Quick Bars-to-time (in seconds) calculation..

[chenathan]

Hi guys...
How long is 200 bars of a 135 bpm song (with no stopping) in seconds?
Thanks

 

[bandcoach]

200 bars @ 135 bpm


4 beats per bar?

((200 x 4)/135) x 60 => 800/135 x 60 => 80/135 x 6 => 480/135 => 3:33 => 213 seconds ((3 x 60)+33)

3 beats per bar?

((200 x 3)/135) x 60 => 600/135 x 60 => 60/135 x 6 => 360/135 => 2:40 => 160 seconds ((2 x 60)+40)

2 beats per bar?

((200 x 2)/135) x 60 => 400/135 x 60 => 40/135 x 6 => 240/135 => 1:47 => 107 seconds ((1 x 60)+47)

general format is

Minutes = RoundDown(((Bars x beats per bar)/ BPM) x 60)

Seconds = (((Bars x beats per bar) / BPM) x 60) x 60

 

[chenathan]

alright, thanks so much dude! I didn't know there was an equation for that ishh haha. Thanks again.

 

[bandcoach]

I've since done up a quick web-based calculator for this: TimeCalc.

Working on BPM calculator and a Bars calculator as well. I can extend these to SMTP/EBU Time code if folks are interested.

 

[DjNemes1s]

Thank You!

I've since done up a quick web-based calculator for this: [link removed as I can't repost links until I have 20 posts!]

Working on BPM calculator and a Bars calculator as well. I can extend these to SMTP/EBU Time code if folks are interested.

I just registered to say thanks man!! I've been trying to do some video work in Sony Vegas using Beats/Measures ruler so I can sync video's to audio. I'm a total newbie to this, and I was trying to figure out a formula that would tell me how long images should be in seconds (for batch imports) in order to be of a certain length in beats/bars.

Your calculator worked perfectly!

Thanks for taking the time to create and share this!