Delay and tempo
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Tempo
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Convert audio delay time in milliseconds to BPM and back, with note values from whole notes to 16ths.
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A quarter note lasts 60,000 divided by BPM milliseconds. Other note values scale from that: a dotted eighth is 0.75 of a quarter, an eighth is half, a sixteenth is a quarter. Converting either direction is one division or multiplication.
A dotted eighth delay at the song tempo creates the classic rhythmic echo heard on countless guitar records. The repeats land between the beats, filling space without cluttering the groove, which is why it is the default on so many delay pedals.