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Delay and reverb

BPM

Quarter notes per minute, 20 to 400.

Tempo
Delay times at 120 BPM, in milliseconds
Note Straight Dotted Triplet

Tempo from a time

ms

120 BPM

Reverb timed to the tempo

A common convention, not a rule: pre-delay and decay together last one note value, so the tail ends on the grid. Bars are bars of 4/4.

At 120 BPM, in milliseconds
Space Pre-delay Decay Total

Tempo and pitch

BPM
BPM
st
cents
×
%
Track length
min
s
Three ways to make the change
Resample varispeed Time-stretch pitch held Pitch-shift tempo held
Tempo
Pitch
Length

Notes and frequency

A4
Hz

415 to 466 Hz.

MIDI numbers middle C as 60; octave names vary between programs.

Hz

Notes as C4, F#3 or Bb2.

Nearest note
Offset
Exact MIDI
Period
Wavelength

Note frequencies at A4 = 440 Hz

Samples and file size

Samples and time

ms
Buffer sizes at 48 kHz
SamplesMilliseconds

File size and recording time

1 mono, 2 stereo, 6 for 5.1.

Duration
h
min
s

288,000 bytes per second

Format Size for 3:30 Time in 64 GBh:mm:ss

Audio data only; headers and metadata add a little. MB and GB are powers of 1000, MiB and GiB powers of 1024. Lossy bit rates count all channels.

Room modes

Units
m
m
m
°C
Hz
Show
Hz
Hz
s

Reverb time, for the Schroeder frequency.

Speed of sound
Volume
Ratio
Lowest axial modes
  • Axial
  • Tangential
  • Oblique
  • Cluster
  • Gap

Flags consider axial modes, which generally carry the most energy. Both limits are conventions: 20 Hz for gaps is a long-standing rule of thumb, and the cluster width is a judgment call.

Every mode up to 300 Hz

Frequency Mode Type Nearest note, cents Flag

Mode numbers count half-wavelengths along length, width and height. Notes use A4 = 440 Hz.

Keyboard

T
Tap tempo
↑ ↓
Turn a focused knob
Shift + ↑ ↓
Turn it in bigger steps
Home End
Knob to its lowest or highest
← → ↑ ↓
Move through the delay and note tables
Enter
Copy a delay time, pick a note
↑ ↓ in the mode list
Mark a mode on the chart