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
122.1BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
9/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.491 sec
2.035 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.966 sec
0.509 Hz
Delay length
1.106 sec
0.904 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 9 bars

1 reps
9/16
1105.7 ms
2 reps
9/8
2.211 sec
3 reps
27/16
3.317 sec
4 reps
9/4
4.423 sec
5 reps
45/16
5.528 sec
6 reps
27/8
6.634 sec
7 reps
63/16
7.74 sec
8 reps
9/2
8.845 sec
9 reps
81/16
9.951 sec
10 reps
45/8
11.057 sec
11 reps
99/16
12.162 sec
12 reps
27/4
13.268 sec
13 reps
117/16
14.374 sec
14 reps
63/8
15.479 sec
15 reps
135/16
16.585 sec
16 reps
9
17.69 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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