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Beats per minute to milliseconds per beat

Type a value in BPM to get it in ms/beat instantly.

500ms/beat

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/beat

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 = 500 ms/beat.

Every unit

Your tempo in every unit

Tables

BPM to ms/beat conversion table

BPM to ms/beat conversion table
BPMms/beat
60 BPM1,000 ms/beat
70 BPM857.143 ms/beat
80 BPM750 ms/beat
90 BPM666.667 ms/beat
100 BPM600 ms/beat
110 BPM545.455 ms/beat
120 BPM500 ms/beat
128 BPM468.75 ms/beat
140 BPM428.571 ms/beat
150 BPM400 ms/beat
160 BPM375 ms/beat
174 BPM344.828 ms/beat
180 BPM333.333 ms/beat
ms/beat to BPM conversion table
ms/beat to BPM conversion table
ms/beatBPM
60 ms/beat1,000 BPM
70 ms/beat857.143 BPM
80 ms/beat750 BPM
90 ms/beat666.667 BPM
100 ms/beat600 BPM
110 ms/beat545.455 BPM
120 ms/beat500 BPM
128 ms/beat468.75 BPM
140 ms/beat428.571 BPM
150 ms/beat400 BPM
160 ms/beat375 BPM
174 ms/beat344.828 BPM
180 ms/beat333.333 BPM

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many ms/beat is 1 BPM?
1 BPM is 60,000 ms/beat.
How many ms/beat is 10 BPM?
10 BPM is 6,000 ms/beat.
How many ms/beat is 120 BPM?
120 BPM is 500 ms/beat.

The units

About these units

Beats per minute (BPM)

The standard tempo unit: how many beats fit into a minute.

Milliseconds per beat (ms/beat)

The length of one quarter note, the number delay plugins ask for.

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