Triplet Note Duration
Calculator

Inputs

Triplet duration (seconds)
0.166666

Results

Triplet duration (seconds)
0.166666
Triplet duration (ms)
166.666666
Straight duration (ms)
250

Music and audio results

Triplet duration (seconds)0.166666
Triplet duration (ms)166.666666
Straight duration (ms)250

formula-map diagram

Triplet duration (seconds)
0.166666
Triplet duration (ms)
166.666666
Straight duration (ms)
250

Musical and acoustic relationship

Formula

triplet duration = straight duration × 2 ÷ 3

= 0.16666666666667

Note

This result is a simplified model: it applies the displayed standard formula to the values you entered, assuming twelve-tone equal temperament, a speed of sound of 343 m/s in dry air at 20 °C, an ideal free field with no reflections or air absorption, purely resistive speaker loads and Sabine's diffuse-field assumption. Real rooms, instruments, codecs and amplifiers depart from these idealisations, so measure with proper instruments for critical work.

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