Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Drumtabs
I used to transcribe drum parts in my text editor (vim) using plain-text drum tabs. It worked, but it was far from ideal — every edit risked breaking the text grid. Also how could I be sure the rhythm was accurate? Or share it with others who prefer traditional sheet music? So I built drumtabs.app — an online text-based drum tab editor that works like a step sequencer, with audio playback, sheet music rendering, and more.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Originally started as a project to restore patterns from now defunct website 808.pixll.de just for myself, but eventually i decided to share it with others. I've seen this website mentioned a couple of times on HN:) Currently it only supports Roland TR-808, but there will be more.
2025 · drumpatterns.onether.com · its alternatives →
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An intuitive 64-step drum sequencer progressive web app built using React, Redux, and Tone.js
2021 · sequencer64.com · its alternatives →
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Beats, a web-based drum machinefree▲160Hello all! I've been an avid fan of Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering since I found out about them. I even own an EP-133 K.O. II today, which I love. A couple of months ago, Reddit user andiam03 shared a Google Sheet with some drum patterns [1]. I thought it was a very cool way to share and understand beats. During the weekend I coded a basic version of this app I am sharing today. I iterated over it in my free time, and yesterday I felt like I had a pretty good version to share with y'all. It's not meant to be a sequencer but rather a way to experiment with beats and basic sounds,…
Jan 2026 · beats.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →
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After two years of development, I'm super excited to release Beat Maker! This is my take on what I hope is the best free, web-based drum machine. My goal was to build something that was not only fun and easy to use for beginners but also powerful enough for serious producers. I did extensive research on existing drum machines, analyzed their UX, and tried to build something that adds something new. It's a nearly 100% client-side app, written in ClojureScript, and is a PWA so you can install it to your home screen for an app-like experience. Besides the standard grid editor, Beat Maker has…
2025 · dopeloop.ai · its alternatives →
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Online drum machine and sequencer with Roland 808 style samples
2023 · peel.fm · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums. How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to <0.1% error against closed-form solutions for circles (Bessel zeros) and rectangles. * Sound model factors in strike location, Rayleigh damping, and mallet width. * Includes Kac drums I & II to demonstrate identical sound spectra from different geometries. * No frameworks, build steps, or dependencies. Repo and tests:…
Aug 2026 · baselashraf81.github.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · inverted3.gitlab.io · its alternatives →
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Transcribe+▲127Remove or isolate vocals, bass, drums from any song
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Keyboard-controlled music sequencer, sampler, and synth - kofigumbs/typebeat
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Learn music better with our living sheet music.
2012 · soundslice.com · its alternatives →
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Tab Lab▲76Read and write music notation and tablature, together.
2015 · my.tablab.io · its alternatives →
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Make simple 4-bar music loops in your browser using this simple online sequencer. A quick way to express your musical ideas and export them as MIDI.
2022 · muted.io · its alternatives →
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NoteTabs▲129Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore
Jan 2026 · notetabs.azurewebsites.net · its alternatives →
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Create acid techno, in your browser with Acid Machine 2.
2016 · errozero.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Turn drum audio into a score you can actually edit
Jul 2026 · hannes-software.com · its alternatives →
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Beat Generator▲123Randomly generated, royalty free Hip hop beats.
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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BAP Studio▲76An MPC-style drum machine that runs in a browser tab
Aug 2026 · bap.studio · its alternatives →
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I created a simple CLI that turns a YouTube guitar-lesson video into a PDF of the guitar tab. There are services that transcribe music from Youtube videos into tabs, but they never work well enough for me. Instead I'm taking a simpler approach. It downloads the video, samples frames, uses Claude vision to locate the tab region, crops every frame to that region, de-duplicates the crops by the bar number printed on each line of the score, and stitches the distinct tab lines vertically into a PDF. I didn't test it on a lot of different Youtube videos yet, so problem will arise for sure.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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TapPad▲87Turn your Mac's trackpad into a MIDI drum pad
2019 · mohdakram.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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I recently got Ableton Move and was disappointed by how difficult it was to convert samples into Move-compatible drum racks, so I made a simple CLI tool for that. I hope others find it useful, and at some point, Ableton sees the need and provides us with a built-in solution.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- I built a website for sharing drum patterns alternatives
- A 64-step drum sequencer I built using React and Redux alternatives
- Beats, a web-based drum machine alternatives
- I made a generative online drum machine with ClojureScript alternatives
- I built a little online drum machine using 808 style samples alternatives
- Eigendrum - Draw any shape and hear what it sounds like as a drum alternatives
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