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
108.4BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.554 sec
1.807 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.214 sec
0.452 Hz
Delay length
1.799 sec
0.556 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
1798.9 ms
2 reps
13/8
3.598 sec
3 reps
39/16
5.397 sec
4 reps
13/4
7.196 sec
5 reps
65/16
8.994 sec
6 reps
39/8
10.793 sec
7 reps
91/16
12.592 sec
8 reps
13/2
14.391 sec
9 reps
117/16
16.19 sec
10 reps
65/8
17.989 sec
11 reps
143/16
19.788 sec
12 reps
39/4
21.587 sec
13 reps
169/16
23.385 sec
14 reps
91/8
25.184 sec
15 reps
195/16
26.983 sec
16 reps
13
28.782 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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