TempoTray

BPM, or beats per minute, is a unit of measurement used to define the tempo of a song. It is very important for those who work with music, but figuring out this value can sometimes be quite challenging.

TempoTray is a small, useful app that can help you find a song’s BPM with relatively little effort. It runs in the system tray and only requires you to “tap out” the beats as you are listening to your music.

Once launched, the application is minimized to the system tray, and you can bring up the UI by just clicking its tray icon. After a period of inactivity, the program will be minimized again automatically.

In order to learn the BPM of a certain song, you need to listen to it and either click the “tap” button or press the space bar in sync with the beat. The program calculates the BPM in real-time and displays the value in the upper part of the UI.

TempoTray is very easy to deploy, as you don’t need to install anything before using it. It is distributed as a single executable file, which you can launch from any location, even portable drives.

The application runs quietly in the system tray, but is always within reach when you need it. However, it has to be said that the user interface could use a bit of polish, as it is rudimentary, at best.

Overall, TempoTray is a no-frills tool that gets the job done, even though it only offers basic functionality. It can help you find the BPM of any song manually, and it is very simple to deploy and use.