Online Tap Tempo Counter
A tap tempo counter measures the time between your taps and turns it into beats per minute. It needs no audio file, so it works for vinyl, a band rehearsal or a song in your head.
How Does the BPM Tapper Work?
- Tap on every beat: use the space bar, the mouse or your finger on a touch screen.
- The average counts: the tool averages up to 16 taps, so small timing errors cancel out. The display settles after about 8 taps.
- Pause to start again: after 3 seconds without a tap, the next tap begins a new measurement.
How Accurate Is Tapping?
Each single tap is a little early or late, but the errors average out: after 8 to 16 steady taps, the result is usually within 1 BPM of the true tempo. Tap on the main beat, the one you would nod your head to; if you tap twice as fast, you get twice the BPM. For an automatic measurement from a file, use the BPM & Key Analyzer, and compare the two results when you want to be sure.
Who Is It For?
DJs checking the tempo of a record, musicians finding the speed of a song they want to learn, producers setting the project tempo to match a sample, and dancers or runners choosing music at a certain pace. When you have the number, the Metronome can play it back as a click.