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
112.9BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
15/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.531 sec
1.882 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.126 sec
0.47 Hz
Delay length
1.993 sec
0.502 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 15 bars

1 reps
15/16
1992.9 ms
2 reps
15/8
3.986 sec
3 reps
45/16
5.979 sec
4 reps
15/4
7.972 sec
5 reps
75/16
9.965 sec
6 reps
45/8
11.958 sec
7 reps
105/16
13.951 sec
8 reps
15/2
15.944 sec
9 reps
135/16
17.936 sec
10 reps
75/8
19.929 sec
11 reps
165/16
21.922 sec
12 reps
45/4
23.915 sec
13 reps
195/16
25.908 sec
14 reps
105/8
27.901 sec
15 reps
225/16
29.894 sec
16 reps
15
31.887 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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