# Make Audio Loops Online

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Make Audio Loops Online and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for being fun and easy to use, even with no musical background. Critics mention pattern-editing bugs that erase or break loops.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun and easy for beginners (3 comments): "Love it! I've been planning to learn music. This pushed me further." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46526080)) "Love it, I got no musical background. But got me hooked." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46522471)) "Very fun. Needs an educational mode." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46522433))

## What people warn about

- Edits erase or break patterns (3 comments): "This erased my drum pattern instead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46524458)) "if you manage to Mute a synth part between the note on and note off events it will continually sound until pressing stop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525461)) "If you change octave while programming a melody it loses it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46546359))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Beats drum machine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beats.md): 32 recommend
- [Techno machine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/techno-machine-in-one-html-file.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Make Audio Loops Online", https://hackerapproved.com/p/make-audio-loops-online/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).