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
104.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
1/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.572 sec
1.748 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.288 sec
0.437 Hz
Delay length
0.143 sec
6.993 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 1 bars

1 reps
1/16
143 ms
2 reps
1/8
286 ms
3 reps
3/16
429 ms
4 reps
1/4
572 ms
5 reps
5/16
715 ms
6 reps
3/8
858 ms
7 reps
7/16
1001 ms
8 reps
1/2
1144 ms
9 reps
9/16
1286.9 ms
10 reps
5/8
1429.9 ms
11 reps
11/16
1572.9 ms
12 reps
3/4
1715.9 ms
13 reps
13/16
1858.9 ms
14 reps
7/8
2.002 sec
15 reps
15/16
2.145 sec
16 reps
1
2.288 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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