum Werks XXVII
Nice to see one of the solid hard hard-rocking additions to the Drum Werks Series... [Learn More]
Oct
Beta Monkey releases over 1 GB of new odd time drum loops
Beta Monkey delivers another round of odd time drum loops to inspire the rock, prog-rock,... [Learn More]
Oct
New Odd Meter Drum Loops Released
New Odd Meter Drum Loops Released. Introducing Odd Time Meltdown III Beta Monkey presents new... [Learn More]
Sep
Seamless Loop Transitions
Take Your Drum Loops to the Next Level: Seamless Loop Transitions Introduction We all know... [Learn More]
Jul
User-Submitted Video Using Jazz Essentials II
Jazz Essentials II Jazz Drum Loops: Commercial Our drums show up everywhere. Check out this... [Learn More]
Jul
New Metal Drum Loops Released: Introducing Double Bass Mania VIII
A Brand-New and Brutally Metal Collection of Drum Loops Released: Here’s Double Bass Mania VIII... [Learn More]
Jan
User Submitted Music Using Beta Monkey Loops
User Submitted Music Using Beta Monkey Loops One thing that has always separated us from... [Learn More]
Dec
Want Modern Metal Drum Loops? Introducing Beta Monkey Double Bass Mania VII.
Beta Monkey Releases Double Bass Mania VII – Modern Metal Drums The Double Bass Mania... [Learn More]
Jul
Introducing Drum Werks II Reloaded. Hard Rock Drum Loops, Samples
Beta Monkey Releases Drum Werks II: Reloaded – Modern Hard Rock Drum Loops Nobody records... [Learn More]
Jun
MusicTech Magazine Review: Studio Percussion Toolbox Library
June 2014 MusicTech Magazine Review: Studio Percussion Toolbox Library Music Tech Magazine reviewed our Studio... [Learn More]
Jun