# BPM (Beat Per Minute) detect
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bpm-beat-per-minute-detect/9900
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 15, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bpm-beat-per-minute-detect/9900 "2010-02-15T10:51:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ivankv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ivankv)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bpm-beat-per-minute-detect/9900/1 "2010-02-15T10:51:33Z")
if you can add this optin. too detect song beat (tempo) and put it in tag
thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bpm-beat-per-minute-detect/9900/2 "2010-02-15T13:39:55Z")
there is a freeware program bpmanalyzer that does the job for you.
BUT: you need MP3tag to strip the decimals as otherwise iTUnes does not read the bpms. And wmp displays ultrafast tracks with something like 63456 bpm.
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### Author:  [@ivankv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ivankv)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bpm-beat-per-minute-detect/9900/3 "2010-02-15T15:19:28Z")
exist Pistonsoft BPM Detector. he put bpm in tag, and u can sort songs in winamp by bpm.
is not bad to MP3tag have this option
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### Author:  [@Stomper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stomper)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bpm-beat-per-minute-detect/9900/4 "2010-02-22T14:57:03Z")
Rapid evolution, mixshare will do this for you. Its free and it can detect a tracks key also.