Trying to find free trap drum kits these days is easy.
But a majority of those free drum kits are recycled and renamed copies of the same samples that have been passed around for years.
The sheer amount of free sample packs and drum kits out there can make it a chore to download every pack only to find 3-4 samples you actually want to use.
So to save you time wasted digging through folders, we’ve put together a list of 7 free trap drum kits.
Image-Line has released 30 free new drum kit’s for FL Studio’s FPC drum synth. As shown in above illustration, use the built-in download manager to access the kits. According to Image Line: “The “real” drums were recorded in as non-invasive a way as possible. No EQ, no compression, nothing but a drum and a microphone (or two). TM88 Free Drum Kit. Bryan Lamar Simmons (born April 4, 1987), known as TM88 or TM-88 (also known as Trackman), is an American record producer and DJ from Atlanta, Georgia.He is a member of the Atlanta-based record production and songwriting team 808 Mafia, as one of the lead members next to Southside He use FL Studio and a keyboard to produce Trap, Hip-Hop, drill & R&B beats!
All with carefully selected, exclusive drum samples. So that every sample is guaranteed to be high quality, unique and ready to fit right into any mix.
Oracle is a three-part free trap sample pack that includes one of the best free 808 drum kits out there. And maybe the only collection of free 808s you really need. This isn’t your typical drum kit filled with the same old and recycled 808s that you’ll find in countless other packs.
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Get the Oracle 808 Collection HERE.
Fl Studio Drum Kits
One of the largest free trap drum kits there is. Cobra includes nearly 100 drum one shots, free drum loops, hi hat loops, percussion loops, and top line loops so you have full control over creating your own unique drum sequences. Cobra also has a huge library of royalty free melody loops for you to sample.
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Get the Cobra Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
This free trap drum kit was inspired by the sound of Atlanta artists like Lil Baby, Gunna and Young Thug. The Drip free trap drum kit is a prestine collection of out the box, hard hitting, trap drum samples.
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Get the Drip Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
Inspired by the 808 Mafia, the “808 Mob” free trap drum kit is a memorable collection of drums, melody loops, 808s, MIDI files, and Serum presets.
You’ll also find familiar FX and Foley sounds that 808 Mafia producers have been known to utilize in their most successful beats - such as alarms, sirens, and other unique samples. This pack is a must-have for any Hip Hop producer looking to capture the premium, trap sound that 808 Mafia has pioneered.
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Get the 808 Mob Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
If you’re trying to make Drake type beats or beats in the style of producers like 40 and boi1da, this free trap drum kit will be what you need. You’ll also find MIDI files and Serum Presets in this pack that you can study and reverse engineer to understand how Drake and his team of writers and producers craft catchy hooks and high quality sounds.
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Get the 9God Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
85 amazing samples & loops that were heavily inspired by Travis Scott's triple-platinum album “Astroworld”. “Astro” is the perfect drum kit for learning exactly how Travis Scott songs are produced and processed.
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Get the Astro Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
Inspired by one of the most iconic rappers of this generation, Kendrick Lamar, the Humble trap drum kit encapsulates the sound of his last 4 albums into one collection. Kendricks eccentric production and wide variety of hip hop styles makes this kit a multi faceted pack for any style of hip hop.
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Get the Humble Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
Diamonds I & II
If you liked any of the free trap drum kits above, it's going to be worth it to look into these two packs. Each one contains over 300+ samples including full drum loops, hi hat loops, melody loops, one shots, ambient FX, vocals, hi hat midi files and melody midi files. Combined they form a top tier hip hop production suite that could be used to make albums in any hip hop style
Get the Diamonds Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
Get Diamonds II Hip Hop Sample Pack HERE.
Update 2020: Sorry, the Air Users Blog no longer exists and the samples are no longer available. If you’re looking for free samples, go ahead and look at our freebie section, also be sure check out Loopcloud (choose 300 free samples from millions).
Air Users Blog has a nice freebie: collection of 133 dance music drum samples.
In total there’s:
- 12 claps
- 30 closed hihat
- 30 kicks
- 12 open hihats
- 11 percussion
- 4 reversed cymbals
- 30 snares
- 4 toms
Fl Studio Free Drum Kits
I checked some of the samples and to me they sound pretty good quality and usable for techno, trance & house.