85 BPM · quarter triplet
470.59
ms
Frequency 2.125 Hz
85 BPM quarter triplet — 470.59 ms
At 85 BPM a quarter triplet lasts 470.59 ms. One beat is 705.88 ms and a bar is 2823.53 ms.
- Tempo
- 85 BPM
- Note
- quarter triplet
- Length
- 470.59 ms
- Frequency
- 2.125 Hz
- One beat
- 705.88 ms
- One bar
- 2823.53 ms
- Per bar
- 6
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
666.67 ms1.5 Hz
70 BPM
571.43 ms1.75 Hz
75 BPM
533.33 ms1.875 Hz
80 BPM
500 ms2 Hz
85 BPM
470.59 ms2.125 Hz
90 BPM
444.44 ms2.25 Hz
95 BPM
421.05 ms2.375 Hz
100 BPM
400 ms2.5 Hz
105 BPM
380.95 ms2.625 Hz
110 BPM
363.64 ms2.75 Hz
115 BPM
347.83 ms2.875 Hz
120 BPM
333.33 ms3 Hz
124 BPM
322.58 ms3.1 Hz
126 BPM
317.46 ms3.15 Hz
128 BPM
312.5 ms3.2 Hz
130 BPM
307.69 ms3.25 Hz
135 BPM
296.3 ms3.375 Hz
140 BPM
285.71 ms3.5 Hz
145 BPM
275.86 ms3.625 Hz
150 BPM
266.67 ms3.75 Hz
160 BPM
250 ms4 Hz
170 BPM
235.29 ms4.25 Hz
174 BPM
229.89 ms4.35 Hz
180 BPM
222.22 ms4.5 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 quarter triplet at 85 BPM?
470.59 ms. One beat is 705.88 ms, and this length is a multiple of it.
Q. What rate do I give an LFO?
2.125 Hz — that is 1,000 divided by 470.59, the rate for a tremolo or auto-pan locked to this note.
Q. How many fit in a bar?
6, because a bar runs 2823.53 ms in 4/4.
Q. What is one step shorter?
A eighth note, which tightens the pattern.