70 BPM · half note
1714.29
ms
Frequency 0.583 Hz
70 BPM half note — 1714.29 ms
At 70 BPM a half note lasts 1714.29 ms. One beat is 857.14 ms and a bar is 3428.57 ms.
- Tempo
- 70 BPM
- Note
- half note
- Length
- 1714.29 ms
- Frequency
- 0.583 Hz
- One beat
- 857.14 ms
- One bar
- 3428.57 ms
- Per bar
- 2
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
3428.57 ms0.292 Hz
half note
1714.29 ms0.583 Hz
quarter note
857.14 ms1.167 Hz
eighth note
428.57 ms2.333 Hz
sixteenth note
214.29 ms4.667 Hz
thirty-second note
107.14 ms9.333 Hz
dotted half
2571.43 ms0.389 Hz
dotted quarter
1285.71 ms0.778 Hz
dotted eighth
642.86 ms1.556 Hz
quarter triplet
571.43 ms1.75 Hz
eighth triplet
285.71 ms3.5 Hz
sixteenth triplet
142.86 ms7 Hz
Same note, other tempos
60 BPM
2000 ms0.5 Hz
70 BPM
1714.29 ms0.583 Hz
75 BPM
1600 ms0.625 Hz
80 BPM
1500 ms0.667 Hz
85 BPM
1411.76 ms0.708 Hz
90 BPM
1333.33 ms0.75 Hz
95 BPM
1263.16 ms0.792 Hz
100 BPM
1200 ms0.833 Hz
105 BPM
1142.86 ms0.875 Hz
110 BPM
1090.91 ms0.917 Hz
115 BPM
1043.48 ms0.958 Hz
120 BPM
1000 ms1 Hz
124 BPM
967.74 ms1.033 Hz
126 BPM
952.38 ms1.05 Hz
128 BPM
937.5 ms1.067 Hz
130 BPM
923.08 ms1.083 Hz
135 BPM
888.89 ms1.125 Hz
140 BPM
857.14 ms1.167 Hz
145 BPM
827.59 ms1.208 Hz
150 BPM
800 ms1.25 Hz
160 BPM
750 ms1.333 Hz
170 BPM
705.88 ms1.417 Hz
174 BPM
689.66 ms1.45 Hz
180 BPM
666.67 ms1.5 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 half note at 70 BPM?
1714.29 ms. One beat is 857.14 ms, and this length is a multiple of it.
Q. What rate do I give an LFO?
0.583 Hz — that is 1,000 divided by 1714.29, the rate for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to this note.
Q. How many fit in a bar?
2, because a bar runs 3428.57 ms in 4/4.
Q. What is one step shorter?
A dotted quarter, which tightens the pattern.