80 BPM Delay Times
Every tempo-synced delay and reverb time at 80 BPM, in milliseconds — normal, dotted and triplet. The chart is pre-filled for 80 BPM; change the tempo to recalculate, and tap any value to copy it.
| Note | Normal | Dotted ·1.5 | Triplet ·⅔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole1/1 | |||
| Half1/2 | |||
| Quarter1/4 · beat | |||
| Eighth1/8 | |||
| Sixteenth1/16 | |||
| Thirty-second1/32 |
Tap any value to copy it to your clipboard. Switch to Hz to sync an LFO.
Delay & reverb times at 80 BPM
At 80 BPM one beat (a quarter note) is 750 ms, so an eighth-note delay is 375 ms and a sixteenth is 187.5 ms. Dial any of these into your delay or set a tempo-synced reverb's pre-delay to the sixteenth and its tail to fade around a beat or two. The full chart above covers every note value.
The dotted-eighth delay at 80 BPM
The famous dotted-eighth delay — the shimmering, off-grid repeat behind countless guitar and pop productions — is 562.5 ms at 80 BPM (1.5× the 375 ms eighth note). A triplet delay is ⅔ of the plain note instead, giving a rolling, galloping echo; both columns are in the chart.
80 BPM in context
Eighty BPM is the laid-back pocket of boom-bap hip-hop, slow funk and smooth R&B. It is fast enough to feel a groove but slow enough that the backbeat hits hard — the tempo where a beat sits back and nods. Practise against it in the 80 BPM metronome — the only one with named human feels.
Find your BPM
Not sure of your track's tempo? Tap it out and it sends the BPM straight to the full delay calculator. Switch the chart above to Hz (it's just 1000 ÷ ms) to sync an LFO, tremolo or auto-filter.