Free UK drill drum kit

What's in the ZIP

• ▶ Kick 01 · Tight PF_UKDrillKit_Kick_01_Tight.wav
• ▶ Bass 01 · Deep PF_UKDrillKit_Bass_01_Deep.wav
• ▶ Snare 01 · Tight PF_UKDrillKit_Snare_01_Tight.wav
• ▶ Hat 01 · Tight PF_UKDrillKit_Hat_01_Tight.wav

Previews are 128 kbps MP3. The download is the original WAV, plus LICENSE.txt and SOURCES.txt.

Programming a UK drill pattern

1. Set 140–145 BPM. Drill drums are written around a half-time snare on beat 3, sometimes with an extra snare just before it.
2. Place hats in triplet and off-grid groups rather than straight 16ths. The bounce comes from where the hats sit, not from how many there are.
3. Make the bass slide: overlap two notes and turn on glide/portamento (around 60–120 ms) in your sampler.
4. Keep the kick short so the bass slides stay clear. In drill the bass carries the low end; the kick is mostly the click.

Longer walkthrough: UK drill 808 slides: how to make the 808 glide properly.

Can I use these in a release?

Yes. Every sound here comes from a recording released under CC0 1.0 (public domain). Use it in commercial tracks, beats and videos, with no royalties and no credit required. The one thing you can't do is resell the sounds themselves as a sample pack. SOURCES.txt in the ZIP lists the original recording for each file. More on licensing.