100 BPM to MS: Delay Time Chart

Every delay time, LFO rate and reverb pre-delay at 100 BPM, the tempo of reggaeton-adjacent pop, funk and pop ballads, straight, dotted and triplet.

Updated October 13, 2026 · By Niraj Kumar

Tempo

BPM

↑ ↓ nudge by 1, with Shift by 0.1. One beat = 600 ms.

Delay times · click to copy

Note	Straight	Dotted	Triplet
2 bars
1/1 (bar)
1/2
1/4
1/8
1/16
1/32
1/64

Reverb pre-delay & decay

Hall1/64 + tail to 2 bars

Pre-delay
Decay
Total

Large room1/128 + tail to 1 bar

Pre-delay
Decay
Total

Small room1/256 + tail to 1/2

Pre-delay
Decay
Total

Tight ambience1/512 + tail to 1/4

Pre-delay
Decay
Total

A starting point: shorten the decay until the tail stops masking the next phrase.

Bar & sample length

Time signature

Bars

Sample rate

Milliseconds

Seconds

Samples

Delay time → BPM

Delay time

Heard as

Feel

100 BPM

How long is a beat at 100 BPM?

At 100 BPM a quarter note lasts 600 ms (60,000 ÷ 100). An eighth is 300 ms, a dotted eighth 450 ms, a sixteenth 150 ms and a sixteenth triplet 100 ms. A one-beat LFO runs at 1.67 Hz, and one 4/4 bar lasts 2,400 ms.

quarter note (ms) = 60 000 ÷ BPM;  note = quarter × q;
dotted = note × 1.5;  triplet = note × 2/3;  rate (Hz) = 1000 ÷ ms;
bar = quarter × beats × 4 ÷ unit;  samples = seconds × sample rate

This page uses the same method as the BPM to MS Calculator, which explains each term and assumption in full.

Delay times and LFO rates at 100 BPM
Note	Straight (ms)	Dotted (ms)	Triplet (ms)	Straight (Hz)
2 bars	4,800	7,200	3,200	0.208
1/1 (bar)	2,400	3,600	1,600	0.417
1/2	1,200	1,800	800	0.833
1/4	600	900	400	1.67
1/8	300	450	200	3.33
1/16	150	225	100	6.67
1/32	75	112.5	50	13.3
1/64	37.5	56.25	25	26.7

Worked example

A pop record at 100 BPM with a stereo eighth-note delay on the guitar

1Quarter note: 60,000 ÷ 100 = 600 ms
2Eighth note: 600 ÷ 2 = 300 ms; dotted: 300 × 1.5 = 450 ms
3Sixteenth triplet: 150 × 2/3 = 100 ms
4LFO once per beat: 1000 ÷ 600 = 1.67 Hz
5Hall reverb: pre-delay 1/64 = 37.5 ms, decay 4,762.5 ms to end on 2 bars

At 100 BPM: 600 ms quarter, 450 ms dotted eighth, 100 ms sixteenth triplet, 1.67 Hz per beat.

Frequently asked questions

What is the dotted eighth delay time at 100 BPM?

450 ms. An eighth note at 100 BPM is 300 ms, and a dot adds half again: 300 × 1.5 = 450 ms. The dotted quarter is twice that, 900 ms, and the plain quarter 600 ms.

What music is made at 100 BPM?

Mostly reggaeton-adjacent pop, funk and pop ballads. 100 BPM gives the roundest numbers after 60 and 120: a 600 ms quarter, 300 ms eighth and 450 ms dotted eighth, which are easy to dial into any hardware. It is common in pop, funk and reggaeton-influenced records, the latter often sitting just below at 90 to 98.

What is 100 BPM in half time and double time?

Half time is 50 BPM, with a 1,200 ms quarter note; double time is 200 BPM, with a 300 ms quarter note. A delay set to a quarter note at 100 BPM is a half note in double time and an eighth note in half time, so it stays in sync either way.