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Loop Length Calculator (Bars to Seconds)

Convert bars or beats to seconds, milliseconds and samples at any BPM and time signature. Perfect for trimming loops and stems for samplers and DAWs.

Loop length
ms · samples
BarsBeatsSecondsMillisecondsSamples
How the math works

1 beat = 60 / BPM seconds (where 1 beat = a quarter note in x/4, an eighth note in x/8). 1 bar = numerator beats. Samples = seconds × sample rate.

For 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 a "beat" here means an eighth note. Convert to dotted-quarter pulses by grouping in 3s.

Also known as

loop length bpm calculatorbars to secondsbeats to secondsloop sample length

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