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
104.5BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.574 sec
1.742 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.297 sec
0.435 Hz
Delay length
1.579 sec
0.633 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/16
1579 ms
2 reps
11/8
3.158 sec
3 reps
33/16
4.737 sec
4 reps
11/4
6.316 sec
5 reps
55/16
7.895 sec
6 reps
33/8
9.474 sec
7 reps
77/16
11.053 sec
8 reps
11/2
12.632 sec
9 reps
99/16
14.211 sec
10 reps
55/8
15.79 sec
11 reps
121/16
17.369 sec
12 reps
33/4
18.948 sec
13 reps
143/16
20.527 sec
14 reps
77/8
22.106 sec
15 reps
165/16
23.685 sec
16 reps
11
25.264 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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