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
17/24 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
1.349 sec
0.741 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 24 delays = 17 bars

1 reps
17/24
1349.2 ms
2 reps
17/12
2.699 sec
3 reps
17/8
4.048 sec
4 reps
17/6
5.397 sec
5 reps
85/24
6.746 sec
6 reps
17/4
8.095 sec
7 reps
119/24
9.445 sec
8 reps
17/3
10.794 sec
9 reps
51/8
12.143 sec
10 reps
85/12
13.492 sec
11 reps
187/24
14.842 sec
12 reps
17/2
16.191 sec
13 reps
221/24
17.54 sec
14 reps
119/12
18.889 sec
15 reps
85/8
20.239 sec
16 reps
34/3
21.588 sec
17 reps
289/24
22.937 sec
18 reps
51/4
24.286 sec
19 reps
323/24
25.635 sec
20 reps
85/6
26.985 sec
21 reps
119/8
28.334 sec
22 reps
187/12
29.683 sec
23 reps
391/24
31.032 sec
24 reps
17
32.382 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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