Online Drum Pads for Launchpad and Pad Controllers

Yes. They are free, need no account or download, and run in your browser.

Novation Launchpad MK2, X, Mini MK3 and Pro MK3 and the Akai APC mini light up and play the grid. Pad controllers and keyboards with pads (Akai MPD and MPK Mini, Korg nanoPAD, Arturia MiniLab and others) play the drum for each note they send.

Yes. Tap the pads on a phone or tablet, or click them with the mouse.

Full-colour lights need the browser's permission to send system messages to MIDI devices. Allow it when the browser asks; without it the pads still light, in a smaller set of colours.

Loop a beat with the loop button and layer as many passes as you like. To get the drums of a real song as MIDI, upload it to GrooveSheet.

A Launchpad (MK2, X, Mini MK3 or Pro MK3) or an Akai APC mini is switched into the right mode by itself: every pad plays its drum and lights in its colour, and the round buttons down the right loop, stop and undo. Pad controllers such as the Akai MPD and MPK Mini or a Korg nanoPAD play the General MIDI drum on each note they send.

Tap or click the pads, or use the computer keyboard. Every pad's drum can be changed: press Change sounds, hit a pad, then pick its new sound from the 49 in the kit.

Press the loop button and start playing: recording begins on your first hit, the next press closes the loop, and further presses layer more drums on top. Stop stops and clears, Undo removes the last layer.

No. The free tools need no account and no download. They run in your browser, and nothing you play or drop in is uploaded.

Yes, in any current mobile browser. MIDI keyboards and pad controllers need Chrome, Edge or Opera, on a computer or an Android phone.

GrooveSheet turns any song into sheet music, MIDI and separated stems with AI: drums, bass, guitar, piano and more. Every song starts with a free 10-second preview.