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120 BPM to MS – Delay Times for 120 BPM

Quarter note (one beat)500 ms
Beat frequency
2 Hz
One bar of 4/4
2 s
NoteStraightDottedTriplet
Whole note (1/1)2,000 ms3,000 ms1,333.33 ms
Half note (1/2)1,000 ms1,500 ms666.67 ms
Quarter note (1/4)500 ms750 ms333.33 ms
Eighth note (1/8)250 ms375 ms166.67 ms
Sixteenth note (1/16)125 ms187.5 ms83.33 ms
Thirty-second (1/32)62.5 ms93.75 ms41.67 ms

Delay time = 60,000 ÷ BPM for a quarter note. Use these values to sync delay and reverb pre-delay to the tempo.

120 BPM = 500 ms per beat

At 120 beats per minute, a quarter note lasts 500 ms and an eighth note 250 ms.

Step by step

  1. Quarter note = 60,000 ÷ 120 = 500 ms.
  2. Eighth = half of that: 250 ms; dotted eighth = × 0.75 of a quarter: 375 ms.
  3. Triplet eighth = quarter × ⅓: 166.667 ms.

120 BPM is a dance tempo — house and pop sit around 118–130 BPM. A 3-minute song at 120 BPM has about 360 beats (90 bars of 4/4).

Details

Quarter note
500 ms
Eighth note
250 ms
Dotted eighth
375 ms
Sixteenth note
125 ms
One bar (4/4)
2 s
Beat frequency
2 Hz

How it works

Tempo in beats per minute converts to time per beat with 60,000 ÷ BPM milliseconds. Producers use these values to set delay, reverb pre-delay and compressor release times so effects pulse in time with the music. Dotted notes last 1.5 times as long as the plain note, triplets two-thirds as long.

Nearby values

TempoQuarter note
90 BPM666.7 ms
95 BPM631.6 ms
100 BPM600 ms
110 BPM545.5 ms
120 BPM500 ms
128 BPM468.8 ms
130 BPM461.5 ms
140 BPM428.6 ms
150 BPM400 ms

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Frequently asked questions

How many ms is one beat at 120 BPM?

500 ms.

What is a dotted eighth delay at 120 BPM?

375 ms.

How long is one bar at 120 BPM?

2 seconds in 4/4 time.

What genres use 120 BPM?

House, pop and disco.

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