120 BPM · sixteenth triplet
83.33
ms
Frequency 12 Hz
120 BPM sixteenth triplet — 83.33 ms
At 120 BPM a sixteenth triplet lasts 83.33 ms. One beat is 500 ms and a bar is 2000 ms.
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Note
- sixteenth triplet
- Length
- 83.33 ms
- Frequency
- 12 Hz
- One beat
- 500 ms
- One bar
- 2000 ms
- Per bar
- 24
Reverb and LFO use the same number
Set a reverb’s pre-delay and decay to these figures and the tail lands on the beat. LFOs are often dialled in hertz rather than milliseconds, so the table also gives 1,000 divided by the length — that is the rate to use for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to eighth notes.
Nearby cells
Same tempo, other notes
whole note
2000 ms0.5 Hz
half note
1000 ms1 Hz
quarter note
500 ms2 Hz
eighth note
250 ms4 Hz
sixteenth note
125 ms8 Hz
thirty-second note
62.5 ms16 Hz
dotted half
1500 ms0.667 Hz
dotted quarter
750 ms1.333 Hz
dotted eighth
375 ms2.667 Hz
quarter triplet
333.33 ms3 Hz
eighth triplet
166.67 ms6 Hz
sixteenth triplet
83.33 ms12 Hz
Same note, other tempos
60 BPM
166.67 ms6 Hz
70 BPM
142.86 ms7 Hz
75 BPM
133.33 ms7.5 Hz
80 BPM
125 ms8 Hz
85 BPM
117.65 ms8.5 Hz
90 BPM
111.11 ms9 Hz
95 BPM
105.26 ms9.5 Hz
100 BPM
100 ms10 Hz
105 BPM
95.24 ms10.5 Hz
110 BPM
90.91 ms11 Hz
115 BPM
86.96 ms11.5 Hz
120 BPM
83.33 ms12 Hz
124 BPM
80.65 ms12.4 Hz
126 BPM
79.37 ms12.6 Hz
128 BPM
78.13 ms12.8 Hz
130 BPM
76.92 ms13 Hz
135 BPM
74.07 ms13.5 Hz
140 BPM
71.43 ms14 Hz
145 BPM
68.97 ms14.5 Hz
150 BPM
66.67 ms15 Hz
160 BPM
62.5 ms16 Hz
170 BPM
58.82 ms17 Hz
174 BPM
57.47 ms17.4 Hz
180 BPM
55.56 ms18 Hz
Worth knowing
- One beat is 60,000 divided by the tempo; every other note is a multiple of it.
- A dot adds half the value back; a triplet is two thirds.
- LFOs are often set in hertz rather than milliseconds, so that figure is here too.
- The bar figures assume a 4/4 time signature.
Common questions
Q. How many milliseconds is a sixteenth triplet at 120 BPM?
83.33 ms. One beat is 500 ms, and this length is a multiple of it.
Q. What rate do I give an LFO?
12 Hz — that is 1,000 divided by 83.33, the rate for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to this note.
Q. How many fit in a bar?
24, because a bar runs 2000 ms in 4/4.
Q. What is one step shorter?
A thirty-second note, which tightens the pattern.