Tap the beat. Own the tempo.
Tap along to any song and BPM Forge locks the tempo in a few beats. Then it counts you in, keeps every song of your set, turns the tempo into delay times and tunes your guitar. One tab, free, and it works right here on this page.
30-second signup, no card. Your setlists follow you to every device, and the same login opens 17 more tools.
Default 120 BPM · tap above to change it
One tap. Your whole set follows.
The tempo you tap above is already in the count-in and in your delay times below, and every song in tonight’s setlist loads its own with one tap. Tap again and watch it all change.
01 · Count-in
120 BPM · 4/4Counted in. Every time.
One, two or four bars in, a loud first beat, then the band comes in together. No more “one, two, three, four” shouted over the PA.
- Count-in
- Off, 1, 2 or 4 bars
- Time signatures
- 2/4 · 3/4 · 4/4 · 5/4 · 6/8 · 7/8
- Sounds
- Beep, wood, rim, cowbell, tick, your own
- Downbeat
- Accented, so you never lose the one
02 · Delay times
Tap a value to copy
Echoes that sit in the groove.
| Note | Straight | Dotted | Triplet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 | |||
| 1/8 | |||
| 1/16 |
Set compressor release so it breathes with the groove, pre-delay and decay so reverbs open up in time, and echoes that land on the beat. Whole notes to 1/32, straight, dotted and triplet, in ms or Hz.
03 · Setlist
Tap a song
Friday night, tempo-locked.
The real app
Eight taps. Steady. Counted in.
Straight out of BPM Forge: eight taps take the tempo from 96 to 122, the confidence bar reads Steady and the metronome starts. Your account adds the parts this page can’t keep: saved setlists, history, smoothing, range lock and haptics on your phone.
Two tools, one tab
Tune up. Without switching apps.
One tuner for everything on stage. Guitar, bass, ukulele and drums, plus violin, viola, cello, mandolin and banjo. Standard or alternate tunings, from Drop D and DADGAD to FACGCE. Pick an instrument and a tuning, then tap a string to hear it.
- Views
- Needle for speed, strobe for precision
- Tunings
- Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, FACGCE, half-step down
- Readout
- Note, Hz and cents, string strip lights up
A string plays its reference tone. Tuning by microphone runs in the app and on the online tuner.
Why BPM Forge
Four apps on your phone. One free tab.
A tap counter here, a metronome app there, a tuner, a notes file with your tempos. BPM Forge puts them together in one tab.
| BPM ForgeFree | Metronome apps | Tap-tempo websites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tap tempo with a confidence read | ✓ | sometimes | ✓ |
| Metronome with count-in and accents | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Setlists with BPM, signature and notes | ✓ | often paid | — |
| Delay times, dotted and triplet | ✓ | — | sometimes |
| Chromatic tuner with strobe | ✓ | separate app | — |
| Works on laptop and phone, no install | ✓ | phone only | ✓ |
| Ads and tracking | none | often | often |
| Price | €0 | free tier, then paid | free with ads |
For everyone who counts the band in.
Drummers
Lock any track by tapping along.
Then run it with an accented downbeat and never rush the fill.
Live bands
Never miscount the top again.
Every song keeps its tempo and signature. Tap the song, count in, play.
Worship & theatre
A locked list for the whole run.
Nothing shifts mid-service. Export the set for the rest of the team.
Producers
Pull the BPM by ear.
Read exact delay and reverb times straight off the calculator.
Music teachers
Tempo, metre and tuning in one place.
Nothing to install, and the demo on this page needs no account.
Guitarists
Tune, then jump back to tempo.
Guitar, bass, ukulele or bowed strings with cents bar and strobe.
Same free account · No extra signup
Found the tempo? Now build the show.
Your BPM Forge login opens 17 more tools. Here is where the song goes next.
- RehearsalFree BPM Forge Tap it, count it in, keep it per song. You are here
- SoundcheckFree TempoSense Hears the tempo live from the room, with MIDI out. No tapping needed
- PrepFree ClickSmith Turn any song into an L/R click track. Click for your in-ears
- Set prep€29 SetlistForge Setlists with timing, keys and royalty reports. The full set, timed
- Showtime€49 Show Clock Countdown and running order on every crew phone. Everyone on the same second
Straight answers.
Is BPM Forge really free?
Yes. The demo on this page needs no account. The full tool asks for a free Squaresmile account so your setlists and settings follow you between devices.
How does tap tempo work?
Tap the disc or press spacebar in time. BPM Forge averages the gaps between your taps and rates how steady they are with a confidence bar. Smoothing can be instant, average or weighted.
Can I save setlists?
Build as many as you like, each song with its own BPM, time signature and note. Lock a list for the show and export or import it as JSON.
What are the delay times for?
They turn your tempo into exact values from a whole note to 1/32, straight, dotted and triplet, in ms or Hz, so echoes and modulation sit in the groove. Tap a value to copy it.
Is there really a tuner too?
Yes, a full chromatic tuner with cents bar, strobe view and presets for guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, viola, cello, mandolin, banjo and drums. It uses your microphone.
Does it need installing?
No. It runs in any modern browser on laptop or phone, built on the Web Audio API with no dependencies and no tracking.
Your next count-in starts here.
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