70 BPM · dotted half
2571.43
ms
Frequency 0.389 Hz
70 BPM dotted half — 2571.43 ms
At 70 BPM a dotted half lasts 2571.43 ms. One beat is 857.14 ms and a bar is 3428.57 ms.
- Tempo
- 70 BPM
- Note
- dotted half
- Length
- 2571.43 ms
- Frequency
- 0.389 Hz
- One beat
- 857.14 ms
- One bar
- 3428.57 ms
- Per bar
- 1.333
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
3000 ms0.333 Hz
70 BPM
2571.43 ms0.389 Hz
75 BPM
2400 ms0.417 Hz
80 BPM
2250 ms0.444 Hz
85 BPM
2117.65 ms0.472 Hz
90 BPM
2000 ms0.5 Hz
95 BPM
1894.74 ms0.528 Hz
100 BPM
1800 ms0.556 Hz
105 BPM
1714.29 ms0.583 Hz
110 BPM
1636.36 ms0.611 Hz
115 BPM
1565.22 ms0.639 Hz
120 BPM
1500 ms0.667 Hz
124 BPM
1451.61 ms0.689 Hz
126 BPM
1428.57 ms0.7 Hz
128 BPM
1406.25 ms0.711 Hz
130 BPM
1384.62 ms0.722 Hz
135 BPM
1333.33 ms0.75 Hz
140 BPM
1285.71 ms0.778 Hz
145 BPM
1241.38 ms0.806 Hz
150 BPM
1200 ms0.833 Hz
160 BPM
1125 ms0.889 Hz
170 BPM
1058.82 ms0.944 Hz
174 BPM
1034.48 ms0.967 Hz
180 BPM
1000 ms1 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 dotted half at 70 BPM?
2571.43 ms. One beat is 857.14 ms, and this length is a multiple of it.
Q. What rate do I give an LFO?
0.389 Hz — that is 1,000 divided by 2571.43, the rate for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to this note.
Q. How many fit in a bar?
1.333, because a bar runs 3428.57 ms in 4/4.
Q. What is one step shorter?
A half note, which tightens the pattern.