80 BPM Metronome
A free, accurate 80 beats-per-minute metronome — a relaxed, heavy-headed groove. Tap the button below and it starts clicking at exactly 80 BPM, right in your browser.
What 80 BPM feels like
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.
Common at 80 BPM
- Boom-bap hip-hop
- Slow funk & soul
- Downtempo R&B
- Trap (half-time feel)
Practise in the pocket, not on a grid
The big button above opens our online metronome already set to 80 BPM. Unlike a plain click, it can groove in named human feels — swing, the Dilla pocket, behind the beat — so 80 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 80 BPM
At 80 BPM one beat is 750 ms. To set a tempo-synced delay or reverb, our 80 BPM delay-time chart lists every note value — normal, dotted and triplet — plus the LFO rate in Hz.