BPM finder
Two ways to find a tempo. Tap the beat with the mouse, your finger or the space bar and the bpm appears. Or drop a song and the page measures it, showing the half-time and double-time readings too.
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Tapping
Tap on each beat for eight or more beats; the reading settles as you go. If you tap on every other beat you get half the tempo, which is often the feel you want for a slow ghazal. Pause for a few seconds and start again to reset.
Measuring a file
The page decodes the file in your browser, tracks where the energy rises and finds the spacing that repeats. Songs with clear drums measure well; a solo voice or a free-time alap may not. Every tempo has a half-time and double-time twin, so the page shows those as well and you choose the one that matches how you count.
What to do with the number
Set the metronome to it to practise, set your DAW's tempo to it before you record a cover over the original, or note it for a DJ set. The metronome here can count it in Teentaal, Keherwa or plain 4/4.
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BeatRootRaga is an independent label. Before a cover session the tempo of the original is checked exactly this way, so the arrangement can be built at the same speed. That workflow is on this page for anyone.
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Questions people ask
Is the bpm finder free and is the song uploaded?
Free, no account. A file is decoded and measured inside your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Why does it show a different number from what I expected?
Tempo is ambiguous by a factor of two. A song you feel at 80 bpm can be measured at 160. Use the alternatives shown, or tap the beat the way you count it.
How accurate is tapping?
Within about one bpm after eight steady taps. The page averages the last nine intervals and drops old taps when you pause.
Which files can it measure?
MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG, M4A and the audio of MP4 or MOV video, three seconds or longer.