Online Taiko Drum — Play Don & Ka Right in Your Browser

Yes. No accounts, no subscriptions and no feature limits — all six rhythm charts, free-jam mode and recording are unlocked the moment the page loads. Everything runs client-side in your browser, so there's nothing to buy or unlock further.

Not strictly — a synthesized fallback built from Web Audio oscillators and filtered noise kicks in instantly if the two recorded Don/Ka samples fail to load, so the page never blocks on a download. Either version registers your hit in well under 50 milliseconds, so there's no perceptible lag between striking and hearing sound, and the whole thing keeps working offline after your first visit.

Don is the deep, low-pitched thump from striking near the center of the drum head; Ka is the higher, sharper crack from striking near the rim. The left and right drums are also tuned slightly differently from each other for a natural stereo feel, just like a two-drum taiko set. On keyboard, D and F trigger the left drum while J and K trigger the right, so you can mix Don and Ka on both sides without moving your hands.

Yes — hits are both force- and position-sensitive, so a firm, centered strike sounds noticeably fuller and louder than a soft, glancing one, just like a real drum head. This holds whether you're using mouse, touch or keyboard input, though keyboard hits use a fixed velocity since there's no pressure to read. It's a genuine synthesis difference in the sound, not a simple volume knob.

Yes. The drums use Pointer Events with full multi-touch support, so you can drum with both thumbs at once on a phone or tablet just like a real kit, with optional vibration feedback on supported devices. Combined with the sub-50ms hit response, taps register fast enough to keep up with the 185 BPM Oni chart, the fastest of the six built-in charts.

Yes. Hit record, drum your phrase, then hit stop — the take is captured directly from the live audio output and exported as a WebM file (or M4A on Safari) ready to keep, share or edit further. There's no imposed time limit, so you can capture anything from a quick fill to a full free-jam session.

Rhythm mode scores each note as Perfect (hit within about 80 milliseconds of the beat) for 100 points, Good (within about 180 milliseconds) for 50 points, or Miss for 0 points and a combo reset. The six built-in charts span roughly 80 to 185 BPM — from the slow, powerful Miyake-style chart at 80 BPM, through the mid-tempo Matsuri, Simple and Yosakoi charts, up to the frantic Oni chart at 185 BPM. A separate practice metronome (40–240 BPM) is also available in free-jam mode, independent of whichever chart's tempo you happen to be playing.