134 BPM
134 beats per minute is one beat every 447.76 ms. Below: bar and phrase lengths, delay and reverb times, LFO rates, the genres that use this tempo, and the pitch change needed to mix in from nearby tempos. Start the metronome or tap along to a track to check it is really 134.
Updated 2026-10-17
134 BPM
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Beat, bar and phrase lengths at 134 BPM
At 134 BPM one beat lasts 447.76 ms and a 4/4 bar lasts 1.791 s. The beat is not a whole number of milliseconds, so round to the nearest 0.1 ms when you type times in by hand, or use your plugin's tempo sync. That is 2.233 beats per second, or 33.5 bars of 4/4 per minute.
Dance tracks are usually arranged in 8-, 16- and 32-bar phrases. At 134 BPM a 16-bar phrase takes 28.66 s and a 32-bar intro or outro takes 57.31 s. That is 3.34 s shorter than the same 16 bars at 120 BPM. A six-minute track at this tempo contains about 201 bars.
| Length | Time | Milliseconds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 beat | 0.448 s | 447.76 ms |
| 1 bar (4 beats) | 1.791 s | 1791.04 ms |
| 4 bars | 7.164 s | 7164.18 ms |
| 8 bars | 14.33 s | 14328.36 ms |
| 16 bars | 28.66 s | 28656.72 ms |
| 32 bars | 57.31 s | 57313.43 ms |
| 64 bars | 1:54.6 min | 114626.87 ms |
Delay times at 134 BPM
Straight values follow the beat; dotted values are 1.5 times as long and triplets are two-thirds as long. At 134 BPM the popular dotted-eighth delay is 335.82 ms and a quarter-note slapback is 447.76 ms. The Hz column is the matching rate for an LFO, tremolo or auto-pan synced to the straight note.
| Note | Straight | Dotted | Triplet | Rate (straight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1 (one 4/4 bar) | 1791.04 ms | 2686.57 ms | 1194.03 ms | 0.558 Hz |
| 1/2 | 895.52 ms | 1343.28 ms | 597.01 ms | 1.117 Hz |
| 1/4 (one beat) | 447.76 ms | 671.64 ms | 298.51 ms | 2.233 Hz |
| 1/8 | 223.88 ms | 335.82 ms | 149.25 ms | 4.467 Hz |
| 1/16 | 111.94 ms | 167.91 ms | 74.63 ms | 8.933 Hz |
| 1/32 | 55.97 ms | 83.96 ms | 37.31 ms | 17.867 Hz |
Reverb times at 134 BPM
A common way to keep a reverb in time is to tie its pre-delay to a short note value and let the tail fade within a longer one. At 134 BPM a 1/64-note pre-delay is 27.99 ms and a 1/32-note pre-delay is 55.97 ms.
The decay control on most reverbs is RT60, the time it takes the tail to fall by 60 dB, so the audible tail ends earlier than the number shown. Treat these values as starting points and adjust by ear.
| Reverb character | Pre-delay | Decay (RT60) |
|---|---|---|
| Tight room on drums | 27.99 ms | 447.76 ms |
| Medium plate on vocals | 55.97 ms | 895.52 ms |
| Large hall or pad wash | 55.97 ms | 1791.04 ms |
| Ambient tail over two bars | 111.94 ms | 3582.09 ms |
Genres at 134 BPM
134 BPM is squarely in the most common club and dance-music range. It sits in the middle of the UK garage/breakbeat range (125–140), in the middle of the techno range (125–150) and in the middle of the trance range (128–145).
Heard at half-time (67 BPM) it lines up with ambient/downtempo. A detector or a tag in your library may report either reading, so check by ear which one the drums suggest.
These ranges are common practice rather than rules: genre is decided by rhythm, sound and scene as much as by tempo, and plenty of tracks sit outside the usual numbers.
- UK garage/breakbeat: typically 125–140 BPM — shuffled and broken drums can make the count ambiguous.
- Techno: typically 125–150 BPM — from restrained 125 to fast, hard styles near 150.
- Trance: typically 128–145 BPM — a regular kick usually gives a clear pulse.
Mixing into 134 BPM
To bring a track at another tempo up or down to 134 BPM, move its pitch fader by the percentage below. Without key lock the key moves too, by the number of semitones shown; about 6 % is one semitone, so changes beyond that are where key lock (master tempo) starts to matter.
A ±8 % pitch fader on a track at 134 BPM reaches 123.3–144.7 BPM; a ±16 % range reaches 112.6–155.4 BPM.
| Track tempo | Pitch change to reach 134 | Key shift without key lock |
|---|---|---|
| 128 BPM | +4.69 % | +0.79 st |
| 130 BPM | +3.08 % | +0.52 st |
| 132 BPM | +1.52 % | +0.26 st |
| 133 BPM | +0.75 % | +0.13 st |
| 135 BPM | −0.74 % | −0.13 st |
| 136 BPM | −1.47 % | −0.26 st |
| 138 BPM | −2.9 % | −0.51 st |
| 140 BPM | −4.29 % | −0.76 st |
Half-time, double-time and nearby tempos
Half-time of 134 BPM is 67 BPM and double-time is 268 BPM.
268 BPM is outside the 60–200 range of these pages; the half/double-time converter works with any value.
Each 1 BPM step at this tempo changes the beat by about 3.32 ms, so neighbouring tempos are close enough to beatmatch with a small pitch move.
Frequently asked questions
- How many milliseconds is one beat at 134 BPM?
- One beat (a quarter note) at 134 BPM is 60,000 ÷ 134 = 447.76 ms. A 4/4 bar is four beats, 1791.04 ms.
- What is the dotted eighth delay time at 134 BPM?
- A dotted 1/8 delay at 134 BPM is 335.82 ms: an eighth note (223.88 ms) multiplied by 1.5. A straight quarter-note delay is 447.76 ms and a quarter-note triplet is 298.51 ms.
- What genre is 134 BPM?
- UK garage/breakbeat, techno and trance commonly use 134 BPM. Genre ranges overlap, so the drum pattern and sound decide the style more than the number does.
- What is 134 BPM in Hz?
- 134 BPM is 2.2333 Hz when one cycle equals one beat. An LFO synced to one bar runs at 0.5583 Hz, and one synced to sixteenth notes at 8.933 Hz.