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
130.2BPM
Beats per bar
4 beats
Delay fraction
7/16 bar

Converted to seconds

Length of 1 beat
0.461 sec
2.17 Hz
Length of 1 bar
1.843 sec
0.543 Hz
Delay length
0.806 sec
1.24 Hz

Repeated delays

A repeated delay syncs with the beat after 16 delays = 7 bars

1 reps
7/16
806.4 ms
2 reps
7/8
1612.9 ms
3 reps
21/16
2.419 sec
4 reps
7/4
3.226 sec
5 reps
35/16
4.032 sec
6 reps
21/8
4.839 sec
7 reps
49/16
5.645 sec
8 reps
7/2
6.452 sec
9 reps
63/16
7.258 sec
10 reps
35/8
8.064 sec
11 reps
77/16
8.871 sec
12 reps
21/4
9.677 sec
13 reps
91/16
10.484 sec
14 reps
49/8
11.29 sec
15 reps
105/16
12.097 sec
16 reps
7
12.903 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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