Work out audio track length instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Total beats are bars times beats per bar, and duration is those beats divided by tempo in beats per minute, converted to seconds. Producers work in bars while broadcasters work in seconds, so this conversion is what lets a 64 bar arrangement be trimmed to an exact 30 second edit.
Duration
seconds = bars x beats per bar x 60 / tempo
seconds = bars x beats per bar x 60 / tempo. Total beats are bars times beats per bar, and duration is those beats divided by tempo in beats per minute, converted to seconds.
Producers work in bars while broadcasters work in seconds, so this conversion is what lets a 64 bar arrangement be trimmed to an exact 30 second edit.
Enter number of bars, tempo, beats per bar. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.