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
115BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
3/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.522 sec
1.917 Hz
Length of 1 bar
2.087 sec
0.479 Hz
Delay length
0.391 sec
2.556 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 3 bars

1 reps
3/16
391.3 ms
2 reps
3/8
782.6 ms
3 reps
9/16
1173.9 ms
4 reps
3/4
1565.3 ms
5 reps
15/16
1956.6 ms
6 reps
9/8
2.348 sec
7 reps
21/16
2.739 sec
8 reps
3/2
3.131 sec
9 reps
27/16
3.522 sec
10 reps
15/8
3.913 sec
11 reps
33/16
4.304 sec
12 reps
9/4
4.696 sec
13 reps
39/16
5.087 sec
14 reps
21/8
5.478 sec
15 reps
45/16
5.87 sec
16 reps
3
6.261 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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