60 BPM to MS: Delay Time Chart

Every delay time, LFO rate and reverb pre-delay at 60 BPM, the tempo of ambient, film score and slow ballads, straight, dotted and triplet.

Updated October 13, 2026 · By Niraj Kumar

Tempo

BPM

↑ ↓ nudge by 1, with Shift by 0.1. One beat = 1,000 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

60 BPM

How long is a beat at 60 BPM?

At 60 BPM a quarter note lasts 1,000 ms (60,000 ÷ 60). An eighth is 500 ms, a dotted eighth 750 ms, a sixteenth 250 ms and a sixteenth triplet 166.67 ms. A one-beat LFO runs at 1 Hz, and one 4/4 bar lasts 4,000 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 60 BPM
Note	Straight (ms)	Dotted (ms)	Triplet (ms)	Straight (Hz)
2 bars	8,000	12,000	5,333.33	0.125
1/1 (bar)	4,000	6,000	2,666.67	0.25
1/2	2,000	3,000	1,333.33	0.5
1/4	1,000	1,500	666.67	1
1/8	500	750	333.33	2
1/16	250	375	166.67	4
1/32	125	187.5	83.33	8
1/64	62.5	93.75	41.67	16

Worked example

An ambient pad at 60 BPM, where one beat is exactly one second

1Quarter note: 60,000 ÷ 60 = 1,000 ms
2Eighth note: 1,000 ÷ 2 = 500 ms; dotted: 500 × 1.5 = 750 ms
3Sixteenth triplet: 250 × 2/3 = 166.67 ms
4LFO once per beat: 1000 ÷ 1,000 = 1 Hz
5Hall reverb: pre-delay 1/64 = 62.5 ms, decay 7,937.5 ms to end on 2 bars

At 60 BPM: 1,000 ms quarter, 750 ms dotted eighth, 166.67 ms sixteenth triplet, 1 Hz per beat.

Frequently asked questions

What is the dotted eighth delay time at 60 BPM?

750 ms. An eighth note at 60 BPM is 500 ms, and a dot adds half again: 500 × 1.5 = 750 ms. The dotted quarter is twice that, 1,500 ms, and the plain quarter 1,000 ms.

What music is made at 60 BPM?

Mostly ambient, film score and slow ballads. At 60 BPM a beat lasts exactly one second, which makes it the easiest tempo to work in by ear and the reason metronomes and click tracks are often checked against a clock here. Long delays and reverbs suit the space between notes, but a dotted quarter at 1500 ms can outlast many pedals' maximum delay time.

What is 60 BPM in half time and double time?

Half time is 30 BPM, with a 2,000 ms quarter note; double time is 120 BPM, with a 500 ms quarter note. A delay set to a quarter note at 60 BPM is a half note in double time and an eighth note in half time, so it stays in sync either way.