Audio delay calculator

Give the tempo and the time signature

Express the length of the delay as fractions of a bar

Musical tempo

Beats per minute
102.6BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
5/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.585 sec
1.71 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.754 sec
0.57 Hz
Delay length
0.548 sec
1.824 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 5 bars

1 reps
5/16
548.3 ms
2 reps
5/8
1096.5 ms
3 reps
15/16
1644.8 ms
4 reps
5/4
2.193 sec
5 reps
25/16
2.741 sec
6 reps
15/8
3.29 sec
7 reps
35/16
3.838 sec
8 reps
5/2
4.386 sec
9 reps
45/16
4.934 sec
10 reps
25/8
5.483 sec
11 reps
55/16
6.031 sec
12 reps
15/4
6.579 sec
13 reps
65/16
7.127 sec
14 reps
35/8
7.676 sec
15 reps
75/16
8.224 sec
16 reps
5
8.772 sec

Visualized

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How to use this page

If you have a 135 BPM song, and you want a phase modulation of 4 beats (1 bar): that is 1777.6 ms
If you have a 128 BPM song, and you want an audio delay of 2/3 of a beat: this is 312.5 ms

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