240 BPM metronome.
Prestissimo: four beats a second, or 120 in eighth notes. Press play, or download a 240 BPM click for a speed test.
240BPM
Click track
A WAV at 240 BPM, starting on beat 1
Sampling something at this tempo? DOT records anything your Mac plays and tells you its BPM, key and chords.
Four beats a second.
Where you hear 240.
240 BPM is a prestissimo that most music reaches only when counted in double time: a 120 BPM track in eighth notes. Drummers use it for single-stroke speed tests, and it is the fastest setting on many hardware metronomes.
One beat is 250 ms.
A 4/4 bar is 1 second. Every note value at 240 BPM, for delays, reverbs and anything that moves in time. Tap one to copy it.
Nearby tempos.
Half time: 120 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.
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.
DOT Audio Recorder
Free to try · $49 once · macOS 14.4 or later
Before you play.
Is 240 BPM a real tempo?
Rarely as a performance tempo; it is usually 120 counted in eighths, or a speed drill.
How long is one beat at 240 BPM?
250 milliseconds, so a four-beat bar lasts exactly one second.
What is 240 BPM used for?
Drum speed tests and eighth-note counting of 120 BPM music.
Can I use the click track in my DAW?
Yes. Download the WAV, which runs at exactly 240 BPM from beat one, set the project to 240 (or 120 and read it as eighths), and place it on bar 1.
