Tap, Record, Make a Beat: Rak Tzlil, a Free Browser Soundboard

Some tools politely ask what you'd like to do. Others hand you a board of colorful buttons and trust you to figure it out. Rak Tzlil ("Sound Only", in Hebrew) is the second kind. I opened it for "a quick look" and came out with a beat I was weirdly proud of.

Illustration of an orange cat DJ at a glowing pad grid in a purple night studio
Illustration: original, AI-generated

What it is

A free soundboard that runs in your browser, on a phone or a computer. No sign-up, no install, no payment. You get 28 sound cards: 16 ready-made library sounds (an "OK" voice, an "Oops!", a small gong, a mouse click) plus 12 synth instruments generated in code. Tap a card, hear a sound. That is the whole pitch, and it is oddly satisfying. The interface is in Hebrew, but the cards are icons and sounds, so you will manage.

Rak Tzlil in night mode: a navy and purple soundboard with sound cards
Screenshot: Rak Tzlil, night mode

Beyond tapping

Record your own. Record from your device and your sound joins the board under the "mine" tab. You can also add your own audio file and trim it to the part you actually wanted.

Build a beat. The beat maker is a step grid: each row is a sound, each square is a quarter of a beat. Light up squares, press play, and you have a loop. Change the tempo (BPM), add swing for a looser feel, or hit the random beat button when you are out of ideas.

The beat maker grid in Rak Tzlil with colored steps for kick, snare and clap
Screenshot: the beat maker

Export. Download your mix as a WAV file and keep it.

Day or night. There is a light theme and a dark one, and a help window that explains each part without turning into homework.

The help dialog in Rak Tzlil explaining how to build a beat
Screenshot: the built-in help

Privacy

According to the site, your recordings and files are not sent to a server and stay on your device, and it has no tracking tools of its own. The library sounds are by Kenney under CC0, so they are free to use. If you add files, use only ones you have the right to use.

Noa's verdict

Recommended, warmly. It will not change your life, but it does exactly what it promises, fast, and asks for nothing in return. I saved it to my collection for the days I need a sound effect for a video, a small beat for the background, or a pointless break that somehow feels productive. Small warning: it is very hard to stop pressing "Oops!".

More free tools like this live on Noa's free tools page. The tool itself: Rak Tzlil.

Glossary

  • Soundboard: a screen of buttons where each button plays a short sound.
  • Beat maker / step sequencer: a grid where you mark when each sound plays, producing a repeating rhythm.
  • BPM: beats per minute, the speed of the rhythm.
  • Swing: a slight delay on every second step that makes a rhythm feel less mechanical.
  • Loop: a section that repeats without a gap.
  • WAV: an uncompressed audio file format, good for saving and editing.
  • CC0: a license that waives copyright, so you can use the work without asking.
  • Synth: an instrument that makes sound from code instead of recordings.

Humor note: the "half an hour of beats" and the dangerous pull of "Oops!" are friendly exaggeration. The tool really is free and really is fun, and the recommendation is real.

In Hebrew: ללחוץ, להקליט, ליצור: רק צליל, לוח סאונד חינמי בדפדפן

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