Tap BPM
Tap along with any song to find its tempo. You get the average and recent BPM, how steady your tapping was, the delay time for each note length, and a metronome to check against.
Tap BPM
Tap the button, or press any key while it's focused, in time with the beat. It resets after 3 seconds without a tap.
| Note | Length at this tempo | Delay (ms) |
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Runs in your browser.
Scratchpad auto-saved
How it works — in four simple steps
No signup and nothing to install — it all runs in your browser.
Start the song
Any music, live or recorded.
Tap along
On the button or with a key.
Read the BPM
After 8–16 taps it settles.
Check with the metronome
And use the delay table if you need it.
Tap 8–16 beats for a reading within about 1 BPM.
Features
Tap or key press
Use the button, touch, or any key.
Average and recent BPM
Overall average plus the last eight taps.
Steadiness
Timing spread of your taps in milliseconds.
Delay times
Note lengths in milliseconds for delay and reverb settings.
Metronome
Plays at your tapped tempo with a downbeat accent.
Auto reset
Starts over after a three-second pause.
About the Tap BPM
Tap the big button, or press any key while it's focused, in time with the beat. The counter measures the time between taps and converts it to beats per minute: BPM = 60,000 ÷ the average milliseconds per beat. The overall average uses your first and last taps, so small timing wobbles cancel out. Last 8 taps follows tempo changes, and steadiness shows the spread of your tap intervals, so ±10 ms is very steady. Stop for three seconds and it starts fresh.
Below the result is a delay-time table: how many milliseconds a whole, half, quarter, eighth, dotted-eighth, triplet and sixteenth note lasts at the tapped tempo (rounded to a whole BPM). Producers and guitarists use it to set delay and reverb pre-delay so echoes land on the beat. The metronome plays at your tapped tempo with an accent every four beats, so you can check your count against the song.
Tapping 8 to 16 beats usually gets you within 1 BPM. For a recorded track, the BPM detector can analyse the audio file directly.