Captain Beat

Mix-And-Match Drums Patterns to Make Your Beats.

Loved by artists

David Guetta
KSHMR
Kaskade
Christian Burns
Morgan Page
DJ Grooverider
Laura Escude
Chus and Ceballos

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Create dynamic drum patterns and rhythms effortlessly with Captain Beat. Try it now with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Mix-and-Match Drummers.

Create your own unique rhythms, separate and combine rhythms by channel, and borrow genre-defining patterns from hit songs. However you choose to use them, Captain Beat’s Patterns will inspire you.

Captain Beat

Easily Add Drum Fills.

Throw a reggae drum fill into a house beat, a jazz ride into a pop tune — it’s your call.

Captain Play

Drag In Your One-Shot Samples.

Drag in your one-shots from other loop services, and have Captain Beat play your favorite rhythm.

Captain Deep

Mix-and-Match Drummers

Create your own unique rhythms, separate and combine rhythms by channel, and borrow genre-defining patterns from hit songs. However you choose to use them, Captain Beat’s Patterns will inspire you.

Easily Add Drum Fills

Throw a reggae drum fill into a house beat, a jazz ride into a pop tune — it’s your call.

Drag In Your One-Shot Samples

Drag in your one-shots from other loop services, and have Captain Beat play your favorite rhythm.

Explore the software

Check out what’s available on Captain Beat.

Drum & Rhythm Editor

Basic allows you to change individual drum instruments and their rhythm, from numerous kits and presets, plus you can drop in your own drum samples to individual instrument tracks right into this area.

Sound Controls

The Controls tab gives you typical ADSR (Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release) style envelope parameters. These allow you to shape each drum hit to your liking.

Sound Effects

This tab allows you to shape your drum sound with a built-in filter, reverb send, and delay send, giving you control over the tonal character and ambiance of each track.

Export

Use the Export tab to drag MIDI or audio files into your DAW, either per-channel or as a full master track.

Sync your project

Sync allows you to synchronize Captain Beat with various positions on your DAW’s timeline.

My Collection

Access and manage all the drum patterns you’ve saved in your personal library.

Rhythm

Select from a wide variety of drum pattern presets across all genres to match your track’s style.

Drum sample

Browse and select individual drum samples to customize your track’s sound.

Drop your samples

Drag and drop your own drum samples directly here to add your personal touch to your drum patterns.

Hotkey Mapping

Displays the keyboard key assigned to trigger this channel.

Captain’s Collection

Explore a vast library of drum patterns, organized by genre, to find the perfect groove for your track.

Canvas

Visualize and edit your drum patterns here by adding, moving, or customizing individual MIDI notes for each track.

Import Bank

Import Captain Beat banks using this option.

Velocity

At the bottom of the canvas, you can find the Velocity controls, these are super-important for adding accents and humanizing your drums.

Smart Snap

Snap gives you control over how much the chords or notes will move in the canvas, you can snap to many resolutions including triplets.

Compatible with your DAW

Abelton Logic Pro FL Studio Studio One Cubase Pro Tools

5 connected plugins that work together

Captain Play Captain Deep Captain Beat Captain Melody Captain Chords

Trusted by top artists

David Guetta
David Guetta

“Captain Chords can inspire you. It’s the perfect tool for song-writing. I’m using it every day and showing my friends. Captain Play is great for creating melodies”

KSHMR
KSHMR

“Captain Epic is an amazing tool for expanding your music theory, and coming up with ideas when you want to write something brand new.”

Kaskade
Kaskade

“I`m loving Captain Plugins and I used it on two tracks. It’s a super cool plugin. I just love that it promotes inspiration. It’s the perfect spot to get ideas going. I’m always looking for that spark of creativity and Captain always provides that!”

Christian Burns
Christian Burns

“I love using the Captain chords, such a great tool for writing. I’ve told a few people about that one!”

DJ Grooverider
DJ Grooverider

“Captain Beat is my go to. It stores my drum patterns and samples in one space. It makes it easy to customize so it saves me bundles of time”

Laura Escudé
Laura Escudé

“This is totally for me. I can take ideas that I play on violin, drop them into Captain Plugins, and come out with a super chordal sequence that I couldn’t come up with on my own. Captain Plugins will take your music production to the next level.”

Morgan Page
Morgan Page

“Captain Chords is an essential tool for modern composing. I love the new strum feature”

Chus and Ceballos
Chus and Ceballos

“If you’re writing chords, this is a must-have plugin. It’s faster than working on the keyboard and you can be more creative and just let your creativity come out.”

Computer Music Magazine
Computer Music Magazine

“Captain Plugins is a highly productive harmonic and melodic toolkit for experienced musicians and total newcomers to composition alike. Winner of the Innovation Award.”

Digital DJTips
Digital DJTips

“Captain Plugins is an essential tool for any DJ/producer. No other composition plugins are as intuitive, simple and great-sounding as Captain Plugins. Highly recommended for DJ/producers and music composers of all styles and skill levels.

Beat Magazine
Beat Magazine

“Thrilling melodies and chords to help you build a solid foundation for your songs. We are making a clear Buy recommendation.”

Magnetic Magazine
Magnetic Magazine

“The Captain Plugins team have created something truly unique in the world of software plugins. I think they nailed what they were going for, and I would definitely recommend giving these plugins a try.”