BPM beats-per-minute calculator
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BPM parameters
Beats-per-minute: 120 BPM
Beats-per-second: 2 Hz
Length of 1 beat: 0.5 second
Length of 1 bar: 2 second
Extended calculations
BEATS
These are the lengths of multiple beats (handy for calculating loop lengths)
1 beat500 ms
2 Hz / 2 beats
1000 ms
1 Hz / 3 beats
1.5 sec
0.667 Hz / 4 beats
2 sec
0.5 Hz / 6 beats
3 sec
0.333 Hz / 8 beats
4 sec
0.25 Hz / 12 beats
6 sec
0.167 Hz / 16 beats
8 sec
0.125 Hz / 24 beats
12 sec
0.083 Hz / 32 beats
16 sec
0.063 Hz
BARS
These are the lengths of multiple bars/measures (handy for estimating the length of a song).
1 bar2 sec / 2 bars
4 sec / 3 bars
6 sec / 4 bars
8 sec / 6 bars
12 sec / 8 bars
16 sec / 12 bars
24 sec / 16 bars
32 sec / 24 bars
48 sec / 32 bars
64 sec
How to use this page
If you have a 135 BPM song and you want a phase modulation of 4 beats: that is 1.78 sec (BEATS)
If you have a 98 BPM song in a measure of 3/4, and you want to know how long 32 bars is: 58.78 sec(BARS)
If you have a 128 BPM song and you want an audio delay of 2/3 of a beat: this is 313 ms (FRACTIONS)
Fractions
FRACTIONS
These are some common fractions (handy for setting delays and modulation parameters)
1/2250 ms
4 Hz / 2/2
500 ms
2 Hz / 3/2
750 ms
1.33 Hz / 4/2
1000 ms
1 Hz / 6/2
1500 ms
0.67 Hz / 8/2
2000 ms
0.5 Hz / 12/2
3000 ms
0.33 Hz / 16/2
4000 ms
0.25 Hz / 24/2
6000 ms
0.17 Hz / 32/2
8000 ms
0.13 Hz
1/3
167 ms
6 Hz / 2/3
333 ms
3 Hz / 3/3
500 ms
2 Hz / 4/3
667 ms
1.5 Hz / 6/3
1000 ms
1 Hz / 8/3
1333 ms
0.75 Hz / 12/3
2000 ms
0.5 Hz / 16/3
2667 ms
0.37 Hz / 24/3
4000 ms
0.25 Hz / 32/3
5333 ms
0.19 Hz
1/4
125 ms
8 Hz / 2/4
250 ms
4 Hz / 3/4
375 ms
2.67 Hz / 4/4
500 ms
2 Hz / 6/4
750 ms
1.33 Hz / 8/4
1000 ms
1 Hz / 12/4
1500 ms
0.67 Hz / 16/4
2000 ms
0.5 Hz / 24/4
3000 ms
0.33 Hz / 32/4
4000 ms
0.25 Hz
1/6
83.3 ms
12 Hz / 2/6
167 ms
6 Hz / 3/6
250 ms
4 Hz / 4/6
333 ms
3 Hz / 6/6
500 ms
2 Hz / 8/6
667 ms
1.5 Hz / 12/6
1000 ms
1 Hz / 16/6
1333 ms
0.75 Hz / 24/6
2000 ms
0.5 Hz / 32/6
2667 ms
0.37 Hz
1/8
62.5 ms
16 Hz / 2/8
125 ms
8 Hz / 3/8
188 ms
5.33 Hz / 4/8
250 ms
4 Hz / 6/8
375 ms
2.67 Hz / 8/8
500 ms
2 Hz / 12/8
750 ms
1.33 Hz / 16/8
1000 ms
1 Hz / 24/8
1500 ms
0.67 Hz / 32/8
2000 ms
0.5 Hz
1/12
41.7 ms
23.98 Hz / 2/12
83.3 ms
12 Hz / 3/12
125 ms
8 Hz / 4/12
167 ms
6 Hz / 6/12
250 ms
4 Hz / 8/12
333 ms
3 Hz / 12/12
500 ms
2 Hz / 16/12
667 ms
1.5 Hz / 24/12
1000 ms
1 Hz / 32/12
1333 ms
0.75 Hz
1/16
31.3 ms
31.95 Hz / 2/16
62.5 ms
16 Hz / 3/16
93.8 ms
10.66 Hz / 4/16
125 ms
8 Hz / 6/16
188 ms
5.33 Hz / 8/16
250 ms
4 Hz / 12/16
375 ms
2.67 Hz / 16/16
500 ms
2 Hz / 24/16
750 ms
1.33 Hz / 32/16
1000 ms
1 Hz
1/24
20.8 ms
48.08 Hz / 2/24
41.7 ms
23.98 Hz / 3/24
62.5 ms
16 Hz / 4/24
83.3 ms
12 Hz / 6/24
125 ms
8 Hz / 8/24
167 ms
6 Hz / 12/24
250 ms
4 Hz / 16/24
333 ms
3 Hz / 24/24
500 ms
2 Hz / 32/24
667 ms
1.5 Hz
1/32
15.6 ms
64.1 Hz / 2/32
31.3 ms
31.95 Hz / 3/32
46.9 ms
21.32 Hz / 4/32
62.5 ms
16 Hz / 6/32
93.8 ms
10.66 Hz / 8/32
125 ms
8 Hz / 12/32
188 ms
5.33 Hz / 16/32
250 ms
4 Hz / 24/32
375 ms
2.67 Hz / 32/32
500 ms
2 Hz
Musical genres
These are some popular modern music genres with typical BPM speeds.
Slow dub/reggae: 75 BPM
Fast dub/reggae: 90 BPM
Deep house: 96 BPM
Slow house: 120 BPM
Electro house: 130 BPM
Trance: 135 BPM
Dubstep: 140 BPM
Hard house: 145 BPM
Jungle: 160 BPM
Drum&Bass: 175 BPM
Gabber: 190 BPM