70 BPM in milliseconds
One beat at 70 BPM is 857.14 ms (60,000 ÷ 70). Below are the delay times for every note value, reverb settings that fit the groove and loop lengths in samples.
Delay times at 70 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1 — Whole note | 3428.6 | 5142.9 | 2285.7 | 0.29 |
| 1/2 — Half note | 1714.3 | 2571.4 | 1142.9 | 0.58 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 857.1 | 1285.7 | 571.4 | 1.17 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 428.6 | 642.9 | 285.7 | 2.33 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 214.3 | 321.4 | 142.9 | 4.67 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 107.1 | 160.7 | 71.4 | 9.33 |
| 1/64 — Sixty-fourth note | 53.6 | 80.4 | 35.7 | 18.67 |
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) | 53.6 ms |
| Short decay (half bar) | 1.66 s |
| Medium decay (1 bar) | 3.38 s |
| Long decay (2 bars) | 6.8 s |
Bars, phrases and samples
| Length | Seconds | Samples at 44.1 kHz | Samples at 48 kHz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 beat | 0.86 | 37,800 | 41,142.9 |
| 1 bar of 4/4 | 3.43 | 151,263 | 164,640 |
| 1 bar of 3/4 | 2.57 | 113,337 | 123,360 |
| 8 bars of 4/4 | 27.43 | 1,209,663 | 1,316,640 |
| 16 bars of 4/4 | 54.86 | 2,419,326 | 2,633,280 |
Where 70 BPM shows up
70 BPM is in the typical range of lo-fi hip-hop. At double time (140 BPM) it matches techno, trance, dubstep, trap, uk garage. The same delay settings work at 35 and 140 BPM by moving one note value: a quarter note here is an eighth at 140 BPM.
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Not sure your track is exactly 70? Check it with the BPM detector — it reports tempos to a tenth of a BPM.