Everything on the beat.

How live detection works, what to do with the number in each room, and the weekly Tempo Sheets. Written for people who cue, mix and run to the tempo, not about it.

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Guide

How to find BPM live, without tapping

Point, listen, read. How a live detector works and when to trust the lock.

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Guide · DJs

A live BPM detector for the DJ booth

Vinyl, edits, booth audio and the tracks your software reads wrong.

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Guide · Instructors

BPM tracking for spin instructors

Placement, ranges and cadence interpretation while the room is moving.

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Tool

RPM to BPM: the cadence chart

Cadence to tempo and back, with the half-time rule that decides which you cue.

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Weekly

Tempo Sheets

Class skeletons by BPM band: rhythm ride, dance fitness, HIIT.

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Guide · Instructors

32-count phrasing

Find the 1, count the phrase, cue on 5-6-7-8, change on 1.

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Guide · Runners

Why 90 BPM is 180 steps a minute

Cadence versus tempo, the 180 myth, and checking what your playlist runs at.

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Blog

Choosing a live BPM app in 2026

Six things to check after the category's shift to ads and subscriptions.