Drum Programming and Groove Production · 50% launch offer
Online music production coursesDrum Programming and Groove Production · 70+ lesson course

Learn to program drums.

A complete 70+ lesson course covering rhythm, sampling, arrangement, genre vocabulary, timing, and influential drum machines. Study each topic through focused listening and guided production exercises using Dubspot Groove directly in your browser.

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Course format
70+ lessons · self-paced
Launch offer
$49.50 (50% off $99)
Free lessons
Lessons 1 and 2
Dubspot Groove · Web drum machineFree to use · iPad app coming soon
DUBSPOT GROOVE
Audio engine off. Press play to start.
Pattern stopped

VEL: drag a step up or down to set how hard it hits. Click an empty step to place it, click a hit to clear it. Shift with the up and down arrows moves velocity 5 at a time; add Alt or Option to move 1.

A / THE COURSES

Current and forthcoming courses.

Start with Drum Programming and Groove Production. Music Foundations and Theory and Composition are in development.

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70+ lesson course · 15 modules

Drum Programming and Groove Production

Rhythm, Timing, Sampling, and Arrangement

$99$49.5050% launch offer
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Coming soon

Theory and Composition

Music Theory and Composition for Producers

In development03
Coming soon

Music Foundations

Essential Musical Skills for Producers

In development
B / THE METHOD

Each lesson combines listening, programming, and feedback.

Listen for a specific relationship, such as backbeat placement, hi-hat density, or swing timing. Program that relationship, compare your pattern with the exercise target, and revise it by ear. Reference recordings support analysis; course exercises use original patterns and independently produced practice audio.

C / THE PRACTICE LOOP

A repeatable six-stage practice process.

The sequence moves from guided analysis to independent programming.

  1. 01

    Listen

    Identify the pulse, drum voices, and musical role of the part.

  2. 02

    Isolate

    Focus on one drum voice or timing relationship at a time.

  3. 03

    Predict

    Write or tap the pattern before viewing the exercise target.

  4. 04

    Program

    Build the part on the grid with progressively less guidance.

  5. 05

    Revise

    Change placement, dynamics, sound, or timing and compare the result.

  6. 06

    Export

    Save the pattern or export WAV and MIDI for further production.

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E / THE DEALS DESK

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Drum Programming and Groove Production · 70+ lesson course · Lessons 1 and 2 free

Begin with the first lesson at no cost.

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