Music & Acoustics

Intermediate

Delay Time for Tempo

Milliseconds per beat, used to sync echo/delay effects to a song.

Formula

t_{ms} = \frac{60000}{BPM}

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t_{ms}Quarter-note delay (ms)

BPMBeats per minute

Example

128 BPM: t = 60000/128 ≈ 469 ms

Did You Know?

Producers divide this figure to get eighth- and sixteenth-note delays that lock perfectly to the groove.

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