60 BPM whole note — 4000 ms

At 60 BPM a whole note lasts 4000 ms. One beat is 1000 ms and a bar is 4000 ms.

Tempo: 60 BPM
Note: whole note
Length: 4000 ms
Frequency: 0.25 Hz
One beat: 1000 ms
One bar: 4000 ms
Per bar: 1

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

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 whole note at 60 BPM?

4000 ms. One beat is 1000 ms, and this length is a multiple of it.

Q. What rate do I give an LFO?

0.25 Hz — that is 1,000 divided by 4000, the rate for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to this note.

Q. How many fit in a bar?

1, because a bar runs 4000 ms in 4/4.

Q. What is one step shorter?

A dotted half, which tightens the pattern.