Any math majors out there? This one's tricky..For me at least..

[Trash Man]

O.k. here it is...

I need to figure the math to set a delay to do triplets to a certain BPM. What equation can I use to come out w/ the perfect triplet delay. Oh and the delay needs to be slower than the beat itself that way I can get that U2 the edge sound but for drum loops etc. I can sort of get it just by tweaking the knobs, but I need it to be exact or else it lags a bit....

Trash Man Thanks you....

[Rail Jon Rogut]

40,000/BPM = Triplet

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Rail

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[Austin]

60 / BPM, x 1000 gives you the length of the beat in ms
Divide that by 3 and you get triplets.

Eg. 112 BPM

60 / 112 = 0.536, x 1000 = 536 ms
536 / 3 = 179 ms

Clear as mud?

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[Nine Spine]

Originally posted by Austin:
60 / BPM, x 1000 gives you the length of the beat in ms
Divide that by 3 and you get triplets.

Eg. 112 BPM

60 / 112 = 0.536, x 1000 = 536 ms
536 / 3 = 179 ms

Clear as mud?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Actually Austin, You could simplify this by combining two of your steps. 60 divided by the BPM then multiplied by 1000, is the same thing as dividing 60,000 by the BPM, thus saving you a step. And yes, if divide that number by three you get eighth note triplets, but if you are looking for quarter note triplets it would be easier to divide 40,000 by the BPM like stated above.

All of these are simple on a basic calulator and you don't have to run any other programs. There are also charts in most of the studio related books. I know for a fact that "The Mixing Engineers Handbook" has one, and I would recommend that book regardless of the chart.

Hope this helps.