120 BPM metronome.
Allegro: two beats a second. Press play for a steady click, or download it as a click track for your DAW.
120BPM
Click track
A WAV at 120 BPM, starting on beat 1
Sampling something at this tempo? DOT records anything your Mac plays and tells you its BPM, key and chords.
Two beats a second.
Where you hear 120.
120 BPM is the most used tempo in modern music: two beats a second, the default of most DAWs and sequencers, and the pulse of house, disco and much pop. Military marches use it too, at 120 steps a minute.
One beat is 500 ms.
A 4/4 bar is 2 seconds. Every note value at 120 BPM, for delays, reverbs and anything that moves in time. Tap one to copy it.
Nearby tempos.
Half time: 60 BPM. Double time: 240 BPM. Don’t know the song’s tempo? Tap it with tap tempo, or drop the file into the BPM finder. Another tempo? Open the metronome. Drum patterns at this tempo: blues and shuffle, bossa nova, country, disco, pop and rock.
The tempo you want is in a song you’re playing.
DOT records anything your Mac plays and tells you its BPM, key and chords, so you can set the click to match.
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Before you play.
Is 120 BPM fast?
It is the line between moderato and allegro: lively, not fast, and the tempo most dance music starts from.
How long is one beat at 120 BPM?
500 milliseconds; a four-beat bar is two seconds and an eighth note is 250 milliseconds.
Why do DAWs default to 120 BPM?
It is a round two beats a second, and most pop and dance music sits near it.
Can I use the click track in my DAW?
Yes. It's a WAV at exactly 120 BPM that starts on beat one: set the project to 120, drop it at bar 1, and the clicks sit on the grid for the whole file.
