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
118.8BPM
Beats per bar
3 beats
Delay fraction
5/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.505 sec
1.98 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.515 sec
0.66 Hz
Delay length
0.474 sec
2.112 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 5 bars

1 reps
5/16
473.5 ms
2 reps
5/8
947 ms
3 reps
15/16
1420.5 ms
4 reps
5/4
1894 ms
5 reps
25/16
2.368 sec
6 reps
15/8
2.841 sec
7 reps
35/16
3.315 sec
8 reps
5/2
3.788 sec
9 reps
45/16
4.262 sec
10 reps
25/8
4.735 sec
11 reps
55/16
5.209 sec
12 reps
15/4
5.682 sec
13 reps
65/16
6.156 sec
14 reps
35/8
6.629 sec
15 reps
75/16
7.103 sec
16 reps
5
7.576 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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