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
126BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
13/24 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.476 sec
2.1 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.905 sec
0.525 Hz
Delay length
1.032 sec
0.969 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 24 delays = 13 bars

1 reps
13/24
1031.8 ms
2 reps
13/12
2.064 sec
3 reps
13/8
3.095 sec
4 reps
13/6
4.127 sec
5 reps
65/24
5.159 sec
6 reps
13/4
6.191 sec
7 reps
91/24
7.222 sec
8 reps
13/3
8.254 sec
9 reps
39/8
9.286 sec
10 reps
65/12
10.318 sec
11 reps
143/24
11.349 sec
12 reps
13/2
12.381 sec
13 reps
169/24
13.413 sec
14 reps
91/12
14.445 sec
15 reps
65/8
15.477 sec
16 reps
26/3
16.508 sec
17 reps
221/24
17.54 sec
18 reps
39/4
18.572 sec
19 reps
247/24
19.604 sec
20 reps
65/6
20.635 sec
21 reps
91/8
21.667 sec
22 reps
143/12
22.699 sec
23 reps
299/24
23.731 sec
24 reps
13
24.762 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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