200 Free Drum Kits & Free Producer Drum Kits

Here are the best free drum kits that add up to over 15,000 free drum samples from your favorite music producers. You will find over 5GB of drum kits.

This is the ultimate list of the best free drum kits available online for FREE! These samples cover all music genres, including Hip Hop, Trap, R&B, Electronic Music, Dubstep, and more.

I have downloaded and tested many of the free drum kits in the video below. In the video, I provide audio previews and tell you which ones are royalty-free.

Free Drum Kits & Drum Samples

  1. Free 808 Kit
  2. Drum Loops Sample Pack
  3. Free Essential Drum Kit
  4. Producer Starter Kit
  5. Acoustic Drum Samples
  6. Organic Drums
  7. Gratis
  8. The Sample Set Vol 2
  9. House Drum Essentials
  10. Vinyl Kit
  11. Free Drum Toolbox
  12. 808 Mafia Drum Kit
  13. Boom Bap Addict
  14. The Sample Set Vol 3
  15. The Cure
  16. Trap Ghosts Drum Kit
  17. Free Music Producer Drum Kits
  18. Free Drum Soundpacks
  19. Free Vintage Drum Kits
  20. Free Music Artists Drum Kits

Video: Free Drum Kits Preview

These samples can be used with the most popular DAWs, including FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, and music hardware.

To help sort and organize samples, check out free sample managers.

For music producers searching for top-notch free music samples, our category page has a wide selection of articles to explore.

Related: 50 Free Trap Sample Packs

Multiple links below include multiple sample packs, which add up to over 200 free drum kits.

How to Download Drum Kits: Look around each website for the download link or button after clicking one of the links below. Do not install any suspicious software.

1. 808 Sound Pack

Free Drum Kit By Hip Hop Makers
Free Drum Kit

Free Roland 808 sound kit with over 227 free drum samples.

Free 808 Drum Kit


2. Free Drum Loops Sample Pack

Free Drum Loops Sample Pack By Hip Hop Makers
Free Drum Loops Sample Pack By Hip Hop Makers

Use these royalty-free drum samples for personal and commercial projects.

Free Drum Loops Sample Pack | 20 Free Drum Loops


3. Free Essential Drum Kit

Free Essential Drum Kit Samples By Sample Radar
Free Essential Drum Kit Samples By Sample Radar

494 Free essential one-shot samples by SampleRadar.

Learn More


4. The Producer Collection Starter Kit

The Producer Collection Starter Kit By Producers Plug
The Producer Collection Starter Kit By Producers Plug

Over 1 Gigabyte of drum kits to download. These sounds are inspired by industry music producers.

Find Out More | 8,100 Drum Sounds


5. Acoustic Drum Samples

Acoustic Drum Samples By Wavbvkery
Acoustic Drum Samples By Wavbvkery

Over 400 acoustic drums are included in this sample pack in the WAV file format.

Get Details


6. Organic Drums & Percussions

Organic Drums & Percussions By Hello Samples
Organic Drums & Percussions By Hello Samples

Foley drums and organic drums are a collection of sounds created with instruments and objects found around the studio. Great for sound design.

Go To Site | 352 Samples


7. Gratis

Gratis By That Sound
Gratis By That Sound

500 samples from various libraries for free.

Gratis | 500 Samples


8. The Sample Set Vol 2

The Sample Set Vol 2 By Trisamples
The Sample Set Vol 2 By Trisamples

30 Kicks, 30 snares, 5 hats, 6 percussions, 26 effects.

Start Downloading | 95 Drums


9. House Drum Essentials

House Drum Essentials By Echo Sound Works
House Drum Essentials By Echo Sound Works

120 House music samples for EDM, Future House, Tropical House, Future Bounce, and more. Sounds inspired by popular, successful productions. Great sounds for electronic music.

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10. Vinyl Kit

Vinyl Kit By Producer Spot
Vinyl Kit By Producer Spot

Vinyl claps, 95 vinyl hats, vinyl kicks, 35 vinyl percussion, snare samples, and vinyl drum loops.

Download Now | 100 Free Drums


11. Free Drum Toolbox

Free Drum Toolbox By Blind Audio
Free Drum Toolbox By Blind Audio

Recordings from classic drum machines, synths, and euro rack modular voices. Includes MIDI files of drum loops. You can import the MIDI files into your favorite DAW for melody loops.

This link includes six MIDI files. The MIDI files can be changed in the MIDI editor. You can also use free online MIDI editors to edit MIDI files.

Start Downloading


12. 808 Mafia Drum Kit

808 Mafia Drum Kit By The Highest Producers
808 Mafia Drum Kit By The Highest Producers

Southside free sample pack. You can download a complete virtual drum kit with more than 440 free samples, including drums, sound fonts ( SFZ format ), and 808s in the style of Lex Luger and Southside.

Start Downloading | 440 Samples


13. Boom Bap Addict

Boom Bap Addict By Hipstrumentals
Boom Bap Addict By Hipstrumentals | Free Drums

This boom bap sound kit contains kicks, hats, one-shots, and snares.

Find Out More | 191


14. The Sample Set Vol 3

The Sample Set Vol 3 By Trisamples
The Sample Set Vol 3 By Trisamples

Includes 17 snare drums, 20 kicks, 17 cymbals, hats, and 5 percussion drums.

Learn More | 75 Samples


15. The Cure

The Cure By Producer Spot
The Cure By Producer Spot

This free drum is 1.8 GB and offers hundreds of samples, drums, loops, synth preset packs, beat kits, vocals, and more.

The Cure | 500


16. Trap Ghosts Drum Kit

Trap Ghosts Drum Kit By Sound Packs
Trap Ghosts Drum Kit By Sound Packs

Free drums by the producer Johnny Juliano. This Trap Kit includes all the samples you’ll need for your next beat. Includes deep 808 kicks, vocal chants, hats (open and closed), evil laughs, and screams.

Download Now | 291 Samples


Free Music Producer Drum Kits

AraabMUZIK This free drum kit includes 45 drums used by the producer araabMUZIK.

DJ Pain1 Sample Kits ( 20 Free Sample Packs ) – The free drum sample packs are on the lower half of the page. Sample packs include Lavish Drum Loops 1, Damn That Dirt, Vinyl Fills, Hip Hop Elements, and more.

Dr. Dre ( Sample Kit ) – Includes 170 drums.

Metro Boomin – Free Hip Hop drum pack inspired by the producer Metro Boomin.

Related: 100 Free Drum VST Plugins

DJ Premier – Boom bap drums inspired by DJ Premier. Features 7 kicks, 11 snares, 3 hats, and one shot samples.

Boi-1da Sound Kit – 295MB – Free producer drum sample pack by producer Boi-1da.

Mike Will Made-It 123MB – Has produced for Jay Z and more.

Kanye West Kit – Free drum sample pack inspired by Kanye West.

The Runners 30MB

Lex Luger – Free sample pack includes everything you need to make a catchy trap pattern. Includes trunk-shaking bass, kicks, one-shots, and nasty snares.

Timbaland – Timbaland-inspired sample pack.

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Hit-Boy Official Drum Kit – This drum sample pack was inspired by the Grammy Award-winning producer.

9th Wonder Drum Kit – Free drum sample library inspired by hip-hop legend 9th Wonder. Includes kicks, hats, one-shots, percussions, and hats.

Alchemist Drum Kit – Free music producer drum kit.

Bangladesh Drum Kit – This sound kit contains kicks, 808s, percussions, hits, one-shots, snares, and claps.

Young Chop Drum Kit ( FreeDrumKits ) 56MB

Sonny Digital – Free sample pack includes over 40 high-quality drum sounds.

Cool & Dre

Best Free Drum Kits And Free Drum Samples
Best Free Drum Kits & Producer Drum Kits

Danja Handz

Darkchild – Free drum samples by the producer Darkchild.

Drumma Boy 68MB

Zaytoven 79MB

HeatMakerz Drum Kit – The Heatmakerz are a New York-based hip-hop production duo.

Hi Tek & Nottz

J Dilla 50MB – Free producer free drum kits inspired by J. Dilla.

Eminem Drum Kit – Free drum sample kit.

808 Mafia – Drumkit 210MB

Swizz Beatz

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

RZA Drum Kit – Sample pack inspired by the WU-Tang Clan producer.

Pete Rock Drum Kit

Jermaine Dupri

Just Blaze

Jazze Pha

Marvelous J 23MB

DJ Khalil

Neptunes Drum Kit 42MB – Hip Hop sound kit inspired by the production duel the Neptunes.

Mannie Fresh Drum Kit – Free drum sample kit.

Lil Jon – Hip hop drum kits inspired by the Crunk producer.

Murda Beatz 5MB – Free sample packs with Hip Hop and drum loops inspired by the modern producer Murda Beatz.

Lord Finesse Drumkit – Reddit drum kit.

Scott Storch 83MB

Jahlil Beats 296MB – 808s, claps, snares, sound fonts, instruments.

Kanye West ( Yeezus Drums ) – Sample kit includes samples from Black Skinhead, Blood On Leaves, Guilt Trip, I Am A God (Feat God), New Slaves, On Sight, and more.

Polow Da Don – High-quality one-shots are included in this virtual drum kit, including kicks, claps, snares, percussion, etc. Create West, Hip-Hop, or any other type of music with these sounds.

Johnny Juliano

Justice League – Hip Hop drum kit inspired by the producer group.

Kenny Beats – 62MB – Contains 808, clap, hi-hat, kick, percussion, and more.

Hit-Boy – Drum sample pack inspired by the Grammy Award-winning producer.

DJ Mustard Samples – A collection of sounds the producer DJ Mustard uses when making beats.

Pharrell – Drum kits and sounds made in the style of Pharrell and The Neptunes, including drums, bongos, guitar licks, horns, and other elements.

Polow Da Don


Free Drum Soundpacks

Producer Spot ( 5 Free Drum Sample Packs ) – Includes trap kits, EDM, 808s, house drums, multi-track drums ( 190 MB), and tribal drums.

Ghosthack – A collection of drum loops and one-shot drum sounds.

Boom Bap 326MB – Free boom bap kit download link in the video description.

Grime Sample Packs Vol. 1 – This producer drum sound kit includes six drum loop kits and 25 drums and effects in this sound kit.

Mainroom Techno & Tech House samples – 70MB – Wave Alchemy offers its readers a free pack containing 70MB of audio drum loops and drum shots from sample packs found on the Wave Alchemy website. This freebie by Wave Alchemy is also royalty-free. The full version of their sample packs includes more samples.

Brick Squad Sound Kit – This is an assortment of sound samples for beatmakers. There are over 31 bass hits, gritty vocal samples, gun sounds, crunk sounds, and whistle-type noises.

Ultimate 808 Drum Pack (Drumkit) – Sample kit includes kicks, crispy hi-hats, percussion, and classic 808s.

The Sample Set Vol. 4 – Contains 11 kicks, 35 cymbals, 17 snare, clap drums, and 6 percussion samples.

Club Banger Drum Kit – Includes claps, snare drums, effects, kicks, percussions, and snaps.

Acoustic 4MB – Acoustic kicks, acoustic snares, acoustic hi-hats, and other great acoustic sounds. 51 Samples.

Neo Soul – A Neo Soul sample pack contains claps, hi-hats, kicks, snares, rims, and percussion sounds.

The Sample Set Vol. 5 – 20 Snares, clap, 9 kicks, 15 cymbals, 10 percussions, and one shot samples.

Main Room House Kicks Vol 1 – 25 Kick drum sample pack.

Progressive House – 230 Royalty-free melody loops recorded at 120 and 125 BPM.

100 Free Kick Samples – There are 100 kick samples in this package, which aims at any EDM genre that requires punchy kicks.

10 Hip Hop Claps – This free sample pack contains crispy, classic, and authentic Hip Hop Clap Samples aimed at Hip Hop, Urban, R&B, Soul, and Pop producers.

Tom Drum Roll – Other users generously uploaded the free Tom Roll loops, loop kits, samples, and sounds.

Mega Cymbal Samples (Drumkit) – 12 Cymbal Wav files in the WAV format.

The Hi-Hats Sound Pack ( Soundkit ) – Contains over 270 WAV Hi-Hat samples.

808 Sub-Bass Drop Hit (Sound) – Free 808 drum sample pack.

OVO Sound Pack – OVO Sound Pack is a sound kit inspired by the styles of Drake, The Weeknd, Party Next Door, and Lil Wayne.

Bongo – 24 Free bongo samples.

Questlove

Claps 13MB

Pierre Bourne Kit – 41MB sample pack inspired by Pierre Bourne.

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Dirty Crunk – Heavy 808 drum sample kit, dirty kicks, hats, and other percussive samples.

The Supreme Beat ( Soundkit ) – Includes 808 claps, hats, kicks, percussions, snares, sound fonts, and one-shots.

GoldBabby Free Stuff ( 18 Free Sample Packs ) – Download over 18 free drum kits, which add up to 400 megabytes of drums. Includes a mix of Hip Hop Drum Kits.

808 Long Crash – This trap kit download includes 31 crash samples.

Glitch Vol. 1-2 – This sample pack includes 208 sounds, lo-fi clicks, crackles, noises, FX, glitched, and distorted drum kit sounds.

West Coast Producer Soundkit – Claps, kicks, percussions, snares, one-shots, and melody loop.

Bass Drops Sound Kit – Free Bass samples that can be loaded into any beat-making software. Samples come in the WAV format.

SAINT6 55MB – UK Drill drum kit to create Drill Music. Drum, one-shots, and melody loops included.

HItz N Stabz Sound Kit (Soundkit)

Drum and Bass Pad Samples (Soundkit) – Sound kit contains over 70 drum & bass sounds.

100 Kick Drums – Over 100 kick drums from various music genres. All samples were created from scratch for you to use in your music productions.

Hands Make Sounds – Over 150 free handclaps and finger snap samples.

Slow Jams Sound Kit (Soundkit)

Percussa Toolbox – 40 Percussion samples and drum loops are included in this sample pack. Must have sounds for sound designers.

Korg Triton Drum Kit – These free drum kits are sampled from a Triton.

West Coast (Soundkit) – Sound kit contains claps, kicks, percussions, snares, sounds, melody loops, and drum loops.

BeatBox – Free beatbox EXS24 kit. Samples are dry and recorded with Sennheiser e602.

187 – This sample pack includes 40 samples.

Snares – Free Hip Hop snares.

Krazy Kicks– 65 Free kick samples.

606 Clones – Sampled drum machines based on the 606 clones.

Kicks – 21 Free kick drums by F9 Audio.

Akai MPC 4000

Hand Claps – This sample pack comes with clap samples.

Erkan’s Cymbals – 615 cymbal samples.

Psychedelic Lo-Fi – Free psychedelic Lo-Fi drums are recorded and processed with analog gear.

Finger Snaps – 30 Finger snap samples.

99 Sounds – Contains two packs of drums and field recordings, including over 200 samples.

FM Drums – 50 Samples

Superb Kicks – 100 Amazing free kick drums for trance producers.

Funk Kit 6MB – Free sound pack packed with vintage sounds.

Toms – This sample pack comes with 43 tom WAV sound files.

Related: Free MIDI Files

East Coast Drum Kit – Filled with the hottest drum kicks, snares, and sound effects for any hip-hop producer looking for free sounds.


Free Vintage Drum Kits

Analog – Drums recorded through tape effects and heavily processed with analog equipment.

RX-17 HD – 26 Samples recorded from the Yamaha RX-17 vintage drum machine.

Crunchy – Over 160 crunchy analog drums, 24-bit, mono samples.

BOSS DR-202 – The vintage BOSS DR-202 drum machine inspires this kit.

Vintage Drum Machine Samples – Includes Akai MPC, Boss DR-110, Moog MicroMoog, Roland Juno, and Roland TR-808.

Roland TR-505 – Samples pack features 16 sampled drums for your favorite sampler.

CR-78 – A vintage CR-78 drum machine was sampled to create this sample pack.

DD-10 Samples – Drum samples recorded from a budget Yamaha DD-10.

Yocto2 – Boss PC-2 and Roland TR-808 clones.


Free Music Artists Drum Kits

Travis Scott 50MB – Samples were taken from the Rodeo album by Travis Scott.

Missy Elliott Drum Kit – This completely free drum sample kit is inspired by Missy and includes Hip Hop drum sounds and samples.

PartyNextDoor 16MB – This sample pack includes 20 samples inspired by the PartyNextDoor music artist.

Young Thug – Free samples inspired by Young Thug.

Frank Ocean ( Channel Orange Kit ) – This free drum kit contains 16 music samples.

DMX Sound Kit – This sound kit was inspired by a remake of a DMX song. It includes drum loops and one-shot samples.

Akon 13MB

Lil Wayne

Big Sean Samples – This sample pack is inspired by Big Sean and includes 18 samples.

Desiigner 18MB – Free trap loops, synths, and vocal samples. Trap kit inspired by Desiigner.

Wiz Khalifa 179MB

Lil Wayne Drum Kit ( Free Kit ) – The sample pack contains drum hits, snares, and other sounds.

A$AP Rocky – Free Hip Hop kit for any Hip Hop setting.

The Weeknd 17MB ( Drum Kits Reddit )

Lil Uzi Vert 21MB – Includes 5 Trap drum loops, perc loops, 5 Trap melody loops, 15 Trap sounds, 5 Trap synth sounds, and 808 Drums. Great sounds for dark melodies.

MF Doom 1MB

DaBaby – 808s, claps, hi-hats, kicks, percussions, and snares.

Tyler The Creator – Free sound pack inspired by Tyler The Creator.

Lil Baby – Sample pack inspired by Lil Baby.

Jay-Z – Sample kit contains claps, kicks, drum loops, snares, and percussions.

Wu-Tang – Music samples inspired by the Wu-Tang Clan.

Mobb Deep – Hip Hop sample kit inspired by Mobb Deep and it is completely free.

Missy Elliott Drum Kit (Soundkit) – The sample pack contains claps, snares, kicks, and percussions.

G Unit – Hip Hop sample kit inspired by the rap group.

Bad Bunny – 46 High-Quality WAV files inspired by Bad Bunny.

Soulja Boy 8MB – Inspired by the music artist.

Young Jeezy 75MB


Drum Kit Frequently Asked Questions

Are Drum Kits Royalty-Free?

You have to check each website’s terms and conditions to find out.

How Do I Import Sounds Into FL Studio?

Here is a free video tutorial on how to import samples into FL Studio.

How Do I Download These Free Drum Kits?

To download the drum kits, do the following:
1. Click one of the links above.
2. Look around each website for the download link or button and click it.
3. The file should now be downloaded to your computer.

Can These Drum Samples Be Used for Commercial Use?

Please check each website’s terms and conditions to find out if the samples are royalty-free.

What Are The Best Drum Kits?

This will depend on the type of music you are creating. There are many drum kits and sample packs that are made for specific music genres. So, it is best to search for a drum sample pack related to the specific music genre you are trying to create music.

Hip Hop drum samples won’t work for you if you are trying to make EDM. Narrow down your search to find what fits your needs.

Are Drum Samples Legal to Use?

If you download any drum samples online. It is important to check out the website’s terms and conditions to see how you can use the music samples.
You want to look for a drum sample pack that is royalty-free to avoid any legal issues.


I hope you found this ultimate list of free drum kits helpful. Tons of free drum kits are available online to add to your sample library. You will definitely find something to craft hits!

Mark V.

Written By Mark Valenzuela

Mark Valenzuela is a professional blogger, entrepreneur, and educator with more than 15 years of experience in music production. In 2008, Mark founded Hip Hop Makers, a top resource for aspiring music producers and beatmakers. He specializes in content on music production, software, gear, and free music resources. Committed to empowering creators of all levels, Mark continues to inspire and help music creators pursue their dreams.

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Comments

  1. Dopest site ever thanks a lot guys

  2. Thanks!!

    Great post and samples!!!

  3. Wooonderfull!! thanks a loot, as many time i found this!
    Great work!

  4. haha Boi-1da Sound Kit is paid now. I got it for free several months ago )))

  5. I just downloaded every single one of these.

    Thank you, to whoever put this together.

  6. Please check with each website’s terms for the samples.

  7. Mark, you are truly hard working and inspiring artist/ person !! thanks for all the information, and vast amount of knowledge coupled with nice set of music samples !!

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