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
22/24 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
1.746 sec
0.573 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 12 delays = 11 bars

1 reps
11/12
1746.1 ms
2 reps
11/6
3.492 sec
3 reps
11/4
5.238 sec
4 reps
11/3
6.984 sec
5 reps
55/12
8.73 sec
6 reps
11/2
10.476 sec
7 reps
77/12
12.223 sec
8 reps
22/3
13.969 sec
9 reps
33/4
15.715 sec
10 reps
55/6
17.461 sec
11 reps
121/12
19.207 sec
12 reps
11
20.953 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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