Beats per minute to milliseconds per bar
Type a value in BPM to get it in ms/bar instantly.
2,000ms/bar
That's 1.33× as fast as hip hop, while house music is 1.07× faster. One beat lasts 500 ms, the delay time to dial in.
What it means
How fast is that?
Note lengths assume 4/4 time: a bar is four beats.
The math
How to convert BPM to ms/bar
Tempo and note length are inverses: ms per beat = 60,000 ÷ BPM. An eighth note is half that, a sixteenth a quarter.
Example: 120 BPM = 2,000 ms/bar.
Every unit
Your tempo in every unit
Tables
BPM to ms/bar conversion table
| BPM | ms/bar |
|---|---|
| 60 BPM | 4,000 ms/bar |
| 70 BPM | 3,428.57 ms/bar |
| 80 BPM | 3,000 ms/bar |
| 90 BPM | 2,666.67 ms/bar |
| 100 BPM | 2,400 ms/bar |
| 110 BPM | 2,181.82 ms/bar |
| 120 BPM | 2,000 ms/bar |
| 128 BPM | 1,875 ms/bar |
| 140 BPM | 1,714.29 ms/bar |
| 150 BPM | 1,600 ms/bar |
| 160 BPM | 1,500 ms/bar |
| 174 BPM | 1,379.31 ms/bar |
| 180 BPM | 1,333.33 ms/bar |
ms/bar to BPM conversion table
| ms/bar | BPM |
|---|---|
| 60 ms/bar | 4,000 BPM |
| 70 ms/bar | 3,428.57 BPM |
| 80 ms/bar | 3,000 BPM |
| 90 ms/bar | 2,666.67 BPM |
| 100 ms/bar | 2,400 BPM |
| 110 ms/bar | 2,181.82 BPM |
| 120 ms/bar | 2,000 BPM |
| 128 ms/bar | 1,875 BPM |
| 140 ms/bar | 1,714.29 BPM |
| 150 ms/bar | 1,600 BPM |
| 160 ms/bar | 1,500 BPM |
| 174 ms/bar | 1,379.31 BPM |
| 180 ms/bar | 1,333.33 BPM |
Quick answers
Quick answers
- How many ms/bar is 1 BPM?
- 1 BPM is 240,000 ms/bar.
- How many ms/bar is 10 BPM?
- 10 BPM is 24,000 ms/bar.
- How many ms/bar is 120 BPM?
- 120 BPM is 2,000 ms/bar.
The units
About these units
Beats per minute (BPM)
The standard tempo unit: how many beats fit into a minute.
Milliseconds per bar (ms/bar)
The length of a four-beat bar, useful for loop lengths and long reverbs.
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