Drum & bassInstrumental170 BPM
Tunnel Run
Made with Ken Music 1.5 · Made for this page · 3:02
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PromptEnergetic drum and bass instrumental at 170 bpm, fast breakbeat drums, deep rolling reese bass, atmospheric pads, steady driving energy
170 beats in 60 seconds · 352.9 ms per beat
170 BPM metronome, drum & bass and running
170 beats per minute is the heart of drum & bass and jungle, the top of trap's range, and a step-rate click runners can practise with. It's also exactly double 85, so tempo tools can read it either way. Start the metronome, tap along with a song, download a 170 BPM click track, or make an original track at 170.
170
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- Free 170 BPM metronome
- Tap tempo
- WAV click track download
- Original tracks at 170
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Quick answer
What does 170 BPM mean?
170 BPM means 170 beats in 60 seconds, or one beat about every 353 ms (0.353 s). It's a very fast tempo, in the vivace and presto ranges, and the core tempo of drum & bass: Digital DJ Pool puts most modern DnB at 170–175. Jungle and the top of trap's range reach it too, and it's exactly double 85. Start the metronome above, tap along with a song to check it, or make a 170 BPM track with Ken Music in Kenerate AI's Music Studio.
Key facts
- Beats in 60 s
- 170
- Beats per second
- 2.83
- Time per beat
- 352.9 ms (0.353 s)
- One 4/4 bar
- 1.41 s (42.5 bars a minute)
- Tempo marking
- Vivace / presto (very fast)
- Half-time reading
- 85 BPM
- Common genres
- Drum & bass, jungle, trap
- vs 120 BPM
- 170 is 1.42× faster
Listen first
Tracks around 170 BPM
Real AI generations asked for tempos near 170. The first was made for this page; the last is an 85 BPM hip-hop beat, half the tempo, made for our 85 BPM page. Check any track with the BPM & key finder.
Liquid DnBInstrumental174 BPM
Blue Tunnel
Made with ElevenLabs Music v2.5 · Just above 170
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PromptLiquid drum and bass, rolling breakbeats, deep warm bass, lush pads, soulful vocal chops, 174 bpm
Boss battleInstrumental170 BPM
Dragon Keep
Made with MiniMax Music 3.0 · Same tempo, chiptune
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PromptIntense 8-bit chiptune boss battle music, fast arpeggios, driving noise-channel drums, dramatic retro video game, 170 bpm
Compare: 85 BPMInstrumental85 BPM
Corner Store
Made with Ken Music 1.5 · Exactly half of 170
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PromptLaid-back hip-hop instrumental at 85 bpm, swung dusty drums, deep round bass, mellow guitar loop, head-nod groove
How to
How to use the 170 BPM metronome
- Time needed
- Steps
- 4 steps
Step 1
Press Start
The metronome starts at 170 BPM.
Step 2
Pick a time signature
4/4 for drum & bass and punk. 8th-note clicks land 176.5 ms apart, so only turn them on if you need the grid.
Step 3
Tap along with a song
Press Tap tempo on each beat and the metronome moves to the tempo you tapped. A drum & bass track may tap at 85; double it.
Step 4
Download a click track
A WAV of 30 seconds to 3 minutes, long enough for a short cadence drill.
See it in the app
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Chapters
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Genres that sit near 170 BPM
Typical ranges from published tempo guides. Sources differ at the edges, and any single song can sit outside its genre's range.
| Typical range | How 170 feels here | |
|---|---|---|
| Drum & bass | 160–180 BPM (Ableton, Mubert), 165–185 (Musical U), modern tracks 170–175 (Digital DJ Pool) | The centre of the genre |
| Jungle | 155–180 BPM (Musical U) | The upper half |
| Trap | 130–170 BPM (Mubert) | The top of the range, felt in half-time |
| Jive (dance) | 168–184 BPM (Musical U) | Near the bottom of the dance range |
| Hip-hop at half-time | 85–115 BPM (Musical U), 85–110 (Digital DJ Pool) | 85 is half of 170; the grids line up |
Ranges are conventions, not rules. Tempo tools often read a 170 BPM drum & bass track as 85; both readings describe the same grid.
Sources: Ableton Learning Music — Tempo and genre · Mubert — BPM tapper and genre tempos · Musical U — typical BPM by genre · Digital DJ Pool — DJ BPM guide · Wikipedia — Tempo · MedlinePlus — Give your heart a workout (target heart rate) · MedlinePlus — Pulse (normal resting heart rate) · Heiderscheit et al. (2011), step rate and joint mechanics in running — Med Sci Sports Exerc · Kenerate Music Studio — engine list and modes
Engines
Engines for tracks at a set tempo
Facts from the app's engine list.
Kenerate
Ken Music 1.5
- Length
- Up to ~3 min
- Modes
- Song · Lyrics · Instrumental
Open Ken Music 1.5Best for
Default engine: full songs with vocals in any language; can take an image as inspiration
MiniMax
MiniMax Music 3.0
- Length
- Up to 4 min
- Modes
- Song · Lyrics · Instrumental
Open MiniMax Music 3.0Best for
Follows [Verse]/[Chorus] section tags closely
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs Music v2.5
- Length
- Exact length, 10 s–10 min
- Modes
- Song · Lyrics · Instrumental
Open ElevenLabs Music v2.5Best for
Set the exact duration; clean studio mix
Mureka
Mureka V9.5
- Length
- Up to 4 min
- Modes
- Song · Lyrics · Instrumental
Open Mureka V9.5Best for
Writes its own lyrics from a prompt; style chips; MP3/WAV/FLAC
Prompt recipe
Make a 170 BPM track
Each opens the Music Studio with the tempo in the prompt.
- Beat length
- 352.9 ms; a 4/4 bar lasts 1.41 seconds.
- 8th notes
- 176.5 ms; 16th notes 88.2 ms.
- Delay time
- Quarter 352.9 ms, dotted 8th 264.7 ms.
- Half-time
- 85 BPM: a beat every 705.9 ms.
- Loop length
- 4 bars 5.65 s, 8 bars 11.29 s.
DnB drums
Drum and bass drum beat at 170 bpm, two-step breakbeat, kick on 1, snare on 2 and 4, no melody
Drum & bass
Drum and bass at 170 bpm, fast breakbeats, rolling reese bass, atmospheric pads
Liquid DnB
Liquid drum and bass at 170 bpm, soulful pads, warm bass, rolling breaks
Jungle
Jungle at 170 bpm, chopped amen-style breakbeats, deep sub bass, reggae-inspired stabs
More prompts (2)
Running mix
Energetic running workout instrumental at 170 bpm, steady driving beat, bright synths, motivating
Pop-punk
Pop-punk song at 170 bpm, fast drums, crunchy guitars, catchy shout-along chorus
Tempo
Tempo markings near 170
The classical terms, as listed on Wikipedia. It calls these very rough approximations, so treat them as guides.
Allegro
120–156 BPM · Fast and bright; 150 BPM sits here
Vivace
156–176 BPM · Lively and fast; 170 sits here
Vivacissimo
172–176 BPM · Very lively; just above 170
Presto
168–200 BPM · Very fast; 170 sits here too
Tips
Playing at 170
Small tips.
Build up to it: practise at 140 or 150, then raise the tempo a few BPM at a time.
Relax: tension is the main reason fast parts fall apart.
Feel it in 85 if 170 is too busy to count; the downbeats land in the same places.
Running to the click? Land one footstep on each beat.
Press Tap tempo along with a song to confirm it's really 170.
FAQ
170 BPM questions
10 questions
What does 170 BPM mean?
170 beats in 60 seconds. Each beat lasts about 352.9 ms (0.353 seconds), which is about 2.83 beats per second, and a bar of 4/4 lasts about 1.41 seconds.
Link to this answerIs 170 BPM fast?
Yes, very. It falls inside both the vivace (156–176) and presto (168–200) ranges. It's the core tempo of drum & bass.
Link to this answerIs 170 BPM drum and bass?
It's the classic DnB tempo. Ableton and Mubert put drum & bass at 160–180 BPM, Musical U at 165–185, and Digital DJ Pool says most modern tracks sit at 170–175.
Link to this answerIs 170 BPM the same as 85 BPM?
Not the same tempo, but the same grid: every beat at 85 falls on every second beat at 170, so one bar at 85 holds two bars at 170. Digital DJ Pool notes that analysis software often reads a 170 BPM drum & bass track as 85, and suggests mixing hip-hop near 87 into DnB near 174.
Link to this answerWhere can I get a 170 BPM metronome?
On this page. Press Start above for a free 170 BPM metronome with accents, 8th-note clicks and Tap tempo, or press WAV to download a click track of 30 seconds to 3 minutes. No account needed. The full metronome covers 40–240 BPM.
Link to this answerHow do you play a 170 BPM drum beat?
The basic drum & bass 'two-step' puts a kick on beat 1 and the 'and' of 3, and the snare on beats 2 and 4, 705.9 ms apart, with fast ghost notes between. Count along with the metronome above, or ask the Music Studio for a drum and bass beat at 170 bpm.
Link to this answerWhat songs are 170 BPM?
Plenty of drum & bass, jungle and punk tracks sit near 170, but published tempos for one song often disagree, and the same track can be listed at 85 or 170 depending on how the beat is counted. To check a song, tap along with Tap tempo above or load the file into the BPM & key finder, which shows half- and double-time options.
Link to this answerIs 170 BPM good for running?
As a click to step to, yes: one step per beat is 170 steps a minute. A 2011 treadmill study of 45 recreational runners found that raising step rate by 5% or 10% from each runner's own reduced the energy absorbed at the knee, so the right click depends on where you start. Ask a coach or physio before changing your stride.
Link to this answerHow do I change a song to 170 BPM?
Load it into the free BPM changer: it detects the original tempo, you set 170, and it time-stretches the track without changing the pitch. It works from 50% to 150% of the original, so it can reach 170 from anything between about 114 and 340 BPM. A 160 BPM song goes to 170 at about 106% speed; an 85 BPM track is out of range but already shares 170's grid.
Link to this answerIs a heart rate of 170 BPM normal?
During very hard exercise it can happen, but by MedlinePlus's estimate (target 50% to 85% of a maximum of roughly 220 minus your age), 170 is 85% of maximum at 20 and about 89% at 30, at or above the top of the target range. At rest it's far above the normal adult range of 60 to 100, so speak to a doctor. This page is about musical tempo, not medical advice.
Link to this answerIn depth
170 BPM, explained
What works, what to avoid, and how the pieces fit.
On this page
Why 170 BPM means drum & bass
Every guide we read puts 170 inside drum & bass: 160–180 in Ableton and Mubert, 165–185 in Musical U, and 170–175 for most modern tracks in Digital DJ Pool [1][2][3][4]. Jungle, DnB's older sibling, runs 155–180 in Musical U's table [3]. At 352.9 ms a beat, a snare on 2 and 4 hits every 705.9 ms while 16th-note breakbeat hits land 88.2 ms apart.
170 and 85: same grid, two readings
Halve 170 and you get 85. Every beat at 85 falls on every second beat at 170, and one 4/4 bar at 85 (2.82 s) holds exactly two bars at 170. Digital DJ Pool warns that analysis software often reads a 170 BPM DnB track as 85, and suggests the pairing as a way to move from hip-hop into drum & bass in one mix, with 87 and 174 as its example [4]. Play the 85 BPM comparison track above, then the DnB demos, and the downbeats line up.
170 BPM drum beat basics
A drum & bass pattern to practise with the click:
- Kick on beat 1 and the 'and' of beat 3.
- Snare on beats 2 and 4, 705.9 ms apart.
- Ghost notes and hats on 16ths, 88.2 ms apart; 8th notes land 176.5 ms apart.
- One bar lasts 1.41 seconds, so a four-bar loop takes 5.65 seconds and an eight-bar loop 11.29 seconds.
170 BPM for running
At one footstep per beat, a 170 BPM click is a cadence of 170 steps a minute. Research on step rate measures changes from each runner's own rate: in a 2011 treadmill study of 45 recreational runners, a 5% or 10% increase reduced the energy absorbed at the knee, and a 10% increase reduced it at the hip as well [7]. By that arithmetic, 170 is a 5% step up from about 162 steps a minute, or a 10% step up from about 155. It's research on loading, not a training plan, so ask a coach or physio.
How to change a song to 170 BPM
Time-stretch it: load the track into the BPM changer, read the detected tempo, set 170 and preview. The pitch stays put, and the file never leaves your browser. The tool works from 50% to 150% of the original tempo, so it can reach 170 from anything between about 114 and 340 BPM, and the closer the song already is to 170, the cleaner the result.
Make a 170 BPM track with Ken Music
Open the Music Studio, write '170 bpm' in the prompt with a style and instruments, and Ken Music 1.5 returns a track of up to about 3 minutes for 30 credits. The Studio has no tempo dial: the tempo in a prompt is a direction for the engine rather than a locked click, so check the result with the BPM & key finder if you need exactly 170. The drum & bass demo above was made this way for this page.
170 BPM as a heart rate
By the Kenerate AI teamLast updated and reviewed
We build and run the Kenerate Music Studio. Every demo on this page is a real output of the engine named on it, made from the prompt shown; engine facts were checked against the app's code.
Sources: Ableton Learning Music — Tempo and genre · Mubert — BPM tapper and genre tempos · Musical U — typical BPM by genre · Digital DJ Pool — DJ BPM guide · Wikipedia — Tempo · MedlinePlus — Give your heart a workout (target heart rate) · MedlinePlus — Pulse (normal resting heart rate) · Heiderscheit et al. (2011), step rate and joint mechanics in running — Med Sci Sports Exerc · Kenerate Music Studio — engine list and modes
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