List each section of your song with its length in seconds to see exactly when every section starts and the song’s total run time.
Handy for arranging a song, writing a click track, timing a live set change, or lining up a video edit to a song’s structure.
Song Section Timer
One section per line, as Name: Seconds (e.g. Intro: 15)
How This Timer Works
Each section’s length is added in order, and the running total before each section becomes that section’s start time. The final running total is the song’s full length.
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter one section per line as Name: Seconds, in the order they occur in the song.
- Click Calculate Timing to see each section’s start time and the total song length.
Example: Intro (15s), Verse (30s), Chorus (25s), Outro (10s) gives a Chorus start time of 0:45 and a total length of 1:20.
Did You Know?
- Many hit songs are structured to reach the chorus within the first 45 to 60 seconds, since streaming platforms weigh early listener retention heavily.
- Session timecodes and click tracks are usually built from the same section-by-section breakdown this tool produces, just translated into a DAW’s timeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I enter section lengths in minutes instead of seconds?
Enter everything in seconds for accurate math; convert a minutes value to seconds first (multiply by 60) before typing it in.
Does the order of the lines matter?
Yes, enter sections in the exact order they play in the song, since each section’s start time depends on everything that comes before it.