SHANEMIXEDIT · FREE MUSIC TOOLS
Enter your song’s BPM. Get starting settings you can put straight into your plugins.
Use the BPM shown in your session.
Tap along with the quarter-note beat.
YOUR DELAY PLUGIN
Choose the timing you want to hear between repeats.
In your delay plugin, turn sync off and enter 500 ms. Or keep sync on and choose 1/4 note, straight.
Feedback controls how many repeats you hear. Set it by ear.
YOUR REVERB PLUGIN
Pick a starting point for the length of your reverb.
The gap before the reverb starts.
How long the reverb fades.
In your reverb plugin, enter 31.25 ms for pre-delay and 0.969 seconds for decay.
The default 1/64 note is a suggested short gap. It is not calculated from your delay setting. Try a shorter gap if the reverb feels detached.
Short uses a 1/4-note window, Balanced a 1/2-note window, and Long a one-bar window. We subtract pre-delay to suggest a decay time. These are musical starting points, not rules or a guaranteed cutoff for the tail.
A 1/4-note delay doesn’t require a particular reverb length. Start with Balanced, listen in the mix, then shorten the decay if it feels washed out or lengthen it for more space.
Click a value to copy milliseconds. Dotted = 1.5× straight. Triplet = ⅔ of straight.
| Note | Straight | Dotted | Triplet |
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Use these as starting points and adjust by ear. Decay behavior varies by plugin. Bars assume 4/4 time.