60 BPM in milliseconds
One beat at 60 BPM is 1000.00 ms (60,000 ÷ 60). Below are the delay times for every note value, reverb settings that fit the groove and loop lengths in samples.
Delay times at 60 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1 — Whole note | 4000.0 | 6000.0 | 2666.7 | 0.25 |
| 1/2 — Half note | 2000.0 | 3000.0 | 1333.3 | 0.50 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 1000.0 | 1500.0 | 666.7 | 1.00 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 500.0 | 750.0 | 333.3 | 2.00 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 250.0 | 375.0 | 166.7 | 4.00 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 125.0 | 187.5 | 83.3 | 8.00 |
| 1/64 — Sixty-fourth note | 62.5 | 93.8 | 41.7 | 16.00 |
Reverb pre-delay and decay
A 1/64-note pre-delay keeps the dry attack clear; decay times are set so pre-delay plus tail equals a musical length.
| Setting | Time |
|---|---|
| Pre-delay (1/64 note) | 62.5 ms |
| Short decay (half bar) | 1.94 s |
| Medium decay (1 bar) | 3.94 s |
| Long decay (2 bars) | 7.94 s |
Bars, phrases and samples
| Length | Seconds | Samples at 44.1 kHz | Samples at 48 kHz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 beat | 1.00 | 44,100 | 48,000 |
| 1 bar of 4/4 | 4.00 | 176,400 | 192,000 |
| 1 bar of 3/4 | 3.00 | 132,300 | 144,000 |
| 8 bars of 4/4 | 32.00 | 1,411,200 | 1,536,000 |
| 16 bars of 4/4 | 64.00 | 2,822,400 | 3,072,000 |
Where 60 BPM shows up
60 BPM is outside the core range of the genres we list. At double time (120 BPM) it matches house, deep house, pop, disco. The same delay settings work at 30 and 120 BPM by moving one note value: a quarter note here is an eighth at 120 BPM.
Not sure your track is exactly 60? Check it with the BPM detector — it reports tempos to a tenth of a BPM.