85 BPM · sixteenth note
176.47
ms
Frequency 5.667 Hz
85 BPM sixteenth note — 176.47 ms
At 85 BPM a sixteenth note lasts 176.47 ms. One beat is 705.88 ms and a bar is 2823.53 ms.
- Tempo
- 85 BPM
- Note
- sixteenth note
- Length
- 176.47 ms
- Frequency
- 5.667 Hz
- One beat
- 705.88 ms
- One bar
- 2823.53 ms
- Per bar
- 16
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
2823.53 ms0.354 Hz
half note
1411.76 ms0.708 Hz
quarter note
705.88 ms1.417 Hz
eighth note
352.94 ms2.833 Hz
sixteenth note
176.47 ms5.667 Hz
thirty-second note
88.24 ms11.333 Hz
dotted half
2117.65 ms0.472 Hz
dotted quarter
1058.82 ms0.944 Hz
dotted eighth
529.41 ms1.889 Hz
quarter triplet
470.59 ms2.125 Hz
eighth triplet
235.29 ms4.25 Hz
sixteenth triplet
117.65 ms8.5 Hz
Same note, other tempos
60 BPM
250 ms4 Hz
70 BPM
214.29 ms4.667 Hz
75 BPM
200 ms5 Hz
80 BPM
187.5 ms5.333 Hz
85 BPM
176.47 ms5.667 Hz
90 BPM
166.67 ms6 Hz
95 BPM
157.89 ms6.333 Hz
100 BPM
150 ms6.667 Hz
105 BPM
142.86 ms7 Hz
110 BPM
136.36 ms7.333 Hz
115 BPM
130.43 ms7.667 Hz
120 BPM
125 ms8 Hz
124 BPM
120.97 ms8.267 Hz
126 BPM
119.05 ms8.4 Hz
128 BPM
117.19 ms8.533 Hz
130 BPM
115.38 ms8.667 Hz
135 BPM
111.11 ms9 Hz
140 BPM
107.14 ms9.333 Hz
145 BPM
103.45 ms9.667 Hz
150 BPM
100 ms10 Hz
160 BPM
93.75 ms10.667 Hz
170 BPM
88.24 ms11.333 Hz
174 BPM
86.21 ms11.6 Hz
180 BPM
83.33 ms12 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 note at 85 BPM?
176.47 ms. One beat is 705.88 ms, and this length is a multiple of it.
Q. What rate do I give an LFO?
5.667 Hz — that is 1,000 divided by 176.47, the rate for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to this note.
Q. How many fit in a bar?
16, because a bar runs 2823.53 ms in 4/4.
Q. What is one step shorter?
A sixteenth triplet, which tightens the pattern.