85 BPM metronome.
Classic hip-hop tempo: a beat every 0.71 seconds. Play it, or download the click track at 85 for your beat.
85BPM
Click track
A WAV at 85 BPM, starting on beat 1
Sampling something at this tempo? DOT records anything your Mac plays and tells you its BPM, key and chords.
About seven beats every five seconds.
Where you hear 85.
85 BPM is a classic hip-hop tempo: many 90s boom-bap records sit between 85 and 95. It is also a common pulse for slow funk and for pop ballads with a backbeat.
One beat is 705.88 ms.
A 4/4 bar is 2.82 seconds. Every note value at 85 BPM, for delays, reverbs and anything that moves in time. Tap one to copy it.
Nearby tempos.
Double time: 170 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.
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Before you play.
Is 85 BPM a hip-hop tempo?
Yes; a large share of boom-bap hip-hop sits between 85 and 95 BPM.
How long is a beat at 85 BPM?
About 706 milliseconds, which puts a bar of four at about 2.8 seconds.
What else runs at 85 BPM?
Slow funk, R&B with a backbeat, and down-tempo pop.
Can I use the click track in my DAW?
Yes: download the WAV, which is cut at exactly 85 BPM and begins on beat one, set your DAW to 85, and drop it at bar 1.
