Tech house BPM: 122–130 beats per minute
Rolling basslines and minimal percussion with house swing. Most releases are 124–128, which makes it easy to blend with both house and techno. Drop a track below to see whether it sits in the usual tech house range.
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Tech house tempo chart
Each row is a tempo in the typical tech house 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, 126 BPM, is in bold.
| BPM | Beat (ms) | 1/8 (ms) | Dotted 1/8 (ms) | 4/4 bar (s) | 16 bars (s) | Half | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 491.8 | 245.9 | 368.9 | 1.97 | 31.5 | 61 | 244 |
| 123 | 487.8 | 243.9 | 365.9 | 1.95 | 31.2 | 61.5 | 246 |
| 124 | 483.9 | 241.9 | 362.9 | 1.94 | 31.0 | 62 | 248 |
| 125 | 480.0 | 240.0 | 360.0 | 1.92 | 30.7 | 62.5 | 250 |
| 126 | 476.2 | 238.1 | 357.1 | 1.90 | 30.5 | 63 | 252 |
| 127 | 472.4 | 236.2 | 354.3 | 1.89 | 30.2 | 63.5 | 254 |
| 128 | 468.8 | 234.4 | 351.6 | 1.88 | 30.0 | 64 | 256 |
| 129 | 465.1 | 232.6 | 348.8 | 1.86 | 29.8 | 64.5 | 258 |
| 130 | 461.5 | 230.8 | 346.2 | 1.85 | 29.5 | 65 | 260 |
Mixing tech house with neighbouring genres
The pitch change needed to play a typical 126 BPM tech house 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 126 | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | 118–130 (typ. 124) | -1.6 % | Direct mix |
| Techno | 125–150 (typ. 132) | +4.8 % | Direct mix |
Detected tech house at half or double?
If the detector reports 63 or 252 for a tech house track, it has locked on to a different level of the beat. Set Tempo range to 80–160 so every result lands in the usual tech house range. More in half-time and double-time BPM.
Delay times at 126 BPM
| Note | Straight (ms) | Dotted (ms) | Triplet (ms) | LFO (Hz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 — Half note | 952.4 | 1428.6 | 634.9 | 1.05 |
| 1/4 — Quarter note | 476.2 | 714.3 | 317.5 | 2.10 |
| 1/8 — Eighth note | 238.1 | 357.1 | 158.7 | 4.20 |
| 1/16 — Sixteenth note | 119.0 | 178.6 | 79.4 | 8.40 |
| 1/32 — Thirty-second note | 59.5 | 89.3 | 39.7 | 16.80 |
Full chart: 126 BPM to ms.
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