# Drum loops for songs

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 26, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199 "2005-04-26T17:55:12Z")
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### Author: ![hawkeyejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hawkeyejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawkeyejo)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199/1 "2005-04-26T17:55:12Z")

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I have recorded a song with a friend of mine on a guitar. We wanted to add some drum loops to it to give it some rhythm. Are there any websites that have some simple drum loops I can download? Haven’t found anything satisfactory through Google.

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### Author: ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199/2 "2005-04-26T19:45:30Z")

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What type of loops are you looking for and what format do you need them in?

I make and produce zillions of beats.

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199/3 "2005-04-27T00:09:05Z")

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It’s a bit of a dumbed-down product, but I find [Dance eJay](http://www.ejay.com/us/) remarkably versatile (I’m using a version that was free on a cereal box) - it has hundreds of different samples/loops in a huge variety of styles - you just drag and drop and they snap into a grid that keeps them all in time.  
(incorporates more than just dance styles, despite the name)

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### Author: ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199/4 "2005-04-27T02:58:55Z")

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Perhaps you could try [www.flashkit.com](http://www.flashkit.com) , under their “Loops” section.

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### Author: ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199/5 "2005-04-27T03:19:44Z")

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[http://www.phatdrumloops.com/old\_site/](http://www.phatdrumloops.com/old_site/)

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You are welcome.

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### Author: ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drum-loops-for-songs/301199/6 "2005-04-27T07:57:53Z")

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If you didn’t initially record the song to a click track, you’re probably going to have a great deal of difficulty getting the tracks and the loops to sync up.