152 BPM
152 beats per minute is one beat every 394.74 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 152.
Updated 2026-10-17
152 BPM
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Beat, bar and phrase lengths at 152 BPM
At 152 BPM one beat lasts 394.74 ms and a 4/4 bar lasts 1.579 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 2.533 beats per second, or 38 bars of 4/4 per minute.
Dance tracks are usually arranged in 8-, 16- and 32-bar phrases. At 152 BPM a 16-bar phrase takes 25.26 s and a 32-bar intro or outro takes 50.53 s. That is 6.74 s shorter than the same 16 bars at 120 BPM. A six-minute track at this tempo contains about 228 bars.
| Length | Time | Milliseconds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 beat | 0.395 s | 394.74 ms |
| 1 bar (4 beats) | 1.579 s | 1578.95 ms |
| 4 bars | 6.316 s | 6315.79 ms |
| 8 bars | 12.63 s | 12631.58 ms |
| 16 bars | 25.26 s | 25263.16 ms |
| 32 bars | 50.53 s | 50526.32 ms |
| 64 bars | 1:41.1 min | 101052.63 ms |
Delay times at 152 BPM
Straight values follow the beat; dotted values are 1.5 times as long and triplets are two-thirds as long. At 152 BPM the popular dotted-eighth delay is 296.05 ms and a quarter-note slapback is 394.74 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) | 1578.95 ms | 2368.42 ms | 1052.63 ms | 0.633 Hz |
| 1/2 | 789.47 ms | 1184.21 ms | 526.32 ms | 1.267 Hz |
| 1/4 (one beat) | 394.74 ms | 592.11 ms | 263.16 ms | 2.533 Hz |
| 1/8 | 197.37 ms | 296.05 ms | 131.58 ms | 5.067 Hz |
| 1/16 | 98.68 ms | 148.03 ms | 65.79 ms | 10.133 Hz |
| 1/32 | 49.34 ms | 74.01 ms | 32.89 ms | 20.267 Hz |
Reverb times at 152 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 152 BPM a 1/64-note pre-delay is 24.67 ms and a 1/32-note pre-delay is 49.34 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 | 24.67 ms | 394.74 ms |
| Medium plate on vocals | 49.34 ms | 789.47 ms |
| Large hall or pad wash | 49.34 ms | 1578.95 ms |
| Ambient tail over two bars | 98.68 ms | 3157.89 ms |
Genres at 152 BPM
152 BPM is in the up-tempo, high-energy range. It sits in the middle of the hardstyle range (145–160).
Heard at half-time (76 BPM) it lines up with ambient/downtempo, hip-hop and reggae/dub. 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.
- Hardstyle: typically 145–160 BPM — most releases sit near 150.
Mixing into 152 BPM
To bring a track at another tempo up or down to 152 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 152 BPM reaches 139.8–164.2 BPM; a ±16 % range reaches 127.7–176.3 BPM.
| Track tempo | Pitch change to reach 152 | Key shift without key lock |
|---|---|---|
| 146 BPM | +4.11 % | +0.7 st |
| 148 BPM | +2.7 % | +0.46 st |
| 150 BPM | +1.33 % | +0.23 st |
| 151 BPM | +0.66 % | +0.11 st |
| 153 BPM | −0.65 % | −0.11 st |
| 154 BPM | −1.3 % | −0.23 st |
| 156 BPM | −2.56 % | −0.45 st |
| 158 BPM | −3.8 % | −0.67 st |
Half-time, double-time and nearby tempos
Half-time of 152 BPM is 76 BPM and double-time is 304 BPM.
304 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 2.58 ms, so neighbouring tempos are close enough to beatmatch with a small pitch move.
Frequently asked questions
- How many milliseconds is one beat at 152 BPM?
- One beat (a quarter note) at 152 BPM is 60,000 ÷ 152 = 394.74 ms. A 4/4 bar is four beats, 1578.95 ms.
- What is the dotted eighth delay time at 152 BPM?
- A dotted 1/8 delay at 152 BPM is 296.05 ms: an eighth note (197.37 ms) multiplied by 1.5. A straight quarter-note delay is 394.74 ms and a quarter-note triplet is 263.16 ms.
- What genre is 152 BPM?
- Hardstyle commonly uses 152 BPM. Genre ranges overlap, so the drum pattern and sound decide the style more than the number does.
- What is 152 BPM in Hz?
- 152 BPM is 2.5333 Hz when one cycle equals one beat. An LFO synced to one bar runs at 0.6333 Hz, and one synced to sixteenth notes at 10.133 Hz.