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
123BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.488 sec
2.05 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.951 sec
0.513 Hz
Delay length
1.585 sec
0.631 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/16
1585.4 ms
2 reps
13/8
3.171 sec
3 reps
39/16
4.756 sec
4 reps
13/4
6.341 sec
5 reps
65/16
7.927 sec
6 reps
39/8
9.512 sec
7 reps
91/16
11.098 sec
8 reps
13/2
12.683 sec
9 reps
117/16
14.268 sec
10 reps
65/8
15.854 sec
11 reps
143/16
17.439 sec
12 reps
39/4
19.024 sec
13 reps
169/16
20.61 sec
14 reps
91/8
22.195 sec
15 reps
195/16
23.78 sec
16 reps
13
25.366 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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