170 BPM Metronome
A free, accurate 170 beats-per-minute metronome — classic drum & bass territory. Tap the button below and it starts clicking at exactly 170 BPM, right in your browser.
What 170 BPM feels like
One hundred and seventy BPM is a classic drum-and-bass tempo — fast breakbeats that, over a half-time bassline, feel deceptively relaxed. It is also where jungle, footwork and frantic punk live.
Common at 170 BPM
- Drum & bass
- Jungle
- Footwork
- Fast punk & thrash
Practise in the pocket, not on a grid
The big button above opens our online metronome already set to 170 BPM. Unlike a plain click, it can groove in named human feels — swing, the Dilla pocket, behind the beat — so 170 BPM can lope or push instead of marching. Not sure of your song's tempo? Tap it out and we'll read the BPM for you.
Setting effects at 170 BPM
At 170 BPM one beat is 352.9 ms. To set a tempo-synced delay or reverb, our 170 BPM delay-time chart lists every note value — normal, dotted and triplet — plus the LFO rate in Hz.