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
108.8BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
11/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.552 sec
1.813 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.654 sec
0.604 Hz
Delay length
1.137 sec
0.879 Hz

Repeated delays

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

1 reps
11/16
1137.4 ms
2 reps
11/8
2.275 sec
3 reps
33/16
3.412 sec
4 reps
11/4
4.55 sec
5 reps
55/16
5.687 sec
6 reps
33/8
6.824 sec
7 reps
77/16
7.962 sec
8 reps
11/2
9.099 sec
9 reps
99/16
10.237 sec
10 reps
55/8
11.374 sec
11 reps
121/16
12.511 sec
12 reps
33/4
13.649 sec
13 reps
143/16
14.786 sec
14 reps
77/8
15.924 sec
15 reps
165/16
17.061 sec
16 reps
11
18.198 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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