Drum & bass BPM: 160–180 beats per minute
Breakbeats at around 174 BPM with a bass line that often moves at half time (87). Detectors and listeners frequently read it as 87; both describe the same grid. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual drum & bass range.
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Drum & bass tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical drum & bass range, with the beat length, eighth and dotted-eighth delay times, bar and 16-bar phrase lengths, and the half- and double-time equivalents a detector might report. The most common tempo, 174 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | 375.0 | 187.5 | 281.3 | 1.50 | 24.0 | 80 | 320 |
| 161 | 372.7 | 186.3 | 279.5 | 1.49 | 23.9 | 80.5 | 322 |
| 162 | 370.4 | 185.2 | 277.8 | 1.48 | 23.7 | 81 | 324 |
| 163 | 368.1 | 184.0 | 276.1 | 1.47 | 23.6 | 81.5 | 326 |
| 164 | 365.9 | 182.9 | 274.4 | 1.46 | 23.4 | 82 | 328 |
| 165 | 363.6 | 181.8 | 272.7 | 1.45 | 23.3 | 82.5 | 330 |
| 166 | 361.4 | 180.7 | 271.1 | 1.45 | 23.1 | 83 | 332 |
| 167 | 359.3 | 179.6 | 269.5 | 1.44 | 23.0 | 83.5 | 334 |
| 168 | 357.1 | 178.6 | 267.9 | 1.43 | 22.9 | 84 | 336 |
| 169 | 355.0 | 177.5 | 266.3 | 1.42 | 22.7 | 84.5 | 338 |
| 170 | 352.9 | 176.5 | 264.7 | 1.41 | 22.6 | 85 | 340 |
| 171 | 350.9 | 175.4 | 263.2 | 1.40 | 22.5 | 85.5 | 342 |
| 172 | 348.8 | 174.4 | 261.6 | 1.40 | 22.3 | 86 | 344 |
| 173 | 346.8 | 173.4 | 260.1 | 1.39 | 22.2 | 86.5 | 346 |
| 174 | 344.8 | 172.4 | 258.6 | 1.38 | 22.1 | 87 | 348 |
| 175 | 342.9 | 171.4 | 257.1 | 1.37 | 21.9 | 87.5 | 350 |
| 176 | 340.9 | 170.5 | 255.7 | 1.36 | 21.8 | 88 | 352 |
| 177 | 339.0 | 169.5 | 254.2 | 1.36 | 21.7 | 88.5 | 354 |
| 178 | 337.1 | 168.5 | 252.8 | 1.35 | 21.6 | 89 | 356 |
| 179 | 335.2 | 167.6 | 251.4 | 1.34 | 21.5 | 89.5 | 358 |
| 180 | 333.3 | 166.7 | 250.0 | 1.33 | 21.3 | 90 | 360 |
Mixing drum & bass with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 174 BPM drum & bass track at the typical tempo of a related genre. Within about ±6 % mixes comfortably on a standard pitch fader; see BPM for DJ mixing.
| Genre | Range | Pitch from 174 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jungle | 155–175 (typ. 165) | -5.2 % | Direct mix |
| Dubstep | 136–145 (typ. 140) | -19.5 % | Bridge track or cut |
Detected drum & bass at half or double?
If the detector reports 87 or 348 for a drum & bass track, it has locked on to a different level of the beat. Use the ½× or 2× buttons, or pick the candidate that matches the range above. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 174 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 689.7 | 1034.5 | 459.8 | 1.45 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 344.8 | 517.2 | 229.9 | 2.90 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 172.4 | 258.6 | 114.9 | 5.80 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 86.2 | 129.3 | 57.5 | 11.60 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 43.1 | 64.7 | 28.7 | 23.20 |
Full chart: 174 BPM to ms.
Other genres
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