Delay Time Calculator: BPM to Milliseconds
Turn a song's BPM into delay and reverb pre-delay times in milliseconds and Hz for whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, plus dotted and triplet values.
| Note | Straight | Dotted | Triplet |
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How it works
One beat (a quarter note) lasts 60,000 ÷ BPM milliseconds. A half note is twice that, an eighth note half of it, and so on. A dotted note is 1.5 times the plain value and a triplet is two thirds of it. The Hz figure is 1,000 ÷ milliseconds, which is the rate to set on a modulation or tremolo effect that wants a frequency.
Many delay pedals and drum machines also have a tap tempo button. Use the table when a pedal only takes a time in milliseconds, or to set a reverb pre-delay that lines up with the beat.
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