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
7/24 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
0.556 sec
1.8 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 24 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/24
555.6 ms
2 reps
7/12
1111.1 ms
3 reps
7/8
1666.7 ms
4 reps
7/6
2.222 sec
5 reps
35/24
2.778 sec
6 reps
7/4
3.333 sec
7 reps
49/24
3.889 sec
8 reps
7/3
4.445 sec
9 reps
21/8
5 sec
10 reps
35/12
5.556 sec
11 reps
77/24
6.111 sec
12 reps
7/2
6.667 sec
13 reps
91/24
7.222 sec
14 reps
49/12
7.778 sec
15 reps
35/8
8.334 sec
16 reps
14/3
8.889 sec
17 reps
119/24
9.445 sec
18 reps
21/4
10 sec
19 reps
133/24
10.556 sec
20 reps
35/6
11.111 sec
21 reps
49/8
11.667 sec
22 reps
77/12
12.223 sec
23 reps
161/24
12.778 sec
24 reps
7
13.334 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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