drumha.us

Yes. Drumhaus is free to use and requires no account. You open it in a browser and start building beats — there is no sign-up, login, or payment step described on the site. The project is also open source, with its code available on GitHub, and it is credited to its builder, Max Fung.

What "free, no account required" means in practice

• No registration wall. You do not create a username, email login, or profile before using the drum machine.
• No payment step described. The site presents Drumhaus as free; no pricing page, subscription, or payment platform is mentioned in the available site information.
• Browser-based. It runs as an online drum machine and beat sequencer, so access is through the browser rather than an installed desktop or mobile app.
• Open source. The source is linked on GitHub, so you can inspect how it works if you want to.

What you can do without an account

The free, no-login model still gives you the full feature set described on the site:

So the absence of an account does not appear to lock features behind a login — the export and sharing tools are listed alongside the rest of the instrument.

A practical way to check before committing time

1. Open Drumhaus in your browser.
2. Confirm you land directly on the drum machine without a login prompt.
3. Program a short pattern and try the WAV export and preset link sharing.
4. If any step asks for payment or an account, that would contradict the site's description — but nothing in the available information suggests it will.

Things the site information does not answer

• Whether there are usage limits, storage limits, or future paid tiers is not stated.
• Whether presets shared by link are stored permanently or only temporarily is not specified.
• Whether the GitHub source carries a particular license is not stated in the available material.

If any of those matter to you, check the GitHub repository or the site directly, since those details are not covered in the description provided.

Drumhaus is a free online drum machine and beat sequencer that runs entirely in your browser. It gives you 8 drum voices across a 16-step grid, with four chainable pattern variations that can extend a beat up to 8 bars. Each step supports velocity, flam, ratchet, and accent, and each voice has its own filter, pitch, decay, pan, and mute/solo controls. A master FX bus adds reverb, compressor, phaser, and saturation. You can export your beat to WAV or share presets via a link, and no account is required.

Who it's for

Drumhaus fits anyone who wants to sketch a beat quickly without installing a DAW or creating a login:

• Producers who want a fast idea sketch before moving into a full session
• Beginners learning step sequencing and drum programming basics
• Anyone who needs a drum loop exported as WAV for a project
• Collaborators who want to send a beat idea as a shareable link

It is not a full production environment. There is no arrangement timeline, no audio recording, and no mixing console beyond the master FX bus described on the site.

Core features at a glance

How the sequencing works

The grid is the center of the workflow. You place hits on a 16-step row for each of the 8 voices, then shape individual steps rather than treating every hit the same:

• Velocity sets how hard a step hits, useful for ghost notes and dynamics.
• Accent pushes a step forward in the mix for emphasis.
• Flam adds a quick double-hit feel to a step.
• Ratchet retriggers a step multiple times within its slot.

Because each voice also has filter, pitch, decay, and pan, you can tune a single drum sound without leaving the page. Mute and solo help you audition parts in isolation while building.

Patterns and length

A single pattern is 16 steps, which is one bar. Drumhaus provides four chainable pattern variations, and chaining them lets a beat run up to 8 bars. This is the main way to get beyond a one-bar loop without an arrangement view — you build variations and chain them in sequence.

Exporting and sharing

Two outputs matter here:

1. WAV export — render your beat to an audio file you can drop into another project.
2. Preset links — share the beat itself as a link so someone else can open the same settings.

Both are listed as built-in features, and neither requires an account.

Practical limitations to keep in mind

• Everything lives in the browser, so a stable connection and a reasonably current browser matter for a smooth session.
• There is no account system, which means no cloud library tied to a login — sharing happens through links instead.
• The scope is beat-making: 8 voices, 16 steps, chainable patterns, master FX, WAV export. If you need multitrack recording or full song arrangement, you would move the exported WAV into a DAW.

Getting started

1. Open Drumhaus in your browser — no signup step.
2. Pick a voice and place hits on the 16-step grid.
3. Shape steps with velocity, accent, flam, and ratchet.
4. Adjust per-voice filter, pitch, decay, and pan to taste.
5. Add master FX (reverb, compressor, phaser, saturation).
6. Build variations and chain patterns for up to 8 bars.
7. Export to WAV or copy the preset link to share.

Drumhaus is built by Max Fung, with source available on GitHub, and is described as free with no account required.

Drumhaus lets you get your beat out of the browser in two ways: export to WAV for a finished audio file, or share presets via link so someone else can open the same pattern. Both are built into the tool, and neither requires an account. The catch is that the two outputs are different things — a WAV is a rendered audio file, while a shared link is the pattern/preset itself, so pick based on whether you want to hand someone a sound or a project.

Exporting to WAV

WAV export turns your current pattern into an audio file you can drop into a DAW, upload, or send to someone.

What the export captures is your beat as it plays — the 8 voices, 16 steps, and the four chainable pattern variations across up to 8 bars, including the per-step velocity, flam, ratchet, and accent settings, the per-voice filters, pitch, decay, pan, and mute/solo states, and the master FX bus (reverb, compressor, phaser, saturation). In other words, the WAV reflects the full signal chain you've dialed in, not a dry version of the pattern.

Steps:

1. Build your beat and set the pattern chain to the length you want (up to 8 bars).
2. Confirm your mix — check mute/solo states and the master FX bus, since these are baked into the render.
3. Trigger the WAV export.
4. The browser produces a downloadable WAV file. Save it wherever you keep your audio.

Verification: open the downloaded file in any audio player or import it into a DAW. If the length matches your pattern chain and you hear the FX and per-voice settings, the export captured what you intended.

Common snags:

• If a voice is muted or soloed unexpectedly, it will be missing or isolated in the WAV. Check mute/solo before exporting.
• If the file sounds shorter than expected, your pattern chain is probably set to fewer bars than you think.
• Export is a render, not a live capture — you don't need to "record" in real time.

Sharing Presets via Link

Preset sharing produces a link that carries your pattern. Whoever opens it gets the same beat loaded in their own Drumhaus session — no account needed on either end.

What the shared content includes is the preset: the pattern data and the settings that define your beat. It is not an audio file, so the recipient hears it through their own browser session rather than receiving a rendered track. If you want them to have the actual sound file, use WAV export instead.

Steps:

1. Get your beat to a state you want to share.
2. Generate the share link for the preset.
3. Send the link however you like — message, email, post.

Verification: open the link yourself in a fresh browser tab or a private window. If your pattern loads correctly, the link is good to send.

Common snags:

• A shared link is a snapshot of the pattern at the time you created it. Later edits to your own session won't change what the link contains unless you generate a new one.
• Because it's a preset rather than audio, the recipient's playback depends on their browser and session — it's the same pattern, not a fixed recording.

Which One Do You Need?

If you want both a file and a shareable project, do both: export the WAV for listening and generate the link for anyone who wants to open the beat themselves.

Open drumha.us in a browser and you can build a beat immediately: pick sounds across 8 voices, place them on a 16-step grid, then shape each hit with velocity, flam, ratchet, and accent. Chain up to four pattern variations into sequences as long as 8 bars, adjust per-voice filters, pitch, decay, pan, and mute/solo, run everything through the master FX bus, and export to WAV or share the preset by link. No account is required.

Step 1: Set up the pattern

The sequencer is a grid of 8 voices (rows) by 16 steps (columns). Each row is one drum sound; each column is one step in the bar.

• Click a cell to place a hit on that voice at that step.
• Click it again to remove it.
• Build the backbone first — usually kick on the strong beats, snare on the backbeat, hats on the offbeats — then add the rest.

If you want to start from an existing groove instead of an empty grid, load a shared preset link before editing.

Step 2: Shape individual hits

Each step is not just on or off. Once a hit is placed, you can modify how it plays:

Use velocity to keep a loop from sounding robotic, accent to push key beats forward, and flam or ratchet sparingly for fills and transitions.

Step 3: Tune each voice

Per-voice controls let you treat each of the 8 sounds as its own instrument:

• Filter — shape the tone of that voice.
• Pitch — tune it up or down.
• Decay — shorten or lengthen how long the sound rings.
• Pan — place it left, right, or center in the stereo field.
• Mute / Solo — isolate or silence voices while you work.

A common approach: solo a voice, dial in its filter, pitch, and decay until it sits right, then unmute and check it against the full pattern.

Step 4: Chain pattern variations

Drumhaus supports four chainable pattern variations, and chaining them lets a sequence run up to 8 bars. This is how you turn a one-bar loop into a full arrangement:

1. Build variation A as your main groove.
2. Copy or create variation B as a fill or a variation on the same groove.
3. Create C and D for further sections — a break, a build, a drop.
4. Chain them in the order you want them to play.

Keep the core groove consistent across variations so the chain feels like one piece of music rather than four unrelated loops.

Step 5: Process through the master FX bus

The master FX bus applies to the whole kit and includes:

• Reverb
• Compressor
• Phaser
• Saturation

Add these after the pattern and voices are working, not before — processing a weak groove usually just makes a louder weak groove. Small amounts of reverb and compression go a long way on a drum bus.

Step 6: Export or share

When the beat is done:

• Export to WAV to get an audio file you can drop into a DAW or upload elsewhere.
• Share presets via link to send the exact pattern and settings to someone else.

Common sticking points

• Everything sounds flat. Add velocity variation and accents rather than more sounds.
• The loop feels static over 8 bars. Use the pattern variations for changes instead of piling on more steps.
• A voice is buried or overpowering. Use per-voice filter, decay, and pan, or mute/solo to check it in isolation.
• The mix is muddy. Pull back reverb and saturation on the master bus before adding more.

Drumhaus is free and requires no account, so you can start building and exporting beats right away.

Drumhaus gives you two layers of sound shaping: per-voice controls that sculpt each of the 8 drum sounds individually, and a master FX bus that processes the whole mix. On top of that, every step in the 16-step sequencer carries its own performance parameters — velocity, flam, ratchet, and accent — so you can shape not just the tone of a sound but how each individual hit plays. All of this runs in the browser, and the site states it is free with no account required.

Per-voice controls

Each of the 8 voices has its own set of parameters, so you can treat every drum sound as a separate instrument rather than a fixed sample.

The practical effect: you can build a kit that sounds cohesive without leaving the page. A short decay and a low-pass filter on a snare, for example, pushes it toward a tight, closed sound, while a long decay and brighter filter opens it up.

Per-step performance controls

The 16-step grid isn't just on/off. Each active step can carry performance data that changes how that single hit is played:

• Velocity — how hard the step hits, giving you dynamics instead of a flat, machine-gun pattern.
• Accent — emphasizes a step, typically used to mark the downbeat or a syncopated push.
• Flam — a quick double-hit on the same step, adding a human, rolled feel.
• Ratchet — repeats the hit multiple times within the step, useful for rolls and stutters.

These are the controls that separate a stiff loop from a groove. A common approach is to accent the first step of a bar, drop velocity on off-beats, and reserve flam or ratchet for fills and transitions.

Master FX bus

After the individual voices, everything passes through a master FX bus with four processors:

• Reverb — adds space and depth to the whole kit.
• Compressor — glues the voices together and controls peaks.
• Phaser — a modulated sweep effect for movement and texture.
• Saturation — adds harmonic color and drive.

Because these sit on the master bus, they affect the entire pattern rather than one voice. That makes them best for overall character — a touch of reverb for room, compression for punch, saturation for grit — rather than surgical fixes to a single sound.

How the layers work together

The signal flow is essentially: per-voice shaping → per-step performance → master FX. A beat that sounds thin might need a filter and decay adjustment on the voice, a velocity change on the step, or a bit of saturation on the master bus — and often the fastest fix is at the earliest stage. Start with the voice, then the step, then the bus.

Patterns are also chainable: the site describes four chainable pattern variations up to 8 bars, so you can build a longer arrangement rather than looping a single bar. When you're done, you can export to WAV or share a preset via link.

What this means in practice

If you want to know whether Drumhaus is enough for your needs, the answer depends on how much control you want per sound. It offers meaningful tone shaping (filter, pitch, decay, pan) and real performance detail (velocity, flam, ratchet, accent) plus a master bus — which covers a lot of beat-making ground in a browser. What it does not claim to offer is per-voice effects sends or a full mixer; the effects are on the master bus. For sketching beats, sound design within those limits, and exporting a WAV, the control set is broad. For detailed mixing with individual channel processing, you'd move the exported audio into a DAW.